HangInThere BSN, RN

HangInThere has 11 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in taking a break from inpatient psychiatric nursing.

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1. HELLLLLLLOOOOO, Retirement !

   HangInThere replied to Davey Do's topic in Retired Nurses

   For anyone who is following this thread and likes the fine print, this is a report, The Social Security Retirement Age :

2. HELLLLLLLOOOOO, Retirement !

   HangInThere replied to Davey Do's topic in Retired Nurses

   I learned that after full retirement age (FRA), which is 67 for me, there is no penalty on earned income. But, if at age 62-67 I earned over $21,240 annually, there is a

3. HELLLLLLLOOOOO, Retirement !

   HangInThere replied to Davey Do's topic in Retired Nurses

   I'm looking at the numbers, and I'm leaning toward claiming at 62 (at the lower benefit). It could work for me, and I can pick up part-time work and keep that income below the annual earnings limit of...

4. HELLLLLLLOOOOO, Retirement !

   HangInThere replied to Davey Do's topic in Retired Nurses

   I'm researching Social Security and found this in a few articles in early April: "Recently, the Social Security Administration announced that its cash reserves will run out in 2034, a year...

5. HELLLLLLLOOOOO, Retirement !

   HangInThere replied to Davey Do's topic in Retired Nurses

   Wow, the thread is alive again! Thank you hannahbanana and londonflo for good points about Social Security benefits. I love exchanging info in real $ figures from real people. I will hit up the local...

6. HELLLLLLLOOOOO, Retirement !

   HangInThere replied to Davey Do's topic in Retired Nurses

   About a year has passed since the last comment on this thread, but it feels very much alive to me today. I wonder how you and your friends and fans (fanatics, perhaps?) are doing this Spring in 2023?...

7. Are We Too PC?

   HangInThere replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

   When someone I work with whispers something to me, chances is are it's not kind and not PC. I don't tolerate

8. Who is in Charge Here?

   HangInThere replied to HangInThere's topic in General Nursing

   Please share every possible intervention to increase safety and reduce those all-to-familiar unit wide meltdowns. For aggressive patients with borderline personality disorder, I have made a written...

9. Who is in Charge Here?

   HangInThere replied to HangInThere's topic in General Nursing

   Okay, I see where you guys are coming from. So there were some things I omitted from my OP. For instance, the patient was built like a tank. And, he had attempted to strangle me during an earlier stay...

10. Responding to psych patient requests/comments

    HangInThere replied to elizabethgrad09's topic in Psychiatric

    How about asking the patient, "What kind of dog do you have? When did you last see your dog? Have you lost your dog before?" Listening to the patient answer questions like these questions might inform...

11. Who is in Charge Here?

    HangInThere posted a topic in General Nursing

    "Who is in charge here?" said Mr. D, a 67-year-old retired police sergeant with dementia. "Mr. D., I'm the Charge Nurse tonight," I said. "What's your concern?" "No! Who is the manager of...

12. Magnet status...yay?

    HangInThere replied to mysonsmama's topic in General Nursing

    I work in NYC, and our DON says we now have 75%, but new hires will bring it to 80% by 2020. That 80% threshold seems to be his

13. Magnet status...yay?

    HangInThere replied to mysonsmama's topic in General Nursing

    You just made me alternately lol and sigh so many times. Thx. I got pulled into a committee by free pizza - like, really decent NY pizza - but crawled my way out asap. Got my BSN, got my...

14. Magnet status...yay?

    HangInThere replied to mysonsmama's topic in General Nursing

    You just made me alternately lol and sigh so many times. Thx. I got pulled into a committee by free pizza - like, really decent NY pizza - but crawled my way out asap. Got my BSN, got my...

15. Magnet status...yay?

    HangInThere replied to mysonsmama's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a large city hospital. We were taken over one year ago by a larger hospital system, and most of the top-tier administrators are new. We keep hearing about shared governance and introducing a...