Not_A_Hat_Person

Not_A_Hat_Person RN

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  1. How do I get back on track?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to jkap's topic in Nursing Career

    Are you able to take a refresher course, even before passing the

  2. Do Mean Girls make Mean Nurses

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

    Mean Girls turn into Mean Women, then (if they live long enough) Mean Old

  3. Are there ANY nursing jobs?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to lilnurseling's topic in General Nursing

    Summit Health is hiring nurses for flu clinics and wellness clinics nationwide. It's a PRN contractor job, with no benefits, but it's a nursing

  4. such bureaucracy... (kind of a rant)

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to BrooklynRN11201's topic in General Nursing

    I applied for a temp job with the feds that required a set of fingerprints ($25 from the county sherrif). The last school nurse sub job I applied for wanted a set of fingerprints and a $50 background...

  5. What Are The Most Creative Call-off Excuses You Have Heard?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Another colleague's co-worker called in sick, then went fishing. A photographer from the local paper was covering the first day of Fishing Season, and took the man's picture, posing proudly with his...

  6. Nurses who can't find work.

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to JesusKeepMe's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Apparently, South Dakota has jobs for new grads. The oil boom has led to a severe housing shortage, so you may end up living in a camper in a Wal*Mart parking lot, but you'll have a nursing job. I can...

  7. Nurses who can't find work.

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to JesusKeepMe's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Have you considered flu clinics? It's seasonal and per diem, but it's nursing experience. OccuVax and Summit Health are hiring right now. Substitute school nursing could be another

  8. Would you commute an hour to a job you wanted?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to nursebythesea's topic in General Nursing

    One of my home health clients is a 90-minute drive one way. I'm thinking of dropping the case because I'm not very good at waking up at 5

  9. Rude Co-Worker

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to eeffoc_emmig's topic in Private Duty

    Are you sure it's a fellow nurse, not the patient's

  10. Did u have to move to find a job?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Marsha238612's topic in General Nursing

    Highest nursing education- ADN Specialty- None Desired job setting- Hospital. My dream job was ER, but for a first job I wanted nights (preferably 3 12s) on a Med-Surg floor. Did you move from your...

  11. Hospitals hiring BSN & Obamacare

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to studentbear's topic in General Students

    Picky can be good. Taking the wrong nursing job can be worse than not working in nursing. LTC can be extremely dangerous to a new grad's license. When things go really badly, the Board of Nursing...

  12. Working while in nursing school.

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to LaurenD.'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I worked full-time in a call center while I was in school. It hurt my grades, but I managed to graduate and pass the NCLEX. I also volunteered in an ER for 2 years, and loved it, but it didn't help me...

  13. Another burnt out nurse - questioning everything. . .

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to AlphaPig's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Having worked in a SNF and and ALF, I wouldn't recommend either as a low-stress alternative. Have you considered school nursing or home

  14. Nurses aren't maids!

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to AnaCatRN's topic in Private Duty

    I make meals, wash dishes, and (occasionally) do laundry for my trach/vent client. I don't mind because it's for him and him alone, and it's all on the same floor, so if something really bad happens...

  15. I feel truly sorry for new grads

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Concerto_in_C's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    When I graduated from nursing school, I had a husband who didn't drive and didn't want to leave his ill father. My mother was diagnosed with cancer 2 weeks after I graduated. Moving wasn't really an...

  16. Can a PA-C sign off on Doctors Orders in Home Health Agency

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to torshi's topic in Private Duty

    I can take orders from a PA or NP if they are covering for the client's MD, or if they go to the ER, but they can't sign the

  17. What do you do when you have cancelled shifts?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to tots24's topic in Private Duty

    My agency has been cutting everyone back. I worked 10.5 hours one week, and my flu clinic job fell through. I've picked up more hours and another client, and I will be starting a new flu clinic job...

  18. OccuVAX...? Or other flu/vaccine clinics...

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Peppermint_RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I recently signed up with Summit Health. They have *a lot* of available

  19. Obamacare vs. The Affordable Care Act

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Elizabeth Renee's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Have you ever seen the movie

  20. Which areas are looking for new grad nurses?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to swansonplace's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The Dakota oil patch is looking for nurses, though housing is extremely hard to

  21. I feel truly sorry for new grads

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Concerto_in_C's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It more likely means that 100% of PT new grads had jobs soon after graduation. How many of those jobs were in PT? I had a job the day I graduated from nursing school; the same job I had before I...

  22. Vent- Client's Mom Stabbed Me in the Back (not literally)

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Not_A_Hat_Person's topic in Private Duty

    I'm not showing yet, and I haven't told her. The other nurse on the case had a baby last year, though Daughter wasn't living with Mom

  23. GUM! Can you chew it on shift?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to SummitRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I agree with bans on chewing gum because I worked in an office where literally *everyone* cracked their gum, and it drove me insane. I seriously considered emigrating to Singapore, where gum chewing...

  24. Vent- Client's Mom Stabbed Me in the Back (not literally)

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Not_A_Hat_Person's topic in Private Duty

    I have to wonder if Mom's girlfriend is behind this. Her kids are grown, and she'd never lived with Daughter full-time (she stayed with them every other weekend when she was in foster care)....

  25. " Vt. jury finds NH LNA not guilty of murder, guilty of financial explotation

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

    The aide has Type 1 diabetes. She was accused of giving the resident her own