RN1989

RN1989

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  1. Do you ever put your foot down with difficult patients?

    RN1989 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I do. Unfortunately when you work for a for-profit employer, you can then get nasty comments made on your evaluation that you have poor customer service skills. My last boss thinks that money is...

  2. I want to inspire minority kids in innercity neighborhoods...but...

    RN1989 replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    The majority of teachers that my mother works with were nurses in their first

  3. Volunteers on your floors?

    RN1989 replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on the individual volunteers whether or not they are a help vs hindrance. I've had elderly people volunteer who are afraid to leave the station, others go straight to rooms and sit...

  4. PRN nurses-need your advice!

    RN1989 replied to ethelbsnrn's topic in Agency Nurses

    I've spent a large portion of my career as PRN float pool or outside agency. When we were younger, we simply did not buy health insurance and prayed we didn't get into a car wreck or something. We...

  5. Delegation

    RN1989 replied to mimi1jb's topic in General Nursing

    Priority sounds pretty good to me. Ward clerk needs to be calling maintenance and housekeeping for the toilet and dietary for the trays. She can throw a blanket on the floor to keep the water from...

  6. I got a job!At an abortion clinic?

    RN1989 replied to rrandle02's topic in General Nursing

    Did I say that being close minded was a bad

  7. Soiled uniforms

    RN1989 replied to okihusker's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yes, that regulation has been around for many years. However I have not seen many nurses actually do this as their uniforms generally do not return and the facility doesn't reimburse for destroying...

  8. I got a job!At an abortion clinic?

    RN1989 replied to rrandle02's topic in General Nursing

    This is no one's business but your own. Most people are dead set against an issue until something slaps them in the face and makes them confront that issue. If that time never comes, then they will...

  9. PRN nurses-need your advice!

    RN1989 replied to ethelbsnrn's topic in Agency Nurses

    If you don't like floating it is unlikely you will end up happy in this job. Private insurance can be very expensive, especially since your husband has pre-existing conditions that are pre-cursors...

  10. How much experience must you have?

    RN1989 replied to goody986's topic in Agency Nurses

    Most places require a minimum of a year. However, unless you are able to function independently without assist from others except for things like lifting, it is not adviseable to be an agency nurse....

  11. DFW LPN-RN Question.

    RN1989 replied to tropdiver's topic in Texas Nursing

    Don't have a clue but wouldn't recommend working as a nurse in DFW unless you absolutely have

  12. Should I mention this on my resume?

    RN1989 replied to biafra's topic in Texas Nursing

    The general rule is that you only put a job on your resume if you were there for at least 3 months. 3 months is the usual "get acquainted" period in which time both employer and employee decide if...

  13. If You Could What Halloween Costume Would You Wear?

    RN1989 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse - cheaper and doesn't take any more brain cells to come up

  14. Do you think this will improve staffing?

    RN1989 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Obviously someone was smokin' something when they thought that making these new rules would fix

  15. Pushing drugs for the Man bother anyone?

    RN1989 replied to somebody's topic in General Nursing

    If people were willing to take responsibility for their own lives by living clean, healthy lifestyles, pharmaceutical companies would already be halfway out of business. I don't like how...

  16. Specialty within the Nursing feild that requires little or no contact with blood?

    RN1989 replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    Which is why nurses like this are completely clueless about the real world and are usually not very good staff advocates becaue they do not have hands on

  17. Nursing shortage: A myth?

    RN1989 replied to blacksea pebble's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps the MYTH that you are referring to is not the one you actually understand as you are a newbie. If you look at the numbers of people holding nursing licenses in this country, there is not a...

  18. Anyone know where I can get soft scrubs?

    RN1989 replied to BerthaRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Tafford had scrubs like that at one

  19. Re-entering Hospital Setting

    RN1989 replied to kymaja's topic in Texas Nursing

    For starts - St. David's network is for-profit. Having worked for both non and for profit, for profit is always gonna cut corners the worst and the staff and patients are always the ones to suffer....

  20. working for insurance company?

    RN1989 replied to Almabella's topic in General Nursing

    Look at the fine print. Several insurance companies told me that they required you to work allnighters to get things done. And they made you sign a form stating that you were aware that this job did...

  21. Anything good about working in Texas?

    RN1989 replied to MBsGirl's topic in Texas Nursing

    I just thought of something good about working in TX - there is no state income tax! Of course property tax probably takes as much as state income tax would. For those who are moving to TX, I would...

  22. Re-entering Hospital Setting

    RN1989 replied to kymaja's topic in Texas Nursing

    My friends swear that they prefer L&D above all else. I've done it but it wasn't my cup of tea. For floor nursing I prefer Tele. Ratios are usually better than med-surg and even if you don't see...

  23. Nurse Friendly Certification

    RN1989 replied to Kelly_the_Great's topic in Texas Nursing

    Nurse Friendly is a joke. It's even worse than Magnet. Many hospitals are using it because they know they can't lie good enough to achieve Magnet. As long as things look great on paper, that is...

  24. unions in Tx ?

    RN1989 replied to calliesue's topic in Texas Nursing

    More than a decade ago, the San Antonio VA nurses were unionized. From what I heard, they did achieve quite a bit. TX legislation changed a while back that let employers tell more about the employees...

  25. A few more questions before moving to Texas.

    RN1989 replied to John123's topic in Texas Nursing

    AMEN! But right now I am feeling so overwhelmed with it all. I have been debating about joining because I've spent so many years involved in PACs and haven't seen much get done. If I were out in CA,...