Havin' A Party! ASN, RN

ICU, CM, Geriatrics, Management

RN with BS (Engineering), MBA (Admin Management), JD (House Counsel)

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    Can they force me to work weekends during jury duty???

    Havin' A Party! replied to luv2dive's topic in General Nursing

    Our biggest problem at times is the inability to realize there's a
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    Quit after 2 days

    Havin' A Party! replied to mickey56's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Totally agree with your sentiment! Ridiculous workloads like this are indicative of severe work issues at a facility. Good
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    Six weeks out - never been so happy

    Havin' A Party! replied to savoytruffle's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Happy for you,
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    Had a interview today, the manager told me to call him back next week

    Havin' A Party! replied to blastoise's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Impossible to tell. But good
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    Checking A Patient's Blood Glucose In His Earlobe?

    Havin' A Party! replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

    Besides the issues of consistency of sampling and adherence to facility regs, wouldn't that stick be a lot more
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    Can they force me to work weekends during jury duty???

    Havin' A Party! replied to luv2dive's topic in General Nursing

    Not lovin' this response. It's not like the OP is on her normal work shift. To me, this looks and feels like she's on an approved leave. The facility has basically excused her absence for the...
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    Are ADN/ASN worth it?

    Havin' A Party! replied to DrewF86's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Think they would care of the vintage of your coursework. That applies however to any coursework and any academic institution, not just that from / by an ADN program. Eg, if I completed a microbiology...
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    Why I'm Leaving the Nursing field and Nursing School

    Havin' A Party! replied to sweetcaroline101's topic in General Nursing

    With respect, disagree with first quote, and totally agree with the second. Nursing in concept, scholastically, and in theory is absolutely marvelous, IMO. But nursing in practice, in the trenches,...
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    Why I'm Leaving the Nursing field and Nursing School

    Havin' A Party! replied to sweetcaroline101's topic in General Nursing

    Mental and physical stressors for nurses don't only reside in
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    Why I'm Leaving the Nursing field and Nursing School

    Havin' A Party! replied to sweetcaroline101's topic in General Nursing

    Holy s^it, Green! Did not know we were this large a
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    License by Endorsement- Got my license in 4 weeks

    Havin' A Party! replied to RNVANJ's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Van -- What statedid you endorse from? Sometimes this makes a
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    genesis healthcare

    Havin' A Party! replied to Isitpossible's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Heard many negs about this
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    Fentanyl patches

    Havin' A Party! replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We'd use a couple of small pieces of
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    Curious....If D.O.N., A.D.O.N, and/or Admin. are fired w/out notice.,

    Havin' A Party! replied to nervousnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Judy -- You should have a resource person available any time the DON is not
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    Adn rn seeks job in nnj

    Havin' A Party! replied to Makama1's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Keep researching and polishing your resume, letter of trans, and presentation skills, Maka. Good luck on the new
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    Did anyone enter a nursing school with a BS?

    Havin' A Party! replied to msambitious2202's topic in General Nursing

    Yes... and several other degrees as well. Went the ADN route. Nearly all pre-reqs were satisfied from prior coursework. Was scooted right into the program. Loved the ADN coursework, professors and...
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    Chart Audits....you have to be kidding me!!!!!

    Havin' A Party! replied to mcleanl's topic in General Nursing

    You're so right! Why don't so many nurses... including sups and managers... get
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    Why I'm Leaving the Nursing field and Nursing School

    Havin' A Party! replied to sweetcaroline101's topic in General Nursing

    Enjoyed your post, Music (♪♫). Thanks for sharing your thoughts. My best to the OP... appreciate your point of view... think I know what you're feeling. Applaud you for taking action... believe...
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    Does your SO understand job stress?

    Havin' A Party! replied to Tobygo2's topic in General Nursing

    What real responses! A learning experience for sure. Thanks for sharing,
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    Management hate

    Havin' A Party! replied to beckster_01's topic in General Nursing

    Have said it before: Unless Nursing deals with that, it'll never truly be looked upon as a true profession... no matter how many initials we place after our
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    Does your SO understand job stress?

    Havin' A Party! replied to Tobygo2's topic in General Nursing

    Great story, Future! Thanks for
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    Appropriate Notice for Resignation

    Havin' A Party! replied to ERnewbieRN's topic in Nurse Management

    Get the HR policy on this and then follow it. Good
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    New ADON feeling overwhelmed

    Havin' A Party! replied to LittleMamaRomeoRN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    It's a tough gig for sure. Management's gotta give ya at least 6 months to a year to learn the job, depending on your background, experience, education, and other learning / personal factors. Did...
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    Kind of a vent/want opinions

    Havin' A Party! replied to lauriepat's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah... huge risk for us if we don't follow
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    I suspect at least 4 residents have scabies, and....

    Havin' A Party! replied to Tana13's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    From my experience, scrapings are rarely done any more -- which is really the only true way to