MrsK1223

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  1. What determines school nurse salary?

    MrsK1223 replied to amberfnp's topic in School

    how does $14/ hr sound? Not getting paid for snow days, spring and fall break and summer break isn't a benefit...unless you're rolling in dough from another

  2. RAPS--should CMS keep, change, or delete?

    MrsK1223 replied to edhcinc's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I am a new MDS coordinator and I hate raps and have heard from the best and she hates them as well. Our new DON used to do MDS and she hates them as well. It's too time consuming and I really don't...

  3. MDS Coordinators on call question

    MrsK1223 replied to Autofocus's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I thought I'd update on the call thing. Once our corporate clinical lead found out what kind of deal the administrative nurses were dealing with, she was floored and said this is the only one of...

  4. MDS Coordinators on call question

    MrsK1223 replied to Autofocus's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    :cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

  5. MDS Coordinators on call question

    MrsK1223 replied to Autofocus's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Call without pay is unacceptable...plain and

  6. Can anyone share some cheat sheets, tracking forms, etc?

    MrsK1223 replied to flashpoint's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I'd like to see your excel for the pps. Could you PM it to me? Thanks in advance!!!!

  7. Getting started as MDS nurse

    MrsK1223 replied to farmgirl2's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, educator positions are a rarity here as is anything else I've ever been interested in, in and outside of nursing. I have applied for a Health Educator position...

  8. Getting started as MDS nurse

    MrsK1223 replied to farmgirl2's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Hi. I have been a nurse for 7 yrs. I've been out of patient care for the last year and traveling doing education for a pharmaceutical company. The travel is getting old and it's not as glamorous as...

  9. Duties of OB nurses (and others) Please feel free to add!

    MrsK1223 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi. I have been an RN for 7 yrs. I've had my ups and downs with nursing in general. I've been on a hiatus from direct patient care for a year now but have been in the education/consulting arena...

  10. Poll: How many of you have been fired from nursing jobs?

    MrsK1223 replied to weetziebat's topic in General Nursing

    I was fired a few months ago after I requested an investigation into an incident between my clinical director and I. She was fresh out of nursing school, had no business in her position and was only...

  11. I got Fired today....

    MrsK1223 replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    I was fired a few months ago after I requested an investigation into an incident between my clinical director and I. She was fresh out of nursing school, had no business in her position and was only...

  12. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    MrsK1223 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I USED to be a circulator in outpatient surgery when we got a new clinical director, who had only been out of nursing school a year and half if that long, no surgical experience, no managment...

  13. Ever Been Fired?

    MrsK1223 replied to lpnurse2004's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was fired a few months ago after I requested an investigation into an incident between my clinical director and I. She was fresh out of nursing school, had no business in her position and was only...

  14. Do you regret being a nurse

    MrsK1223 replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    Not a regret but wish I would have made better decisions earlier in life and taken different roads of interest. Would not do it again if I could go

  15. Unpaid Suspension for wanting to be treated fairly

    MrsK1223 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all. Thought I would throw out a question and vent a little at the same time. Today I was suspended without pay. I am circulator at an outpatient surgery center. I was taken to the office of...

  16. Unpaid Suspension for wanting to be treated fairly

    MrsK1223 replied to MrsK1223's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your feedback. I pretty much knew when that happened yesterday it was the final straw for me. I've been looking for new job opportunities for weeks now and have gotten my resume on...

  17. Opthamology-ASC-Anyone else?

    MrsK1223 replied to PowercarveJen's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I work in an outpatient surgery center where we have about 6 eye docs that use our facility for cataract surgery. On occasion we have to do vitrectomies. Some of these docs do blephs as well,...

  18. outpatient surgery and scrubs

    MrsK1223 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Have a question regarding the wearing of scrubs. REcently our facility started providing scrubs that we have to wear. We also got a new administrator who has a surgical tech background and that's...

  19. Nurses Book Clubs?

    MrsK1223 replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    I've ordered books from the above mentioned website. Got some great deals. The only down side is that I keep receiving books that I don't order and I have to keep refusing them and taking them back...

  20. What Freaks You Out?

    MrsK1223 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I once passed out in highschool when a drama teacher was describing her mother's hip replacement surgery...then in nursing school was being taught about a similar thing and did it again...anything...

  21. What Freaks You Out?

    MrsK1223 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I once passed out in highschool when a drama teacher was describing her mother's hip replacement surgery...then in nursing school was being taught about a similar thing and did it again...anything...

  22. Nursing as a customer service profession?

    MrsK1223 replied to EmeraldNYL's topic in General Nursing

    Now it would be nice if they would send the doctors to these customer service classes....after all they get paid the big bucks and get all the glory when its over and done....and I've known many to...

  23. Calling all GI nurses !!

    MrsK1223 replied to EndoRN's topic in Gastroenterology

    Hi guys! I'm a GI nurse now....been at it a couple of months now. Except I do do the ERCP's, bronchs etc....since we are an ambulatory unit, we also do TEE's, lumbar punctures, trigger zone...

  24. New Grad sign-on bonus negotiation

    MrsK1223 replied to sitterwoman's topic in General Nursing

    I always get a little leary when a hospital offers big sign on bonuses....to me thats a red flag that something just ain't right with the facility but I could be wrong. It would be nice to be offered...

  25. Blood administration

    MrsK1223 replied to 2rntish's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    It's policy for us to change the tubing with each