Kooky Korky BSN, RN

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    Living paycheck to paycheck

    Kooky Korky replied to Mariah2019's topic in General Nursing

    Can you get a roommate? Live with family or friends? Use a food pantry? get help from charitable organizations and churches? Get another job? Etc. sell whatever you can get rid
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    Older nurses...chasing that carrot

    Kooky Korky replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    Go to SS office or call them (expect long time on Hold). Find out what your current benefit is, what it would be if you work fewer hours (estimated). This can also be done online. ssa.gov I
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    Older nurses...chasing that carrot

    Kooky Korky replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you could turn to drink. sorry, just kidding. but you kind of left no good alternatives, except maybe
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    Kooky Korky replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    Please immediately stop texting and driving. Or doing anything while driving except driving. It is terrifying and makes me very angry that you or anyone else is sharing the road with me and doing...
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    Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    Kooky Korky replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you are a billion times right, Wuzzie, but the truth is that you really don't know that you will NEVER Never NEVER make a serious error. It is super terrifying that there are so many times in...
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    what would you do?

    Kooky Korky replied to jess11RN's topic in School

    How about the
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    Why is it "legal" for patient to decline male nurses?

    Kooky Korky replied to carti's topic in General Students

    And it is better for the males to not be alone with her. Better for her, better for him. Although female sitters can be weird,
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    Why is it "legal" for patient to decline male nurses?

    Kooky Korky replied to carti's topic in General Students

    How about a black or Latino person not wanting service by a white? Just saying. Anyone, no matter their gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual preference or orientation,...
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    Was I Being Lazy?

    Kooky Korky replied to ShadowNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Did you explain what actually happened to your preceptor the way you explained to
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    Honesty on resume, now no job.

    Kooky Korky replied to gumbi_12's topic in Nursing Career

    At least a year. At least. Have you looked at working for a medical school? A university where there is a school of Medicine and lots of research is
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    Honesty on resume, now no job.

    Kooky Korky replied to gumbi_12's topic in Nursing Career

    Just put aside all of the angst, guilt, anger, etc. and take a job. Yeah, it's easier said than done, but do it and move on with your life. All of the crying and bemoaning in the world won't change...
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    Florida Board of Health Suspends Healthcare Licenses Over Student Loan Defaults

    Kooky Korky replied to Swellz's topic in Nursing News

    Borrowers need to make absolutely sure that they understand what they are getting in
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    RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

    Kooky Korky replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    Doesn't a pilot have a co-pilot to relieve him or her? The electricians and other licensed pros are another matter, for which I have no answer at this moment. Licensure and Board oversight are not...
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    How to retain nurses?

    Kooky Korky replied to old&improved's topic in General Nursing

    More pizza, yes, with each diner getting his or her favorite crust and toppings of choice. Surely that is the answer. Love the "carry a resignation letter with you". Answer to staff retention - KISS...
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    Desperate and need advice

    Kooky Korky replied to injured1's topic in General Students

    I have no advice besides what others have said. Try to do the re-learning of moving your bedtime forward or backward an hour or so every few days until you, hopefully, get to the place you need to...
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    What is Abandonment?

    Kooky Korky replied to nycmoon's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Makes striking pretty ineffective, I would think. but abandonment - Check with an attorney or 2 in your state for accuracy, just to be totally
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    Late to clinical

    Kooky Korky replied to JePierreB's topic in General Students

    I don't know if this is true, but I think a school has to have students in Clinical for a certain number of hours to satisfy state and /or certification requirements. That's what we were told back...
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    made an honest mistake

    Kooky Korky replied to justin12's topic in General Nursing

    I think I'd tell the RN who interviews you, not the HR person - unless that person is also an RN and would understand. I wouldn't focus on it, though. Your goal is to portray an accurate picture of...
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    Is $85k worth it for BSN program with no guarantee acceptance?

    Kooky Korky replied to nhayes1984's topic in General Students

    Please do not take on all of that debt. You will be paying it back for many years, working yourself into exhaustion, trying to raise children while working and going to school. You are on a...
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    Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    Kooky Korky replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    She is, I think, supremely frustrated that she could not continue her schooling. That does not excuse her making everyone's life difficult. I think I would say, "Susie, you sound supremely frustrated,...
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    You must watch me!

    Kooky Korky replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I am confused by those who say they don't know what medication they are actually witnessing. I would not be willing or able to witness wastage of a pill or liquid that I did not actually come out of...
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    Lose vs. Loose

    Kooky Korky replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    You're certainly welcome. I really am surprised no one has been fazed or exasperated or exacerbated for a phase.
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    Lose vs. Loose

    Kooky Korky posted a topic in General Nursing

    Loose = not tight (My shoes are loose, for instance) Lose = not win; no longer have something you had, like your job, your benefits, your license, your sanity, the race you are running, etc. It...
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    Lose vs. Loose

    Kooky Korky replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    versus = vs. = v, as in a court case verses = like Bible verses breath = a noun breathe = verb bath = noun bathe = verb Do they teach parts of speech and sentence conjugation any more in school? These...
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    Lose vs. Loose

    Kooky Korky replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    You all have pleasantly surprised me with your responses. I expected to have my head handed to me but you have provided some great examples of commonly confused terms instead. Thanks to