Valerie Salva BSN, RN

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  1. Valerie Salva

    "NEVER Events"

    I was correcting the incorrect statement calling impactions and bedsores "sentinal events." We all know that impactions and bedsores can lead to serious problems, and should be avoided, but they are...
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    "NEVER Events"

    Sentinal events are huge, big things that happen which cause terrible harm or death of a pt, or the threat thereof. In no way are bedsores, impactions, or dehydrarion sentinal events- they are normal...
  3. OP: Glad you got a lawyer. I hope he/she is a good one. Do not talk to anyone at work about anything. Do not volunteer any info to anyone except for your lawyer. Do you have a copy of your negative...
  4. Honnête et Sérieux- I asked you several days ago what you would propose be done about the following situation. (Since you seem to have all the answers, care to enlighten the rest of us?) Colorado is...
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    The Circumcision Discussion

    As for circs- I have have had a number of LTC pts who've had problems due to not being circumcised. A good number of them have had to be circumcised as adults to correct these
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    Subacute Rehab nurse/patient ratio

    When I did SAR, we had 1 RN, one LPN, 2 CNAs for 30 pts. The RN worked the desk, I (LPN at the time) did the
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    "Fired for NO Reason"

    To rely once more on the metaphor- A rose is a rose. If it is not nurtured, and lacks sunlight and water, it will not bloom as splendidly as it could have in a better envirnoment, but it is still a...
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    "Fired for NO Reason"

    We all know that most new nurses are competent and dilligent. This thread is not about them- it's about those who
  9. good post. my dh and i are in the 20% tax bracket now, plus we pay hundreds of dollars a month for our private insurance, and all health care costs (co-pays and such) which are not covered by our...
  10. "do you think that the ordinary people in the movie who shared their stories are liars as well?" (me) you stated flatly "the movie is a lie." these people and their stories are part of the movie....
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    Did Travel Nurse Agencies kill the field?

    i would have a tax accountant review this offer. it does not look legal tax-wise. the irs puts limits on tax-free reimbursments. here is the maximum tax free per diem allowable by location- the table...
  12. And you're not doing this when you say Michael Moore's movie "is a lie"? Many of your statements come off as conjecture, generalizations, and are very biased, imo. Do you think that the ordinary...
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    "Fired for NO Reason"

    To those who would say that this poster's former co-worker needs "better preceptorship/instruction/nurturing/supervision/guidance/remediation" or whatever- I say "you can't make a silk purse out of a...
  14. Valerie Salva

    On A Roll

    Carry a bottle of Febreeze with you and spray yourself after you exit the smoking home. It works
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    Hospice charting (Neg- Charting) ?

    Things sure have changed since I was in hospice (the mid 90s). We were told to be sure and note improvments in the pts' conditons as a result of our interventions- we were told that this was to...
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    My unit is going down the tubes...

    When I was a brand new grad with no experience at all- a hospital where I applied told me thay wanted me to be a float between med-surg, ICU, and ER- with no experience, and no orientation or...
  17. Honnête et Sérieux, Your posts on this thread all have the same basic theme- if something supports your beliefs it is right and truthful. If something does not support your beliefs it is false and...
  18. Valerie Salva

    How to Fight HR for RN job I want

    Thanks so much for the update, mdiamond and congratulations on things working out so
  19. (CNN) -- Erik Roberts, an Army sergeant who was wounded in Iraq, underwent his 13th surgery recently to save his right leg from amputation. Imagine his shock when he got a bill for $3,000 for his...
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    Do Nurses have to do the following??

    A hundred years ago when I was a teenager, I was riding a city bus and overheard, what was to me at the time, a shocking conversation. I overheard and elderly man yell his companion that he had been...
  21. Most nurses feel this way, not just new ones. I've been a nurse for 18 years, and still feel like this daily. That's
  22. Valerie Salva

    Do Nurses have to do the following??

    Well, nobody actually likes
  23. Valerie Salva

    Do Nurses have to do the following??

    :up: Ain't it the
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    Do Nurses have to do the following??

    If you have a good crew with a strong work ethic, and who are supportive of each other, plus reasonable work loads and good mgmt, I'd love to! However, I've never found all these things, so I keep...
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    Army vet billed $3,000 for war wounds

    Huh?