Not_A_Hat_Person

Not_A_Hat_Person RN

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  1. So TIRED OF IT

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    This is part of what I liked about working in corrections. Don't get me wrong, the inmates deserved basic respect as human beings, regardless of what they had done. That said, if you did something an...

  2. When did being pregnant become a disability?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    That tells me everything I need to

  3. Not told of lower training pay

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to amberlt91's topic in General Nursing

    They definitely should have told you about the difference in pay. I would be wary of

  4. List the most frivolous complaints you've received

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Private Duty

    It was the house phone. They lived in an area with no cell service. Still, walking off with it made my job that much

  5. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    There's a reason for that. I will sell my body on the street before I work in another nursing

  6. Is there a "Nurse Shortage" Lie?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to New_Man_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    If facilities refuse to hire new grads with no experience, where do they expect to find experienced

  7. List the most frivolous complaints you've received

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Private Duty

    Something similar happened to me. The client's family had taken them to a medical appointment and the doc had changed some med orders without telling my employer. When I got there a few days later,...

  8. Best/Worst EHR

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to ICUMatthew's topic in General Nursing

    I've only worked on 2 EMRs: McKesson and ERMA, which is tailored to corrections. I find McKesson easier to work

  9. Supervised smoking in LTC

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Jerez's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in Nursing Home Hell, we had scheduled resident smoke breaks. An LNA who smoked would round up residents 2 or 3 times a day, and they would all go out to the smoking

  10. Unfair Scheduling

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to TimeforMe's topic in General Nursing

    Does your state board of nursing allow mandatory overtime? If not, you may want to talk to them about it. Otherwise, vote with your

  11. what jobs best for studying while on job

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Phish16's topic in General Nursing

    Private duty, especially night

  12. Nursing Incentives - New Grads and Expereinced

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to RNCompConsultant's topic in General Nursing

    If you pay for additional education, either a degree or CEUs, don't set up a lot of hoops to jump

  13. Nursing Incentives - New Grads and Expereinced

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to RNCompConsultant's topic in General Nursing

    Free or subsided parking. Subsided public transit passes. A prepaid legal plan. Self-scheduling. The ability to use

  14. It's Almost Like a Ghost Town. Most Nursing Homes Overstated Staffing for Years

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Not_A_Hat_Person's topic in Nursing News

    Medicare Slashes Star Ratings for Staffing at 1 in 11 Nursing

  15. Malicious "pimping" in nursing / nurse practitioner school?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in General Nursing

    And now, another exciting round of "every nurse younger and/or less experienced than me is a spoiled entitled

  16. Would you go to another career fair if you already accepted an offer somewhere else?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Bunsbuns's topic in General Nursing

    I would go, in case the position I'd accepted didn't work out. If the job you took wasn't working for your employer, or they decided they liked another candidate better, or someone high up in the...

  17. 1,800 Vermont Nurses On Strike

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Katillac's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The hospital and the nurses will resume negotiations

  18. Everything Sucks: Red Flags?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to missmagee's topic in General Nursing

    If they're not paying you on time, you need to get out. Full

  19. 1,800 Vermont Nurses On Strike

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Katillac's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The strike was a week ago, July 12 and 13, though the nurses may hit the picket lines

  20. Not cut out for home health?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Home Health

    Does your employer pay for continuing education? Would they reimburse you, even in part, for an OASIS

  21. "That's a myth about nursing"

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Many non-acute jobs require acute care experience. When I graduated in 2008, even nursing homes wanted 1 year of

  22. "That's a myth about nursing"

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder how many facilities complaining about a "nursing shortage" are chasing purple squirrels, refusing to hire anyone who doesn't meet their requirements to the

  23. Transportation when in motor home

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to luvpets's topic in Travel

    Will they let you park your camper on site? I've seen campers in nursing home employee parking lots. When I worked in a prison, a few employees lived in campers in the employee

  24. How long have you been a nurse

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've been licensed for 10 years this month, working for

  25. When they're SO sure they're right...

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    A shift supervisor once got very upset when I questioned a morphine dose that turned out to be very wrong. Among other things, the dose was calculated for 1 mg/ml, and the stuff we had was 20 mg/ml....