Valerie Salva BSN, RN

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    What are your "I'm a nurse, I can do this (totally unrelated)" things?

    Valerie Salva replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with you on the car/parking lot
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    I couldn't do your job !

    Valerie Salva replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked hospice in the past, and a lot of people have told me they couldn't do
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    What are your "I'm a nurse, I can do this (totally unrelated)" things?

    Valerie Salva replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

    I am very skilled at things such as IV starts, blood draws and other nursing things, but I can't sew. I have even taken sewing lessons, and I still can't do it. I will always have to pay others to sew...
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    Can I work as CNA with RN degree?

    Valerie Salva replied to I RN A's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP: Can you relocate? You could look for jobs in other areas on Monster and Career Builder that will pay for relocation. I moved to an area which is saturated with RNs- I too, applied for LPN...
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    Reverse "out source" nursing? Can we call it that?????

    Valerie Salva replied to hpygrl01's topic in General Nursing

    Again, just because it is the law that nurses from overseas are to be paid the same wages as US nurses does not make it so. Corporations do not have any qualms about breaking this (and many other)...
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    Reverse "out source" nursing? Can we call it that?????

    Valerie Salva replied to hpygrl01's topic in General Nursing

    I've been calling it "insourcing." And it's time for it to end. Our nation's health - especially its' economic health- is put at risk by insourcing. Only health care corp CEOs and shareholders...
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    Background Check ran on Dementia Resident

    Valerie Salva replied to yadda_yadda_yadda's topic in General Nursing

    This chick is just weird,
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    Just wondering

    Valerie Salva replied to Icenurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have two close RN friends who live in Texas who cannnot find jobs. Both have become travelers for this reason. Maybe parts of Texas have a "shortage" but other parts do not. I think it's really a...
  9. Valerie Salva

    Nurse reality show

    Valerie Salva replied to massrn116's topic in General Nursing

    I totally
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    Just wondering

    Valerie Salva replied to Icenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Imo, there is no nursing shortage in the US. US employers do not want to pay nurses better, improve working conditions, or assign reasonable nurse to pt ratios. They do not want to treat us as...
  11. Valerie Salva

    why is this a sign of overhydration?

    Valerie Salva replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    There are people here who are always willing to do students' homework for them-especially careplans- and it bugs the heck out of me. I'm not talking about this thread
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    A "must-read" article...RETROGRESSION UPDATE

    Valerie Salva replied to azil2010's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Let's write our representatives and stop this- many US nurses cannot find jobs- we do not need to "insource"
  13. Valerie Salva

    Leave Good Job for Nursing?

    Valerie Salva replied to LovesGreyhounds's topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone noticed that only posters on this thread who aren't nurses yet think leaving a good job for nursing is a good
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    Leave Good Job for Nursing?

    Valerie Salva replied to LovesGreyhounds's topic in General Nursing

    I would never leave a good secure job with good hours and bennies to go into nursing! Nursing is a very, very tough career, and many nurses are ambivalent about nursing. I know you are going to do...
  15. Valerie Salva

    does LTC work count as experience?

    Valerie Salva replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    It's a nursing job- of course it counts as nursing experience- it just wouldn't count as hospital/acute care
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    PDR.net does not recognize RNs as medical professionals

    Valerie Salva replied to jenny456's topic in General Nursing

    We all know that nurses often make decisions on what meds a pt needs- I will call a doc and say "can I give the pt such-and-such med/dose/duration" and the only thing the doc has to do with it is to...
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    Does anyone ever feel guilty about care not given by the end of your shift?

    Valerie Salva replied to rtbabb's topic in General Nursing

    Here is a poem I found on the net years ago which is very appropriate to this thread- I’m Sorry In Advance I’m sorry in advance Your bed’s not made today But I have a patient here Whose...
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    Is non-pitting edema graded 1-4?

    Valerie Salva replied to smstar1996's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught that the 1-4 grade refers to the amount of edema and that is is described as either pitting or
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    Crazy Instructor....I've had enough!

    Valerie Salva replied to midnight*sky's topic in General Students

    Start keeping a written log of times, dates, and what she says and does. Document everything with just facts only- no opinions. Write down the name of witnesses who are present when these things...
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    I have a few questions I really need help with 3/6/09

    Valerie Salva replied to hlwood08's topic in General Students

    RR of 28 is really high, and the pt was slightly tachy. That was a big clue with the first one. If you looked up the s/s of pneumonia, hypoxemia would be there. The high RR and pulse indicate...
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    patient allocation

    Valerie Salva replied to munki32's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Imo, the timing of how the pts are scheduled makes or breaks a unit. If each tech has 4 pts a shift, pts should be scheduled so that each tech has a pt to put on @ 0600, another at 0620, another at...
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    US RN's what is your opinion on Foreign trained RN's

    Valerie Salva replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    My choice is "other." Large numbers of foreign nurses in certain areas of the US enable employers to ignore problems with working conditions, wages, and the treatment of American nurses. When the US...
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    "And it's all going to be your fault"

    Valerie Salva replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow- this post really got to me. Sadly, I totally understand it. Hugs to you,
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    MD ordered placebo for pain PRN~would you give it?

    Valerie Salva replied to beetlebailey524's topic in General Nursing

    To me it seems like this is still like prescribing a placebo, to a degree. If it works for some, that's fine. I finally did get a real med prescribed for me, and I only take it when I need pain relief...
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    Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

    Valerie Salva replied to Danielle7's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Excellent post- right on the money all the way