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    Should I retake Anatomy and Physiology 1?

    caliotter3 replied to Jennyreed's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Many schools will not allow a retake if one passes a class. Check to see if you can, and also see what the impact of a retake would be. How is it treated in calculating the new GPA? If allowed, I...
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    Start as nurse or new career opportunity?

    caliotter3 replied to xlightx's topic in General Nursing

    You aren’t “allowed “ to do anything. You either work as a nurse after graduation or you don’t. Employers will either hire you or they won’t. They will hire you with the break to work with...
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    VIP Patient Demanding His Drugs

    caliotter3 replied to athey1999's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This sounds too good to be true. I only wish I could get pain medication when I needed it, much less when I wanted it. I have always been canned when I spoke
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    HELP be a nurse or another career opportunity?

    caliotter3 replied to xlightx's topic in General Nursing

    Regardless of any change in career plans, it would be wise on your part to obtain, and maintain, active or later inactive, a nursing
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    As a Nurse, is it normal to be pushed around doing different jobs at the place you work?

    caliotter3 replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    As the only licensed nurse on night shift in a LTC facility, I have unstopped a messed up toilet and mopped the resultant mess on the floor. We had no maintenance available at night for most low level...
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    Transitioning out of Home Care Nursing

    caliotter3 replied to brownm27's topic in General Nursing

    I would think prospective employers would have a workaround policy for such issues. No one should be rejected for this reason, since it is out of their control. FWIW I have always given the personal...
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    MD Orders??

    caliotter3 replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    I agree with you. I would require the signed MD order otherwise everyone will be traipsing around without a mask on because their mommy told them they
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    Night shift

    caliotter3 replied to nikki1018's topic in General Nursing

    Try to develop a pattern for your daytime sleep. I found that I would sleep two to four hours in the morning right after getting off work, wake up and do some day stuff for awhile, then try to sleep...
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    Inexperienced LVN bridging to RN

    caliotter3 replied to TexasLVN20's topic in Nursing Career

    Don't be discouraged. Many times someone has to take a position in a LTC facility because the positions in acute care are just not there to be had. Make the most of the job that you do get, no...
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    RN TO BSN Important Question

    caliotter3 replied to Future Nurse 123's topic in General Nursing

    Tell us what school you are planning to attend so that a representative from that school can give you information specific to that
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    Inexperienced LVN bridging to RN

    caliotter3 replied to TexasLVN20's topic in Nursing Career

    Don't psych yourself out. Your situation presents more experience than a brand new, never worked as a nurse RN graduate. Approach the RN program from the standpoint of "this is nursing school for...
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    RN TO BSN Important Question

    caliotter3 replied to Future Nurse 123's topic in General Nursing

    What have the nursing advisors of RN to BSN programs told
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    Why can't i get a job???? US RN

    caliotter3 replied to MKIVSupraRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I should certainly hope with those qualifications the OP has been gainfully employed most of the last five
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    RN TO BSN Important Question

    caliotter3 replied to Future Nurse 123's topic in General Nursing

    This is a question for the schools you are interested in
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    Billing skilled nursing as an independent contractor

    caliotter3 replied to savebabies's topic in Private Duty

    As lackadaisical as many agencies are, I can see how nurses get away with it. I have not been forced to sign a non compete agreement in decades. The RN I mentioned did not orchestrate the case leaving...
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    Bad reputation

    caliotter3 replied to Takealeaf's topic in Home Health

    Very simple, ask for a new case. If the agency is reluctant, better resume your job search. Rest assured that list includes, if not entirely consists of, the cases other nurses won’t
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    Vitas hospice-What do the LPN's do?

    caliotter3 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Continuous care is shift work. One client for one shift, that can be from 6 to 16 hours long, typically 8 or 12
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    Home Health as First Nursing Job?

    caliotter3 replied to beytsc_'s topic in Home Health

    The chances of finding an agency employer that will provide the amount and quality of immersive education (otherwise known as 'hand-holding') that one would require is close to nil. Better to get...
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    No Scott Toilet Paper?

    caliotter3 replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I had read or heard on the news that the reason for the shortage was labor problems at the mints due to positive covid-19 cases amongst the workers. I would think that would be more widely discussed...
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    Probable Fraud. What do I do?

    caliotter3 replied to NYARN's topic in General Nursing

    NRSKaren, thanks for providing a thorough example of actions that agency management SHOULD be taking in such instances rather than turning a blind eye and thus encouraging the fraud. Would like to...
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    Wanting to Quit my Covid-19 job

    caliotter3 replied to Bbang's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Going through the never-ending list of extremely important nursing behaviors reminded me of granddaughter’s remark that she couldn’t see herself becoming a nurse because she would have to...
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    Days vs night shift preference?

    caliotter3 replied to nursing9462's topic in General Nursing

    Over the years I have developed a preference for night shift. I have a pretty good choice available between night, swings, and day shift in extended care home health, as well as PM or AM 12 hour...
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    New Grad LVN thinking of quitting. HELP!

    caliotter3 replied to New LVN20's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Quit
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    Quitting my per diem?

    caliotter3 replied to jennsrn's topic in General Nursing

    Like your family advises, I would wait to see which and what works out best before doing any
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    Probable Fraud. What do I do?

    caliotter3 replied to NYARN's topic in General Nursing

    But this is what many agencies