KaroSnowQueen RN

KaroSnowQueen has 30 years experience as a RN and specializes in Telemetry, Case Management.

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   How many different nursing positions have you had?

   KaroSnowQueen replied to LittleMissVixen410's topic in General Nursing

   Been an LPN for 30 years. 1984-5, LTC 1985-88, Stayed home with my kids 1988-1990 LTC 1990-91, Agency working for 2 hospitals 1991-2001, LTC 2001-2007, hospital 2007-2014, reviewed claims major...
2. 

   LPN Undercutting...

   KaroSnowQueen replied to CVG.insanity's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I've been an LPN for literally 30 years and my pay has been stalled in the $20-22 range for over 10 years. Even tho I have hospital experience in almost all areas except L&D, surgery and cardiac...
3. 

   Don't want a full time job, but wait..,

   KaroSnowQueen replied to OCRN3's topic in General Nursing

   Im glad you didnt take it - $15K is not worth the implied heartache I see in that
4. 

   lost.....

   KaroSnowQueen replied to chelli73's topic in Travel

   Not sure whats going on with you, dont know if Illinois is a compact state. Or if your current state is. Oops, just saw Indy, nope not compact, darn it. I think I'd hit up a payday loan place and...
5. 

   LPN before RN?

   KaroSnowQueen replied to TMCasaletto's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   As an LPN of 30 years, get your ADN first. Period. If I had it to do over, I
6. 

   Is there a legal way to do this...

   KaroSnowQueen replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   Like someone else said...an anonymous phone call.....Hello, police? I'm at Blahblah ER and that child rapist dude is HERE saying he's some John Doe. For God's sake get here before they let him...
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   only 30, in so much pain....dentures?

   KaroSnowQueen replied to thenursemandy's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   I, too, had horrible teeth. My parents had horrible teeth, taught me their fear of the dentist and gave me sodapop since infancy! I had my first tooth pulled at 14. Over the years, I would go to...
8. 

   What do you think of fibromyalgia?

   KaroSnowQueen replied to Emergent's topic in Health, Stress Management

   I was given this diagnosis several years ago. A few years later, I was also diagnosed, nearly simultneously, with diabetes, autoimmune thyroid disease, and arthrittis. A couple of years after that,...
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   Is lying the new norm?

   KaroSnowQueen replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in Home Health

   This happened to me, I filled out an online aplication, got a call almost immediately. 'Oh, that position, and all others like it, are already filled, HOWEVER, would you be interested in...?' No, I...
10. 

    Why I Refuse Flu Shot

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Steve123's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Every year, when i worked in a nursing home, we went down the halls passing out flu shots like Halloween candy. And every single year, at least one, usually two or three, occasionally more of the...
11. 

    Oh, this isn't for me......

    KaroSnowQueen replied to MomRN0913's topic in Home Health

    Some of us are not cut out for home health, me being one of them. It is just not my cup of tea. Perhaps it isn't yours either. Keep looking, you'll find your
12. 

    patient privacy

    KaroSnowQueen replied to naftali216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Me? I don't care if students observe. I figure if they want to see a round little woman get whatever done, more power to them. However, I remember clearly my mother being horrified that "gobs" of...
13. 

    Has Nursing hardened you?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    As many other posters have said, I don't think its being in nursing in general that has made a change in me, so much as life itself has changed me. Nursing is a much harder job than you are prepared...
14. 

    continuing AA after recovery program?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to TXRN2's topic in Nurses Recovery

    While I have never been in your shoes (but for the grace of God...), I have a very close relative who was. For her, she went to AA at least twice a week, sometimes more. I agree with those who say...
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    Abusive and Cruel Clinical Instructors: Why??

    KaroSnowQueen replied to sallber's topic in General Students

    I agree that there are instructors out there who have some kind of mental/emotional instability. When I was in LPN school over 28 years ago, we had one instructor that was very up front about her...