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  1. Need help! seniority or higher pay?

    workingharder replied to loongway2goRn's topic in Nursing Career

    Monetarily speaking. Let's say you make $30.00/hr now. In two months (based on 160 hr/month) you'll make $9600.00 . If you take off two months, that's $9600.00 you won't have. The other job will pay...

  2. Critical Thinking: you have it or you don't. Agree or disagree?

    workingharder replied to LTCnurse11's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't think there is a standard definition of "critical thinking", so I'll give my definition. In my world, critical thinking is not innate but, rather a learned system to process information to...

  3. First Nursing Pay

    workingharder replied to nurse_student1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm starting to see a pattern developing

  4. First Nursing Pay

    workingharder replied to nurse_student1's topic in General Nursing

    Pizza. It was the first dinner I'd had in months that didn't include Ramen

  5. Feeling like a servant

    workingharder replied to nurseywifeymommy1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One thing I do is to establish myself as an authority figure. If I have a problem patient/resident I wear my scope around my neck as I enter their room. After I enter I immediately pop that thing in...

  6. A Call to Action from the Nation's Nurses in the Wake of Newtown

    workingharder replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Anyone know if or how the new healthcare law might address

  7. Nurses with Tattoos and Piercings

    workingharder replied to CMALynzer's topic in General Nursing

    Correct.

  8. A Call to Action from the Nation's Nurses in the Wake of Newtown

    workingharder replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "This thread was created to gauge nurses support of many pofessional nurses association's pledge to TAKE ACTION via legslative lobbbying to imprpvve mental health resources and reduce preventable...

  9. A Call to Action from the Nation's Nurses in the Wake of Newtown

    workingharder replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    " So the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) searched for a 0.22 caliber accurate rifle that will be used to take out the key protest leaders by shooting them in the legs. The Ruger 10/22, fitted with a X4...

  10. A Call to Action from the Nation's Nurses in the Wake of Newtown

    workingharder replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I was at work all weekend so I'm getting into this a bit late. I'll address the three bullet points in the OP. 1) "Restore access to mental health services for individuals and families" This is...

  11. What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

    workingharder replied to monkeybug's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One of the things that I've noticed in my life is that when some people rise to the supervisory ranks, they acquire the attitude that your job is to solve their problems. Some of them just take this...

  12. What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

    workingharder replied to monkeybug's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I haven't had anything to compare to some of these stories but, I once had a NH Administrator tell me I had to be in two places at the same time, and yes, he did know what he was saying. Still trying...

  13. Professionals or "workers"

    workingharder replied to blackribbon's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Your point is taken. I live in Texas so Nursing Unions are not well known here, either. But, what I was getting at is that there are other professions which

  14. Professionals or "workers"

    workingharder replied to blackribbon's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I don't see unionization as degrading the profession any. Many professions employ the use of collective bargaining. Off hand I can think of unions that engineers belong to. Teachers, of course....

  15. Forced wearing of nursing cap.

    workingharder replied to onetiredstudent's topic in General Students

    Traditions are a way to tie the past to the present. In the field of nursing, the pinning ceremony and caps are an acknowledgement of the generations who founded and grew the profession. If I were...

  16. What makes you want to vomit?

    workingharder replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Artichoke

  17. Professionals or "workers"

    workingharder replied to blackribbon's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Well, that added greatly to the

  18. If you could pick your ideal job in nursing, what would it be?

    workingharder replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Taxidermy

  19. If you weren't a nurse, what would you have become?

    workingharder replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    You'd need an awful big

  20. New Customer Service Initiative

    workingharder replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    In French accent:" Will you be taking dessert orally or IV,

  21. New Customer Service Initiative

    workingharder replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    Does your hospital offer a drive

  22. Has anyone had success leaving nursing for something unrelated?

    workingharder replied to cantdoit's topic in Nursing Career

    Isn't someone supposed to chime in and say, "But, nursing is so diversified and has so many different avenues you can pursue. You just haven't found your niche. Have you tried becoming a CNO or...

  23. Representing yourself to the public as a nurse when you are not a nurse

    workingharder replied to Penguin67's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And well he should. The word "colleague" implies equality. In your example the equality would have been professional. Nurses and physicians are not professionally equal. It seems the intent of your...

  24. How much personal info do you share with pts?

    workingharder replied to Bouncyball's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Name. rank, and serial number. According to "Hogan's Heroes" that's all the Geneva Convention

  25. Is becoming a nurse really that bad?

    workingharder replied to luvmykids0810's topic in General Nursing

    I'll not address the question of whether the career is worth it in this post. I did want to inquire about the hospital paying for your education. Getting a freebie is always cool but, in life, "free"...