Hellllllo Nurse

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  1. Flag Staff Medical Hospital RNs to vote....

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to mark hamel's topic in Arizona Nursing

    AZ is a right to work state. Even if the union is voted in, membership is voluntary- the nurses could join or not -their choice. I would personally love to join a nurses' union. I'd be ecstatic to...

  2. Flag Staff Medical Hospital RNs to vote....

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to mark hamel's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I agree totally,

  3. Does school find out who passed/failed NCLEX?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to MERCEDES674's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The school finds out how many of their graduates took the NCLEX, and how many passed or failed. I do not think they learn the names of which are which. Here are published pass/fail rates and stats of...

  4. Would you leave?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to stephiebob/lpn2rn's topic in Pediatric

    Great advice. I couldn't agree

  5. Soo Many Posts On Criminal Records

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    Prior to attending nursing school, you can find out if your criminal record makes you ineligable to take

  6. dilemma between FMC and Davita...which one?anyone?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to JRLO's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I have never worked for Da Vita. I've worked @ two FMC clinics. They work their nurses like

  7. Soo Many Posts On Criminal Records

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent post,

  8. Shouold I stay or should I go?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Fonenurse's topic in International Nursing

    It's the same here in the

  9. Staff/Patient Ratio - 30 Patients per Nurse

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Colima's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LTC is the most "unglamourous" of all areas of nursing and one of the hardest. I was the only nurse for 65 res at an LTC, didn't take a lunch break for two years- busted my ass day and and day out....

  10. Need advice...life threatened by pt's family today

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to SotaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sota, Wow. I am also a hemodialysis charge nurse and have also been recently threatened with violence at my clinic. The only thing they did was UM and SS spoke to the pt and changed my schedule so...

  11. Need help. Starting to doubt myself. Almost HATE nursing now....

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so glad yo are feeling better and more confident about your situation. All the best to you- knock 'em

  12. BSN or RN

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ibmaryann's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It all depends. I have worked for an organizatin that did not have a single BSN. Staff educator, risk mgmt, unit director, dept directors and outside consultants were all either diploma or ADN RNs. I...

  13. BSN or RN

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ibmaryann's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Not true. My speciality is hemodialysis. I am usually charge nurse. I have an

  14. BSN or RN

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ibmaryann's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    :deadhorse :smackingf

  15. Need help. Starting to doubt myself. Almost HATE nursing now....

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    Emma, After all you've been through. You are doing fantastically. You are one stong person and I admire you. Dont' let one stupid instructor get to you, nsg instructors are notoriously hard and mean....

  16. Why are others nurses rude to agency nurses?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to doodles's topic in Agency Nurses

    I've worked as regular staff with other regular staff who were stealing narcs and using them at work. I've never seen agency doing this, though. As an agency nurse, I've had 3 drug screens in the last...

  17. How many Nurse jobs have you had?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to johnson0424's topic in General Nursing

    CNA- one job for 3 years- agency. LPN- was an LPN for 8 years. In that time I had 4 jobs. I've been an RN for 6 years. In that time I've had 9 jobs. This is because I moved to an area where there are...

  18. Professional Misconduct

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to bertita's topic in General Nursing

    I agree w/ all of the above

  19. Why are others nurses rude to agency nurses?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to doodles's topic in Agency Nurses

    In my experience, bad facilities w/ miserable staff treat everyone badly- staff, agency, and pts. The opposite is true for good facilites w/ content

  20. Why are others nurses rude to agency nurses?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to doodles's topic in Agency Nurses

    No problem, Tweety. I was just adding on to your post to show that everyone's experiences w/ travelers/agency are different. I've gotten so much respect and appreciation as agency. I almost...

  21. Delegating bedmaking, bedpans . . .

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to pancake's topic in General Nursing

    I was a CNA for 3 years and I agree. Also, working as a CNA helped me be able tell when a CNA is trying to pull a fast one on

  22. Delegating bedmaking, bedpans . . .

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to pancake's topic in General Nursing

    As a student, you need to know how to make beds, pass and set up trays, make beds, feed pts, etc. Even if you get a nursing job where you won't be doing these things yourself, you need to know how to...

  23. Why are others nurses rude to agency nurses?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to doodles's topic in Agency Nurses

    Every travel contract I have signed states that I am not to divulge my salary to anyone at the contracting facility, even the facility mgr, and I never have. I've never known of any travel nurses...

  24. CNA license

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to lamorena's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Hello, CNAs are not licensed- they're certified. Nurses are

  25. Why are others nurses rude to agency nurses?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to doodles's topic in Agency Nurses

    I'm an agency nurse- a traveler. On the contrary, I find that most staff nursses are very nice to me and are glad to have the