Valerie Salva BSN, RN

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    Help with goal for Hopelessness or Anxiety careplan.

    Valerie Salva replied to RNnTrainin''s topic in General Students

    rnntrainin' - maybe you could use individual coping- effective. this man is coping effectively with the situation aeb: 1. he is rational, and did not go ama, or d/c himself. he is able to realize that...
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    Help with goal for Hopelessness or Anxiety careplan.

    Valerie Salva replied to RNnTrainin''s topic in General Students

    I would say the man is not hopeless- he hopes to spend time with his wife on her birthday, he has hope for the future- hopelessness as a nursing diagnosis is meant to describe situations in which...
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    How Many Of You LPNs Decided To Go a Step Further Into RN??

    Valerie Salva replied to JustaMSBoi's topic in General Nursing

    I was an LPN for 9 years and have been an RN for 9. The level of responsibility as an RN is much greater, in my experience. I am treated better, and listened to more. Plus the pay is much better. I...
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    Why am I not getting time and a half for overtime??

    Valerie Salva replied to oldladyRN's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hope you get the money you deserve from your cheap employer. They are taking atvantage of you. Hope your lawyer is
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    Anyone else getting bored?

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

    Unfortunately, stupid doesn't dialyze
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    Will it matter that I have a non-nursing B.S.?

    Valerie Salva replied to maggie24's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    no, it isn't. most nurse unit managers i've had have been aas nurses, two have been diploma nurses. this has been
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    The "bully" nurse

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

    I agree. Also, we know that many perpetrators of school shootings have been victems of bullies lashing out. The same thing can happen at
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    The "bully" nurse

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

    This is a general, well known saying. I think most bully nurses are those with years of experience, but I have also seen brand new young nurses who are over-confident and too sure of themselves bully...
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    Could you new grads that had trouble with job search do me a favor.

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

    i found this... memorial medical center's hiring experienced + new grad rns! thursday, april 09, 2009 choose memorial. great careers built here. memorial medical center is still recruiting strong...
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    I have a herniated disk am I done :(

    Valerie Salva replied to Coloradogrl's topic in General Nursing

    She asked: "Please tell me he was just talking out his arsh and this isn't true! or if it is please just be honest with me" My reply was factual and honest. Perhaps she can still be a nurse, but she...
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    You know you're a neuro nurse if.....

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

    This happens in nursing homes w/ demented pts, too. It drives me
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    You know you're a neuro nurse if.....

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

    You don't have to be a neuro nurse for this to be your favorite type of pt- you just have to be a
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    patient consent issues

    Valerie Salva replied to J.R.theR.N2b's topic in General Nursing

    I think his pain could have been controlled. I don't think that a person should be allowed to make the decision to die immediately after a severe traumatic injury occurs- they are not in a rational...
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    I have a herniated disk am I done :(

    Valerie Salva replied to Coloradogrl's topic in General Nursing

    many nursing programs and employers require a physical and are very wary of people with back injuries. i had a back injury years ago, and my current employer made me get an xray, and an exam from two...
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    opinion for seasoned dialysis nurse/manager

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

    You're welcome, Lacie. Keep us updated.
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    Drugs that get dialyzed out of circulation?

    Valerie Salva replied to CNA764's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    http://www.medonline.com.br/med_ed/med9/drogas%20e%20rim.pdf
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    Was this ethical?

    Valerie Salva replied to animal1993's topic in General Students

    My mil teaches nursing law and ethics at a university and for the state where she lives. She uses an example in her class of an actual case where a nurse was disciplined by her state BON, and was...
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    opinion for seasoned dialysis nurse/manager

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

    Good for you, Lacie! Those of us who care about dialysis and try our best to give good pt care are being used, abused and burnt-out by the big
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    opinion for seasoned dialysis nurse/manager

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

    Good for you, Lacie! Your mgr is screwed now, ha ha! I'll probably be getting an email about a "great new dialysis travel opportunity!" There are more travel jobs out there now for interim chronic...
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    Absent thrill or bruit....

    Valerie Salva replied to Superlost1984's topic in General Nursing

    Notify the doc. I am a dialysis nurse and if the fistula or graft (they're not called shunts anymore) is clotted, it is useless. The pt must go to an access clinic right away to get declotted by a...
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    RN duties at your facility

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

    Good luck! I'm glad you got out and hope things get better from here. Keep us
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    Anyone else getting bored?

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

    If you go to a chronic unit you will be running around like crazy and really appreciate the slow pace of acutes. What I like best is to float between acutes and
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    Patient Scheduling

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

    A lot of people want to put the long tx on first, but I think it works better to put short pts on first- for example- say on your first & second shifts a single pod has one 3 hr pt, two 3.5 hr pts...
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    nursing care plan for HYPOKALEMIA plsss.

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

    Google potassium and heart
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    LPN mistreated in dialysis

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

    Most dialysis admins don't give a damn. Also, they don't even have HR