KalipsoRed21 BSN, RN

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    How much would you hate me if you were my manager?

    KalipsoRed21 posted a topic in Nurse Management

    I’m tired. I really don’t want to give a crap anymore. But apparently I just cannot help call out stupid and it gets me in trouble. I have tried the adage ‘hold your thoughts for 60 seconds...
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    How much would you hate me if you were my manager?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Nurse Management

    Thank you for your comment. I am just frustrated with nursing as a whole in this regard. We can expect people to follow rules if they don't apply well to the situation. We can't delegate to others...
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    Too Fat To Be A Nurse?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to Newprospnp's topic in General Nursing

    You just keep spouting out you way of life. Good for you. Honestly I cannot believe that you are in healthcare with this kind of prejudice? My family eats mashed potatos, rice, pork chops, ground...
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    Too Fat To Be A Nurse?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to Newprospnp's topic in General Nursing

    Friend, we do not disagree that the American diet should include a more nutrient dense, preservative free foods. I know you are in shock. I get it. Watch the NOVA PBS special I posted. It turns out...
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    Too Fat To Be A Nurse?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to Newprospnp's topic in General Nursing

    I am so, so sorry to hear that. If you reviewed the video and the article then you can see your path is going to be difficult, but not impossible. The most effective long term weight loss is the...
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    Too Fat To Be A Nurse?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to Newprospnp's topic in General Nursing

    You need to watch the NOVA special I posted. I have been educated in a very similar fashion to you. I believed everything you have said at one time. But practicing what you said is near impossible. I,...
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    Too Fat To Be A Nurse?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to Newprospnp's topic in General Nursing

    Turns out, we have less control over our weight than healthcare understands. https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/obesity-research-confirms-long-term-weight-loss-almost-impossible-1.2663585 As...
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    Go Into Nursing Or No?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to maybefuturenurse's topic in General Nursing

    If you enjoy being a PCT then you may like nursing….but I am not sure 6 months in is long enough for you to see all the pitfalls. Can you sign up for classes that would go toward nursing AND...
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    You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I never said I don’t get vacation time. As I mentioned, I have 130 hours of PTO. There is never enough staff to let me take the vacation. Last time I got a week off I asked 4 months in advance and...
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    You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe….but probably not. I have never consistently gotten vacation at any job I’ve had. Meaning, my requests are not guaranteed. If there is no one to cover/not enough staff, my vacation request...
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    You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I could see it being that way. That is unfortunate though, I do find home based remedies and such to be interesting. I had a patient with skin cancer once, on his nose, tell me that he was doing...
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    You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I don’t really wish to go back to school right now. But I have been told that the school teacher desperation is so bad right now that I would just have to get a certificate and then I could teach. I...
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    You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Well that is interesting. Do you still practice on the side? Is nursing better than your career in herbalism or is just the regular pay and the amount of pay keeping you in the nursing
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    You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for sharing Hppy. I’m glad you were able to find some balance and that you are still here to share your experiences. I do feel stuck and I agree that does make it feel more desperate. But...
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    You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Roz, and congratulations on your retirement. Everything you said rings true for me too. 15 years, 4 states, 6 specialties, and really I love what I am suppose to be, but the scales just tip...
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    You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for this information. I don’t particularly like sitting all day, but maybe that would give me more energy when I get home? The 12’s has not really worked for me in getting to have family...
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    You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    IP NP? What is that? Most of the NPs I know work for a facility. I live in Texas. I have not met any NPs that had their own business….really that is why I did not see furthering my education as...
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    You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I was using hyperbole, however, I feel the USA work force is more enslaved it was 2 - 3 generations ago. Just one and a half generations ago my parents, high graduates, were able to buy a...
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    You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Ha! I am happy for you! I love antiques! Interestingly my husband and his second wife ran an antique booth before she died. I don’t feel the trade will currently make the income we need with a 2...
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    You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

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    You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Thank
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    You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Well I hope it is what a lot of people are looking for…it seems to be the most reasonable way to live. I’m just saying that I have not found it in 15 years of nursing WITH several job changes,...
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    You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I have done some case management in the past. I have found that it requires more than the 8 hour day advertised. I have a 2 year old (one that took me some extreme measures to get) and I just draw the...
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    You're Right, It Is You: How do I get out of this career please?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Or just the realization that the gut response wasn’t accomplishing the aim of the discussion? That the gut response was only going to lead to further argument of decorum and that was not the goal....
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    Wisconsin Nurse Amputated Man's Foot Without Orders

    KalipsoRed21 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    I have not ever worked outside the US healthcare system. And what I see in the USA is more frequently deadly errors, excessive and deadly short cuts, waste of resources, and pandering to money instead...