SilverRain

SilverRain

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SilverRain has 10 years experience.


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  1. HomeHealth stress! New and feel like crying

    Since I am too late to offer advice on ROC, i will chime in on the other part of your post. I have many years of experience working in HH (from field nurse to sup to QA). It is important to remember...
  2. Migraines....Anyone else have 'em?

    Are referring to the "Universal Negotiating Tool"? :lol2:Works every time! Just
  3. Migraines....Anyone else have 'em?

    Siggi13, I actually found that vomiting does decrease intensity, although only temporary, of migraines. I have a few close friends who are MDs and they insist at prescribing antiemetics for me, they...
  4. Migraines....Anyone else have 'em?

    I found out that I have severe fatigue after Imitex, po or IM, Axert and Relpax. I mean fatigue to the point that I would turn into vegetable (not literal of course). Migraine would subside, I would...
  5. Migraines....Anyone else have 'em?

    AngelFireRN, I am sorry you have to go though the migraines and deal with unsupportive family members. I am, too, long time sufferer. I've been dealing with mine for the last 20 years and thankfully...
  6. I forgot to add, start working on your WA license early. It took me a few months, mostly because of California's verification
  7. I just moved from Los Angeles area a few months ago. If you think SoCal is more expensive to live than Seattle area, think again. I was in for a big surprise. You know how you always think you can't...
  8. STUPID interview questions, add yours here

    Um, what excactly was in job description? Maybe he was looking for a mistress. You, know, your "typical" kinda
  9. Fellow RN died this morning.

    I am so sorry for your loss. Please accept my
  10. How bad is the nursing shortage in WA?

    It just baffles me. I've been looking for a job for the last few weeks. Wanna know how many places don't bother to call me for an interview? Granted, I may not qualify 100% for every job I apply, but...
  11. Low pay in Seattle

    I hear ya on property taxes. We are renting right now, while selling our house in Los Angeles (that's going to take a while:o). Boy, we were in for a surprise when we learned about WA state property...
  12. Certified Legal Nurse Investigator

    You are right. It does sound funny. It's not like they trained thousands of nurses and just rounded it up to the closest thousand. Sound like they trained 14.7
  13. Licensure in Washington State vs. other states

    I just recently (3 mo ago) went through the procedure of obtaining WA State RN license. I went to NS, took NCLEX and was originally licensed in California. To my understanding, as long as NS is...
  14. We all have different learning styles. Most of my classmates (BSN) enrolled into NCLEX prep courses right after graduations and most of them passed on their first attempt. I didn’t study a single...
  15. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    As a sufferer from severe migraines I can tell you that some of them merit a trip to ER via ambulance. To justify: symptom changes such as paralysis, auditory changes, visual changes etc. Sorry...