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  1. BSN premium on the table.

    oldandintheway replied to tokmom's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I am not nor ever have been a union member in healthcare, but have been a union member and on the negotiation team for other unions. I feel this is a VERY bad idea, one of the reasons for the...

  2. Client vs Patient

    oldandintheway replied to srercg's topic in General Nursing

    Clients, Patients, ehhh.....they are patients to me. But what amuses me is "guest services" if they are truly guests why do we bill them for services? I don't charge guests in my

  3. Do You Believe

    oldandintheway replied to Deepinthegame's topic in General Nursing

    " Last time I checked, there is a certain "Look" that seems to be prevalent also. " I notice that there appears to be a similarity amongst many of the new hires I see. A manageable compliancy taking...

  4. Did you take a pay-cut to be a nurse? Do you regret it?

    oldandintheway replied to MomAndSonInMD's topic in General Nursing

    30k annual pay cut initially, second, actually third career. Money ain't everything, in the grand scheme of things ain't that big of a thing. California nurse, so I'm not destitute now but I also...

  5. 94 or higher is an A?

    oldandintheway replied to Oceanblu's topic in General Students

    I know that no one likes to hear old people take about "well back in my days" but when I returned to school in 2006 I was surprised that some of my school mates expected 90% to be an A in college. I...

  6. Meaning of your username?

    oldandintheway replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    Guess what it

  7. Timeline for endorsing RN license to CA

    oldandintheway replied to zornzo's topic in California Nursing

    California has different boards of nursing for LVN and RNs; the LVN board is at Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians RN is at Board of Registered

  8. Nurses smoking weed?

    oldandintheway replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I feel smoking weed is the most innocuous intoxicants to indulge in; however as nurses we are paid a premium for our good judgement. By smoking marijuana and jeopardizing our careers that good...

  9. Words You Hate

    oldandintheway replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    After 14 pages and reading some of these words out loud I'll never be able to pronounce anything

  10. Another reason unions suck!

    oldandintheway replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I get amused by a lot of the anti-Union rants I hear. In a previous career one of the essential functions of a union I belonged to was maintaining an extremely high level of professional competence....

  11. 3M Littman classic III a decent stethoscope?

    oldandintheway replied to LelahRN2be's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    What kind of nursing do you practice? Except for advanced practice nurses we generally assess but not necessarily diagnose and are not required to evaluate all the subtleties a specialist would need...

  12. Paging Doctor Nurse

    oldandintheway replied to sauce's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Actually physicians usurped the title from PhDs, and as I mentioned earlier most physicians I have known couldn't stand up to the academic rigor of doctoral programs. In some places surgeons are still...

  13. Suspended without pay for expired TB requirement?

    oldandintheway replied to lsvalliant's topic in General Nursing

    If this is a condition of employment there is pretty much no recourse on your part. Used to be easy when all of these requirements were due on the anniversary of hire date, but with the date creep of...

  14. Guaranteed Seat Worth the Extra Cost?

    oldandintheway replied to Apple2020's topic in General Students

    Another advantage of matriculating at Austin Peay University is you can support your school with one of the greatest cheers in college sports: LET'S GO PEAY!!!! Austin Peay is pronounced P as in

  15. Does your facility have 12 hour shifts or 8 hour shifts?

    oldandintheway replied to smartypants22's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Which would explain my being beat into a bloody pulp in the parking

  16. Does your facility have 12 hour shifts or 8 hour shifts?

    oldandintheway replied to smartypants22's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Going from 12's to 8's can be a 10% pay raise. 40 vs 36 hours per week also a facility can staff with fewer employees by using a 5 X 8hrs schedule. Think in terms of FTEs, one week equals 168 hrs,...

  17. TMI for Nurses

    oldandintheway replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Oh no, you're not gonna egg me on to violate the TOS that easy. Use your imagination, then go one step

  18. TMI for Nurses

    oldandintheway replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    In the ER all females 13 to 65 are pregnant until shown otherwise, I can't name all the times I was given TMI on birth control practices without asking. Some could be the titles of

  19. Is it possible to get the holidays off?

    oldandintheway replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    One year I got Flag Day and Arbor Day off, worked all the

  20. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    oldandintheway replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    I concede all of your points, I intentionally left out fight as the third point in the rush,hide, fight scenario. As an experienced infantryman in a last resort situation I would respect your...

  21. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    oldandintheway replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Oh hell, I can't help myself from getting in on this. I assume most here are nurses; think for a moment upon the rule of nines for body surface, now consider you only have less than half the head in...

  22. Are we "semi-professionals"

    oldandintheway replied to GastroAwesome's topic in General Nursing

    Isingthebodyelectric, there is a basic fallacy in your example. You are comparing the most basic of nursing skills to more advanced examples of other professions. After 3-4 weeks of training one...

  23. Weed and work.

    oldandintheway replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    One of the most important attributes of being a successful nurse is good judgement. If someone chooses to indulge in something, legal or not, that would jeopardize their career I think it would be...

  24. Advice regarding hiring in CA

    oldandintheway replied to ixlovinitxi's topic in General Nursing

    When you say "My boyfriend is stationed in Lemoore, Ca....." I assume he is in the navy at NAS Lemoore. There is no acute care hospital in Lemoore, but there is Adventist Medical Center in Hanford...

  25. Paging Doctor Nurse

    oldandintheway replied to sauce's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Actually most MDs have not received the training or research to be awarded the title Doctor in the original usage. An argument can be made that they usurped an academic honor. Doctor comes from the...