Gromit

Gromit

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  1. Does it pay to challenge a test question?

    Gromit replied to luv2yoga's topic in General Nursing

    WOW! I'm glad I wasn't in THAT situation. If you're doing the BSN thing, you must be in a University, I take it? I know that THOSE can be a very different environment than the community college one...

  2. Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortag

    Gromit replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm glad I didn't really offend you -I can come off a bit sharp -especially when I'm passionate about something. I know what its like to have people not want to say things to your face, but say...

  3. Does it pay to challenge a test question?

    Gromit replied to luv2yoga's topic in General Nursing

    but they CAN keep you in school. Otherwise you're very right. Nobody at work is going to give a flying leap wheather you passed by the skin of your teeth, or were the valedictorian. Well, time to get...

  4. Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortag

    Gromit replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    First off, you should stow some of the attitude. The complaints here were (for the most part) the lack of (and in some cases lack of desire to even try to learn) ability to communicate in the...

  5. kicked out nrsing school-would u fight?

    Gromit replied to hotcoffee1's topic in General Nursing

    Which is why I'd seek legal help, I would certainly not go at this alone. As for the reasons for dismissal, it may well be that the school does not know the 'real' reason. It depends on how the...

  6. Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortag

    Gromit replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    The Magically Delicious ones? Hmm. Haven't had a bowl in many years. More of a Raisin Bran nut, myself. I was just amazed at you finding a news story that was so perfect for the topic. I printed...

  7. kicked out nrsing school-would u fight?

    Gromit replied to hotcoffee1's topic in General Nursing

    Might? Uhm, I'd DEFINATELY considder a nurse attorney -you will hold the cards, then. An attorney who knows the field. I mean, realistically, you generally get only ONE shot at this kind of fight,...

  8. kicked out nrsing school-would u fight?

    Gromit replied to hotcoffee1's topic in General Nursing

    So you draw air bubbles. No big deal, so long as you make sure you clear 'em out of the syringe before giving the injection. I wouldnt say any of what you've said would or should disqualify

  9. Are you in Nursing for the Caring or the Cash?? Be Honest

    Gromit replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Didn't want to end this on that note. The upswing is far greater than the down-sides. I've met some truly amazing people. I had a patient once who was actually a few blocks from Pearl Harbor when the...

  10. Are you in Nursing for the Caring or the Cash?? Be Honest

    Gromit replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    hehehehe. I almost blew tea through my nose! At my last facility, working as an NT, I spent a few shifts (well, a little more than a few -they were trying to "woo" me into the ER due to my years of...

  11. Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortag

    Gromit replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, timely is RIGHT. It concerns nearly all of the topics on this thread! Excellent

  12. Are you in Nursing for the Caring or the Cash?? Be Honest

    Gromit replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    not only that, but the families, they are getting as bad or worse. got chewed on by a wife because I didn't "hop-to" and get coffee for her (I was busy passing drugs and doing accuchecks at that...

  13. Are you in Nursing for the Caring or the Cash?? Be Honest

    Gromit replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, first off, I'm in it for both. I became an EMT, then Paramedic (or EMT-P) because I enjoyed it, but the pay was so low, that I was working two jobs to make ends meet. In short, I only went...

  14. kicked out nrsing school-would u fight?

    Gromit replied to hotcoffee1's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't get that. Perhaps I missed something? I thought the tremmor was discovered during the program, not before. I'm not sure I'd call a stress-related tremmor a danger to patient care,

  15. Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortag

    Gromit replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    i dissagree. it is not "fine". you go to another country, don't speak the language, and get a job. see how far it gets you. i may be off-base here, but i know when i was overseas in the '70s, and...

  16. Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortag

    Gromit replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    true, but it still has the same effect on us. Besides, what we would considder a lousy contract is often like a goldmine to some of these foreign nurses. I'll never forget this other nurse I met at...

  17. Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortag

    Gromit replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    One of the problems I have with it, however, is that the hospitals that hire them, often give them pretty lousy, yet iron-clad contracts -this weakens the strength of all of us. If you can get...

  18. kicked out nrsing school-would u fight?

    Gromit replied to hotcoffee1's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds nice and all, but that really doesn't work with everyone. I was fortunate in that the majority (all except one) of my instructors didn't bang heads with students. The sole exception had...

  19. Does it pay to challenge a test question?

    Gromit replied to luv2yoga's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Approach is the key. I can't recall ever having a teacher that "took revenge" because of a student challenging a question. Of course, if the student was being confrontational, they tended...

  20. Resignation Via E-Mail

    Gromit replied to CseMgr1's topic in General Nursing

    I copy that! I've been in these kinds of jobs too, where people just can't take it anymore, and just "Snap!" Some HR departments are little more than jokes where they have a sign called "Human...

  21. Resignation Via E-Mail

    Gromit replied to CseMgr1's topic in General Nursing

    Originally Posted by stevielynn I agree with you. It was unprofessional and my first thought was how cowardly. Stand up for yourself in person. Don't hide behind a computer screen. Maybe all the...

  22. What was your secret weapon for surviving nursing school??

    Gromit replied to michelle_s_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks CNM2B. Just writing about it, I grabbed my notebook that I had in school, and I still have the picture of the plane on it. The craft I wish to build is called a Pitts Model 12 biplane, its...

  23. About those really "hateful, crotchety" patients...

    Gromit replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

    Jnette, shucks! You actually managed to bring a tear to this old bikers eye. :) I always try to make my patients laugh -I'm an odd cookie, and I play on that (grin. I tell the ones that laugh, I'm...

  24. What was your secret weapon for surviving nursing school??

    Gromit replied to michelle_s_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'll dispense with some of the obvious first. You know you are going to need to study as much as you can -if this isn't obvious, then you need to sit back and live a little, because if you don't do...

  25. New Nurse vs. Nurses w/1+ years experience Pay Rate

    Gromit replied to AllieRN2006's topic in General Nursing

    Here in Florida, for that matter, in the central/west part of Florida, the rates run between (for RNs) 17/hr to 24/hr. At my facility, (on a step-down unit) the base is about 20, plus 19% night...