Valerie Salva BSN, RN

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    What field of Nursing will you work in??? & best/worst place to work?

    Valerie Salva replied to iheartnursing_cali's topic in General Nursing

    Any area of nursing has the potential to either be on the worst or best list. It all depends on staffing, nurse to pt ratio, resources, and whether or not mgmt is supportive and has a
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    Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

    Valerie Salva replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    :yeahthat:
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    Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

    Valerie Salva replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We all pay for for everyone's abuse of their bodies, anyway- Medicare/Medicaide. Maybe if regular doc visits are covered, we will pay for far fewer ER visits, and maybe people with sore throats and...
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    Study: Incompetent People Really Have No Clue

    Valerie Salva posted a topic in General Nursing

    Incompetent People Really Have No Clue, Studies Find They're blind to own failings, others' skills One reason that the ignorant also tend to be the blissfully self-assured, the researchers believe,...
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    Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

    Valerie Salva replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hillary Clinton shadows union RN- Talks
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    Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

    Valerie Salva replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I
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    Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

    Valerie Salva replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I've done many google searches to find these statements where Hillary supposedly puts down nurses. I've never found a thing. I think it's just a "Swiftboat"
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    Study: Incompetent People Really Have No Clue

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

    I
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    Does size of the NCLEX envelope matter?

    Valerie Salva replied to jo0kgal's topic in California Nursing

    Here's how it works- when you get the envelope, big or small, open it and read the letter. It will tell your
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    Study: Incompetent People Really Have No Clue

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

    :rotfl:
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    Neuro ICU - Withdrawl of life support...is this so wrong?

    Valerie Salva replied to Nacki's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Sounds like the diprovan was left on for palliative
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    Tips on how NOT to appear like a Drug seeker

    Valerie Salva replied to WillowBrook's topic in Emergency

    Sometimes it is impossible to get a pcp doc to prescribe anything for chronic pain. Ultram and 800mg Motrin just don't cut
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    how many nurses did not like being a CNA?

    Valerie Salva replied to dari98's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, my my my.
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    how many nurses did not like being a CNA?

    Valerie Salva replied to dari98's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a CNA, this was my experience,
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    Lessons learned from the other side of the call light

    Valerie Salva replied to grace90's topic in General Nursing

    That happened to me, too. An ER doc came right out and accused me of being a seeker. He even ran a drug screen on me without my knowledge (neg, of course) for which I was billed $500. I wrote an angry...
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    Lessons learned from the other side of the call light

    Valerie Salva replied to grace90's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that I could tell right away which nurses were new grads and which were not. How? The new grads were still trying to do things the right way, and I could feel the pressure they felt. The...
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    Study: Incompetent People Really Have No Clue

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

    Could be!:flmngmd: (inflammation
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    Study: Incompetent People Really Have No Clue

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

    Not:specs: After reading this article, I started thinking maybe I'm incompetent but I don't know
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    Input Wanted... Older Nurses Phased Out

    Valerie Salva replied to FrustratedLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have noticed that some facilities are looking to have a certain public image, and that these facilites hire a lot of young, thin model-looking nurses. I have also noted that many of these nurses are...
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    Ear Changes In A Dying PT

    Valerie Salva replied to gagezoie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have seen a number of dying pts whose earlobes drop back and get kinda saggy. They also develop an earlobe crease a lot of times. At the hospice where I worked, this was a common sign we watched...
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    Best Plus Sized Scrubs?

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

    Thanks for the link- I just placed an
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    Do you ever feel like you can't deal emotionally?

    Valerie Salva replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    With adults pts, I never had a problem dealing. When my hospice started taking children, then I started having a
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    Are 12 hour shifts safe?

    Valerie Salva replied to psychnurse1998's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It's funny how different we all are. I find three 12 hr nights totally doable, but five 8 hrs nights are just awful. Doing 5 eight hr nights, you truly only get one day off a
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    Are 12 hour shifts safe?

    Valerie Salva replied to psychnurse1998's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Doing five 8 hr shifts exhausts me beyond belief. Especially 8 hr nights. I just left a job for that very reason. I am going back to 12 hr shifts so I can actually have a life and get some rest. If...
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    Hospitals supplying latex free gloves

    Valerie Salva replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    I hope hospitals are not planning on going latex free! I use latex without any problems, as do most people. I hate those vinyl and neoprene (?) gloves. I find it impossible to start an IV wearing...