LisalaRN99 BSN, RN

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    I Did It! I Earned My Master's in Nursing Informatics

    LisalaRN99 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I enjoyed reading your article! I am starting my last practicum in my online MSN program in Nursing Education. It has always been a career goal of mine to teach nursing in some capacity. I...
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    Nurses secretive about getting another job

    LisalaRN99 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe Karen is being secretive because she also knows that nurses are very good at gossiping about each other and she is tired of
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    New to Travel Nursing

    LisalaRN99 posted a topic in Travel

    So I started looking into Travel Nursing instead of returning to my old employer after medical leave. I may be starting just within my own state, and possibly not even 50 miles away from home. I...
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    8 or 12 hour shifts

    LisalaRN99 replied to LPNTOBE2017's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, we are exhausted, but I was exhausted doing five 8 hour shifts. I'd rather have the four days
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    8 or 12 hour shifts

    LisalaRN99 replied to LPNTOBE2017's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is my second career. I worked a "regular" job, 8 to 5, monday through friday. Then I became a nurse. Then I learned the pleasures of three 12-hour shift a week, with fours days off every week....
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    New grad, please Help with med surg organization!!

    LisalaRN99 replied to Futuresos's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Really? You are able to stick to this schedule? I have 6-8 patients....most times only 1 Patient Care Assistant for the 17 bed floor. I work on a medical/psych unit. My preceptor told me to spend...
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    psych/med surg

    LisalaRN99 replied to wayemika's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I admire your stamina! Take care you don't burn out!! Having said that, I think to keep yourself fresh in med/surg while working psych will serve you well in your
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    New to Travel Nursing

    LisalaRN99 replied to LisalaRN99's topic in Travel

    Thank you for this information! And also thank you for the information about
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    New to Travel Nursing

    LisalaRN99 replied to LisalaRN99's topic in Travel

    Where do you return to as "home" between assignments? A family member's home? Just curious, since I have a mother who lives nearby, but her place is too small for me to move
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    New to Travel Nursing

    LisalaRN99 replied to LisalaRN99's topic in Travel

    Oh my goodness! I do not understand any of this! I have a lease on an apartment for 8 more months. I have been working with a recruiter from Supplemental Health Care. I was told I would only get...
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    Starting over after relapse

    LisalaRN99 posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi everyone! You may have read my post under General Nursing Discussion. I've had a bad 2 years with my disease of alcoholism! Not only do I have difficulty staying stopped, even after an "expensive...
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    Lost Job on Medical Leave

    LisalaRN99 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all! I just found out that I have been replaced in my position while I am still on General Medical Leave with 60% pay! I emphasize General Medical Leave because it is quite different from Family...
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    Lost Job on Medical Leave

    LisalaRN99 replied to LisalaRN99's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! I don't have any fight in me at this time! I have friends and family encouraging me to see a lawyer. I just want to get well and attempt to put my life back together! I am also applying for...
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    Bullying

    LisalaRN99 replied to LisalaRN99's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you to all who responded! Things are rolling right along, whether we speak or not! I have no intention of going to management because she's not being nice to me!! I just want to work to flow!...
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    Bullying

    LisalaRN99 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all! I'm not sure if this belongs under the Bullying category, but I am starting to feel bullied. I t all started when I informed the director of our unit the reason for the delays in getting...
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    Bullying

    LisalaRN99 replied to LisalaRN99's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Jadelpn! The way you called it is how it went
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    Fellow nurses, do you like your job?

    LisalaRN99 replied to danniekim's topic in Psychiatric

    My intention after nursing school was to go right into psych nursing like my other colleagues on the psych unit where I had worked as an Intake Coordinator while in nursing school. Unfortuately, my...
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    WGU MSN Program

    LisalaRN99 posted a topic in Western Governors University

    I am looking at WGU for January 2015 for their MSN program. I am interested in feedback on the competency based program. Any feedback is
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    Intake Nurse

    LisalaRN99 replied to fiba's topic in Psychiatric

    I am a psychiatric intake nurse! I work in a very busy ER that receives a fair number of involuntary as well as voluntary admissions for psych. It is our job to review all the clinical information...
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    Help! Non-nursing best path to Psychiatric NP

    LisalaRN99 replied to future student's topic in Post Graduate Students

    While I applaud your enthusiasm to become a psychiatric nurse practitioner, I have my reservations about the way in which you wish to go about it. Frankly I feel we have enough nurses who want to...
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    I want my MSN, but...

    LisalaRN99 replied to rumwynnieRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I am also not interested in becoming a Nurse Practitioner! If I did, it would be in psych, but I do not want that level of responsibility. Nor do I wish to become an administrator. I am going for my...
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    WGU MSN Program

    LisalaRN99 replied to LisalaRN99's topic in Western Governors University

    My goal is to obtain my MSN so that I have opportunities beyond my current career as a staff nurse in psych. I do not want to become a Nurse Practitioner in Psych or anything else. I would love to be...
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    Mental health

    LisalaRN99 replied to Ackeem's topic in Health, Stress Management

    The fact that you somehow managed to get into nursing is rather appalling to me. And very
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    Psych nursing v. 1 to 1 observation with a psych patient

    LisalaRN99 replied to justdoiting's topic in Psychiatric

    You should not have been left with this patient for that amount of time without relief. Psych nurses, like all nurses in all specialities are not saints or martyrs! We are human beings with human...
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    Your Specialty & Why

    LisalaRN99 replied to AspiringNurseMW's topic in General Nursing

    For the record, I do not like pediatrics. As a matter of fact, I promised my peds rotation clinical instructor that I would never nurse a child if he would just pass me so I could graduate from...