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llg PhD, RN

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  1. Back Injuries and Clinical

    llg replied to Annieonomous22's topic in General Students

    You may need to talk to your school's office for disabilities. You now have a disability (hopefully, temporary -- but a medically documented disability all the same). Find out what your rights are...

  2. How do you get experience in a specialty if they wont hire you to get that experience?

    llg replied to BethrnGA2CO's topic in General Nursing

    You get "related" experience and you develop a good reputation for yourself. For example, if you want NICU, think peds, OB, peds ICU, mother-baby, L&D, etc. ED and Home Health are not related...

  3. So is there really a nursing shortage?

    llg replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

    I used to think it was all about money ... and "we need to treat the nurses better and then they'll stay" ... but now I think that is not the whole story. I talk to students a lot and many of them...

  4. Are there nursing fields with less bullying from other nurses? Is it possible?

    llg replied to island2016's topic in Nursing Career

    There are nice people and not-so-nice people in every specialty. And as a previous poster said, if you go into a situation with an attitude that your will find bullies, you will see them in...

  5. Clinical Educator Interviews....No Success

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

    I think you should continue to talk to people about why you were not selected for the previous jobs you applied for. My department is in the process of filling a couple of clinical educator...

  6. NP's answering to Nursing Management?

    llg replied to ohiosam2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've worked in a couple of NICU's where the NNP's were "co-managed" by the physicians and nursing departments. Since the NNP's are practicing advanced-practice nursing (not medicine) when they work,...

  7. So is there really a nursing shortage?

    llg replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

    My region seems pretty much like what others are saying here. We have plenty of new grads looking for beginner-level jobs ... most of whom have no desire to stay in the long enough to become worth the...

  8. Allow me to vent please

    llg replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    I'm "maxed out" at my job, too. So I haven't gotten any kind of raise (not even cost of living) in almost 5 years. There are a couple of people in my department in the same situation. But I have...

  9. Conflicted New Grad RN Supervisor

    llg replied to Kadams0808's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Keep searching for a better job. Don't quit until you have a new job lined up -- unless you absolutely have to. Long term, you don't won't to work for someone stupid enough to put a new grad in that...

  10. Arghh, am I the only one is tired of systematic cheating

    llg replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, Sour Lemon. I am happy to see that we can "play nice" with each other. I have seen your posts on other threads and usually agree with you. I didn't want to get into a fight with you....

  11. Allow me to vent please

    llg replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you, Tweety. My situation is a little different from yours, but the underlying theme is the same. It's

  12. nursing theorist

    llg replied to buggers's topic in General Students

    Just about any theory can be applied if you have great facility with theory application, but here are a few suggestions. 1. The Theory of Bureaucratic Caring by Marilyn Ray (I think that is what is...

  13. Arghh, am I the only one is tired of systematic cheating

    llg replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I think I may have mis-understood your intent ... the OP was complaining about cheaters and I thought you were joining her in her complaint. If you weren't complaining about cheating, then I...

  14. your niche in nursing

    llg replied to Nurse3242's topic in General Nursing

    I knew before I started nursing school which clinical specialty attracted me (NICU). That's why I went to nursing school. That's the kind of nurse I imagined myself to be. School experiences only...

  15. Arghh, am I the only one is tired of systematic cheating

    llg replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    What I meant was ... that YOU cheated on your CPR renewal. Yes, the instructor led you to cheat ... but YOU cheated by accepting and turning in a card that you knew was a fraud -- and not reporting...

  16. Frustrated, Tired, and Burned Out

    llg replied to KnightRN22's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds to me as if you have done "all the right things" career-wise. So give yourself a proverbial "pat on the back" for having done so well. Now you need to move to the next phase of your...

  17. Any value in getting NP *and* PhD?

    llg replied to chrissyb222's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've known people who have done both. There is nothing wrong with that. You'd just have spent a lot of time, effort, and money to become really well educated. If that is what will make you...

  18. Started first RN job in CA, offered another position

    llg replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the others ... if you are happy in your current setting, consider yourself lucky and stay there. As for moving ahead ... it is true that staying in LTC will limit your options for moving...

  19. Arghh, am I the only one is tired of systematic cheating

    llg replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    So you are the one who cheated! You are complaining about your own

  20. Do grades mean much?

    llg replied to Zooey72's topic in General Students

    I strongly agree with Shrek. Try to get the best grades you can ... but don't get upset if your grades are not perfect. You don't need to be perfect, just really

  21. Last days of life

    llg replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    I meant to write ... "Don't be so afraid of it ...."

  22. Last days of life

    llg replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    I would be hoping that it would be his last breath. ... And I would be hoping that he would pass away soon and peacefully. Your job is not to keep this man alive for as many minutes as you can....

  23. 2011 DUI (18 y.o) will it destroy employment opportunities?

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

    I doubt it will hurt you. I work for a children's hospital that is very strict about such things and I am 99.9% sure that even we would hire you. The fact that several years will have passed ... at...

  24. Doctors without Borders refusing free Pfizer vaccines

    llg replied to StNeotser's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If Pfizer really wants the tax write-off, maybe they can donate the vaccines to the Public Health Departments of the various countries they sell them to at high

  25. Texas Nurse Extern- Academic Credit?

    llg replied to grit&grace's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree with HouTex on one point: I don't see any consistency in the use of the words "externship" and "internship" with relation to academic credit, partnering with schools, etc. It seems to...