Not_A_Hat_Person

Not_A_Hat_Person RN

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  1. Should I accept a SNF position as a new grad even though this is not the field I want?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to FishBones's topic in Nursing Career

    Take the job if you have no other options, but keep searching for a non-SNF job. The only thing worse than a SNF job you hate is getting typecast as a SNF nurse. I was in your shoes 10 years ago; a...

  2. Medical Marijuana, New Legislation in Oklahoma

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    A recent Australian study published in Lancet Public Health found that marijuana use had no significant affect on pain in chronic pain patients prescribed

  3. Medical Marijuana, New Legislation in Oklahoma

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    More doctors are refusing to write opioid prescriptions, even for people who have taken them for years without

  4. Medical Marijuana, New Legislation in Oklahoma

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    Medical marijuana has been legal in my state for about a decade. It didn't prevent a heroin

  5. Is this reasonable or just over the top?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Lakeshore18's topic in General Nursing

    The comic possibilities of the script are

  6. Would you rather live at home in a small town or move big city?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Bunsbuns's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't want to live in your town, leave now, while you have a chance. No one can predict the future, and you may not get another chance to leave for a

  7. A Cautionary Tale About Student Loan Forgiveness

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Not_A_Hat_Person's topic in Nursing News

    Help may be available. If your PSLF application was denied because some or all of your payments were not made on a qualifying repayment plan for PSLF, you may be able to receive loan forgiveness under...

  8. Burnt Out NICU RN

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to may1787's topic in Nursing Career

    Have you considered home

  9. Student loans killing me!! stressed!

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Nurselyfe92's topic in General Nursing

    Assuming, of course, that the job market doesn't implode, and you're able to find a job after graduation. I graduated from nursing school in May 2008, just in time for The Great Recession. No one...

  10. Law against RN's working >60HR in 7 Days? Is this true?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to PcrossP's topic in General Nursing

    Some states have laws limiting how many hours nurses can

  11. Anyone had an experience like this??!!

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Dani_Mila's topic in General Nursing

    I would make absolutely sure I had still been hired. My first nursing job was a similarly disorganized nursing home. They sent me home 45 minutes into my first shift because they "couldn't afford 2...

  12. Student loans killing me!! stressed!

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Nurselyfe92's topic in General Nursing

    If you're not familiar with Dave Ramsey, be aware that he is extremely religious. My state U is one of the 5 most expensive state schools in the country, so I don't judge anyone for having large...

  13. How do I deal with clinical sites treating students like garbage?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to PaulicusFrumkinius's topic in General Students

    I had 2 clinical rotations where the staff nurses were openly hostile toward students. Some of my classmates went to a SNF that was do bad the school stopped sending nursing students there, and the...

  14. Marijuana usage by parents in NICU

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to fifita2010's topic in General Nursing

    I'm amazed that anyone would think smoking anything in a hospital was okay. It's not 1985

  15. Massachusetts RNs

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I don't live in Massachusetts, but I've kept my MA nursing license active. My job's yearly mandatory training includes a unit on abuse. I hope that

  16. The car seat test

    Not_A_Hat_Person posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had twins recently, and I've been thinking about how the hospital handled the car seat test. My water broke 4 weeks early, before we had a chance to install the ones we'd bought. My husband doesn't...

  17. Universal Deathcare.

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    Plenty of American for-profit hospitals would have disconnected Alfie Evans sooner. At least in the UK the decision did not depend on his

  18. Any other places doing "Hospital Employees' Week" instead of Nurses' Week?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing Home Hell completely ignored Nurses Week, then went all-out for Nursing Home

  19. What are some horror stories families have shared with you about former nurses they had?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Crystal-Wings's topic in Private Duty

    I took over a shift for a nurse who I was told had to leave.The client was bedbound because of neurologic problems, but was verbal and alert. I started my shift by saying something like "I know X had...

  20. Garbage Report

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    In Nursing Home Hell, I took report from a nurse who abbreviated everything. I had to ask her to explain every other word. In corrections, we had written report. One inmate's report was a single...

  21. Does your agency still use paper charting?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Crystal-Wings's topic in Private Duty

    My agency has paper MARs, narcotic sheets, and 485s. All other documentation is done via laptop. My previous agency did everything on paper. It worked pretty

  22. Opioid Crisis: 5 Options for Action

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Lane Therrell FNP's topic in General Nursing

    When heroin was devastating poor, brown, urban neighborhoods in the 1970s and 80s, it was a moral problem, and the solution was prison. Now that white kids in small towns are getting addicted, it's a...

  23. Will marijuana ever be okay in nursing?

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Bakingismylife's topic in General Nursing

    Opium poppies are plants. Narcotics are becoming as stigmatized as psych meds (still) are. We're headed back to the days of hospice patients being denied morphine due to fears of

  24. Condom snorting

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Snopes says it's mostly

  25. Hospitals offer big bonuses, free housing and tuition to recruit nurses

    Not_A_Hat_Person replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    I have to wonder if these same facilities refused to hire new grads not so long