Leader25 ASN, BSN, RN

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    Outrageous Complaints

    Leader25 replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Nursing

    Always the question ,"do you have a vase?" "why cant I have that whole bottle of purell,you have others!" "Why do I have to wash my hands,I already washed at home." "Why cant you give me a free...
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    Aggressive family member

    Leader25 replied to Jerez's topic in General Nursing

    That is not what occured,you need to reread OP. She is a nurse on duty not at the supermarket,she is doing patient care involving a procedure,NO nurse should be harassed at work.If he did to one...
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    Aggressive family member

    Leader25 replied to Jerez's topic in General Nursing

    The areas where parents are hanging around all day,tired,upset,cranky can be dangerous. You acted professionally but you should have notified security to have a little chat with him,and maybe figure...
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    HIPAA Violation, Fired

    Leader25 replied to kosmopolitan's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    The institution made it clear that it was adopting a zero tolerance for HIPAA violations,some did not pay attention and made up their own rules, they were suspended then fired. If it not your current...
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    Texas Children's investigates RN for social media HIPAA violation

    Leader25 replied to JustBeachyNurse's topic in HIPAA Challenges

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    NYP Pharm Exam

    Leader25 replied to auchiepie's topic in New York Nursing

    Go to linkedin and ask the recruiter whats going
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    Southern girl thinking about moving to a cold climate

    Leader25 replied to nursetmw80's topic in Nursing Career

    Perhaps you want to consult a tax accountant so you can compare.As for moving the kids,from what Ive read and heard moves are not easy for them in High school.Good luck with all of
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    New grad quitting after 6 months?

    Leader25 replied to esrun77's topic in First Year After Licensure

    1.your job sounds quite good. 2. How old is the child-what they can adapt to depends on their age.And you want to be there for many reasons. 3.As a single parent,your financial situation is serious...
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    Part time plus per diem?

    Leader25 replied to jroll's topic in Nursing Career

    Use an
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    Night nurse moving to day shift: Salary question

    Leader25 replied to CraftyKitten's topic in Nursing Career

    All I can say your post is very sweet and very
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    Help Wanted- Asking the Night Shifters for Advice

    Leader25 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Oh just the memory of it,makes me ill. Doing nights is something one learns to do.Your body will do strange things to make you think you can conquer the world but dont do it, you need to sleep. Full...
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    A nurse with a difficult name??

    Leader25 replied to Moonkitten's topic in General Nursing

    ​Oh please,you should have been where we were, so many unpronounceable names, this is what we do : some are called only by their last name,[when it is shorter than first name] some are called...
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    Nurses help me

    Leader25 replied to milo65's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Call the lawyer he will tell you what to do,forget what they are telling you,scare tactics,they already let you go,they are not your advisors,your lawyer is.Good luck to
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    Help me out here....

    Leader25 replied to Aunt Slappy's topic in General Nursing

    How old is that ? I have never seen that type in ages maybe never,we use only disposable pleur o
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    Weird reasons to come to school nurse?

    Leader25 replied to Avill's topic in School

    This one I can feel for the
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    What just happened?!

    Leader25 replied to MrsNurse08's topic in School

    Exactly like
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    Non-nurse midwives?

    Leader25 replied to cleback's topic in General Nursing

    I have not worked with one but I know of some working as Lay midwives but not legal in certain states.They are not nurses.They do home births.The only way to do it legally in this state is to become...
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    Any Tips on how the 50+ new RN can get a job?

    Leader25 replied to Chronicallychanging's topic in Nursing Career

    It is a business like any other these
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    Any Tips on how the 50+ new RN can get a job?

    Leader25 replied to Chronicallychanging's topic in Nursing Career

    ​Welcome to the toughest part, actually working. Congrats on completing your exams.! Do not discuss or reveal your age to those asking ,just smile ,they will google you any way. If you want,it...
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    SHOULD I CALL HR??

    Leader25 replied to MOMNURSE,RN's topic in Nursing Career

    The neofax is the NICU bible for doses ,routes,mixes etc,follow your hospitals policy.This is not peds ,the dosages are different,meds are different.Some hospitals will give you a free download onto...
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    Part time plus per diem?

    Leader25 replied to jroll's topic in Nursing Career

    It is not legal for someone employed as part time with benefits on the hospital payroll , to be paid also as a perdiem, you are supposed to be paid as OT,you are not a 1099 and a 1040 in the same...
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    What Being on the Table Taught Me About Treating on the Table

    Leader25 replied to ctsurgeryscrubrn's topic in Operating Room

    Having gone through several surgeries myself[not as critical as yours] I can attest to the noise level in room and side conversations and whispers when something is not right.I does make you more...
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    Leaving because of coworker?

    Leader25 replied to baRN owl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This nut case has not cleaned up her act,she has found you and managed to end up on same unit?Too much coincidence.Notify the authorities ,you need to create a paper trail and protect your family,hope...
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    Float staff having a hard time

    Leader25 replied to nursiee's topic in General Nursing

    As usual it is the we are sending you help= a warm body method of mgmt.Floating regular unit staff instead of having a competent float team is one of the worst aspects of hospital nursing.No one is...
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    Inpatient Boarders?

    Leader25 replied to EDnurseNY's topic in Emergency

    Unfortunately in areas where 3-4 hospitals have closed down this is not unusual.Horrid ,but not rare,one ED saw over 100,000 in a year.Daily back up were 40-50.They hire new blood,they