KalipsoRed21 BSN, RN

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    Burnout - How long do I have?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I have a really good home life, and when I am not at work or having to think about work, I’m fishing or at home with my husband and kid. Really, it is truly nursing that I don’t like. It is a...
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    Burnout - How long do I have?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with your diagnosis. But dang, retirement? ?.
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    When To Just Not Go Back For The Next Shift...

    KalipsoRed21 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So my career in nursing is very piecemealed. If I liked an institution I would end up having to quit for personal reasons (I.e one job was 65 miles from my husband, another could/would not accommodate...
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    When To Just Not Go Back For The Next Shift...

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I can promise you that there are ICU jobs that AREN’T like this. I hope you can find a job in a place with
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    They think I’m an ‘Undercover Boss’

    KalipsoRed21 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Started a new job and moved to a new state. Blessed to be in Texas quasi near the coast where my husband wants to live. Blessed to have my mom let us stay with her until we can find a place. But guys,...
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    When To Just Not Go Back For The Next Shift...

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    No, the ratio at CHI Brazosport was 1:6 BUT just like you said, it was more like 6 step down patients instead of medicine/surgical patients. A lot of scary things are getting missed. But when I told...
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    When To Just Not Go Back For The Next Shift...

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the responses. Other things that would clue in a new nurse on a job you should just run from. No two weeks notice needed. Just finish your shift and email your notice to the supervisor,...
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    Unsafe loads

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Yes. I have decided to report this facility to State. I had two near misses in one shift last week. I turned in my resignation due to that. The hospital is not willing to believe that their acuity is...
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    How do you guys do it for so long?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    Frankly, I’ve changed positions dozens of times since 2008 when I graduated. I still hate the demands and stupid politics we play with people’s lives. The way nurses are treated as a catch all...
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    They think I’m an ‘Undercover Boss’

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I realize not all hospitals in Texas are this way. But this is the hospital that serves my community. In 13 years as a nurse I have never been fired. And because I have 13 years of prior references to...
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    They think I’m an ‘Undercover Boss’

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I am old enough that this will surely be the
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    They think I’m an ‘Undercover Boss’

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but that is complete B.S. of any healthcare facility. 1) Because it sets the baseline that they don’t have time for you and it is somehow okay. Which then sets the culture of the...
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    Why did we accept this patient?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    So the patient that was having seizures had never been on seizure meds or evaluated by a neurologist. We were unable to get her seizures under control and when she finally was seizing every 5 to 10...
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    Why did we accept this patient?

    KalipsoRed21 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    So I love the little hospital I’m working at. It is a 25 bed hospital. They are a tertiary outreach facility. So no Trauma certification. They do GI surgeries and orthopedic surgery. They do not...
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    Night Shift is a Carcinogen

    KalipsoRed21 posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    Recently started back on nights at a med/surg unit. Was looking up about how to handle transitioning back and forth so I can still see my family and found out that shift work and night shifts are...
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    Night Shift is a Carcinogen

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I guess my question would be: Is $3, or the extra $1.75 I get paid to do it, worth it? I feel like the current shift differentials are pretty much cover the life inconvenience of sleeping while...
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    Med Surg nurse being given Tele Patients

    KalipsoRed21 replied to Morning Glory's topic in General Nursing

    Scope of practice describes the procedures, actions, and processes that a healthcare practitioner is permitted to undertake in keeping with the terms of their professional license. The scope of...
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    Med Surg nurse being given Tele Patients

    KalipsoRed21 replied to Morning Glory's topic in General Nursing

    Not to mention that JadeRN is choosing to take the risk with her license by taking patients she is unfamiliar with how to care for and “just doing it”. It’s not that there isn’t some truth to...
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    Med Surg nurse being given Tele Patients

    KalipsoRed21 replied to Morning Glory's topic in General Nursing

    Wrong, wrong, wrong. Your one facility, child, is not every facility. The OP is asking the right questions. If a nurse accepts a tele patient they have to be able to interpret concerning EKGs. Some...
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    Med Surg nurse being given Tele Patients

    KalipsoRed21 replied to Morning Glory's topic in General Nursing

    Okay I’m about to get real snarky here. The whole argument that ‘an RN is an RN is an RN’ makes me feel like you and anyone who follows that sentiment is either super new, has no experience...
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    Am I too late to start?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to Brittany DeLong's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    They have been trying to “phase out” LPNs for 20 years. Just as they have been trying to make BSN “the standard” for the last 15. If it costs $4K and 18 months to be an LVN (average wage...
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    Am I too late to start?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to Brittany DeLong's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don’t think it is ever to late to start and I would say becoming an LVN is a great way to start. What you are going to hear is all the reasons to go ahead and get an RN with an ADN or an RN. I say...
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    80% BSN by 2020: Where Are We Now?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    Most often I agree with you MunoRN, but in this aspect I vehemently disagree. It maybe that we should have autonomy to refuse unsafe orders and ratios, but that is simply not the truth of our trade. I...
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    80% BSN by 2020: Where Are We Now?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    I know several managers who have tried this approach, specially to start with. In fact most managers have to fill in staffing holes if they can’t get them filled. In general it isn’t managers or...
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    80% BSN by 2020: Where Are We Now?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    Frankly I think that the current atmosphere in nursing just solidifies my opinion that we should be considered a trade and unionize like brick masons and carpenters do. That management should require...