Valerie Salva BSN, RN

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    amedisys, has anyone worked for this company

    Valerie Salva replied to midnite nurse's topic in Georgia Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/home-health-nursing/amedisys-234739-page2.html The results were startling. These are some points that were consistently reported by former employees: Amedisys pressured...
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    hospice

    Valerie Salva replied to anurseadvocate's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Yes- when I was a hospice nurse, we had several pts over the years who were in our unit because they had decided to stop dialysis. I was with a few of them at the moment of their deaths. All died...
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    opinion for seasoned dialysis nurse/manager

    Valerie Salva replied to Lacie's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Sounds awful! Did you know that the H machines are selling on ebay for only $500. a piece? FMC is not making any replacement parts for them anymore- as of this year. Companies who still want to use...
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    my first job interview experience and shocking work environment

    Valerie Salva replied to nurse_dot's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent post. I have been there and I agree
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    Spanish speaking patients in labor

    Valerie Salva replied to gravida's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I bet the company is Tyson- is it? Whoever they are, they to hire US citizens and pay living wages. Greedy corporate crooks are hurting our
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    WHO raises swine flu pandemic alert to phase 5

    Valerie Salva replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I give up. Who?
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    40,0000 for RN program

    Valerie Salva replied to tiffdeandre's topic in General Nursing

    I have a good friend who got his PhD in 2001. The cost was $70,000. at a state
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    How far can a patient go?

    Valerie Salva replied to junebride's topic in General Nursing

    I don't agree- most people treat others badly because they are jerks- and these type of people have always had a sense of entitlement and treated others poorly- even when they were in perfect health....
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    Looking to travel

    Valerie Salva replied to apes85's topic in Travel

    Great advice on this
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    Travel nursing -- is it dead?

    Valerie Salva replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Travel

    I agree with you 100%. I have been traveling for almost five years. I did not get into traveling for the supposed "big bucks." I became a traveler for the following reasons: 1. Too many nurses where I...
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    Need advice on housing! I am so frustrated.

    Valerie Salva replied to wanderlust99's topic in Travel

    I have gotten really deluxe housing on my contracts. On my last assignment, I got a 4 bedroom, 2 full bath, 2 car garage house- in a really nice neighborhood- and I travel by myself. I saw it on...
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    opinion for seasoned dialysis nurse/manager

    Valerie Salva replied to Lacie's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I bet I know what company you are working for. They are really taking advantage of you and treating you like crap. Don't allow them to. You could insist on a traveler until a perm, full-time RN can be...
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    buttonhole cannulation with regular 15g needle?

    Valerie Salva replied to clc123's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    no- regular needles can ruin the buttonhole and damage the fistula- buttonholes are only to be cannulated with special dull needles- see below/link. cannulating a buttonhole cannulating mature...
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    Dialysis RN training with dialysis4career

    Valerie Salva replied to urnurse072b's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Is this part of the new MC regs? I am a dialysis charge nurse, and I have never worked in critical care. I know that in all the places I have worked, an RN must have one year of dialysis experience...
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    I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Valerie Salva posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And I am just blown away. I am incredulous. I have felt for a while that we should have universal health care here in the US, but I didn't know things were this bad. We really should be ashamed that...
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    Terminated from first nursing job.... not really sure where I went wrong

    Valerie Salva replied to newnurse4's topic in Nursing Career

    Great advice from
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    What is the typical day like for a dialysis nurse?

    Valerie Salva replied to meluhn's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    As a dialysis nurse, I run around like a chicken all day, and some one calls my name about every two minutes
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    Should I stay or should I go??

    Valerie Salva replied to tasdlocke's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    The "no holidays" thing they told you is major
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    No Nursing Positions

    Valerie Salva replied to Ginger's Mom's topic in International Nursing

    When I see graphs and read the stats about the age of the average nurse, and the number of nurses declining due to retirement- I wonder- are the people who compile these numbers taking into...
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    Getting sick over and over again

    Valerie Salva posted a topic in General Nursing

    It's only April but I am getting another cold, or URI or whatever it is- this is the fourth time I've been sick since December. I had a doc appt today, but she did not seem concerned and did not Rx me...
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    Need advice from experienced LTC nurses.

    Valerie Salva replied to arelle68's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It sounds like your facility is trying to get you to abandon your pts. I have worked in a lot of LTC facilities (as an agency nurse) and I have never seen a good one. I would find another
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    How do you deal with an insensitive CNA?

    Valerie Salva replied to arelle68's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This CNA is being verbally abusive to the residents. Write down eveything that has happened, everything you wrote here- do it factually with no opnions and present it to your mgr. If the CNA is not...
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    no future here for nursing

    Valerie Salva replied to noon2moon's topic in General Nursing

    There are many areas where there is a surplus of nurses, and many new grads are having trouble finding jobs. Nursing is certainly not "recession proof." However, this is not what the OP is saying, and...
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    no future here for nursing

    Valerie Salva replied to noon2moon's topic in General Nursing

    So, you're not an American- that I'm sure
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    Nursing shortage: A myth?

    Valerie Salva replied to blacksea pebble's topic in General Nursing

    I personally believe that there is no nursing