MamaKitty13214

When it ain't your time, it ain't your time, by Golly!!

I'm in upstate NY (WAAY north of NYC) and where I work FT case manager salaries range from 70-80K or more DOE. So, I can't complain. The money and benefits meet my needs. You may want to do something like what inadvertently happened to me -- I ac...

He was there. You just didn't see him. Always remember that when you feel them, they are there. Your eyes and conscious mind can't see them, but your spirit can.

Wow, Eagle78, you have really been through a wringer. Cancer is about a weakened immune system -- our bodies have a certain number of cancer cells all the time and a healthy immune system keeps them under control. When we have a lot of exposure to...

I went back to a hospital bedside job after 10 yrs working first in a hospital (4 yrs) then in hospice, home care and field case management and found some sample medication tests online just by googling several terms -- that was 8 yrs ago, so I don't...

The Real World is not a well-ordered place You can't control everything You do the best you can within the Standard of Care for Nursing Practice and according to institutional policy You document carefully and clearly, especially when there is non-co...

Thank you, Peng! Well said. Here in the U.S. we are not all required to wear white anymore, although a very few hospitals may require it, but we can certainly relate to everything you said! We all have our Guardian Angels with us to help us through...

AWESOME story!!! And beautifully written! I have always found that our patients are our best teachers -- I think that's part of why we are drawn to do what we do. These kinds of things happen to teach us about the world of spirit and sometimes the ...

Good for you!!! Love it! Wish I could do that! I'm only barely 5' tall, but I'm gonna start standing on chairs & do what you do, dammit!!

I think you need to finish your program and get some more experience under your belt before judging an entire profession based on your limited experience. There is, indeed, a lot of dysfunction in the nursing profession due to a complicated historic...

1a2s3d -- you are channeling Glenn Beck. I think you have been watching too much of him.

Swift Boat Propaganda:down: Don't look at that man behind the curtain. "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." ... Albert Einstein

OK. You are right, he is perfectly OK with how things are in this country right now. But I don't think my statement was rude. He is anti-government & anti-change and offers no productive solutions to the desperate problems that so many of us a...

Our health should not be treated as a commodity ("market") to be exploited for corporate profits. Please specify what "failed government policies" have destroyed our "health care market". Health care should not be a "market" where our health and wel...

No one said HR676 is not federally funded. It is. Our taxes are federal funds and are supposed to be used in ways that benefit all of us, not just corporate entities. And yes, it is an expansion of Medicare to cover everyone. Many things would cha...

universal health care is not "socialized medicine", whatever "socialized medicine" means. universal health care means everyone has access to care without financial barriers. early access to primary care prevents medical conditions from worsening an...

The answer: HR676 = it is a WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN -- please read it: http://conyers.house.gov/_files/HR676111th.pdf PLease also look here to see what some nurses have to say: http://www.guaranteedhealthcare.org/fact/top-10-reasons-enacting-single-...

I hope you don't lose your job or health insurance because of what your insurance company may deem a "pre-existing condition" or deny payment for "experimental treatment". Glad you are happy with what you have and that you are OK with a FOR PROFIT i...

I went to a Single Payer event in Rochester, NY, last month where Rep. John Conyers (he & Dennis Kucinich co-wrote HR676, which I would advise everyone on this forum to READ before spouting off about "government-run" health care) was a guest alon...

Good for you! GO FOR IT!!! I was 40 when I started Nursing School (3rd career) and at least 1/3 of the class was 40 or over, with a few folks in their early 50s. A lot of us were in similar mid-life crisis/change/divorce boats dealing with persona...

I just renewed my NY RN license and the ID card option was there for a fee. It said they use your drivers license picture (taken when I was 4 years younger, so that's OK). I opted to get one and haven't received it yet. As mentioned earlier, cops ...

manuelfmfvf -- When is this assignment due? I see you posted a couple of weeks ago. I'm an RN Case Manager in a Level I trauma center in Upstate NY. PM me & we can set up a phone interview if you haven't found anyone yet. :wink2:

CNA is a Certified Nursing Aide. CNAs generally work in hospitals or nursing homes and do basic nursing care such as bathing, maintaining clean patient environment, assisting with feeding, etc. and work under the direction of LPN or RN. A good desc...

You are welcome, RNinfamily. Some insurance companies are better than others to work at, I suppose. I have worked as a field case manager for Workers Comp/No Fault cases with RN case managers at insurance companies who were really good to work with...

Oooops -- I was looking at your join date (Oct 2007) --