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  1. If no union in right-to-work state, then what?

    anonymurse replied to callmecrazyRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Right! Support H.R. 4580! We need your

  2. If no union in right-to-work state, then what?

    anonymurse replied to callmecrazyRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    RIGHT! Well get behind HR 4580 and give us a hand here! We gotta ditch this 2-year

  3. Discouraged

    anonymurse replied to livefully's topic in Nursing Career

    Apply to the VA. They don't seem to care about how long you've been

  4. If no union in right-to-work state, then what?

    anonymurse replied to callmecrazyRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    There ARE unions for nurses in LA--at the VAMCs in Shreveport, Alexandria, and

  5. Nurses desensitized to death?

    anonymurse replied to Meeny's topic in General Nursing

    Quick reply to OP. Look at it this way. Death is the natural and inevitable end of every life. We can deny that or not. How is being in denial of reality ever

  6. To be or not to be an LPN?

    anonymurse replied to Rice7's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    And really, it's all about what you can

  7. To be or not to be an LPN?

    anonymurse replied to Rice7's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Sometimes LPN is a great pick. In this locale, high school students can graduate high school as LPNs. Now suppose they need a job just as soon as they graduate, say they're expecting, or they have...

  8. Unionized vs Non Unionized hospitals

    anonymurse replied to sungrl01's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    They say nurses eat their young. Well they don't. Sociopaths do. That's 4 to 5% of the general population. I seem to attract attacks by them. Virginia is what I like to re-label a Right to Get Fired...

  9. Got fired in Jan... Haven't been able to find another job.

    anonymurse replied to Spikey9001's topic in Nursing Career

    Not today,

  10. Got fired in Jan... Haven't been able to find another job.

    anonymurse replied to Spikey9001's topic in Nursing Career

    [skipping prodrome clues, defenses, and pre-firing strategies--irrelevant to your situation; maybe I'll add them

  11. Got fired in Jan... Haven't been able to find another job.

    anonymurse replied to Spikey9001's topic in Nursing Career

    Aha, I can't go back to add stuff because 60 minutes has gone by without an edit. OK. Emotional Prep So after all this sinks in, you look over your FB friend list, and like anyone else, you have...

  12. Got fired in Jan... Haven't been able to find another job.

    anonymurse replied to Spikey9001's topic in Nursing Career

    Disclaimer: What follows is my story. Like all stories, it's anecdotal and specific. I'm not an attorney. Nothing I type or have typed is to be construed as legal advice. If you need a lawyer, see...

  13. Got fired in Jan... Haven't been able to find another job.

    anonymurse replied to Spikey9001's topic in Nursing Career

    Too, not to. Hate

  14. Got fired in Jan... Haven't been able to find another job.

    anonymurse replied to Spikey9001's topic in Nursing Career

    Spikey9001, PM me and I'll pick up on it when I get home. Can't figure out how to PM off this phone, and anyway there's to much info to Swype at you. I just have a few Qs to see how closely your...

  15. Where to get telemetry tech training?

    anonymurse replied to HelloWish's topic in General Nursing

    I think the AHA rhythm strip class is like $50. At that price, it's worth a shot. However, I think it's way more important to work as a NA if you've never done it. Your NAs can make or break you, and...

  16. I don't want to work in LTC... Will someone change my attitude?

    anonymurse replied to firefly101's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Easy, Go to usajobs.gov and lay for a VA gig, heck, move if ya gotta, and if it turns out to be LTC, no worries--first, a RN with a BSN is a RN with a BSN so far as the VA is concerned, so you'll be...

  17. Do you like your job?

    anonymurse replied to Toomanyhatsforme's topic in General Nursing

    An old NP told me the MOST important thing is to know your place on the continuum of order to chaos. If you're orderly, you'll hate the ER, and if you're chaotic, you'll hate working in a shot clinic....

  18. Pressure sore classification

    anonymurse replied to tkyeung's topic in General Nursing

    Ask your wound care nurse. Local documentation conventions rule. And as everyone's been saying, make darned sure the cause was pressure before staging

  19. Letter of Resignation

    anonymurse replied to itsdebraanne's topic in Nursing Career

    Depends on her subjective take on how solid those 'signs'

  20. Nurses Notes plagiarism at work such a thing?

    anonymurse replied to Lanipeach's topic in General Nursing

    It's not plagiarism because we're paid to chart. That means the words belong to the hospital that paid for them. And if someone else cuts and pastes my words because it describes a situation that's...

  21. Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

    anonymurse replied to PICUPNP's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It's real simple. A hospital system has a permanent legal staff that can work nurses over one at a time. Nurses generally don't make enough to afford even one lawyer. But unions have legal teams to...

  22. Experienced RN cant find a job??? I thought there was a shortage???

    anonymurse replied to dcsail's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I saw an agency ad that said not to bother applying if you haven't been working within a year. Another one said you had to have had 2000 hours within the past two years. Sort of the same. If that's a...

  23. Running PRBC concurrently with NS?!

    anonymurse replied to nurseap's topic in General Nursing

    Not arguing with anyone else's ideas, just describing me and my buds and our policies. Figured I'd mention them to present alternate POVs and stimulate more conversation. I use an IV pump (by policy)....

  24. Do You Have To Be Religious/Spiritual to be a good Nurse?

    anonymurse replied to Soliloquy's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    James 1:27 says "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." You'll notice...

  25. Question about Cardizem Drip...

    anonymurse replied to al7139's topic in Cardiac

    One thing that's a common procedural error is paying attention to the HR number on the monitor. At our place, that's the HR of a sliding 6-second window. But when a MD asks for a HR, he's asking for...