Not_A_Hat_Person

Not_A_Hat_Person RN

Geriatrics, Home Health

Member

  • Content

    2,900

  • Visitors

    40,361

  • Followers

    1

  • Likes

    82

All Content by Not_A_Hat_Person

  1. pay

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard of it in the military, and in civilians losing overtime

  2. What would a single payer system look like?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It would probably look like

  3. Please help :(

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to %D#2's topic in General Nursing

    Safe staffing is not your responsibility. Take care of yourself, and take the time off you need. Don't cover the shift, and don't apologize for

  4. Gossip Girls... (And boys)

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to ambobam's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sports is *not* a neutral

  5. Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    Where I live, Magnet means "we only hire nurses with at least a

  6. List the most frivolous complaints you've received

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Private Duty

    Drying my hands with paper

  7. Gossip Girls... (And boys)

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to ambobam's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've worked in a few places where the grapevine was the only way to find out about things like staffing changes, policy changes, and office moves. I listen to gossip, but I don't

  8. help re: debt panic

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to nagem_'s topic in General Students

    If you didn't pay your undergrad loans for 2 years, you may be in default. I'm not going to condemn you for that, but many states will not issue a professional license to someone who has defaulted on...

  9. Merry Christmas, Little Angel

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Having seen what can happen when a community fails to step up, there's something g to be said for government

  10. Have BA. Get RN diploma then BSN?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Dice1024's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I had a BA in English when I started nursing school. I went for an ADN because it was half the cost of the cheapest BSN. I figured my employer would pay for my BSN. I graduated, then the economy...

  11. Patients taking selfies in clinical areas

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to whichone'spink's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I don't understand the hostility toward selfies. Self-portraits are as old as art. A cave in Argentina is decorated with 8,000-year-old handprints and hunting scenes. There are probably some selfies...

  12. Objects that represent a nurse

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Moran11's topic in General Nursing

    A nursing

  13. We were all wrong about nursing home nurses

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Most of my nursing experience has been Private Duty. Lots of people saw me as either a CNA or, when I worked PEDs, a babysitter. I deal with trachs and vents in the community, without hospital level...

  14. We were all wrong about nursing home nurses

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    For me, LTC *would* be a job of last resort, not because I look down on LTC nurses but because of the insanely bad working conditions. After my last LTC job, I swore I would sell my body on the street...

  15. Rules for Per Diems

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    My previous per diem job required 1 shift every 90 days. In theory, per diem staff could choose their own schedules. In practice, they used so many travelers that per diem employees were rarely able...

  16. Nurse bullies

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to l.a.m.b's topic in General Nursing

    And if they don't, or they escalate, or they run to their friend the DON or

  17. Nurse bullies

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to l.a.m.b's topic in General Nursing

    Cue "Bullying doesn't exist! You're a too-sensitive special snowflake!" in

  18. Profession for some...attempted by many..

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to jdruds's topic in General Nursing

    Then there are the nurses who couldn't find a med-surg job. I wanted to work med-surg as a new grad. I graduated in 2008, just before the economy collapsed. No one wanted new grads: even nursing homes...

  19. Older nurses eating the young? Maybe it's the opposite...

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Gamecock73's topic in General Nursing

    And now for another exciting round of "every nurse younger or less experienced than me is a spoiled, incompetent, entitled special snowflake." It's odd how older, experienced nurses are allowed to...

  20. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Memphis, St. Louis, and Cleveland have very lax gun laws, and even higher gun homicide

  21. Why don't they call back?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Raechel Frant's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are these calls after sending an application, an interview, or some other point? It used to be common for employers to call or e-mail employees after an interview to say they'd hired someone else, but...

  22. How did you pay off your student debt?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

    I paid off about $15,000 in student loan debt after I got an inheritance. It was a big chunk to pay off at once, but I was glad to have that weight off my

  23. The holidays and legal issues

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to OldGrayNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think this would cause legal problems, but the "say Merry Christmas or Else!" crowd has made this issue more complicated that it needs to be. Many people don't celebrate Christmas and don't...

  24. Nurse considering law school

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to kristie778's topic in General Nursing

    Both of my sisters attended law school. One passed the bar in 2003, looked for a job for over a year (in New York City), and is job hunting yet again after another job blew up spectacularly (including...

  25. Circumstances it's OK to quit without notice??

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Cola89's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Disagree. I learned early that safe staffing is not my