sassysteph7

sassysteph7

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  1. will i get audited

    sassysteph7 posted a topic in Travel

    I'm very interested in travelling and hope to get an assignment later this year therefore I basically 'attack' any traveller I meet and ask them tons of questions. Recently a nurse I met said that if...

  2. will i get audited

    sassysteph7 replied to sassysteph7's topic in Travel

    Goodness sounds like she may be right. Perhaps its easier to not take the tax free money.....its just my darn luck the IRS would audit me and make my life miserable. Do alot of travellors get

  3. new grad and I already hate working

    sassysteph7 replied to 2bnurse_it's topic in Medical-Surgical

    To all new grads - the first year is the absolute worst. I've had doctors and some older nurses be very rude to me. Oh well! I haven't hurt any patients and I've learned alot along the way. Ask...

  4. Work from home

    sassysteph7 replied to trixyone's topic in Florida Nursing

    I don't have any hard answers. You might want to look into insurance companies that hire nurses to answer customer service lines. I had a friend once in NY who was going to do that. She said the...

  5. RN moving to FL

    sassysteph7 replied to kurlygurl's topic in Florida Nursing

    Obtaining a FL license isn't hard. Google florida nursing licenses and you'll find the info. I even went through a 3rd party company. They did all the leg work. I just paid them a fee - which I think...

  6. NursesRX

    sassysteph7 replied to onegrumpyrn's topic in Travel

    I recently worked with a girl who is signed up with NursesRX. She spoke highly of the company and said the housing was awesome. She also said that her recruiter was good about getting her where she...

  7. Looking for a Job

    sassysteph7 replied to bzyrice's topic in Florida Nursing

    Northside Hospital which is a smallish hospital here in St. Peterburg stresses the fact that they are a teaching hospital. I'm sure, if you wanted to relocate, they'd hire you. Its an HCA hospital....

  8. Tampa scrub stores

    sassysteph7 replied to MB37's topic in Florida Nursing

    Scrubs N Dubs on 4th in St. Pete is a good place for talls. The woman who owns it is real nice. You can call her and ask her about specific stuff and she'll tell you if she has it. She also runs a...

  9. New agency nurse .. is 40 patients normal ?

    sassysteph7 replied to ilostmymuse's topic in Agency Nurses

    Most of my experience in LTC I had a patient load of atleast 30. Once I went to this facility and had 40. I was the only nurse on the floor and had never been there before so I didn't know ANY of the...

  10. Lost a good friend today

    sassysteph7 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    About 18 months ago a very good friend of mine was diagnosed with lung cancer. See this gentlman was a pivital person in my life. We worked together for 5 years and during the last few he REALLY,...

  11. Uniforms and your appearance

    sassysteph7 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    O.K. this is starting to bug me so I have to vent and see if there are any other nurses out there who thing like me. I believe your uniform and how you present yourself says alot about who you are,...

  12. You know you have a great job when.....

    sassysteph7 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    You know you have the best job in the world when you've touched a soul and at the end of the day you ask yourself "is this really a job and should I enjoy this sooo

  13. Hourly Rate Changes

    sassysteph7 posted a topic in Travel

    Perhaps some of you seasoned travellers can help me understand something. Recently I've spoken to a travel company and in the discussion I asked about housing benefits and how much I'd receive if I...

  14. You don't LOOK like a nurse

    sassysteph7 replied to NHCNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure nurses have a 'look'. The funny thing that happened to me today was I made a hospice visit at a local hospital that I'm not very familiar with. I got off the elevator on the wrong floor...

  15. sick and tired of defending working in geriatrics..

    sassysteph7 replied to ulmaulma's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yesterday I worked with a nurse who had just started with a different agency than mine. She is a hospital nurse and for some unknown reason they threw her into a LTC facility without ANY orientation....

  16. How would you respond to this statement...

    sassysteph7 replied to ShayRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I work Hospice part time and agency full time and I understand that trying to convince families that morphine doesn't kill, the disease kills, is frustrating. However, I hate it even more when I hear...

  17. So... how was YOUR weekend?

    sassysteph7 replied to mom4josh's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry your weekend was so horrible. What bothers me is the fact that just because someone is a DNR does not mean they are a do not TREAT! I for one do not want CPR performed on me but I'd have second...

  18. What can I do?

    sassysteph7 replied to Daughtermom's topic in General Nursing

    I also quit my first job after 3 months (the ICU). I hated it. It wasn't what I thought it would be and I felt very overwhelmed. I found another job before I quit though. As for a new job I'd simply...

  19. LTC or Hospital

    sassysteph7 replied to luvtosmile's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I tried hospital nursing when I first graduated and didn't like it. My heart was in LTC. I also kept hearing from nurses that 'you'll lose your skills in LTC'. I think this is all hogwash. I hang TPN,...

  20. Lost one of my 'favorites' yesterday

    sassysteph7 replied to mandaleigh's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That is exactly why I love LTC. We really get to know them, their families, their backgrounds. When I lost one of my 'first' favorites I went to her funeral. My husband thought I was going overboard...

  21. Blood sugars?

    sassysteph7 replied to gagezoie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would check with your facility. When I was an aide in NY I did them but when I was an aide in MA I didn't do them. Where I work now the aides are not allowed to do

  22. To Orient or Not to Orient?

    sassysteph7 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    All, I work with alot of alzheimer's patients and recently I was taking care of this woman who sundowns pretty bad. Her son called the primary himself and got rid of her prn's so basically the poor...

  23. inside the mind of a nurse.....

    sassysteph7 replied to ERRN92's topic in General Nursing

    Once I was in the gas station and this man behind me was shaking so bad I thought he's either going through the DT's or his sugar is low (he had in his hand a soda and a candy bar). I also check...

  24. To Orient or Not to Orient?

    sassysteph7 replied to sassysteph7's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Like I said in my original post I usually do play along w/ them. I tried having her sit at the nurses station with me and tell me about her childhood, her career, she just kept trying to get out of...

  25. Dansko appropriate shoe for plus-size?

    sassysteph7 replied to DinAZ's topic in General Nursing

    I prefer birkenstocks myself. Dansko's don't fit my wide feet very well. The prices are comparible as well. Good luck in