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  1. Wrongly accused of being drunk on duty!! - ******** hits a new low

    karenchad replied to District46's topic in Agency Nurses

    Amen, exactly. I wish there could be some kind of test in nursing to gt these haters our of the profession and keep them out. this is a major problem in nursing . JCAHO has issues this Jan 2009 a...

  2. Agency inbetween travel assignments

    karenchad replied to Myrooo's topic in Agency Nurses

    I have had not so good luck with agency/travel nursing agencies. I did local travel for medstaff in 2004-2006. these were consecutive contracts ; 1st year I kept renewing my contract with 1 facility...

  3. Odd Situation/Travel Nursing...Input, Please

    karenchad replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    just another thought- maybe that woman is a nurse who lost her own lices- possibly through drug diversion and needs money any way she can get it. another good reson to notify the BON with name, phone...

  4. Odd Situation/Travel Nursing...Input, Please

    karenchad replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    thank-you for the compliment. I remember one of my first tests in nursing 30 years ago was on Licensure- endorsement, reciprocity, examination - the only three ways a nurse can obtain or practice...

  5. Odd Situation/Travel Nursing...Input, Please

    karenchad replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    my delema is different- do I go travel full time( did some and kinda know what i am in for- highs and no work low period of the travel nurse business), do I accept a VA civilian RN staff position( a...

  6. Odd Situation/Travel Nursing...Input, Please

    karenchad replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    all reciprocity means is one state will recognize the other state's licen- you still need a lices for each state you are practicing in. ie Pa will recognize the NJ licens but you still need to apply...

  7. Odd Situation/Travel Nursing...Input, Please

    karenchad replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    i have been looking into both quite heavily lately- travel nursing with the usual agencies and the VA. for the usual agencies you DO need a License in each state you are accepting work assignments in...

  8. My Lament Over the Decline of Nursing

    karenchad replied to sundowners2's topic in Critical Care

    I agree- only america now a days is not only dumber but HOH. NOONE ever listens to the nurses not even when it's too late- we still get passed

  9. Life is too short to be this stressed

    karenchad replied to missninaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Children's Hospitals are a whole different ballgame- if a sentenal event happens with a child the place is surrounded by the SWAT team. the management of these hospitals have to deal with angry and...

  10. Life is too short to be this stressed

    karenchad replied to missninaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    went to my first staff meeting- i'm only a per deim and working a cardiac/tele- med/surg----med/surg shouldn't even be but there- the patients are far too critically ill to be in the same sentance we...

  11. Life is too short to be this stressed

    karenchad replied to missninaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I too feel the same way. Nursing 30 years ago was not as bad as it has become over the past 7-10 years. My experience has been entirely bedside med/surg/tele. back in the day our patient...

  12. 7:1 on tele floors

    karenchad replied to Bnono's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I work agency and also work tele, (for the past 6 years)-I am currently working on an assignment where I was given 7 tele patients and they tried to give me an 8th. Yes, there is a tele tech BUT I...

  13. Professional Conduct

    karenchad replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Students

    Im sorry tobe so long winded but - this is why no one in nursing know what professional conduct is we all guess yes we know the basics that have been mentioned in the above posts, but look at the...

  14. Professional Conduct

    karenchad replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Students

    In the states we have HIPPA- its a federal law on confisentiality (HEALTH INFORMATION PROTECTION.......ACT) if a healthcre professional( doc, nurse, nursing assistant whomever employed by a hospital)...

  15. Professional Conduct

    karenchad replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Students

    I once had a psychiatrist define gossiping to a few of at the desk one evening when he was doing his rounds- He state for reporting and charting purposes - documentaing a patients behavior, history,...

  16. Professional Conduct

    karenchad replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Students

    I think that rachealgeorgina' s question is a very valid one- What is professional conduct, don't be so hard on her. Because from where I am coming from is this- after 30 years of being given...

  17. Nurse Indicted in Toms River Man's Death

    karenchad replied to meluhn's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    It's stories like this that make me consider leaving nursing, and certainly dont make me want to make the jump to ICU. There is alot of viciousness and professional / psycotic jealousy in our world we...

  18. I would like to hear from some nurse recruiters on why no one can find a job.

    karenchad replied to meluhn's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Does anyone have any thoughts as to where nursing is going? we have all these new fancy titles coming out of the MSN programs-CLN a clinical LEAD nurse( isn't that a charge nurse) I've been an RN for...

  19. Sterling Manor

    karenchad replied to jensmomrn11's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    maybe the 4 emergencies happened because they have med techs giving out medications instead of licensed nurses who look up meds before they give them out-- Just a thought form a 30 year veteran