sjoe

sjoe

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  1. How much pay should I ask for?

    sjoe replied to grad's topic in General Nursing

    salary rates vary widely over the country and even within a given state. check out http://www.salary.com and/or the several other sites previously mentioned on this fourm, as well as on the forum for...

  2. Is this insane or what?

    sjoe replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    "Is this insane or what? " Yes, it is insane that you don't have the courage to stand up for yourself and go for what YOU want. You don't have to live your life on the schedules of other people or...

  3. CLEVELAND or COLUMBUS? Help!

    sjoe replied to allsmiles's topic in General Nursing

    If you haven't already done so, you might try posting this on the Ohio

  4. Injury At Work

    sjoe replied to hatzi's topic in General Nursing

    Or read the multiple threads with a similar subject line on this

  5. RN for Red Cross?

    sjoe replied to bigpicture's topic in General Nursing

    Just understand that if you do blood collections for the ARC, that this is a HIGHLY regulated industry. There is NO room for "winging it" or doing things your own way. The FDA treats it as it treats...

  6. Testicular Cancer

    sjoe replied to Paprikat's topic in General Nursing

    Caught and treated EARLY, it is no big deal and, as you said, not uncommon in younger males. Testicular self-examination would wisely be taught to boys in junior high school, but we prefer to think,...

  7. first job advice

    sjoe replied to CPB's topic in General Nursing

    This issue has been discussed at some length on several threads on this forum, so rather than repeating myself and others, I would suggest you track them

  8. injured on the job-need advice

    sjoe replied to jmk's topic in General Nursing

    There have been a number of threads on this very forum discussing alternative nursing jobs for those with back injuries where you might find some useful

  9. Marijuana and Breast Feeding ????

    sjoe replied to Lela RN's topic in General Nursing

    germain writes:"i say sit her down and have a real long hard talk, not just passing advice but a talk, before you break up her family buy calling dshs." First of all, you did not state that you had...

  10. what is mandatory overtime exactly?

    sjoe replied to piper_for_hire's topic in General Nursing

    "If all nurses would stand up and say no, facilities would hire more nurses or find agencies to cover fast. It's because we are so 'helpful' and wimpy as a group that we can be manipulated like this,...

  11. what a lovely disposition you have, doctor....

    sjoe replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing

    brandy writes: "If your charge nurse wont do anything go to the DON and if they wont, file an official complaint with admin. You DO NOT have to take this. He will continue to act this way until the...

  12. Changed my major to surgical tech..

    sjoe replied to LPN-n-2005's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like an excellent choice to

  13. Pay to park?

    sjoe replied to uamsrn's topic in General Nursing

    No, actually it sends the correct and accurate message all too clearly: "We could care less about your safety or convenience. If you had a union, we would have to deal with them and probably not be...

  14. what is mandatory overtime exactly?

    sjoe replied to piper_for_hire's topic in General Nursing

    "what is mandatory overtime? 1) being mandated to stay after your scheduled shift is over 2) Being "forced" to do an extra "pre-scheduled" shift " and: 3) being forced to come in on a scheduled day...

  15. insurance

    sjoe replied to susi_q's topic in General Nursing

    I've always used NSO. Their web site is http://www.nso.com Disclaimer: except as a satisfied customer, I have NO affiliation with that

  16. i'm quitting my my job, i've had enough!

    sjoe replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

    ...but you can't fool ALL of the people, ALL of the time. Your story is an excellent reason to believe NOTHING until you get it in writing with appropriate penalties for inadequate performance of the...

  17. Trying to pick a city:Houston, Dallas, or Austin?

    sjoe replied to nimbus2004's topic in Texas Nursing

    In order to maintain each of the above city's position in the new "America's fattest cities" rankings, I believe you have to agree to gain weight every year or they won't let you in. Maybe not Austin,...

  18. That is it, I am becoming a Walmart greeter!

    sjoe replied to huggietoes's topic in General Nursing

    As always, if nurses pick up the slack for other departments that don't do their jobs, then guess what! The job now becomes nursing's responsibility. And again, as

  19. question on gaining experience

    sjoe replied to grumble's topic in General Nursing

    Try emailing some likely facilities in the area of Florida where you plan to move and ask them. You can also ask this question on the Florida forum, as well as the LPN forum, of this BB for more...

  20. in luv at work

    sjoe replied to tortisshellcat's topic in General Nursing

    Right. Good advice. And tort, you might also find it useful to rephrase this following, quoted part of your post in your own mind, to put it into the active, rather than the passive, voice. To take...

  21. help! advice please

    sjoe replied to sherrob's topic in General Nursing

    "...very minor, stupid things! ...have to get recommedation from a nursing councelor about "interpersonal communication" plus two other appointments to do before they will say yes or no. I had some...

  22. Experienced RN w/kids ready to move

    sjoe replied to allgirlsmom's topic in Florida Nursing

    You are smart to do some research re. salaries. Check out the several threads on this Florida forum where this has recently been

  23. not testing for influenza

    sjoe replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    "I'm still amazed at the number of people who haven't been hearing this stuff in the media!!...Are they all livin' under rocks or what?!?" No, they mostly have their own lives which more than fill...

  24. KROGER'S ON STRIKE - - 3 states involved- - guess what they want???

    sjoe replied to passing thru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    SD RN writes: "The union has cut their weekly striking pay by $75 per week stating that they are running out of money. " Correction: the union has cut the strike pay from $300/week (for those who...

  25. Very frightening website

    sjoe replied to justjenny's topic in General Nursing

    "I think websites such as these are growing in popularity, because the medical system (as we know it) has failed a lot of people. " And one one of the major failures, IMHO, has been the abysmal...