KaroSnowQueen RN

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    My sister is on life support

    KaroSnowQueen replied to realnursealso/LPN's topic in General Nursing

    May God bless and comfort you and yours during this sorrowful time. Your sis knows you love her, and I think she undertands how hard this is on you. There's no words I can say except I am so...
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    Considering a year off (sort of) advice?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Skwidward's topic in General Nursing

    This is just my two cents, , but here it is. I vote you take the long way. Work as an LPN, go do some pre-reqs, go to England. School will still be there when you get back. Your family is more...
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    Would it be silly to get an LPN when I already have a BS?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to CNAinNeb's topic in LPN to RN

    Go ahead and get your BSN. It won't take that much longer than your LPN, and a BSN degree will open many doors for you. I don't think you'll regret
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    Where are all the happy nurses?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to NPs4health's topic in General Nursing

    I work for a major medicare advantage insurance company. I love it here. I work 8 to 5, have personal days, sick days, vacation days. Nobody whines when you call in sick, they do your work for you...
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    Is it bad etiquette to accept extra money from a coworker who wants you to take call?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to linda2097's topic in Operating Room

    Slightly off topic, but I had a co-worker offer me money to come down to her floor (LTC nights) and do a dressing change on a patient whose face was nearly gone from untreated (per his preference)...
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    RNs- Mostly first born? Alcoholic fathers?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oldest child, mother crazy and alcoholic. Father crazy but his didnt' surface til I was an adult. Read the book "Adult Children of Alcoholics" by Janet Woj-i-something when I was 35 and the bells...
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    What am I, chopped liver?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to sunshineonleith's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, indeed, we are chopped liver. Glad you noticed!!!:icon_roll I have been a nurse on a heart unit for the last five or so years. My DH has a heart condition. He will ask me something, and listen...
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    Breastfeeding and Work

    KaroSnowQueen replied to DZcarrie's topic in General Nursing

    The thing is to find someone willing to cover while you're pumping. At my old job, we had a nurse who was always having babies it seemed and some of the other nurses were rather hostile to her about...
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    Are You Satisfied Being An LPN?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to mammaoftwo's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    :twocents:I am quite satisfied being an LPN. :redpinkhe I have been an LPN for 24 years. I have worked LTC, hospital, agency and now in case management for an insurance company. In the states where I...
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    Wages in Louisville

    KaroSnowQueen replied to krazykev's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on your experience, your workplace and your shift. My daughter is an RN, works on a post-surgical unit on the Baylor +1 program (every Sat & Sun plus 1 weekday) and makes 55k-60k per...
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    Nightshift Insomnia- Help!!!

    KaroSnowQueen replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work third anymore. But I would cover the windows with aluminum foil. Keeps the sunlight out and makes it really dark. Unplugged the phone. Used a fan for "white noise" to cover up house...
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    Its True about Nurses and Tickets

    KaroSnowQueen replied to ScooterNurse's topic in General Nursing

    A few years ago I had worked a 12 hr shift and got mandated to stay over another 5 hours. I was about halfway between work and home in a newly "downgraded" speed zone (read "trap" for zone). I was...
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    What kind of LTC resident will you be?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to squeakykitty's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm gonna be the b*%@)& old lady in the private room on the far corner. Why, because I will torment all the crazy a$$ roommates they give me until they decide to just give in and give me a...
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    opinion re: care coordination RN

    KaroSnowQueen replied to teegeo's topic in Case Management

    I am now doing a similar job, perhaps for the same company, as I have seen openings posted on the web for them in your area!! I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE my job!! TEN THOUSAND percent LESS stressful than...
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    Should assaults on medical personnel be a Felony Offense?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    OH HE!! YES!!!!! I had my arm broken by a kicking patient. We had been told he was combative and to get someone to help. I had two orderlies and two aides holding his legs while I changed a toe...
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    LPN Information or rumor: Is this true?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Butterflybee's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    No and nope. I had no medical experience before getting my LPN, not so much as had a clue about anything before I went to school. Have had no troubles getting jobs. And "they're going to make all LPNs...
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    Would Any Nurses Consider A Career As An Ultrasound Technician?!

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Batman24's topic in General Nursing

    I thought seriously about it before I got my present position in case mgmt. You can take regular u/s training plus extra classes to graduate certified as a regular u/s tech, plus ob and cardiac...
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    inside the mind of a nurse.....

    KaroSnowQueen replied to ERRN92's topic in General Nursing

    I ALWAYS SAY I LOVE YOU ON THE PHONE TO FAMILY.:redpinkhe AND I HAVE ALCOHOL GEL IN MY CAR. AND MY PURSE. AND ON MY PRIVATE DESK AT WORK (ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE OTHER GALS HERE HAVE HUUUUUUUUUUGE...
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    How do you protect your identity?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    There are many weirdos in the world. Some of them are patients or family members of patients. Some of them get upset enough about normal hospital procedures, and want to make sure someone knows...
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    Do LPN's get pinned?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to mamunsey's topic in General Nursing

    Graduated 1984, got pinned at
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    Valet Parking

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Roseyposey's topic in General Nursing

    The hospitals in my area that are doing valet parking do it for the visitors for free, abso-smurfly for free!!! The last hospital I was working for did a survey for what patients wanted in a new...
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    It's easy: Tamper with things and EXTEND your STAY!

    KaroSnowQueen replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    There was a patient on our floor (not my patient, thank God), who found a wrapped, unused flush in her room, took it to the bathroom, emptied the saline out, used the syringe to obtain her own feces...
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    I woke up during surgery, Have you?

    KaroSnowQueen replied to GatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    I got sick last year on Thanksgiving day, and that started a round of surgeries that lasted until May this year. The very first surgery on my right kidney and bladder, I woke up. Couldn't move...
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    For those of you that have left the bedside....

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Lorelai22RN's topic in Nursing Career

    Have been gone from the bedside five months now. Do I miss it? NO! Do I want to go back? NO! Am now doing case management for a health insurance company. Love it, I am treated calmly and...
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    Exit Interviews

    KaroSnowQueen replied to Toquay's topic in General Nursing

    When I left my last job, I looked forward to an exit interview so I could tell them why every nurse for the last two years had left, including me. Policy stated everyone who gave notice gets an exit...