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  1. Attn Clinic/Doctors office nurses!

    kcmylorn replied to Elleveein's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    This is the one thing that gets my BP soaring. I'm sorry to have to say this but I think the problem started when we nurses stopped wearing all white uniforms, our nursing pins and our caps. We have...

  2. Why do mean/crabby people become nurses??

    kcmylorn replied to R!XTER's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm confused- the above poster stated she is being disciplined for"mouthing off"to the nurses. I noted you identified yourself as a new LPN( 4 months experience as an LPN) and a CNA for 11 yrs before...

  3. Appointment setting / triage question

    kcmylorn replied to Altra's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Week is done. I think I still have my job. The receptionist did it again today. Today it was a pair of 3 yr old twins. I directly asked her about this and let her see me writing down every word of her...

  4. Appointment setting / triage question

    kcmylorn replied to Altra's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I also need to add- MA's are cheap to pay. That's why alot of family practice clinics hire them and farm out all the tasks they can to MA's and receptionists and fly under the state radar not to get...

  5. Appointment setting / triage question

    kcmylorn replied to Altra's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Let me first state- I am an RN that does triage in a primary care office. Triage can only be done by a LICENSED RN- please hear me again all of you(?)well meaning unlicensed personel out there in...

  6. Why do mean/crabby people become nurses??

    kcmylorn replied to R!XTER's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nasty people don't go into nursing. Nasty nurses are molded and groomed through the

  7. Curious with nursing informatics specialty to new grada

    kcmylorn replied to yeng_27's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I am very curious about NI. I have been a bedside acute care RN for 32 yrs. The past 2 years I have been doing telehealth/telephone triage. I heard this definition about telephone triage that has made...

  8. Drama / Write Up

    kcmylorn replied to slauren's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This has been something that has befuddled me for 32 years as an RN. Why in the god name would any nursing assistant, Med Tech or unit secretary would ever think to take on a responsiblity/action...

  9. Nursing listed as 4th on a list of fun jobs.

    kcmylorn replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Some FUN facts for nursing; Auto mechanic- $70.00/hr(labor charge. I know for a fact- I just came from the garage and have my estimate)*** Plumber $80.00-100.00/hr(labor charge, just for...

  10. Attention PRN nurses

    kcmylorn replied to Vtachy1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am not a manager, I am only a staff nurse. That is my choice! I have no interest in being a manager. Anywhere. Anytime. With my 32 yrs of bedside experience- yes, I could be one. The bottom line...

  11. Nursing listed as 4th on a list of fun jobs.

    kcmylorn replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I just sent my response to this article- if that's what one call it, to yahoo. I told them how much FUN nursing was!!! I had to go to the home page and found a feedback link at the very bottom of the...

  12. Nursing listed as 4th on a list of fun jobs.

    kcmylorn replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I like the idea of all the nurses on AN ( all 500,000 of us)writing this writer @ yahoo and telling him how much fun nursing

  13. Attention PRN nurses

    kcmylorn replied to Vtachy1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can't say I was ever treated like that by the staff nurses I worked with. I was treated poorly by nursing administration, namely the nurse manager. I was PRN for 2 yrs. I was cancelled on the days I...

  14. Nursing listed as 4th on a list of fun jobs.

    kcmylorn replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    You mean playing in infected body fluids isn't fun?? and we're not having fun yet? and lets not forget the exotic aromas we are exposed to all day every day- I don't know about all of you- but I...

  15. New York Nurses Take Back Their Union

    kcmylorn replied to Mindful's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Go NY nurses!!!! Congrats!! I hope the rest of us can catch the

  16. Tuition reimbursement in New Jersey?

    kcmylorn replied to Kelsea1214's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    almost none- NJ hospitals are too busy paying out to CEO salaries to invest in their nursing

  17. Anybody work for Genesis healthcare in New jersey?

    kcmylorn replied to RN20102010's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    It all depends on the managment- stay away from the one in burlington,nj. The administrator was a RN who lost her nursing licensed. brought her partner in crime in to be the DON, they have a revolving...

  18. nj salary survey

    kcmylorn replied to rnman's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Nursing salaries are dropping in NJ- many years experience- just got hired for $31.25 will be paying 25% of my own benefits. My first time full time permenant position in 4 years!! and it wasn't for...

  19. Is my RN career ruined?

    kcmylorn replied to Nuggiebear's topic in Retired Nurses

    These hospitals aim to keep it this way. These hospital administrators can keep hiring nurses with as least experience as possible closest to a new grad., to keep the wage as losw as posible offer...

  20. Thousands of nurses to march at G8 summit in Chicago, 18 May

    kcmylorn replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hopefully the general public will soon get the big picture of this. Have we, as a nation become so clueless and oblivious. Perhaps this oblivion is how corporate America has been able to take over...

  21. Coworker nurse trying to ruin my reputation...

    kcmylorn replied to HM7380's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The OP is right- these poeple are everywhere in every nursing enviornment I have ever been in at least. That's one of the biggest reason's nurses resume's reach like a War and Peace novel. The golden...

  22. Registered nurses reach labor agreement with 10 Florida hospitals

    kcmylorn replied to herring_RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It's about time Florida nurses began to unionize. Their wages have been disgracefully low and insulting to nurses for many years and do not reflect the true value of nurse. I don't live in Florida. I...

  23. Reasons Hospitals Will Not Have Traveler Back?

    kcmylorn replied to adoula's topic in Travel

    I was a traveler back in 2004-2006 when I was in my late 40's. Times were different back then- older nurses were still getting hired, the thought of agism never crossed our minds. I had 2 travel...

  24. Coworker nurse trying to ruin my reputation...

    kcmylorn replied to HM7380's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is a tough but unfortunately a very common problem in nursing. Been on the recipient end of some of these situations myself- some I handled well, others not so well- got emotional and told the...

  25. HELP -> re-activating my RN license.

    kcmylorn replied to RN Bulldawg's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I made the big mistake of not renewing my NJ license when I worked in Pa. I was going through a divorce, I was working for an agency, all my assignments were in Pa and could not afford both licenses....