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  1. Online Massage Program?

    danceswithsnakes posted a topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I see a place called US Career Institute that offers an online program with a 4 week practicum in Ft. Collins, Colorado. Is this worth anything or a joke? I'd like to do massage therapy alongside my...

  2. Primary Care Track clinicals with Emergency doc?

    danceswithsnakes posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I have a personal relationship with an emergency room physician who I think I could learn a lot from (he oversees a chest pain urgent clinic). I am in a program to become an Adult/Gero primary care...

  3. Called into the office, told I'm a slob.

    danceswithsnakes posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently was having a meeting with my immediate boss and the administrator over another issue. Not only did I not resolve the issue (though I know why) my appearance was also brought up. I'm tired...

  4. Called into the office, told I'm a slob.

    danceswithsnakes replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    No offense to anyone in their 50's (we are all heading that way, after all) but I'm 35. I think of wearing dowdy, stuffy black pantsuits or pants at all (I like dresses) or even black business skirts...

  5. Called into the office, told I'm a slob.

    danceswithsnakes replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like flats, they make me look even frumpier. I've been told I'm "all boobs" so there will be no getting around that. I did find a large enough bra that supports me well and makes me look...

  6. Pets in the office? (LTC)

    danceswithsnakes posted a topic in General Nursing

    I would like to liven up my office, which is located at a LTC facility. Another office worker sometimes brings her little dog to work and it stays in her office. I happen to like all animals and am...

  7. Pets in the office? (LTC)

    danceswithsnakes replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    I brought some pictures of my snake (Nanook) to work and showed them around. One nurse said it wouldn't bother her a bit, another nurse said she would like make a new opening in the building in the...

  8. Pets in the office? (LTC)

    danceswithsnakes replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    As I read this a mischievious grin spread across the face of my alter-ego. Bad! Bad! Bad! Smack! Smack! Smack! I think it will be a no go once it gets to the administrator for approval. I guess I can...

  9. Pets in the office? (LTC)

    danceswithsnakes replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, he would be in a tank. I have a beautiful terrarium and It would fit perfectly next to my computer. I would like to keep him here. I don't handle him very often but he has never stricken out or...

  10. LTC RN Experience

    danceswithsnakes replied to secondattempt's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I worked 10 yrs. in a nursing home and decided I wanted a change. I kept hearing that being a LTC nurse had held me back, made me undesireable. I landed a job at a small hospital and I can tell you,...

  11. My proposed solution to being bullied, will it backfire on me?

    danceswithsnakes replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    Yet you conveniently omitted the rest of my post on

  12. My proposed solution to being bullied, will it backfire on me?

    danceswithsnakes posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am being targeted by a bully at work, who has been nit-picking, spreading malicious gossip and trying to isolate me and make life hell. I have done nothing to deserve this behavior, and it makes me...

  13. My proposed solution to being bullied, will it backfire on me?

    danceswithsnakes replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    It's much, much nicer (and more truthful) than what she has said about

  14. My proposed solution to being bullied, will it backfire on me?

    danceswithsnakes replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    Um...I didn't start this thread. Or are you trying to make another point, argument,

  15. My proposed solution to being bullied, will it backfire on me?

    danceswithsnakes replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know who read I accused a whole unit of people bullying me and where, but that has not happened...must be some misunderstanding. To (attempt to) make a long story short, this is a pattern of...

  16. My proposed solution to being bullied, will it backfire on me?

    danceswithsnakes replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    Right now, I'd rather be right. I have more to lose than my job. My child is in a wonderful daycare and any other job I would find would make me have to uproot everything, including my seniority. I do...

  17. I've been bullied all my life, and it continues...

    danceswithsnakes replied to asdjkl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have above average looks myself, and I've wondered if this may be one of the reasons (I'll just nicely call her a post menopausal, crispy-crunchy from the tanning bed, gossipy, nasty skank) hates me...

  18. I've been bullied all my life, and it continues...

    danceswithsnakes replied to asdjkl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There is one nurse (lower on the chain than I am, but has wormed her way into a position where she feels superior) and she dislikes me very much. I recently learned she has been spreading a vicious...

  19. Co-worker in "trouble."

    danceswithsnakes posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work with a woman who has mental health issues and is in a bad relationship. She had a one-night stand and is pregnant and can't get in touch with the father (she knows he is the father, says he is...

  20. Co-worker in "trouble."

    danceswithsnakes replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    It keeps me awake at night. That baby will be unwanted, for sure by her husband. She had said her husband told her if she was ever pregnant by another man she would have an abortion or he would drown...

  21. How to get over a pt complaint

    danceswithsnakes replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    Things like that used to eat at me but anymore...I don't lose 30 seconds sleep over it. I probably would have responded and told the truth about why I didn't get him Tylenol at the drop of a hat and...

  22. Would it be tacky to advertise this?

    danceswithsnakes posted a topic in General Nursing

    Among being a nurse practitioner student, I'm taking a course to become a licensed massage therapist. This is not a question about massage therapy, but a question more about how to advertise one's...

  23. Would it be tacky to advertise this?

    danceswithsnakes replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    I was looking through the licenses for massage therapists on the state licensing site. Unlike nurses, there is a practitioner profile which gives the name of the institution they graduated from....

  24. Would it be tacky to advertise this?

    danceswithsnakes replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    Several forms of massage are indeed used to treat pain...neuromuscular massage, for example, as well as hydrotherapy. Reflexology is also used to treat

  25. Would it be tacky to advertise this?

    danceswithsnakes replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    I know what you mean. For that matter, a person doesn't even need to be licensed to offer a good massage, but they do if they charge for it. I thouht about advertising massage therapy for pain...