diva rn

diva rn BSN, RN

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  1. Hypothetical Question: What happens when the baby boomers retire?

    diva rn replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    No but it's felt like it

  2. Where are nursing jobs?

    diva rn replied to Karl Farmer's topic in General Nursing

    THis made me laugh...I am on the other coast. We have a little more "class"...but we still have suffocating humid moldy air!!! At least we have the real ocean. and how could you tell you were in...

  3. Recreational THC = now starting IPN!

    diva rn replied to Honest&Hopeful&Hur's topic in Nurses Recovery

    i am sort of with you on this one, but if i could make as much as i do at a non nursing job as i do with my current one, i would jump on it. but i can't and i am too old to go back and start again....

  4. Where are nursing jobs?

    diva rn replied to Karl Farmer's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, that's true. I'm fixin to move to the Seattle area...I love it..and can't wait to get out of this Hell hole I am in now...which happens to be Florida.... You, know, the 3 hour wait would be worth...

  5. Where are nursing jobs?

    diva rn replied to Karl Farmer's topic in General Nursing

    Uh, maybe if they live in

  6. How is there a shortage?

    diva rn replied to Luularoo's topic in General Nursing

    Nursejossy, Well said...this is also one of my soapboxes....I feel like there are fingernails on a blackboard when I hear someone say something about the "nursing shortage". It is not the...

  7. How Often?

    diva rn replied to virgo,student nurse's topic in General Nursing

    It varies...but on average 5 times a

  8. What color Littman Classic II SE stethoscope do you have?

    diva rn replied to KGMM's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I had a light blue one I got for school and that is the only one I used for my entire career for clinical nursing (I now do case management)...It did not wear out per se...but the tubing got real...

  9. Hypothetical Question: What happens when the baby boomers retire?

    diva rn replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    Retirement.....Hmmmm Good luck with that...I am a card carrying "baby boomer"...and I would love, love to retire sometime......anytime...BUT the reality is the economy is terrible, I took a beating...

  10. Noncompliant parents. Do I have any rights to protect my license?

    diva rn replied to RNC-NIC's topic in General Nursing

    Can you call Child Protection Services? What did the Social Worker say? What does the Pediatrican say? I am not so sure you can refuse to take assignment...can be construed as abandonment I think,...

  11. No, apparently you don't know it all!

    diva rn replied to himilayaneyes's topic in General Nursing

    I am so glad you didn't bring it up in report. I felt that you would have been placing yourself on her level...so Good Girl. Just enjoy knowing that if you feel that way about this nurse...you can bet...

  12. annoying co worker

    diva rn replied to nurse0520's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Document, document, document...if she continues this and you have times/dates/witnesses....you can go to either your manager or actually to HR...she is creating a "hostile work environment" which is...

  13. Is this true?Conflicting Info..

    diva rn replied to bug2621's topic in General Nursing

    Myth about the NCLEX--but many states require manditory CEUs for licensure

  14. Where are nursing jobs?

    diva rn replied to Karl Farmer's topic in General Nursing

    There was a very recent thread (within the last 2 weeks) called the states with the most nursing jobs--or something like that...or the states with the most nursing shortage...look for it...it is...

  15. I hate being a tech. will I hate being a nurse too?

    diva rn replied to K nurse-one-day's topic in General Nursing

    I understand this is a hard decision for you. You are also probably tired and stressed as well. However, nursing is just a tough, back breaking and sometimes utterly disgusting job...that's is just...

  16. How is there a shortage?

    diva rn replied to Luularoo's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP I can see that you are a recent joiner...so first of all welcome. Next, I don't know if you have had a chance to read any of the former posts regarding this issue but it is generally...

  17. Recreational THC = now starting IPN!

    diva rn replied to Honest&Hopeful&Hur's topic in Nurses Recovery

    or baby...it's ok, calm down..this too shall pass. sorry i am not honest hopeful and hurt...but i decided to answer some of the generic questions...because the ipn is universal to thc, opiates, benzos...

  18. Religion in the Room

    diva rn replied to SeeTheMoon's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Did he go for

  19. Step away from the nursing forum...

    diva rn replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly! I forgot about the time difference though. What is the middle of the night for me is the top of the evening to you. My poor baby (she's 40) had to have a mastoidectomy last thursday--at...

  20. Step away from the nursing forum...

    diva rn replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    Toko, Are you working? or like me, just hanging

  21. Step away from the nursing forum...

    diva rn replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    Present and accounted for! You aren't the only one that holds the distinction of having no

  22. Would you suggest nursing as a career to someone considering it?

    diva rn replied to jordanl's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I've done both. I am a licensed Dental Hygienist and a Registered Nurse. Both pay about the same. Hygiene is a walk in the park compared to nursing BUT BORING beyond words. I did it for many...

  23. Step away from the nursing forum...

    diva rn replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    Step 1. We admitted that we were powerless over this.....and our lives had become....WAIT..I think that's something else..nevermind:o (but

  24. Do you work for an insurance company?

    diva rn replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    I work as a case manager to 85 national labor unions insurance funds. They are huge and they are all self insured. We do the medical review for precertification of all out patient procedures,...

  25. Thinking of relocating to another state.

    diva rn replied to JustUs2's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Good luck, I am contemplating the same step. I have completed the second year of my IPN contract in Fl and contacted the Washington State BON. The preliminary information I was given was that, yes,...