Kabin

Kabin

Member

  • Content

    897

  • Visitors

    13,142

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    6

All Content by Kabin

  1. Why do RNs get paid so similar to NPs?

    Kabin replied to foreverLaur's topic in General Nursing

    NPs are under paid relative to the increased responsibility and hours

  2. New sub-heading for AZ Nurses related to school only?

    Kabin replied to boomerfriend's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Might be a good idea to place the AZ Nursing School sub-header before the General AZ Nursing header in order to reduce the number of incorrect

  3. The "woes" of 12 hr. Shifts

    Kabin replied to thegreenmile's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, it's about in line with Chinese factory worker

  4. Your income vs price of homes

    Kabin replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, have to consider all those taxes as well. Doesn't matter how much you make it's how much you keep. Some communities with already high taxes will also have to increase taxes in the

  5. HELP! Floor Nursing = NOT for me

    Kabin replied to skim410's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard, more than once, that FNP ain't no rose garden. Lots of burnout potential there after investing much time and

  6. Mayo clinic or Scottsdale healthcare system?

    Kabin replied to extreme's topic in Arizona Nursing

    It all depends on the group you work with. I saw some great things at Mayo but also too much unethical nursing: like nurse dosing, nurses searching employee med records for trash talking info, a nurse...

  7. Confusion About Morphine - Not Available?

    Kabin replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    And any doctor saying its unavailable is seriously out of the

  8. Confusion About Morphine - Not Available?

    Kabin replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    The FDA was recently out in left field when they identified liquid MS as an "unapproved drug" and sent letters to manufacturers to stop making the drug. Hospice and hospitals made them aware of the...

  9. Does your area have a low patient census?

    Kabin replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Any hospital census websites? I found one for NJ Mental Health

  10. Relocating to Phoenix..is ANYONE hiring???

    Kabin replied to sample24's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Employment could be more challenging in the dog days of

  11. Any Hospice/Palliative APNs out there?

    Kabin replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It's relatively new. Even then, not sure how they'll fit in at our company yet. Some have inquired and didn't get the warm fuzzy feeling. Maybe more luck in

  12. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    Kabin replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Unless already laid off, we're all working during this global

  13. Career Change - Advise please

    Kabin replied to ymjackson1's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Lots of opportunity to make money as a CNA but its difficult work. Lots of employee turnover and personal injury. Make sure you get healthcare coverage and disability insurance. Even then, it would be...

  14. Name change from DNR to AND

    Kabin replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    We use Allow Natural Death without an

  15. Who hates nursing, honestly????

    Kabin replied to believeallispossible's topic in General Nursing

    One way to answer would be to look at nursing's high turn over rate. That might say the majority hates what nursing has

  16. How's the Hospice Business in this economy?

    Kabin posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I wouldn't think the economy would have too much of an effect but there can be influences. Is the team census recently lower? Are patients coming on to service later- shorter days on service, drs...

  17. Nurse Drug Test Questions (Steroids)

    Kabin replied to lavalamp44's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, not common in pre-employment drug testing. However, if you're an athlete (NCAA, NFL,

  18. Job search FRUSTRATING (and I'm not a new grad)

    Kabin replied to sl4shd0t's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I've heard the local mortuary/funeral business is 10 to 15% down since last year. Fewer snow birds, geriatric population moving away,

  19. do nurse owned nursing homes exist?

    Kabin replied to Ginger's Person's topic in General Nursing

    It's a growth industry for the future, more easily done by starting a group home. Some biz/financial challenges to get it up and going. Aside from patient care it's difficult work, 24/7 hours -...

  20. do nurse owned nursing homes exist?

    Kabin replied to Ginger's Person's topic in General Nursing

    Very true. Nurses are mostly overhead in hospitals with little procedural reimbursement

  21. do nurse owned nursing homes exist?

    Kabin replied to Ginger's Person's topic in General Nursing

    There's some big companies opening LTC facilities including those in the hotel and resort industry. Unfortunately, nurses have a bit less disposable income than docs. I've heard of a couple of group...

  22. AZ Law??? Please advise

    Kabin replied to qaqueen's topic in Arizona Nursing

    More likely it's the hospital's current hiring policy for psych

  23. New Federal Law

    Kabin replied to silentRN's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Hospital work is difficult work, many stressed out pts, families, nurses, drs, ect. Since medicare patients paid taxes why not have a satisfaction feedback to make sure those monies are being well...

  24. So Cal new grad wanting to move to Phoenix area

    Kabin replied to nursgirl's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Unfortunately, even the 1001th application has a 1 in 1000 chance of success. I know what you're saying though.

  25. Looking for nurses who work with Meditech, Eclipsys or Cerner

    Kabin replied to supermom2's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Some of the varying opinions could be related to differences in what facilities were willing to spend and software versions used. I'm doing field work now, using Cerner's Roadnotes and it's seriously...