CHATSDALE

CHATSDALE

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  1. Lunch????

    CHATSDALE replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    what are your hours if the luch break is included in 8 hours then you are being paid for lunch a different situation from being required to clock out and keep working if you clock out leave the floor...

  2. Work 3 nights in a row or keep schedule?

    CHATSDALE replied to confused101's topic in General Nursing

    i would like the three in a row but everyone has to pick the right pattern for

  3. untrue allegations

    CHATSDALE replied to joylyn's topic in General Nursing

    have to repeat question, were you fired or suspended either way you need your side of the story in your personal file half finished thing wind up there and when they surface years later no one really...

  4. The Runaway Bride Wants to be a Nurse!

    CHATSDALE replied to michael79's topic in General Nursing

    i wonder what name she will choose when she joins

  5. Ever have a patient comment on his lack of size?

    CHATSDALE replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    in a horse of a different color one time a h-p was shown around the nurses station where the ob md had written 'large flaccid introductus' about a woman patient, this was prehippa but i still found it...

  6. Do nurses who pick-up extra shifts get favoritism?

    CHATSDALE replied to SmartSNFguy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i don't know what unfair/excessive favortism occured which caused op to post but i do know that when you have someone to come in when nurses are really short it is good for nurses and patients alike...

  7. turned into the boards what now?

    CHATSDALE replied to Buckyxj's topic in General Nursing

    get a lawyer asap, your license is an absolute necessity for yo to work, and you also need to have as clean a record write down everything that happen, then go over it later to make sure that you have...

  8. PLEASE HELP ME! I thought there was a nursing shortage?

    CHATSDALE replied to scrubs2716's topic in General Nursing

    you willl probably have a job before you graduate some facilities start orientation of new grads in a class several times a year to coincide with graduations ie june sept and jan are big hiring dates...

  9. Nurses as sole breadwinners

    CHATSDALE replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    i knew an lpn whose husband was trying to get disability and she was the sole breadwinner he was however able to keep house clean and kids with homework, laundry etc but if both of you are tired from...

  10. Allowing suicide vs. not allowing suicide????

    CHATSDALE replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    old saying 'sucide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem' i would agree that a terminally ill patient in constant pain should be allowed [assisted?] to take control of their own demise to a...

  11. On call status

    CHATSDALE replied to twister431's topic in General Nursing

    this is common: if floors have a call in they say 'call so and so they always come in' if you start saying 'no' they will call someone else you don't have to give an excuse to decline a extra shift...

  12. Resume tips

    CHATSDALE replied to RN ColbyJack's topic in General Nursing

    be honest but put yourself in the best light that you can list the different departments that you have worked write down the education, include inservices and ceus write down any citations for good...

  13. Hokey Hoedown recruitment?

    CHATSDALE replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    if you don't have a sense of humor then you should have turned around and walked out, you should have told them that you thought they were being stupid and that you wouldn't work there under any...

  14. A nurse for 9 months and already offered a supervisor postion....scary!

    CHATSDALE replied to lizzieB05's topic in General Nursing

    1. i think that you are right to decline the offer 2. supervisory jobs are rough a lot of responsibility and a lot of headache, you ae caught between the staff and the phb time will bring this...

  15. Veteran Affairs Hosp Nursing

    CHATSDALE replied to chicAAgoRN's topic in General Nursing

    va in our area the starting pay is competitive but advances are more substantial vacation days are one month with a lot of comp time if you want to education pay is probably better than most i know of...

  16. Care for pt with PE

    CHATSDALE replied to strugglingnurse's topic in General Nursing

    pe x2 i think that you did pretty good, give comfort and let anti-coag do their job don't understand how thrombi can navigate to brain with

  17. Pregnant nurse working with isolation patients

    CHATSDALE replied to Tiffado's topic in General Nursing

    protect yourself and your child

  18. Full code when living will is on chart?

    CHATSDALE replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    HIT THE BUTTON it could be a a lawsuit if the children are disagreeing on this, some states have a time limit on dnr/living will, the most important thing that you possess is your license..i would...

  19. Is nursing recession-proof?

    CHATSDALE replied to Emptynstr2's topic in General Nursing

    when my sil graduated in 1990 there were offers to the class before graduation and they had their choice of where to work when my dd graduated about 4 years later she had a time finding a job the only...

  20. Her perfume stinks!!

    CHATSDALE replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    i agree with those who believe that heath care workers should not wear perfume to work however, i have seen nurses who tried to apply this to patients as well there was this one lady that had been so...

  21. VERY Important Interview Question!!!

    CHATSDALE replied to LostNurse24's topic in General Nursing

    be sure and let them know that you really need some orientation because of your past bad experience if you don't get this job don't throw out the baby with the bath water there are a lot of other jobs...

  22. Will It Always Feel This Way???

    CHATSDALE replied to cute_cabbage2005's topic in General Nursing

    so far you're swimming and not going down for the third time you woll survive this and while i can understand the problems with the preceptors asking for a third one at this stage might not goover...

  23. Child care and schedule

    CHATSDALE replied to LNDRN19's topic in General Nursing

    if yo call in your fellow nurses who are going to be bowled over with your work and the nurse manager will all know you are lying find another solution to this problem, you still have a couple of...

  24. ICU Nurse to Paramedic to FireFighter?

    CHATSDALE replied to CarboneF11's topic in General Nursing

    WELCOME TO THE BOARD usually the most traveled route is the opposite of what you have put dow many of people i have know join the fire dept and then they are trained in em/paramedic ppaid by that dept...

  25. My son was denied health insurance!!!!!

    CHATSDALE replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    there are insurance companies will not pay for weight-loss surgery on the idea that it was cosmetic surgery my dtr had this surgery and the hospital paid everything except for like $100.00 and she is...