Bortaz MSN, RN

CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU

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    Be careful what you divulge

    Bortaz replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    But it is preventing any new
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    Be careful what you divulge

    Bortaz replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    You can change your
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    Dilemma: miss class before exam due to illness?

    Bortaz replied to SopranoKris's topic in General Students

    Apparently, facetiousness doesn't go over very well around
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    Dilemma: miss class before exam due to illness?

    Bortaz replied to SopranoKris's topic in General Students

    You're just helping them build immunities. Go to
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    RN-BSN in 6 months is DOABLE!

    Bortaz replied to RN*mommy's topic in Western Governors University

    That was in the email with my transcript
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    Nursing specialty that requires minimum patient contact and best hours?

    Bortaz replied to tsipareht's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I need one, because it seemed like I changed 100 poopbutts
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    Nursing specialty that requires minimum patient contact and best hours?

    Bortaz replied to tsipareht's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How did you work with poopy babies and never wipe a
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    Nursing specialty that requires minimum patient contact and best hours?

    Bortaz replied to tsipareht's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What are you, some kind of
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    Nursing specialty that requires minimum patient contact and best hours?

    Bortaz replied to tsipareht's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The OP isn't a nurse that is burned out and looking to run. He's a dude that hasn't hit a lick in the hospital, because he hasn't even gotten his nursing degree
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    Nursing specialty that requires minimum patient contact and best hours?

    Bortaz replied to tsipareht's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What people get sick of are the "Can I become a nurse without, like, doing any of the, like, CRAPPY crap that nurses have to do? Can I avoid, like, those old silly sick people?AND POOP!? LOLOL!"...
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    Finally!!!! I passed Nclex RN

    Bortaz replied to Kahmi's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Why does your info say you have 7 years of nursing experience if you were just accepted into your program? Are you an LPN? Congrats,
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    Can You Be Fired....

    Bortaz replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital management are fanatics about this. If I clock out for 29 minutes instead of 30, I get a nasty-gram. It's all because of a lawsuit that was filed a couple years ago by nurses that claimed...
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    PLEASE HELP Before they kick me out!

    Bortaz replied to FutureRNKat's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't wine, I
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    PLEASE HELP Before they kick me out!

    Bortaz replied to FutureRNKat's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You didn't know that lateral violence = telling someone a truth they don't want to hear? Not agreeing with asinine
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    Muslim nursing students

    Bortaz replied to mtcowgirl's topic in General Students

    Can be cleaned /=/ are
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    PLEASE HELP Before they kick me out!

    Bortaz replied to FutureRNKat's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There is a sign posted around some of the units of my hospital: "Getting to work as scheduled is part of your commitment to your patients and your peers." I agree wholeheartedly, though far too many...
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    Unhappy in unit

    Bortaz replied to bexspn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't believe in being miserable anywhere, especially places where I spend 12 hours a day. I'd contact the NICU manager and introduce myself and express my desire to
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    Considering moving, New York to Texas

    Bortaz replied to LifeCrisis's topic in Texas Nursing

    Unedumicated nirses, walcim two
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    Considering moving, New York to Texas

    Bortaz replied to LifeCrisis's topic in Texas Nursing

    FTFY, you're
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    Bad employee evaluation review?

    Bortaz replied to sungrl01's topic in General Nursing

    If I received a review that was as bad as you make this one sound, I'd quickly be asking for the documentation of my poor performance over the previous twelve months. If the documentation wasn't...
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    Considering moving, New York to Texas

    Bortaz replied to LifeCrisis's topic in Texas Nursing

    Again, just pointing out that OP is considering moving to Rio Grande Valley, and not DFW. It's a totally different world down here on the
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    Considering moving, New York to Texas

    Bortaz replied to LifeCrisis's topic in Texas Nursing

    I think I love you,
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    Considering moving, New York to Texas

    Bortaz replied to LifeCrisis's topic in Texas Nursing

    She probably lives around a bunch of transplanted
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    Considering moving, New York to Texas

    Bortaz replied to LifeCrisis's topic in Texas Nursing

    You cannot compare D/FW, Austin, Houston, etc to Edinburg. Edinburg is on the border with Mexico, and is nothing like any other area of Texas. There have been many threads regarding life and working...
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    Study Resources for Certification and/or NICU Newbies

    Bortaz posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was browsing the NCC website, looking for basic study guides for the certification exam. On one of the .pdf files, they had the following list of recommended study material. Any others you guys...