belgarion

belgarion

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  1. What are the worst call in excuses you've heard?

    belgarion replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    I live in Texas as well. I challenge anyone who thinks this excuse isn't legitimate to spend a week or two without air conditioning when the temp outside is pushing 110F and the humidity is

  2. Question about pts leaving AMA...

    belgarion replied to NBMom1225's topic in General Nursing

    i agree. as far as i'm concerned it's don't let the door hit em on the a$$ when they

  3. Call offs. I love getting the phone call, hate getting the paycheck

    belgarion replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    In Texas at least, if a person who is listed as a full time employee is scheduled for less than 32 hours, they can claim unemployment. At least that's the way it is on "normal" jobs. My former...

  4. Recession creates apathy.

    belgarion replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    This is pretty common in all businesses, not just health care. When management displays a "we don't care attitude" it will eventually trickle down to the workforce. The employees then start thinking...

  5. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    belgarion replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of the old farmers and ranchers I grew up around said "dire-rear". Maybe they had a

  6. Holiday Pay Policy

    belgarion replied to theatredork's topic in General Nursing

    We don't get holiday pay per se. We get 8 hours put into our PTO bank (even though we work 12 hour shifts). We then have 30 days to use those 8 hours either as extra pay or pto. Of course for the...

  7. Nurses living in their home with patients. . .

    belgarion replied to rl589092's topic in General Nursing

    There's a place like that near where I live. It is in a two story building that went through a couple of dozen reincarnations before this couple bought it for back taxes and remodeled it. They have...

  8. Master's in nursing with low GPA of 2.4

    belgarion replied to savotina's topic in General Nursing

  9. Master's in nursing with low GPA of 2.4

    belgarion replied to savotina's topic in General Nursing

    I was kicked out of school after my first two years because of a low GPA. I couldn't get interested in anything that school offered so I majored in "campusology." I was totally unmotivated to study...

  10. New triple charting requirements

    belgarion replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    We sign out narcs in narc book in addition to signing out on the MAR but that is the only double charting we do. I will usually put something in my notes about "scheduled medications given at this...

  11. Do Hospitals Ever Post Jobs That They Don't Plan to Fill?

    belgarion replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    In my last job before nursing we had "required staffing" for each department or area. Facility-wide we were usaully 20 to 100 employees short. Why? Because it was cheaper in the long run to wring...

  12. scared i'm going to lose my license..

    belgarion replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    Your car is stuck on the tracks and the train is coming at you full speed. Get out of the damn car and RUN! The only thing you will get by staying put is

  13. What's it like working as a male nurse?

    belgarion replied to Gottago's topic in Men in Nursing

    I work on a med-surg floor and I really don't have any problems with my female colleagues except for them occasionally expecting me to serve as a human forklift. Yes, the drama level can get really...

  14. IV Certification

    belgarion replied to caitmarie813's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    How I got my IV training. I watched a couple of short training films one night. The next night one of the EMT-Ps handed me an IV tray with one hand, stuck out the other arm and said "start one." I...

  15. CPR certification

    belgarion replied to lc3's topic in General Nursing

    Actually the LVN school I went to required ALL students to have BLS before we were allowed in clinicals. I recently renewed my BLS and did ACLS and PALS at my workplace. All three were taught by a...

  16. Inhumane Treatments

    belgarion replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    In 1978 my wife was in the hospital because she was having lady partsl bleeding. They suspected she was pregnant but the tests, including what passed for ultra-sound then, had been inconclusive....

  17. Why does HR mess with people's heads

    belgarion replied to esunada's topic in General Nursing

    They mess with peoples heads for the same reason a dog scoots his butt on the carpet - because they can! Call them. You need to know what's happening so you know whether to go buy new scrubs or start...

  18. Did everyone flunk their college writing courses?

    belgarion replied to AZO49008's topic in General Nursing

  19. Please be honest!

    belgarion replied to kalinka's topic in General Nursing

    Several reasons 1) I'm a learning junkie. There aren't too many professions where you are always learning something new. 2) While I don't make near what I made in my previous life, I still make more...

  20. Need Advice About Online Schools

    belgarion replied to lhuffmaster's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Two things - If The College Network contacts you, run as fast as you can. Check out the threads in the Distance Learning area of

  21. Gave My Notice, Now Told it Wasn't Enough

    belgarion replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, so what are they going to do if you don't work? Fire you? If you don't want to work that week then tell them you aren't going to do it and then DON'T. If they wind up short handed it's their...

  22. Help! Question re NCLEX & License!

    belgarion replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Another thing, you need to find out if switching the test and meeting that deadline is even doable. If you can't make the switch in time then the whole question is academic. Try to keep it to one...

  23. Help! Question re NCLEX & License!

    belgarion replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Get in touch with Pearson-Vue -

  24. Who plays the "I'm a Nurse Card"?

    belgarion replied to Doc Lori, R.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    I did my clinicals at the hospital where my wife is a frequent patient so it's kind of hard to hide when she is there. If she is in another facility I usually keep my mouth shut unless it seems...

  25. night shift

    belgarion replied to marielina85's topic in General Nursing

    I work nights in med-surg and my least favorite part of the night is from 0600 till end of shift. The bosses start trickling in, the docs start showing up, family members start dropping in, and chaos...