KalipsoRed21 BSN, RN

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    Phasing Out ADN?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    Now there is a real thought. I think it would be more beneficial to have an RN who has certification in the areas s/he is working in rather than a BSN. I still hold that I feel highly critical areas...
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    2023 Raises/Cost of living

    KalipsoRed21 posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So those on social security got an 8.7% increase in their checks this year to keep up with inflation. So is everyone seeing this reflected in your raises this year? Everyone getting 10%? You know cost...
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    Phasing Out ADN?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    "Some times" formal education IS irrelevant for SOME people. But establishing average pathways of achievement usually occur because 'on average' the required amount of education achieves the desired...
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    Phasing Out ADN?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    You had me until the end. Yes, getting a BSN DOES make you a better nurse. NO, a BSN is not required to be a competent, safe, effective, and great nurse. In general, more education DOES help...
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    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    In regards to insurance and government regulation of care....I'm not so sure I find the latter all that unappealing. As someone who moved from a state with high taxes due to a robust Medicaid program...
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    Texas poor standards of care

    KalipsoRed21 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So after 2 years of living in Texas I think I have identified a grave issue about living in this state: A lack of medicaid. And yes, I knew when I moved from Illinois to Texas that medicaid...
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    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Necessity is the mother of invention. So the answer is as many as it takes for everyone to be happy taking the medication to correct their problem? I guess I just don't get why 'old drugs' are...
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    2023 Raises/Cost of living

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Then you may have mistook my comment? My husband and mother are both above 62 and on/starting SSA. I know how little their income stretches....MY INCOME supplements theirs. My point being that the...
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    Best Incident Report Ever Written

    KalipsoRed21 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, my job is dumb...as all my nursing jobs have been. I'm 1 nurse trying to run a clinic that has 6-7 different surgical specialties and 10 physicians (yay, we just got one more). There are...
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    Best Incident Report Ever Written

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Touché, a good point. Still statistics are that the US system is more likely to kill you...or let you die...than the UK, Finland, Canada, et
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    Best Incident Report Ever Written

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Ta-rue and it drives me nuts! I'm not even sure I can trust them to cone up with a good plan of care, a safe plan of care, but I'm sure they will charge the poop out of me for the crappy plan they...
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    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the defense. Auto correct kept correcting it and I just gave up.
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    Hospital Bosses Ignored Months of Doctors' Warnings About Lucy Letby

    KalipsoRed21 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    With a world wide shortage of nurses, lack of improvements in pay and work conditions, ignoring whistleblowers is not isolated to one country. I often joke that a nurse could show up drunk with her...
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    Management Criticism: "We see you care a great deal…"

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't. I just don't know how else to support my husband and
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    Management Criticism: "We see you care a great deal…"

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I feel that statement is dead on really. Multitasking isn't real. Practice lets you do many linear tasks quickly and therefore may look like multitasking, but it isn't. When changes are happening...
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    Management Criticism: "We see you care a great deal…"

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Leadership IS a thankless job....like nursing. But I guess that would be the thing that kills me. Is there any real reason only 1 person has to be the manager? Is there any real reason they need to be...
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    Inevitable Resignation

    KalipsoRed21 replied to pharmanurse11's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I don't follow you here. I've seen 2mg of morphine every 4 hours given to a floor patient drop her saturation to 86% in 1 shift. That is without Ativan...and she was most definitely not dying....
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    Inevitable Resignation

    KalipsoRed21 replied to pharmanurse11's topic in General Nursing

    CMS would probably be your best bet. Just from my own previous experience filing grievances. The state won't do anything, JACO or The Joint Commission won't do anything, and any other governing body...
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    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, not sorry. 3 kids not interested in making noodles because they plan to grow up and be famous.....wow, your right, everyone is lazy! Eyeroll like a teenager. Also just because they weren't...
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    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the concern. No I didn't take it personally. I enjoy the debate so thank you for your thoughts. I just find it frustrating as a millennial the response is often, "If I worked harder...
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    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Okay so here again I will put this forth to you. My parents did not have money either. We ate rice and beans and chilli most of the time, maybe cornbread and sausage. Right now being broke is very...
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    The Collapsing Healthcare System in the US

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Hahahahah! This is not entirely true. You can give someone all the advice in the world, if it is not advice they can use it is worthless. Diabetic doctor "Take your insulin as ordered.” Diabetic "I...
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    Management Criticism: "We see you care a great deal…"

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My general experience is that another nurse asking to help is an verbal courtesy, like a greeting, and not an actual offer to assist. The best actual assistance I ever got was working in the ER, but...
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    Management Criticism: "We see you care a great deal…"

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Look, you seem nice, not trying to bust your balls or anything, but it is apparent that your 38 years of experience have been vastly different than my 15. I have worked at 10+ facilities,...
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    Management Criticism: "We see you care a great deal…"

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    All these responses are interesting. I have never gotten more than a 3% raise. The best 'raises' I've gotten are when I quit and go get another job....which is kinda why I quit every 2-3 years....