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  1. Happy Nurses Week!

    flashpoint replied to allantiques4me's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if they have anything planned for us...I'm too new to ask and complain!

  2. Geez, I'm glad I'm not working right now

    flashpoint replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good point...there is still a good chance you qualify for paitient assistance through the drug company. They obviously don't base it on income or anything like that...a lot of time they give patient...

  3. Mandatory Inservices only offered on my "OFF"days!

    flashpoint replied to MsPiggy's topic in General Nursing

    I've only been there a few days and they tell me lunch is usually something like kid's meals from the local burger joint or ham sandwiches and potato salad from the kitchen, but it's better than...

  4. Geez, I'm glad I'm not working right now

    flashpoint replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Tazzi...I love you! Go to the Abbott website and see if they offer patient assistance. The people that own the local major soft drink bottling plant here get patient assistance, so it isn't totally...

  5. Mandatory Inservices only offered on my "OFF"days!

    flashpoint replied to MsPiggy's topic in General Nursing

    Our mandatory meetings and inservices include lunch and a drawing for some sort of door prize. We get paid our hourly wage, plus I get $10 for mileage...it's a good

  6. Best footwear for Nurses

    flashpoint replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in General Nursing

    I love, love, love my Crocs...however, since my new employer doesn't allow them, I am back to my Birkenstocks. Birkenstocks are a very close second...and they are pure white instead of the pearl...

  7. They rescinded my job offer...

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    I quit one job, turned down another job, went through drug testing, physical agility testing, and everything but orientation and they rescinded the offer. I don't know what I am going to do

  8. They rescinded my job offer...

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I got the job...not 100% what I was looking for but still a very nice facility, breat beenfits, good $$$, staffing so good they are almost overstaffed, organized management... I do general orientation...

  9. Need Help FAST Please. RE: Inappropriate discharge

    flashpoint replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    There should be a procedure for discharging a resident for something like nonpayment. Here, we can discharge a resident "against their will" if they and their POA or guardian are given 30 days...

  10. They rescinded my job offer...

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Well...I got a call from the place I turned down. They want me to come in for another interview tomorrow. Yea! The DON also said that my references checked out very well and that my former...

  11. Cursing A Good Samaritan???

    flashpoint replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    At the risk of sounding like a cocky, ungrateful,*****...if fire/rescue was already on scene, I wouldn’t have stopped. In a chaotic scene, with multiple victims, the last thing we need is one more...

  12. They rescinded my job offer...

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I got a call for an interview for a paramedic position. We'll see what

  13. They rescinded my job offer...

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I discussed the reference that is less than good at my interview. I was very direct about what happened and what I have done to prevent it from happening again. I accepted full responsibility for...

  14. They rescinded my job offer...

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    The job I turned down has offered the position to someone else...if she declines, the position is mine. I hope things work out somehow. I am really just devastated right now...not so much because of...

  15. They rescinded my job offer...

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    They just said it was based on reference checks. We discussed that in the interview and I told them that one might be unfavorable. I think I am going to throw up. Tomorrow, I will start looking...

  16. Share Your Nursing Horror Stories

    flashpoint replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    Well...it was my first night shift in a small LTC. The nurse who was supposed to be doing my orientation came in and took report with me, had me count narcotics, and went outside to get something out...

  17. How much notice to give?

    flashpoint replied to brookesbuddy's topic in General Nursing

    Three months??? Holy cats...that seems like a really long time!

  18. "Customer service" and nursing

    flashpoint replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think I have said this before, but I think that some managers forget what it is like in the real world. Sometimes they expect things that are way above and beyond the call of duty and they feel the...

  19. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    flashpoint replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Pyrexia of Unknown Origin BUBBLE HE (think

  20. paramedics in the ER

    flashpoint replied to blufoxtrot's topic in Emergency

    Umm...EMT-Bs are not

  21. What to do in a code situation

    flashpoint replied to ladydame's topic in General Nursing

    I always do a minute by minute play by play. I chart what drugs were given and when, what rhythms were when we checked, when we held CPR, when we resumed CPR, when we got lines, when we got tubes,...

  22. bristol stool chart

    flashpoint replied to cybernurse81's topic in General Nursing

    This is

  23. 18 y/o RN!

    flashpoint replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I went into LPN school straight out of high school. The next youngest person in my class was 35. I was the only peron in my class who didn't have kids, had never had a mammogram, had never had a pap...

  24. "Customer service" and nursing

    flashpoint replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    :yeahthat:

  25. "Customer service" and nursing

    flashpoint replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Most of the people who complain about nurses not fetching them a soda or not giving them 1/2 of our lunch are not the type that will give any good comments anyway. I've found that most of my positive...