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  1. getting into dialysis with no previous experience

    fallinnstyle replied to fallinnstyle's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thanks Marshall. I have applied to several positions at Davita and FMC. No bites yet but I have hope. Good luck on your

  2. Ten Ways To Know You're Burning Out

    fallinnstyle replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Great post... I have been where your friend is. I got up, went to work, pulled into the parking lot and KNEW there was no way I could handle another day on that job. So, I called, told them I wasn't...

  3. Ever see "FULL LET" for code status?

    fallinnstyle replied to shygoofyone's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, until I moved south, I thought a peripheral iv was either a saline or hep lock. You should have seen how confused I got when I was asked to help place a

  4. Thanks for applying, but......

    fallinnstyle posted a topic in General Nursing

    Dear xxxx, Thank you for applying. However, this is not an open position. It was created for the sole purpose of promoting an existing employee into. Feel free to visit our career site for other...

  5. Thanks for applying, but......

    fallinnstyle replied to fallinnstyle's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your replies. I guess I should be glad I know why I didn't get the job....but I still feel misled. I guess I am just tired of putting in so many applications without getting a job. I have...

  6. I need helping finding a nursing job that will allow me to sit once every 2-3 hours

    fallinnstyle replied to twalt500's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I was thinking more in the line of case management or telephone/triage nurse. Doesn't require any more time on your feet than a regular office job, but you still use your brain to make nursing...

  7. night shift supervisor with no oncall back up

    fallinnstyle posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So, here is my situation..I am a night shift supervisor for a 186 bed facility. Noc staffing is 2 nurses downstairs for 80 residents, and 2 nurses upstairs for 106 residents. There is no difference in...

  8. Reducing ED transfers from SNF

    fallinnstyle replied to HelenaHandbasket's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As a longtime LTC nurse, I would rather err on the side of 'defensive medicine' than 'would you please tell the court why this resident became septic and died and never got transferred to a higher...

  9. The kiss of death: when you know you are about to get fired

    fallinnstyle posted a topic in General Nursing

    I currently work in a nursing home as a floor nurse but am a RN. I have held my position for close to one year and in that time, I have had 10+ unit managers, and even more house supervisors come and...

  10. The kiss of death: when you know you are about to get fired

    fallinnstyle replied to fallinnstyle's topic in General Nursing

    Well folks, it is official....meet fallinnstyle RN, unit manager. I got my new badge handed to me yesterday morning in stand up along with a long list of things that must be completed by the end of...

  11. The kiss of death: when you know you are about to get fired

    fallinnstyle replied to fallinnstyle's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for all your replies. I plan on talking with the DON tomorrow. I was kinda hoping state would come this week so I could buy another week. (First time in my long LTC career I have wished for...

  12. The kiss of death: when you know you are about to get fired

    fallinnstyle replied to fallinnstyle's topic in General Nursing

    You know, that's a great attitude to approach this with. too bad my first, 2nd, 3rd.....100th reactions are negative. I know I can be a great unit manager, but it seems all the great ones we have had...

  13. The kiss of death: when you know you are about to get fired

    fallinnstyle replied to fallinnstyle's topic in General Nursing

    They say they are over on the staff RNs in the building and basically I can 'promote' to a higher job, or I can not stay as a floor nurse making more than LPNs for the same

  14. salary floor nurse?

    fallinnstyle posted a topic in General Nursing

    my nursing home is rolling out a new policy in the next few months. We will switch from 8hr mon-fri and 12hr weekenders to all 12hr shifts. 2 nurses will partner in one unit for each shift (7a-7p and...

  15. having to tell your manager you're quitting....the good, bad, and ugly

    fallinnstyle replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Funny,,,my unit manager turned in her 2wks notice on thursday around lunch time. The DON got ****** and told her not to bother coming back after that day. She was maaaad!! She said she did not want to...

  16. dreading going back to work tomorrow

    fallinnstyle posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had the worst day at work yesterday. I mean it was enough to make me consider quitting nursing immediately and return to my business roots. Anyways, by the time I left yesterday night, I knew that...

  17. dreading going back to work tomorrow

    fallinnstyle replied to fallinnstyle's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for your concern. The person that called me, called me specifically coz I picked up the extra shift then called it off. Well, it turned out that today was an extra busy friday, and...

  18. dreading going back to work tomorrow

    fallinnstyle replied to fallinnstyle's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, Thanks! I think there just were too many things going wrong in my section all shift. It started out wrong (code right after narc count 1530, resident transferred to hospital via EMS and ended...

  19. Nursing Home "Forcing" Nurses To Be Supervisors

    fallinnstyle replied to CruisNrn's topic in Nurse Management

    Interesting question. At my facility, they have been making this new lpn grad who has only been there about 3 months,,,on her very first nursing job,,,to supervise on night shift. She gets so...

  20. Marked with a bullseye at work?

    fallinnstyle posted a topic in General Nursing

    Here's the thing.. I have been working at this job for just over a year. Recently, I feel like I have a bullseye target on my back. I have been moved to 3 different units in the last 3 months. The...

  21. Marked with a bullseye at work?

    fallinnstyle replied to fallinnstyle's topic in General Nursing

    thanks Lizzie. I am just entirely too frustrated with my work place right

  22. In Surgical tech. program and not too happy.

    fallinnstyle replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    Hello there... First of all,,,,I understand you are venting and this is definitely the place to do it. I feel your pain and hope it gets better 2nd,,, FYI, all those things you are going through are...

  23. vaxcare corporation

    fallinnstyle posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone do flu shots with vaxcare corporation? or have information about working with them? Looks like they are conducting flu shot clinics in my area.

  24. vaxcare corporation

    fallinnstyle replied to fallinnstyle's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! I guess no one here knows anything about them. I put in an app way back when and they did not call me back, so am guessing they are just fishing for information but there are no jobs...

  25. RN to BSN online

    fallinnstyle replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I called chamberlain yesterday to see if I could change my adviser, but apparently that is not an option, seeing as whoever reeled me in is the one that gets the commission and the 'brownie points'....