Valerie Salva BSN, RN

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    Travel Nurse

    Valerie Salva replied to Seagate's topic in General Nursing

    Med/surg is most in demand. ICU is second, then NICU/PICU, then tele/stepdown, then ER. Med/surg is far and away most in demand in the travel nursing
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    clogs that don't press on top of foot

    Valerie Salva replied to tigkaskit's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I really love these: http://www.medicalappareloutlet.com/product.php?cat=2&product=653&subcat=+55 They run small, though. If you normally wear a size 7, order an
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    I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Valerie Salva replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Visitors to countries with socialized medicine are treated free of charge when they enter these countries legally. I don't know about illegally. A friend of my husband's required an emergency...
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    I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Valerie Salva replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Herring RN- I love your sig line. Words to live
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    "Nurses Don't Make Decisions"

    Valerie Salva replied to couchpants's topic in General Nursing

    This dim bulb probably won't make it- and if she does, she's in for one Hell of a rude
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    My unit is going down the tubes...

    Valerie Salva replied to whipping girl in 07's topic in General Nursing

    Whippinggirl, I'm glad things are working out for you- you did the right
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    Nursing Diagnosis for Infection

    Valerie Salva replied to deemarys's topic in General Students

    For interventions- think- how would you know if the pt were to develop a UTI? This is what to look
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    6 interviews!!

    Valerie Salva replied to nuwbee25's topic in Nursing Career

    Six interviews?! Where do you live? I want to move
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    Sick of making mistakes and questioning why I ever became a nurse to begin with!

    Valerie Salva replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That was my post- not Mahage's.
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    Travel Nurse

    Valerie Salva replied to Seagate's topic in General Nursing

    "So what are the travel nursing requirements? Believe it or not the requirements for being a travel nurse are pretty much the same as for being a nurse anywhere. The basic requirements to be a travel...
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    Travel Nurse

    Valerie Salva replied to Seagate's topic in General Nursing

    To be a travel nurse, you must have a minimum of 1-2 years experience in a specialty. Agencies and hospitals will not allow anyone who does not have this to be a traveler. As a traveler, I often get...
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    I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Valerie Salva replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    sorry, but both canadians and the french have longer life spans that americans. don't forget- the us health care system ranks #37 out of all industrialized
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    I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Valerie Salva replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I know an RN who does not have health ins (agency nurse). She was bitten by a mosquito in 2007 and ended up with viral encephalopathy. She now owes close to $30,000. for the hospital bill. She has had...
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    I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    Valerie Salva replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    AMEN AMEN! I am horrified to think where social security would be now if we had privatized it, and invested the $$ in the stock mkt as Bush was pushing for! And I think our "socialized" police,...
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    French nurse student look for "penfriend"

    Valerie Salva replied to Judith1981's topic in General Students

    Hello Judith! I am 44 years old and have been a nurse for 18 years. I work as a traveling hemodialysis charge nurse. Just a few minutes before I saw this thread, I was thinking about the French health...
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    Sigs missing?

    Valerie Salva posted a topic in General Nursing

    It looks like all of our signature lines have disappeared. Technical
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    Sigs missing?

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

    Now it's back, but the sigs are still gone.
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    Sigs missing?

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

    Dang- now my avatar is gone,
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    Want to do traveling nursing to HI from Florida

    Valerie Salva replied to Bella RN's topic in General Nursing

    When I have had the opportunity to travel to Hawaii, I didn't take it because the pay was less than half of a usual travel
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    The Evil Empire Strikes Again

    Valerie Salva replied to lecavalier4's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I see there is more than one Evil Empire in healthcare. I'm a traveler, and the Evil Empire to us is the world's largest travel nursing agency- which has basically screwed up the whole traveling...
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    Nursing supplies

    Valerie Salva replied to tiffdeandre's topic in General Nursing

    Wait and see what your school tells you. But you will surely need a clinical uniform, a good pair of white clinical shoes, a stethoscope, dressing scissors, a water resistant watch with a second...
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    Are there any drawbacks to attending Apollo or Pima?

    Valerie Salva replied to Betty711's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Apollo is kind of looked down on as not a real
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    Sick of making mistakes and questioning why I ever became a nurse to begin with!

    Valerie Salva replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Always check your pockets before you go home. Before you leave a pt's room, turn and do a quick visual scan from the doorway-Siderails up? Bed/w/c locked? Call light/water/phone/bed controls/urinal...
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    What Happened To The Nursing Profession?

    Valerie Salva replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    In my area of nursing, there is a lot of autonomy, and wide parameters that a nurse can function within. There is a lot of room to change the course of a pt's tx, change the meds and so on. The...
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    'Deathbed Murder Confession' returns to haunt stroke survivor

    Valerie Salva replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    It does seem to be a night-shift thing, doesn't it? I've had pts confess marital infidelity, family secrets, and the like to me on nights,