Valerie Salva BSN, RN

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    Octuplets

    Valerie Salva replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh my- how
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    What would you do?

    Valerie Salva replied to Infinitee07_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Best of luck to
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    Have You Found Your Niche?

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

    I hear you, too, Vito. Dealing w/ CNAs, techs/PCTs is one of the hardest, most draining aspects of nursing. I have returned to traveling after a short stint as a perm employee. Traveling is my niche,...
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    NEED ADVICE! I quit my job and now I regret it.

    Valerie Salva replied to lsvalliant's topic in General Nursing

    You can file for
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    any ideas about access nurses agency?

    Valerie Salva replied to girley1's topic in Travel

    The smaller travel companies pay nurses better, and treat them better,
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    What do hospitals pay for a travel RN?

    Valerie Salva replied to zigzag1047's topic in Travel

    The bill rate for a travel nurse is between $60- $70. an hour, but the nurse only gets a part of that- the agency gets so much $ per hr for every hour the nurse works, plus housing, etc. comes out of...
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    Had LPN Dialysis Nurse Interview

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

    I have read several times on these boards where people have said that dialysis nursing is "laid-back, easy, boring." Of course, all these posts are from people who have never done dialysis! Dialysis...
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    Octuplets

    Valerie Salva replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for the link. I read the article, and it sounds like this women is a
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    Octuplets

    Valerie Salva replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have a rather unpopular opinion- and that is that all our problems with climate change, food and water shortages, pollution, and many of our economic and social woes around the world are caused, or...
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    Octuplets

    Valerie Salva replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    OMG. If this is true, What is this woman thinking? She is single, lives with her parents, already has six kids under age seven, had embryos impanted and now has octuplets???!!! Shall we just drive her...
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    Enough is enough: Get out of my wallet.

    Valerie Salva replied to Bortaz's topic in General Students

    "Am I just being a fartknocker about this (?)"
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    LPN mistreated in dialysis

    Valerie Salva replied to LPN30's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    It would be a cold day in Hades before a tech would ever take the socks and shoes off of a pt for the RN. My experience with FMC is that they overwhelm the RNs with so much work, that they don't have...
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    Anyone been at a clinic taken over by DaVita or FMS?

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

    I agree 100% with the above post. Fresenius ruins every unit they take over, and most employees end up
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    Nursing scope of practice/Standard of care

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

    All of the large dialysis companies pretty much
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    Enough is enough: Get out of my wallet.

    Valerie Salva replied to Bortaz's topic in General Students

    If it bothers you that much, you can always choose not to go to the
  16. Valerie Salva

    Fired recently - REALLY need advice!!!

    Valerie Salva replied to WhoaNelly's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. :) I always say "accepted another employment offer" which is the
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    Octuplets

    Valerie Salva replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Aren't 6 billion little miracles enough? Enough with all the multiples
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    My daughter's experience today in a Phoenix Emergency Room

    Valerie Salva replied to PeaceonearthRN's topic in Emergency

    I am in my mid 40s, pale white, blue eyed, and blonde-and was treated like crap at a Phoenix ER. The hospital was Mesa General. I was accused of drug seeking and being "on opiates" by the doc- and a...
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    Going against the pt's wishes...

    Valerie Salva replied to Cindy-san's topic in General Nursing

    Pneumonia used to be known as "the eldery person's friend" because it allowed people to die quickly, rather than linger for years with debilitating conditions such as s/p CVA, heart diease, cancers...
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    Fired recently - REALLY need advice!!!

    Valerie Salva replied to WhoaNelly's topic in General Nursing

    Many years ago, I was wrongfully fired from a nursing job. I hired a private investigator to call and write the former employer for a reference-several times, under different company aliases- and to...
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    The end of C-diff testing??

    Valerie Salva replied to medpsychRN's topic in General Nursing

    Next, they will have you charting that the pts are all DOA- That way if a pt dies in the hospital "They came in here dead." And if they live, the hospital can be credited with bringing the dead back...
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    Should a nursing student be given a 2nd chance if they have a positive drug screen

    Valerie Salva replied to PEBBLES1's topic in General Students

    Your friend has no business even trying to be a
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    Enough is enough: Get out of my wallet.

    Valerie Salva replied to Bortaz's topic in General Students

    You can get some cheap, white scrubs at
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    This was a question on our test today. What do you think the answer is?

    Valerie Salva replied to APRNReneeJ's topic in General Students

    Edited to add- I misread the question before- I failed to note the very important word- "NOT" in the
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    Wish I Had Studied More Of....

    Valerie Salva replied to rawoysteraddict's topic in General Students

    Fluids and electrolytes, acid-base balance, med surg. You have a good opportunity to read up on these