familychick

familychick BSN

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  1. Being Asked to Give References for Someone You Don't Respect

    familychick replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    As one who has been a nurse for a long time and have been a manager, I've had this happen more then once. One time in particular was a nurse whom I actually fired for creating a hostile work...

  2. Are You Working Past Retirement Age?

    familychick replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent topic, thank you for bringing it up. I'm 57 years old, single, and have been giving this much thought this past year. I would love to retire. right.now. but realistically can't afford...

  3. How do you guys do it for so long?

    familychick replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! I feel this way about bedside nursing too. I've been a nurse since 1995. The beautiful thing about nursing is there are soooo many different jobs we can do. I've done acute care in different...

  4. New RN Age

    familychick replied to Kooper48's topic in General Nursing

    Not even close to too old. This is a great

  5. Acoustic Shock

    familychick replied to scrabblern's topic in Telephone Triage

    I have never heard of this either. Thank you for the information. I am going to read up on this. I hope you are able to get the help you

  6. What do you do when Work calls on your day off?

    familychick replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I worked the floor, I always answered the calls/texts or called them back. If I didn't want to work I told them "No, thank you for asking though". No excuses, no reasons, just a polite and firm...

  7. Patient Entitlement

    familychick replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Patient/family member Entitlement is the A#1 reason why I left bedside nursing, and why I'm seriously considering leaving healthcare

  8. Preceptor is a bully....

    familychick replied to Hardhands's topic in General Nursing

    I completely disagree with the notion of just putting up with her behavior. We need to get away from allowing nurses to eat their young. We need to get away from turning a blind eye to bullies....

  9. Driving 1.5 hrs (one way) to work. Good idea?

    familychick replied to NewRN_SW's topic in General Nursing

    My recommendation would be to buy a home near your husband's work in the less expensive area. There are so many nurse jobs, maybe you can get another job closer to your new home. I have done...

  10. Grad in May + IHS obligation + 5 year old

    familychick replied to MickeyJ's topic in Nursing Career

    Just in case you are not able to read that PM I will give you my contact info here at work. I am the Supervisory Clinical Nurse (Unit Manager) of the inpatient pediatric unit at Northern Navajo...

  11. Grad in May + IHS obligation + 5 year old

    familychick replied to MickeyJ's topic in Nursing Career

    Are you able to receive/read PMs? I sent you one with my contact info. If not, we will figure it

  12. Grad in May + IHS obligation + 5 year old

    familychick replied to MickeyJ's topic in Nursing Career

    Hi MickeyJ, Shiprock is a town on the reservation. I live near the reservation, not in it. The little city where I live seems to be family friendly with lots of activities. I just moved from one...

  13. Nurses smoking weed?

    familychick replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've never tried anything edible with it in it. How about the

  14. Nurses smoking weed?

    familychick replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well, personally I don't drink or smoke (now that is just plan stupid) or do any type of narcotic, but only because I don't like the feeling. I do not understand why it would do any harm in smoking a...

  15. Is this a problem?

    familychick replied to NEnglish's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    That sounds like a rough way to grow the much needed tough skin of a nurse. The reason you gave sounds very reasonable to me. I have been in management and in charge of hiring (and firing). I would...

  16. Grad in May + IHS obligation + 5 year old

    familychick replied to MickeyJ's topic in Nursing Career

    Hello, I do understand the anxiety. Last month my daughter and I moved near Shiprock, NM and I began a job at the Northern Navajo Medical Center through IHS. That hospital is near the edge of the...

  17. Physical

    familychick replied to angel4gramma's topic in Correctional

    Again it would depend on that particular insitution and what their needs are. We do not have elevators at our facility and we have about 10 buildings that are spread out over a city block. We have...

  18. Physical

    familychick replied to angel4gramma's topic in Correctional

    That totally depends on where you are interviewing. When I interview people I take them on a tour of the facility. We walk up and down stairs and up a hill. They don't even know they are taking a...

  19. Did you plan to be a correctional nurse?

    familychick replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in Correctional

    Did I plan on being a corrections nurse? absolutely not! My plan was to continue school and become a certified nurse midwife. By the time I graduated (BSN) in '95 I was burned out of school. I've...

  20. Pregnant felons in prision!

    familychick replied to KAYBDT6's topic in Correctional

    I work in a womens prison. We currently have 27 pregnant offenders. We also have a mother baby unit. Among other criteria, the moms have to be within 18 months of release at the time of delivery....

  21. First 10 hours preceptorship down!

    familychick replied to chevyv's topic in Correctional

    Sorry you felt beat up after that. Just keep in mind that we tend to learn more on the not so good days and on the terrific smooth sailing days. Hang in there. Corrections is the

  22. Uniform Cleanliness

    familychick replied to Michyboo39's topic in Correctional

    depends: I do keep a couple pair of scrubs on hand. If one of my nurses came to work that way I'd send him/her home IF staffing allowed. If acquired at work I'd encourage him/her to go home and...

  23. Questions

    familychick replied to RNCoastiewife's topic in Correctional

    I work in a women's prison. What is the environment like? The grounds have a college campus atmosphere. How do the prisoners respond to you? Generally respectful Are the guards supportive of your...

  24. Riverview Hospital-anyone work there?

    familychick replied to jazzie's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I worked there for a minute. Well, o.k., for a few months. I worked in the Med-surg area and hated it. It would have been great if there was enough staff. They don't have enough techs and the...

  25. Blurred Boundaries: Should we eliminate the distinction between RNs and LPNs?

    familychick replied to ilovechadkrause's topic in LPN to RN

    No, both play important, yet different