Valerie Salva BSN, RN

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    Vent! They cancelled our pinning!

    Valerie Salva replied to pugluvr310's topic in General Students

    somedayrn- If you subscribe to the thread, you can always find it in your user "my account" under "subscribed
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    Vent! They cancelled our pinning!

    Valerie Salva replied to pugluvr310's topic in General Students

    One of the things they can do is insist that their school permit a pinning. The identical thing happened to my class. We got our pinning back by presenting to our college admin the very arguments I'm...
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    Vent! They cancelled our pinning!

    Valerie Salva replied to pugluvr310's topic in General Students

    My pinnning was not my school giving me their "stamp of approval". It was a chance for us new grad nurses to stand up and say "Look at me! I made it!" and share our joy with our fellow students and...
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    Vent! They cancelled our pinning!

    Valerie Salva replied to pugluvr310's topic in General Students

    I respectfully disagree. My husband graduated from a university engineering program, and they held their own, private departmental ceremony, in addition to the regular whole college graduation. My...
  5. Valerie Salva

    Thats it I give up!!!!!!!

    Valerie Salva replied to Little Panda RN's topic in General Nursing

    What is the BON going to do? Their purpose is to protect the public from nurses, not the other way around. The police are who need to be called in this
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    the RN's appearance

    Valerie Salva replied to Olli's topic in General Nursing

    I wear beautful, custom made, ironed, scrubs. I clean and sanitize my shoes daily, and they are bright white. I coordinate my earrings, (small, post), necklaces, barrettes, and watches to match my...
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    do you let unlicensed staff do "RN" things ?

    Valerie Salva replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oops- we misread the post. It says parent, not
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    Regardless of cost- which is the 'fastest' RN school program? (ATL area)

    Valerie Salva replied to dreamon's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I hear that there are soon going to be drive-thru RN programs in most major metro
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    How can I explain to a LOL

    Valerie Salva replied to kimmie4476's topic in General Nursing

    Good
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    8 hour noc shifts

    Valerie Salva replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I like three 12s nocs, but not five 8s. It's just too much. I'll never do five 8s
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    What would you say?

    Valerie Salva replied to ashleyjean3's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with
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    Compassion....Why is it lacking?

    Valerie Salva replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    In my 17 years as a nurse, I have seen a few instances of nurses purposely holding back pain meds in order to exert power, or simply to "punish" a pt. These instances are very rare. There are times...
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    Job offer without interview

    Valerie Salva replied to merae's topic in Travel

    The interview is not just for the mgr, it's for you, too. I'd want to talk to him/her before accepting a job. What if she comes off like a total flake? You won't know if you don't speak to her. Tone...
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    Med\Surg Help!!

    Valerie Salva replied to Future Peds Nurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Pay close attention to words like "first, priority, best, last, most" and similar words in tests. For example, there can be questions like "in such and such situation, which would you do first?" Maybe...
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    In your experience, the hardest part of being an RN

    Valerie Salva replied to Absolutely13's topic in General Nursing

    Navigating the BS and all the obticles are the hardest parts of being an RN. It seems that most systems in place are designed in such a way as to put many obstacles between the nurse and what she...
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    Does this nursing diagnosis sound ok for my care plan???

    Valerie Salva replied to ggspears's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't think "gasping and squirming" are good. How about relating one of the primary symptoms of COPD? I.E. AEB ........shortness of ______ . Is the pt SOB all of the time or just when exerting...
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    case study on a diabetic question

    Valerie Salva replied to studentmumof4's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    the things the student was asking for can be found in basic med surg texts. i say this with no disrespect intended- my opinion is that you flat-out gave her the answers.
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    Offered job over the phone?

    Valerie Salva replied to emtneel's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Not too long ago, I applied for a position in a certain unit of a hospital, interviewed, but did not get it (a nurse with more experience got it). The mgr of another dept called me and offered me a...
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    Above and Beyond Scope

    Valerie Salva replied to gingersdad's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I feel the CNA was out of
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    need urgent help for this... pls..

    Valerie Salva replied to kaye_d_simple's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you have a care plan book, you can do
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    How to fix the nursing shortage?

    Valerie Salva replied to wish4RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm willing to bet that one of the reasons that you were able to take care of so many pts back then is because mgmt actually expected you to focus on pt care, not on "customer service" and not on...
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    How to fix the nursing shortage?

    Valerie Salva replied to wish4RN's topic in General Nursing

    elkpark and llg each hit the nail squarely on the
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    What's Really at Stake with this CNA/SEIU Controversy

    Valerie Salva replied to SEIUnurses's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    "By contrast, CNA, harking back to old-school craft unionism, has pursued an elitist agenda that not only excludes hospital workers who aren’t registered nurses, it prevents registered nurses who...
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    Have you reported each needlestick injury?

    Valerie Salva replied to ChristyMNOP's topic in General Nursing

    I've reported all dirty needlesticks I've had, and have not reported any of the clean
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    Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    Valerie Salva replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Just because there are laws against it, doesn't mean it isn't