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llg PhD, RN

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  1. Agency Refusing Overtime Pay!

    llg replied to MiracleMommy35's topic in Agency Nurses

    What you are asking is a legal question ... "Is your agency legally required to pay you overtime in that circumstance?" You'll have to ask a lawyer about that -- or perhaps you can read/interpret...

  2. Supervisors illegal time keeping practice

    llg replied to biggrich03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If the corporate office does not mind paying them for the hours they are claiming, then it is not going anywhere in the legal system. the "victim" is the corporation, not you. And if "the victim"...

  3. For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    llg replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    "It's a doggy dog world." Yes, I have seen that several times. How do people use that phrase when obviously, they don't know what it

  4. Getting around the 18 y.o requirement

    llg replied to npaar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My family has had some academically gifted students and my sister was an elementary school teacher with a special interest in gifted children. Here is what they/we have done: focused on using...

  5. How much of a pay cut is too much? Personal opinion

    llg replied to raecudzy1's topic in General Nursing

    I would definitely accept a pay cut if I were really unhappy in my current job. (I am not unhappy now.) I spend too much time at work to be miserable. I would rather live a more frugal lifestyle...

  6. PhD in nursing education vs NP

    llg replied to wayemika's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Both are very good pathways. It's all a matter of what type of work you want to do. What type of work do you enjoy? This is one of those things in life that is not "either/or." Both can be...

  7. Eating Their Young

    llg replied to futurelnd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe it's time for another "nursing students behaving ridiculously in clinical" thread. Or maybe a "nursing students abusing staff nurses thread." We haven't had one of those for a

  8. A nurse with a speech impediment

    llg replied to Nurse_Tickles's topic in General Nursing

    No, don't ask that. It will make the interviewer very uncomfortable -- and you want the interviewer to be comfortable with you, not uncomfortable. You want to use that opportunity to ask questions...

  9. Second-career resume

    llg replied to Raven Sierra's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I think your general game plan is a good one. Include the basic information about your previous jobs, but condense the information as much as reasonably possible. I recommend putting your student...

  10. Phasing out CNS

    llg replied to marigoldey's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    You just have to start looking at individual schools and programs. Ask what types of jobs the graduates of each program/path end up taking? I'd start by looking at CNL programs ... and going from...

  11. How Many Letters Do We Need?

    llg replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    It's not the length of the list that counts, it's the quality of the things on the list that matter most to me. I see lots of people with long lists, but I am not particularly impressed with what...

  12. Phasing out CNS

    llg replied to marigoldey's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    A lot of unit-based staff educators still get involved with the patients. They serve as consultants to the staff on difficult cases -- and as teacher/consultants/helpers to the newer staff members...

  13. Do you invest?

    llg replied to William2's topic in General Nursing

    I emphasized retirement savings and grad school for most of my career -- and now as retirement is only a few years away, I am happy with the $1.2 million dollars I have in those accounts (& expect...

  14. Relationships with client family

    llg replied to Hshea's topic in Home Health

    I grew up in a small town where my father was the only physician. Of course he had patients who were also friends ... and he was the physician of most of my friends. The relationship can still...

  15. I've been violated, doI have a case?

    llg replied to Cpayne77's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    That was the question in my mind. If the coworker did not take care of you (or enter your medical record inappropriately) ... and learned the information about you because you told her or she...

  16. Capstone

    llg replied to grizun's topic in General Students

    A capstone project (or experience) is a educational experience/requirement that requires the student to "put it all together" to show that they can integrate all the material they learned in the...

  17. Background check questions

    llg replied to kardz30's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    At my hospital (not in Florida) ... we look at anything that comes up on your record and ask for court records showing the outcome. So have documentation handy to show that the charges were bogus...

  18. Tuition Reimbursement How-To

    llg replied to FutureNurseInfo's topic in General Nursing

    Most tuition reimbursement programs work like this: 1. You work for an employer 2. While you are working for that employer, you go to school -- and the employer helps by paying some of your expenses...

  19. Is nursing a good fit for me?

    llg replied to undecidednewbie's topic in Nursing Career

    Could you be a nurse? Yes ... but I wouldn't recommend it. Why make life so difficult for yourself. I like nursing and recommend it as a career to many people. But you would have so many...

  20. DNP vs EdD vs PhD

    llg replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Yep. Perhaps it would be best to simply wait to see how you feel at the time -- and what opportunities might be available at that

  21. peds heme/onc or mother baby if end goal is NICU

    llg replied to Semper_Gumby's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Based on your description of yourself, Gumpy, it sounds like NICU would be a good fit for you. (I worked NICU for 16 years, most of it doing NICU staff development.) The peds route also sounds...

  22. Potential problem/issue

    llg replied to Djfrank70's topic in General Nursing

    Then so be it. That is no reason for you to approve something that is inappropriate. When the billing is delayed ... the management will start taking it seriously. Be professional and firm....

  23. peds heme/onc or mother baby if end goal is NICU

    llg replied to Semper_Gumby's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm not so sure. If you didn't already have the newborn experience, I would definitely recommend the mother-baby unit. However, that job is not going to add much of anything you don't already have...

  24. It seems like everyone but nurses make more money

    llg replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    Oh so true. A lot of people "living large" can't afford it -- and are only 1 economic downturn in their particular industry from being unemployed and

  25. Potential problem/issue

    llg replied to Djfrank70's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't sign off on anything I was not willing to defend in court. If it is your job to determine whether the plan of care is clinically appropriate or not, then it is your job to say "No" when...