catlady

catlady BSN, RN

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  1. Nurse manager email - Opinions?

    catlady replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it was clear, but it wasn't respectful. I hate it when everyone gets painted with the same broad brush. If there are stragglers who can't get their behinds to mandatory inservices, then the...

  2. Is a place like St Jude's really better?

    catlady replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I thought that what makes St. Jude's special is this: All patients accepted for treatment at St. Jude are treated without regard to the family's ability to pay. (Unlike a certain major children's...

  3. Malpractice Insurance ? How to shop

    catlady replied to openheartmom3's topic in General Nursing

    I've always had NSO. Never a problem, although I've never yet had to tap their resources (knock wood!). Easy to renew online,

  4. What do you think of this cover letter?

    catlady replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I am writing in reference to the full time 7a-7p Labor and Delivery RN, currently posted on your website. I am vitally interested in becoming a member of your team. I believe I would make a positive...

  5. silly question, can LPN's Teach

    catlady replied to blardyblardyhelp!!'s topic in General Nursing

    You could go back and read the response that I gave you a couple of days ago when you posed the same question in the LTC forum. And the other folks who responded, as

  6. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    catlady replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    Nice to see that nurses can eat their old as well as their

  7. Any bedside nurses making over 100K ?

    catlady replied to EveMJRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was responding to a California poster who said she makes $77,000 per year, working 32 hours per week, with less than one year experience. That works out to $46.27. It's pretty clear there is no...

  8. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    catlady replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    That is a common misconception. What you find as you earn more money is that your withholding for that paycheck is based on a full year's earnings at that rate. So if you earn an extra $500 in that...

  9. Any of you living in Arizona??

    catlady replied to EnergyRN's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Now that she's moved here, if she came from a compact state, she has to get an AZ license, unless this is not going to be her permanent address. One of the quirks of the compact system. She can work...

  10. Agism in nursing???? (furious rant potential)

    catlady replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Before crying "age discrimination," you have to be sure there was nothing else that ruled you out as a candidate. Presumably if you were called in for an interview, they found something in your...

  11. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    catlady replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    On the contrary, I don't think most nurses truly do understand the roles of other nurses, as evidenced by the many posts such as the one you referenced. It's clear from many, many posts that a lot of...

  12. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    catlady replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, can you explain to me what a "technical RN" is? I've never met such a person.

  13. pre-employment drug testing?

    catlady replied to nursewriter2's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I object, and I've never used any illegal drugs in my life. Never even tried a joint as a teenager in the 60s, nor have I ever had a drink of alcohol. I don't like the assumption that I'm a...

  14. I think my PPD is positive

    catlady replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    No comment on the thread, just in awe that you have a six-month-old baby and you're six months pregnant. Those will be serious Irish

  15. Kaiser

    catlady replied to RN112's topic in General Nursing

    Seven months isn't a long time away from nursing, certainly not enough to require you to take a refresher course unless you want to. If you didn't get the job, there must have been another reason....

  16. Any bedside nurses making over 100K ?

    catlady replied to EveMJRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like she's willing to work like a dog in the higher paying areas so she can save, then use the money back home where life is cheaper. I doubt she's being forcd to work six shifts a week....

  17. Any bedside nurses making over 100K ?

    catlady replied to EveMJRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's not as dramatic as flying from Seattle to San Francisco, but I worked with a nurse who commuted from Maine to Connecticut. She stayed with a friend and worked a block of time over a long...

  18. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    catlady replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    Being a good student is usually secondary to documented financial need. And since most nursing students have a work history, they show up as needing less money than a generic unemployed teenager....

  19. Difference between RNs and LPNs and what they can do.

    catlady replied to moomoo111's topic in General Nursing

    Here is an interesting article that reviews some of the differences between the RN and the LPN. Scroll down to Appendix B for the IV standards. But you need to research the Nurse Practice Act in...

  20. The future of nursing salaries?

    catlady replied to Rephaim's topic in General Nursing

    Ouch. I have never considered myself or any other nurse a pink-collar assistant. I don't know which is more insulting, to be called pink-collar or to be assumed to have been an assistant. I can't...

  21. Would you hire a MEPN (master's entry program in nursing) candidate?

    catlady replied to lisal11's topic in General Nursing

    Not true. Virtually every MSN program that accepts RNs with a college degree but without a BSN--and there aren't that many that do--requires *nursing* bridge courses, and many also want a stats...

  22. Thinking about going into LTC, good idea?

    catlady replied to Nurse CT's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    It's not a slower pace. It's like working med-surg, except you have 20 or 30 patients instead of five or six. The regulations and the paperwork can kill ya,

  23. question about being accredited

    catlady replied to AuntieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in 1985 from a hospital-based nursing program that was NLN-accredited. Why do you think hospital-based schools could not be

  24. From PA to RN

    catlady replied to SilentfadesRPA's topic in General Nursing

    No, never heard of it. I can't imagine anyone wanting to do it. Go back to school to come out with less money and worse working conditions....nope, can't imagine it. You'd have to be totally in...

  25. From real good to real bad overnite

    catlady replied to Hospice RNCM's topic in General Nursing

    I've never worked anywhere that had a medication aide, so I can't speak to that, but the attitude you're getting from administration should tell you what you need to do in terms of career move....