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  1. New to HH NSG, I'm killing myself..advice?

    HeyHeyitsMaay replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in Home Health

    She changed my pay after being told I needed it in writing. I'm now looking for a new job, and, as I'm more.than familiar with the fair labor standards act....monday, (payday) is going to be a tragic...

  2. New to HH NSG, I'm killing myself..advice?

    HeyHeyitsMaay posted a topic in Home Health

    I'm a salaried RN doing mostly admits, recerts and ROC's. Every single patient I see since I started this job last month has called and told the agency they no longer want any other nurse but me to...

  3. New to HH NSG, I'm killing myself..advice?

    HeyHeyitsMaay replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in Home Health

    I talked to an investigator with the wage and hr. Div. Of.the board of labor. She has to pay me base pay that doesnt change.unless.ive actually.missed a full day of work. Otherwise, youre right. Shes...

  4. New to HH NSG, I'm killing myself..advice?

    HeyHeyitsMaay replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in Home Health

    Im an exempt employee. It is not illegal for me to work 7 days a week. I dont get the breaks or time off that hourly employees do. Im a visiting nurse, I don't do PDN except as a one time event when...

  5. New to HH NSG, I'm killing myself..advice?

    HeyHeyitsMaay replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in Home Health

    Thank you very much for your insight. I don't have a contract. I'm on their payroll, but no contract. Should I be asking for one? We never had a load that was agreed upon so I'm having a really hard...

  6. Sent into a correctional facility...failed miserably :(

    HeyHeyitsMaay posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    I worked in corrections when I was working in urban missions...as a counselor for a private drug and alcohol rehab where we'd also go into prisons and run bible studies and such. I'm very familiar...

  7. Pearsonvue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 3

    HeyHeyitsMaay replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Just got home. In the span of the past 6 months I had to move from Idaho back to Texas, find a job and a place to live without a dime to my name and zero anything to put in an apartment. Started a...

  8. Why are Nursing Programs so hard to get into?

    HeyHeyitsMaay posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Between mandatory overtime and critical nursing shortages, Why are schools denying entrance to perfectly good candidates? Why are waiting lists so long and so few slots available in the programs? And...

  9. licensed LVN in a compact state - moving to Tx as a graduate RN..licensing help pls!!

    HeyHeyitsMaay posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    I live in Idaho and have an active LVN license I've worked under until just recently in anticipation of my move which will be on the 20th..in a couple weeks. I graduate from my RN program on the 16th....

  10. About to Graduate, Having a Hard Time and Want to Give Up

    HeyHeyitsMaay posted a topic in LPN to RN

    I graduate from my RN bridge program in December. I've started precepting and have 40 hours left. Give or take. I don't know anyone at all where I live. I'm alone and I've struggled but I'm making it....

  11. About to Graduate, Having a Hard Time and Want to Give Up

    HeyHeyitsMaay replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in LPN to RN

    I sincerely appreciate all of y'all's responses to me. It felt good to read them after a long day today! As for special treatment, no way am I asking for that. After staying up all night studying,...

  12. New Nurse Help

    HeyHeyitsMaay replied to Amanda2121's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm going to be honest. I started out in LTC as well. I ABSOLUTELY ADORE geriatric patients. But the care model that we follow is based upon maximizing revenue...at the cost of nurse's safety,...

  13. advice on philosophy of pt. care...are we called to patronize them?

    HeyHeyitsMaay posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I work at a rehab hospital. There's a patient on my hall who has a reputation for being abusive. Yelling, belligerent, etc. She wanted her fentanyl patch c hanged at 8pm, and I had 2 new admits and...

  14. advice on philosophy of pt. care...are we called to patronize them?

    HeyHeyitsMaay replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I'm not a doctor. I have no right to alter orders per what I think about anything. lol. I offer alternatives to meds and attempt to divert attn. away from the pain. Otherwise, whatever the dr....

  15. advice on philosophy of pt. care...are we called to patronize them?

    HeyHeyitsMaay replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in General Nursing

    I'm over thinking. Thanks for teaching me. I'm new to nursing outside of geriatric clients. And I scratch my head at the dynamic sometimes. I need to just shut up and do my job sometimes. I'm not...

  16. advice on philosophy of pt. care...are we called to patronize them?

    HeyHeyitsMaay replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I learned that lesson. It's not worth fighting over. I'm asking this in a more broad sense.... is this part of being a

  17. advice on philosophy of pt. care...are we called to patronize them?

    HeyHeyitsMaay replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in General Nursing

    I was the only nurse on a hall with 24 patients, 2 of which had just been admitted. Her patch change is q72 hrs. When this patient yells, we're told to do what she wants. Give her whatever she says...

  18. friend/nurse where I go for tx, did she violate hippa?

    HeyHeyitsMaay posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a military spouse in the middle of a divorce. One of the med-techs (military equivalent of an LPN) in the women's clinic at our base was told by my husband that I gave him an STI. She then...

  19. friend/nurse where I go for tx, did she violate hippa?

    HeyHeyitsMaay replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in General Nursing

    It wasn't HPV that he was saying I gave him. I had HPV many years before I met my husband, and it did cause the dysplasia and was asymptomatic in me. Had I been getting regular paps I would've known...

  20. friend/nurse where I go for tx, did she violate hippa?

    HeyHeyitsMaay replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in General Nursing

    You're super sweet. I filed an IG complaint because my husband has done some pretty heinous things since our separation, and after 4 months I've had enough. I included what this chick did in terms of...

  21. friend/nurse where I go for tx, did she violate hippa?

    HeyHeyitsMaay replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in General Nursing

    In the military culture, we all live and behave as one (sometimes very dysfunctional) family. My brother is active duty at the same (very small) base as this nurse and my husband. It was devastating...

  22. friend/nurse where I go for tx, did she violate hippa?

    HeyHeyitsMaay replied to HeyHeyitsMaay's topic in General Nursing

    My husband told her this as a friend. My problem is that I know she talks about patient information. She's told ME patient information that she had no business knowing and/or sharing. I can't go back...

  23. ADN/Magnet Hospitals/Ability to Find Work in the Metroplex

    HeyHeyitsMaay posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Hey y'all, I'll be moving to Texas next winter once I'm done w/my ADN. I'll be living in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex area. I'd like to go back to the Midcities.... I'm wondering about the job...

  24. Issues with patient education re: flu shots

    HeyHeyitsMaay posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Hi all, I'm having an issue w/patient education concerning the need for flu shots. I'm constantly being told that flu shots are "the devil." "I still get the flu even when I get them." "I've NEVER had...

  25. USAF...The Impossible (for me)

    HeyHeyitsMaay posted a topic in Government, Military

    Hi all, I am (was) an overweight T2 non-insulin dependent diabetic. My hyperglycemia is all but gone d/t my drastic change in diet and weight loss. This stated, in 2 years I'll be finished w/my BSN...