sjoe

sjoe

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  1. For Sale By Tenet

    sjoe replied to Gomer's topic in California Nursing

    What Tenet has done has been to move into the LA area (and they have done the same thing elsewhere in the country) over the past several years, buying up many hospitals on the cheap, closing several...

  2. The reference game...how do you play it?

    sjoe replied to mattsmom81's topic in General Nursing

    "I will assemble letters of reference for future use and save my evals, etc so as not to be caught off guard again." I have posted a similar answer before, but it has been a while, so: A few years...

  3. The reference game...how do you play it?

    sjoe replied to mattsmom81's topic in General Nursing

    gomer writes: "Most employers and their HR dept. have a policy about who can and who can not give out references. It's a legal thing. No one wants to get sued for giving out bad references and since...

  4. Desperately need help

    sjoe replied to Nurse Pebbles's topic in General Nursing

    "Right now, the only thing I can think of is to contact an attorney for advice." I agree. From your story, the administration has already convicted you. They will NOT be reasonable or fair, you can...

  5. Registries in LA/ pay rates for staff RN

    sjoe replied to Berliner's topic in California Nursing

    Welcome to So Cal. It has always been this way. One of the prices you pay for sunshine (and the chance to be "discovered" and become the next big movie star). If you think THIS gap between cost of...

  6. Confused

    sjoe replied to Wookie's topic in General Nursing

    You might give some thought to programs that take much less time, such as ultrasound tech, OR tech, healthcare IT, etc. A great number of jobs in healthcare are these kind of technical positions....

  7. Did i make a big mistake?

    sjoe replied to BILLY420's topic in General Nursing

    "I am not a job hopper, but the way its going now, I should have 5 jobs this year." Life is too short to stay in a job you hate. My suggestion would be to do some career and self exploration to help...

  8. Need Advice about Hospital Contract

    sjoe replied to 275Main's topic in General Nursing

    The answer will depend COMPLETELY on the specific prospective hospitals, so you will need to deal with the nurse recuiters at each one individually. Tell them what you want, what contract you have...

  9. STR8 vs Gay Male RN

    sjoe replied to Ah life!'s topic in General Nursing

    16.8%

  10. Anatomy & Physiology I

    sjoe replied to RN Student 2k4's topic in General Nursing

    It might be more useful if you posted this on the student nursing forum, don't you

  11. Ever feel like a prostitute?

    sjoe replied to pinkscrubs's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree. Tenet's current PR campaign (where, BTW, they hired the recent editor of Nurseweek magazine to speak for the "new and improved Tenet") should be taken with a very large grain of salt. We...

  12. subtly abusive co-workers

    sjoe replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Some people have their needs for power met by actually becoming good leaders and enjoying the accomplishments of their groups. Some others have their needs for power met by becoming an integrated...

  13. Anyone ever work in Palm Springs, CA?

    sjoe replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    "I'd just be there from end of February to mid-May. Is the weather okay during that time?" Yep. Check out this thread:...

  14. Patients Waiting for Pain & Nausea Meds

    sjoe replied to Doglover's topic in General Nursing

    Don't feed the

  15. Stress & Nursing School

    sjoe replied to RN-BamaStudent's topic in General Nursing

    "Could you tell me when your self esteem and confidence returns?" Your self esteem and confidence are likely to return when you are able to, willing to, and actually DO perform up to challenging...

  16. Wanting to be seen as an adult!!

    sjoe replied to emily_rn_03's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly.

  17. Hopeful Georgia Nurse

    sjoe replied to celestejones's topic in General Nursing

    It is up to each state to determine the minimum qualifications (academic, "moral," legal, etc.) for all of its licensed professional categories from hairdresser through MD and including nurses. So...

  18. What are Ca salaries really like?

    sjoe replied to creeves's topic in California Nursing

    "You can fool all of the people some of the

  19. Unfriendly Coworker

    sjoe replied to VickyRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So long as you can professionally execute your faculty responsibilities, what do you care? It is not her obligation to like you, nor to be friendly toward you. She has the distinct right to choose...

  20. Hourly vs Exempt Salaries

    sjoe replied to pumpkin's topic in General Nursing

    You seem to have it figured out correctly. I doubt that you are missing

  21. Job Search - What's Most Important?

    sjoe replied to fiestynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Too bad this combination seems to be in such short supply! (Otherwise, there would BE no "nursing

  22. Mom Accused Of Injecting Human Waste Into Daughter

    sjoe replied to Soon2BNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Which, if you think about it, is about the same message the woman was conveying about her

  23. Mom Accused Of Injecting Human Waste Into Daughter

    sjoe replied to Soon2BNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Or, you might ask "What makes people create web sites that specialize in this kind of topic?" Or "What makes people visit and read those web

  24. Co-Workers teasing your spouse!!

    sjoe replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    My suggestion: get a sense of humor! This is very ordinary, typical, male-type humor that guys do only with people they like. People who take it seriously or "personally" are either humor-impaired...

  25. Job Search - What's Most Important?

    sjoe replied to fiestynurse's topic in General Nursing

    1) Don't count your chickens quite yet on the ratio issue. 2) To me the most important things have always been patient load, institutional support, and coworker professionalism and