Valerie Salva BSN, RN

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    Share why your current job sucks and what you hope will be different in nursing!

    Valerie Salva replied to WantAccel.BSN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/ready-call-quits-269555.html
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    Refusing to do charge

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

    When I'm working at a good facility with a good crew, I really enjoy being charge. When I have a problem crew, I hate
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    Mandatory CNA!!!!

    Valerie Salva replied to henryswife's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is a good idea. I wonder if schools that do this have a higher pass/completion
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    No Shortage of Nursing in Bay,S.F, and Sacramento Area!

    Valerie Salva replied to John123's topic in California Nursing

    It looks like the ratio laws have lured many nurses to CA- when working conditions are good, there is no
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    Do you enjoy nursing?

    Valerie Salva replied to mikethern's topic in General Nursing

    5 for perm jobs, 8 for travel
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    Hit 'Enter' Key to make Paragraphs! (Then I can read your allnurses posts!)

    Valerie Salva replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    my thoughts
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    Outsourcing nursing home patients.

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

    Yes, outsourcing nursing home pts is real. Outsourcing children is not- so
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    How do I know?

    Valerie Salva replied to IHateComputers's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't enjoy interacting with pts and visitors, either. I like the science aspects of nursing, the decision making, critical thinking, and seeing positive outcomes from my
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    Outsourcing nursing home patients.

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

    Here you go-
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    Med Prepouring Question (CNA)

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

    With your intelligence, insight, and your ability to put your pts' needs before your own, I'm sure you will be most successful in whatever you do. All the very best to
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    Med Prepouring Question (CNA)

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

    No a child's "mom" is not licensed, but she does love and care for her child, and therfore, has a personal stake in the outcome of the situation. Also, a mother does not usally give multiple meds to...
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    Oops....

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

    I have to hand it to you L&D nurses. I couldn't do it. Crack addicted moms and babies- babies in toilets- Too disgusting and too
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    I experience physical symptoms when I think about my job!

    Valerie Salva replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    I agree! Can you return to the regular LTC unit? I have had jobs which have made me feel sick just thinking about them, too. What I hate the most is lying in bed for hours unable to sleep because I am...
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    Health Care Myths

    Valerie Salva replied to leosrain's topic in International Nursing

    I'm in the US, and I'm very envious of the health care Canadians
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    Bad Rep for Med Surg

    Valerie Salva replied to kellyskitties's topic in Medical-Surgical

    "Obviously, in order to decrease workload, we need more nurses." I don't think this applies. When there are enough nurses scheduled, admin pulls them to other floors or sends them home. It's lack of...
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    Questions/sharing about my surgery today

    Valerie Salva replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    This nurse's behavior was inexcusable. If I were the pt in this case, I would write a detailed letter to the hospital admin, and cc copies to the nurse mgr and to my
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    Now I understand why there is a nursing shortage

    Valerie Salva replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

    I recently participated in a thread on the pre-nursing forum- People who are not even in nursing school yet were posting about how nursing is "lower stress" than "most other fields." We all know that...
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    Share why your current job sucks and what you hope will be different in nursing!

    Valerie Salva replied to WantAccel.BSN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    WantAccelBSN, I've been an nurse for 17 years, and no, if I had it to do over again, I would not be a nurse. Sometimes, it is like pulling teeth just to get the simplest thing for a pt. The sytem is...
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    Do you think some schools are turning out nurses too fast?

    Valerie Salva replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    I agree completely,
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    How many times did you switch jobs as a RN?

    Valerie Salva replied to RNroseshea's topic in General Nursing

    Tntc!!!
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    There is no real nurse shortage?

    Valerie Salva replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    a critical shortage of nurses low pay for a grueling job keeps many americans out of the field--and that spells trouble as baby boomers age quote: the u.s. is facing a severe nursing shortage....
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    What is a VA hospital?

    Valerie Salva replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    VA hospitals only treat US military service veterans. You must be a US citizen to work for the US gov't. VA employees are US gov't
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    Share why your current job sucks and what you hope will be different in nursing!

    Valerie Salva replied to WantAccel.BSN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I hate to rain on anyone's parade, but many of the complaints I'm reading on this thread concerning other jobs are the same things that happen in nursing. To the RDH who said DH is hard on the body;...
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    Doctor becoming Nurse?

    Valerie Salva replied to tenrec's topic in Nursing Career

    Most nurses make in the mid to upper 20s per hr, all across the US. The "nurses make big money" thing is a myth. Here's a really good graph w/ info on RN wages....
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    Is there anything that you cannot handle as a Nurse?

    Valerie Salva replied to cammy429's topic in General Nursing

    The only things I can't handle as a nurse are non-supportive, anti-nurse employers and bad working