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blueheaven

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  1. Do you know a nurse who worked at a Veterans Administration hospital?

    blueheaven replied to mikethern's topic in Government, Military

    I deeply apologize for my total ignorance of your particular VA. Mea culpa.

  2. North-East Blizzard - Everyone Becareful Reporting and Leaving Duty

    blueheaven replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    We just missed this one! Everything stayed on the Eastern side of the Chesapeake Bay. Last Feb. was enough for me! I got stuck here for all the

  3. Limited CNS schools should I be worried?

    blueheaven replied to tyloo's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I would like to go forward with my education (currently working on BSN online). My employer has told me that they will reinburse me for MSN in administration, informatics, or teaching only. I have...

  4. Do you know a nurse who worked at a Veterans Administration hospital?

    blueheaven replied to mikethern's topic in Government, Military

    VA has what is called locality pay. This means if you move to another part of the country that has a higher cost of living, you will have your pay adjusted to accomodate that difference. For...

  5. Do you know a nurse who worked at a Veterans Administration hospital?

    blueheaven replied to mikethern's topic in Government, Military

    I beg to differ with you. I have dental benefits through my primary insurance as well as a supplimental one. I also have vision insurance too. Don't talk about what you don't

  6. Is it normal after graduating to be nervous about being on your own?

    blueheaven replied to spacy224's topic in General Nursing

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? This needed to be a question?????? Yes you will be nervous and Yes you will do

  7. *Vent* RN's make toast?!?!?!

    blueheaven replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have so much to say about this but none of it's nice. I can see it now, patient crashing and burning at breakfast time, nursing staff in room resusitating pt. Someone makes a complaint to NM or...

  8. Finally understand the Facebook no-no's

    blueheaven replied to raebabelvn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I do have a FB account but I don't put details about my work, life etc. I have told my daughter that she posts WAYYY too much personal info on there but she still hasn't changed her posting

  9. does anyone regret becoming a nurse?

    blueheaven replied to CC999's topic in General Nursing

    I have my days!! I'm not Pollyanna and there are those days where I would rather be flippin' burgers or anything else! Most of the time, I do not regret my

  10. Is it just the holidays?

    blueheaven replied to DC Collins's topic in General Nursing

    As a former moderator in a chat room, I noticed that many times people will read into a posting their own emotions. This happens here too. We just need to give people the benefit of a doubt when...

  11. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    blueheaven replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm doing the online RN-BSN degree path. Never in my life have I seen MORE grammatical errors and misspellings as I've seen on the discussion boards! How did these people get through nursing...

  12. education vs the real world

    blueheaven replied to transitionRN's topic in General Nursing

    In the diploma program I graduated from, not only did we do clinicals in all areas of the hospital (with progressive responsibilities) we DID community health nursing, psych, OB, geriatrics, clinics...

  13. TB Testing - How to make convenient for staff?

    blueheaven replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in Infectious Disease

    Our infection control nurse would have a cart and go to the nursing units over a period of time. It was a small hospital, so this worked out well for

  14. someone tell me it gets better after RN school???

    blueheaven replied to rnintwo's topic in General Nursing

    Maternity? Talk about dealing with genitals all the time.

  15. Missing Daytonite

    blueheaven replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    a great loss to our little part of the

  16. Magnet - Turnoff For Anyone Else?

    blueheaven replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with your post. The caliber of upper management and the desire of said management to empower their nurses is crucial. You don't have to have Magnet to do that. Talk is cheap....

  17. the dreaded holidays..... & do you work 'em by choice?

    blueheaven replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked holidays NOT by choice in days past. One place I worked, we would work 1/2 shifts (8 hr) so that everyone would get a chance to be with families. Where I'm at now, it's an unwritten...

  18. How Long Before You Felt Expert as a Nurse?

    blueheaven replied to Pachinko's topic in General Nursing

    I became more comfortable after a couple of years. I'm by no means an expert. I am always learning something on a daily basis. That's one thing I like about nursing, it's never

  19. Wrong reasons for going into nursing.

    blueheaven replied to madfowl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an old nurse too. We did our college stuff right along with our nursing stuff. (made for NO life for 3 years) Our program was set up a little different than yours but within 3 months of starting...

  20. Rectal Tubes

    blueheaven replied to judymicurn's topic in General Nursing

    I have NEVER EVER heard of that. Suck that mucosa right outa there! However, I have been known to use suction to help with the clean up of a particularly large mass of liquid

  21. if you had to do it all over again, what profession would u choose?

    blueheaven replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm, RN Librarian Speech and Hearing Pathologist Musician LOL on the circus performer-I thought we already

  22. Mgt, why put a spin on it?

    blueheaven replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVED your post.....LOLOLOL and a big

  23. Nurses really aren't the smartest people

    blueheaven replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    You hit the nail on the head when you said "girl". I wonder why she didn't contact a lactation consultant etc. instead of posting on a forum. I'm sure the hospital where she delivered gave her...

  24. someone tell me it gets better after RN school???

    blueheaven replied to rnintwo's topic in General Nursing

    Makes me wonder if you have read too many Cherry Ames books or have watched too many TV medical shows. If you can't see past some of the more distasteful aspects of the job and actually looking at...

  25. Mgt, why put a spin on it?

    blueheaven replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    I agree Jules, I just hate it when they do that. When you call 'em down on it, they look at you incredulously like "What BS?" Geeze. Then they wonder why their staff leaves their unit or finds a...