sistasoul

sistasoul

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  1. Horizontal violence

    sistasoul posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know this is not a new topic and one that has been talked about frequently and it has been done to death but I need to vent. I have been a nurse for 8 years. I have worked in a hospital, doctor's...

  2. LTC's are a joke

    sistasoul replied to baygrl11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Can not even take care of 20 LTC residents

  3. I Don't Get the Anxiety Part of Nursing

    sistasoul replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you about the first year or two of nursing. I actually liked nursing better the first couple of years but after several years of bedside nursing I needed to get away due to the demands. I...

  4. I Don't Get the Anxiety Part of Nursing

    sistasoul replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand it either. I guess it is a way to get away from the bedside. I knew a NP and she said she would not have worked 2 years on the floor if she knew she could just go straight to NP...

  5. I Don't Get the Anxiety Part of Nursing

    sistasoul replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    I know many nurses who are going back to grad school to be an NP or a nurse educator because of the stress of the bedside. I know of two nurses with less than a year's experience back in school. One...

  6. I Don't Get the Anxiety Part of Nursing

    sistasoul replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    Tenebrae- I did not say in my post that people were defective because of having anxiety. I know what it is like to have crippling social anxiety- have not been on a date in 17 years because of social...

  7. I Don't Get the Anxiety Part of Nursing

    sistasoul replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    Any job you have to take anti anxiety medications to perform means one of two things or both. 1) the job or area of the job is too stressful for that person, or 2) there is too much expected of nurses...

  8. I Don't Get the Anxiety Part of Nursing

    sistasoul replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    When someone needs to take anxiety medication to perform their job that is a red flag. Why should a job be so stressful that one needs to take medication to actually be able to do it? I am a person...

  9. acuity of patients

    sistasoul posted a topic in Rehabilitation

    I work on a rehab unit that is attached to a hospital but is separate from the hospital in that even when we get patients from our hospital they are considered new admissions. We use the same...

  10. Car insurance for home health

    sistasoul posted a topic in Home Health

    Hi all, I am starting a home health job soon and I was told my car insurance has to be 100,000/300,000 for liability and damages, etc. I currently have 50,000/100,000 and have had it for years. I...

  11. Car insurance for home health

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in Home Health

    Does this mean that no matter how much insurance I carry the hospital is still liable? What happens if I get into an accident? Does my insurance pay or does the

  12. Car insurance for home health

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in Home Health

    Thanks, I am not going to upgrade

  13. Car insurance for home health

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in Home Health

    Thank you! So it is too protect the

  14. Car insurance for home health

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in Home Health

    Thanks, I always have had car insurance and I live in a state that does not require it- NH. My car is 14 years old and I just do not want to spend the additional money on insurance for that old of a...

  15. Nurses as Costs for Hospitals

    sistasoul replied to advor's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think it would be difficult to bill for nursing services because we do so many varied things for out patients that it would be hard to put an amount for each and every thing we do. Maybe if the...

  16. acuity of patients

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in Rehabilitation

    What is an RAC audit? Is it a readmit to an acute floor? It seems unreal lately with some of these patients. We just had a patient code last week. Another two sent to inpatient where they both died....

  17. home health interview

    sistasoul posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I have an interview in 3 days time for a 3 day a week home health position. I have 5 years of experience of working on medical surgical units and rehab. I have also worked for a year in an...

  18. New laws requiring LPNs and RNs to become BSN by 2016

    sistasoul replied to Vocationofalifetime's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My hospital is pushing really hard to get all the ADN's to get their BSN and only hiring BSNs. I had to get my BSN. I can truthfully say the knowledge I received has very minimally helped me as a...

  19. perdiem and hounded everyday to work

    sistasoul posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I am a perdiem nurse and work three shifts a week because this is all I can do because of the stress of the bedside. I am hounded everyday by emails and phone calls asking me to work. I do...

  20. perdiem and hounded everyday to work

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, life is short. thank you for the

  21. perdiem and hounded everyday to work

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the encouragement and wise

  22. LTC NURSE seeking a Hospital Position (with bad reference??)

    sistasoul replied to pennylane18's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hi HouTx, What do you mean by the statute of limitations has run its course? Does a bad reference or a do not rehire status fall to the wayside after so many

  23. Those Kind of Tears That Make Your Throat Burn

    sistasoul replied to nursey246's topic in Nurses Rock

    Beautiful story. I always cry when I read these stories. It helps to remember why we do what we

  24. Any office nurses that have been MAs first?

    sistasoul replied to joyfullpn's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I find that in my job that the MAs and the nurses do essentially the same job. We do not really triage but gather facts and present the information to the physicians, NPs or PA's. There is really no...

  25. Everything is our responsibility. Rant.

    sistasoul replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Exactly!!!!!!!!! A million times over! These scenarios have happened to me. I believe it is called laziness at its