Bhavana

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    I am a new grad and got a job as ALF director position!

    Bhavana replied to eve5483's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    First off, congratulations! I can understand the skepticism of the other posters...I am wondering if the pay is lower, and that is why the job did not attract a more seasoned nurse. Or maybe they...
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    Was this a HIPAA violation?

    Bhavana replied to abbaking's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    after 13 years you are still thinking about this - and thinking of what you can get out of it? Let it go. Yes, it was wrong. It was also written around the time that ADHD was the diagnosis du jour...
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    I Don't Like Nursing. What Else Can I Do With My Degree?

    Bhavana replied to toniasday7's topic in Nursing Career

    oh, I see what you mean, small town nursing doesn't leave you with a lot of options. I live in the most crowded area of the country, lots of hospitals, 3 or 4 major cities within an hour or less...
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    I Don't Like Nursing. What Else Can I Do With My Degree?

    Bhavana replied to toniasday7's topic in Nursing Career

    If counseling or psychology attracts you, have you thought about psychiatric nursing? Maybe try an acute unit in a hospital? Lots of drug addicts, lots of suicides admitted thru the ER, and a few...
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    I know it won't stop, but....am shift is so loud

    Bhavana replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    so true, so true. Night shift is so peaceful, so quiet...I kind of like it, but hate the trying to stay awake
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    Getting over a negative clinical experience a year and a half ago

    Bhavana replied to rumwynnieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wait, I am confused! All of this happened to you in the first semester? During fundamentals? If so, what a mess. You definitely deserve to still be upset. The whole story is very traumatic. you...
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    Should we curtail the growth of nursing programs?

    Bhavana replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, though it may be true that nursing jobs are not as plentiful as say 5 or 10 years ago, I think that the LACK of jobs is exaggerated. It is tough all over, not just in nursing, but there are...
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    A Nurses Responsibility: Report Possible Narcotic Diversion

    Bhavana replied to clebius's topic in General Nursing

    The IMPAIRED nurse must do this, the IMPAIRED nurse must do that....what a label!!! I thought "impaired" meant when one is actively under the influence. Frankly, I do not appreciate the BON's...
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    Possible to take a few nursing classes from community college?

    Bhavana replied to marbear28's topic in General Nursing

    everyone else here has pretty much told you like it is. However, you could get all the pre-reqs out of the way, including those required for a BSN, which I hope you are planning on if you are going...
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    Mean Doctors....

    Bhavana replied to mnrb_mdn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Treat them like anyone else. I think the problem with some doctors, old and young, is that there is still this certain breed of nurses out there who do everything but bow down when the doctor walks...
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    Disappointed.

    Bhavana replied to ahintonRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is the exact reason why I am not going to settle LT for this type of hospital nursing. I had most of my clinicals on a floor like this, and by the time it was over, I wasn't even so sure I...
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    Salaries for new RNs/BSNs in the tri-state area

    Bhavana replied to jam752's topic in General Nursing

    Gotta get that BSN! I didn't go thru all the hell of nursing school to make less than I made in
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    clinical placements

    Bhavana replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    In my school, the first semester you have to go where they put you, but after that, you have some say if driving to the location will be a hardship. I lived an hour from my school, and most clinical...
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    Should we curtail the growth of nursing programs?

    Bhavana replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    What I find interesting is that none of these nursing schools say anything during the applications phase about how you are going to need your BSN before many hospitals in my area will even talk to you...
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Bhavana replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I have no answers for you. None of us can really know the truth about death till we experience it ourselves. I would guess that the difference between those who die in peace and those who die in...
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    Interview attire

    Bhavana replied to heyheyhey's topic in General Nursing

    I wear either dark gray, black or navy skirt, just above the knee, with low healed pumps, a good but not too feminine white blouse, and either a matching or co-ordinating jacket. Hair neat and simple...
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    Need help to convince parents!

    Bhavana replied to NateH's topic in General Nursing

    If I was your age, and time was on my side, I would go the regular college route. Most of the hospitals in my area are not even willing to consider new grads without the BSN now, so thinking you can...
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    How long did it take to get use to working nights?

    Bhavana replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh. Great question. I am doing 12 hr shift clinicals right now as a student, and let me tell you, even if I manage to sleep half the day to prepare myself, it is BRUTAL!! By the time 3am rolls...
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    Does This Sound About Right . . . . . .

    Bhavana replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I am in the northeast, and yeah, that sounds about right! The majority of the hospitals up here won't even look at you without the BSN, especially if you have no experience. And if you do get hired...
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    do employers care if you are on xanax?

    Bhavana replied to JM RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that is true. The drug screening lab will note the postive result, contact you to see if you have a script, you fax or bring them the script, they put the test thru as
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    any nurses/nursing students on methadone?

    Bhavana replied to milksteak's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Interesting, you thinking the standards will become stricter...because in reality, they are going in the other direction. An individual on a stablized dose of methadone is NOT impaired in any way. It...
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    any nurses/nursing students on methadone?

    Bhavana replied to milksteak's topic in Nurses Recovery

    SWSRN - I am really happy for you that you were able to accomplish what you see as being "clean". It is no easy feat to get off of any drug...that is for sure. However, the choice is different for...
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    any nurses/nursing students on methadone?

    Bhavana replied to milksteak's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am not sure about state nursing boards, but when in school, if you are tested by clinical locations, you don't need to worry. Hippa laws apply to everyone, including nursing students. It is really...
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Bhavana replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    this made me want to cry...happily of course...and I believe it 100 percent! Though I would imagine our loved ones who have died have better things to do than come back here and hang around us, I do...
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    Deaf Nursing?

    Bhavana replied to Alcomedicism's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I am learning ASL online, for those of you who are interested, there are some great online programs... Lifeprint.com is excellent, and FREE!! and there is another called WestwoodASL that is around $5...