42pines

42pines

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  1. 3 letters of recommendation - uh oh - what to do

    42pines replied to 42pines's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you all! I'll ask two medical directors, and an the lead accident investigator for General Motor's and see what

  2. A one-armed nurse and ADA?

    42pines posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Ok, I have two arms but back in February the tendon of my shoulder's supraspinatus muscle was torn completely off my humerus. So they stitched the torn tendon back on and now I'm going on 8 weeks...

  3. A one-armed nurse and ADA?

    42pines replied to 42pines's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thank you all, and certainly I'm not looking for legal advice, I was more curious than anything of what people's thoughts might be. I could give a hoot whether or not I get this job, in a month or two...

  4. Most Rigorous NP Programs (worried about NP Curriculum)!

    42pines replied to IcySageNurse's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Pardon my pointing this out, perhaps you're new here but we try to be respectful in our answers and you might want to consider responding in a less accusatory and abrupt manner. Just callin' it as I...

  5. Is putting my n-clex "score" on a resume a bad idea?

    42pines replied to silkysteph's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I've never seen a ton of evidence that it has little correlation with clinical competence. So, I'll respectfully disagree. Though I took mine in 2003 I was rather enthralled with the test and the...

  6. Is putting my n-clex "score" on a resume a bad idea?

    42pines replied to silkysteph's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    IMHO, bad idea, you'll likely sound pompous and might even be perceived as foolish since (at least as far as I know) you really never know what percentile you achieved. Why not let your GPA which I...

  7. Is student loan consolidation plan worth it

    42pines replied to RNHURT's topic in General Nursing

    Banks are being lent huge amounts of money at 0.5% 1/2 % reduction is a joke, a true travesty, but still moving from a variable to current minus 1/2% may be worth it. Current interest rates are...

  8. Scope of Practice

    42pines replied to strivingformore's topic in Occupational Health

    Scope of Practice questions should be referred to--yup, your state nursing board "Scope of Practice." Each state has its own. If after reading it you are still confused write to the BON and ask....

  9. End of Per Diem?

    42pines replied to hdawnRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you do a search on Obamacare and "per diem," "part-time," etc you see many, many discussions that discuss "per diem," contract, part-time. There are many posts that indicate that per diem...

  10. Revenge Can Sometimes Lead to a Sticky Situation

    42pines replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing Humor

    Keep a crash bag visible with a stethoscope and a pair of gloves laid across it and you might never get a "routine" ticket. (Routine: A bit out of inspection or a bit over the speed limit) I swear...

  11. How much do you owe in student loans?

    42pines replied to Glenna, LPN's topic in General Nursing

    About 32k left. Without it I'd never had been able to graduate. A bit sad though, my first degree was paid for by working summers. That simply is not possible anymore. The cost for education is...

  12. Los Angeles travel assignment...

    42pines replied to NurseVirgo's topic in Travel

    I'll call the shots as I see them: "If you're smart enough to be a nurse you should not need direction like this. And if you have traveled before you should also be MUCH more resourceful than...

  13. Have interview Friday...

    42pines replied to HippyDippyLPN's topic in Occupational Health

    Congrats! Normal? Yes...and no. It's downright rude in my opinion. The company that you serve gets the day off with pay and you get a reduced paycheck. So instead of looking forward to a holiday,...

  14. COHN-S Study Materials

    42pines replied to sbutikofer's topic in Occupational Health

    Datachem has a study disk (COHNprep v3.6) CD Rom and COHN-Sprep v3.0 each for $300. I've been looking to find someone to sell me one but have not been successful. $300 is a bit out of my price...

  15. Big 3 Auto OH Nurses

    42pines replied to mylojoRN's topic in Occupational Health

    I worked two years at a GM location as clinic supervisor/plant nurse in a facility with a few hundred employee's, though they closed that location and merged it with another so in 2011 it went *poof.*...

  16. Have interview Friday...

    42pines replied to HippyDippyLPN's topic in Occupational Health

    Sounds like fun to me. I've been doing Occ Med now for about six years and yes, it can be monotonous or not, depending upon the patient load, if so, be thankful for there is the opposite situation...

  17. Dr order for an ice pack?

    42pines replied to misslindsay's topic in Patient Medications

    In clinics that I've run which are within industry ice packs are "first aid," and a doctor's order is not required. A traumatic brain injury unit of a rehab facility is an entirely different story and...

  18. BP Cuff - calibration needed?

    42pines replied to WoundedBird's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Frankly I wouldn't worry about it and suspect that it's been that way for the past 8 years. I just looked at three, one new, two older--none point straight down. Two are identical to your photo and...

  19. Proper Title

    42pines replied to MaleNurse4Hire's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You wrote "So the reason of my initial post was to give me some leverage when presenting my resume. Being an ADN graduate with a BS in a non nursing field, obviously isn't what a lot of employers are...

  20. Lunchlady arms kill me. Will an electronic stethoscope revive me?

    42pines posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    ***A note to Allnurses.com Admin--Please bring back the "inside allnurses.com" search--when I enter "electronic stethoscopes" into the search bar, it bring me to google search but I'm looking for...

  21. 16 interesting facts about nursing around the world!

    42pines replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    What they don't say is that in Japan, frequently overtime comes with NO extra pay. There is an official category of cause of death in Japan known as Karōshi which translates to: "worked to death."...

  22. Stay Phils or go back to the US?

    42pines replied to LovelyNerz's topic in International Nursing

    It's not likely that any courses that you take in nursing in RP (Republic of Philippines) will be accepted into any college, I might be wrong, but I don't think so. However if your RP college is a...

  23. Worth it?

    42pines replied to gbpack's topic in General Nursing

    Indeed, nurses can be a shock absorber for the patients and for family, though the complaints should not be directed at them, and nurses can do quite a lot to help patients and family cope. If the...

  24. How do I quit brand new RN job to take better one?

    42pines replied to buttercup_rn's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    A decade ago I would have said you owe this company a duty to stay at least a year or two... But this is not the 90's or the '80 and since the turn of the century all the old rules are no longer. The...

  25. Lunchlady arms kill me. Will an electronic stethoscope revive me?

    42pines replied to 42pines's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Ah...thank you on the search