KalipsoRed21 BSN, RN

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    80% BSN by 2020: Where Are We Now?

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

    to. Thanks for your responses. I got my BSN for 47K. I did not get an ASN...my friend who has been working with me off and on since 2008 got her ASN for 12K. Which is a big reason I feel it...
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    80% BSN by 2020: Where Are We Now?

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

    Ha! So short answer is yes. I have done travel nursing and have been a BSN prepared RN since I graduated in 2008. I have worked at MANY institutions and find that in teaching facilities the whole...
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    80% BSN by 2020: Where Are We Now?

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

    This was such a con. Nursing is a trade. It was just wrong and terrible to have this initiative. Basically we are just asking nurses to take on go s of unnecessary debt to accomplish goals that...
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    What the heck? (fat-shaming at work)

    KalipsoRed21 replied to HopefulRN4ever's topic in Home Health

    “Every body is different, so to each their own.” And redirect back to work. Who gives a rats kabootle how big or small you are? And even more so to people who aren’t sharing your life. Fat...
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    Death and dying/ I’m not sure I can handle seeing any more of it.

    KalipsoRed21 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Nurse x 12 years here. Has anyone else just seen to much to keep going? The mom who had IVF several times before becoming pregnant only to die 3 days later of a stroke. The 24 year old mom of 3 who...
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    Home Health to Public Health?

    KalipsoRed21 posted a topic in Public, Community Health

    Currently living in Illinois doing home health. I like home health WAY more than working in an acute care setting like a hospital. However, been doing it for 2.5 years now. The hours as just sucky as...
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    Overworked

    KalipsoRed21 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Home Health

    Nope, that sounds terrible. I get paid hourly and I sure as poo wouldn’t have stayed 2.5 years if I did this for a salary. I get paid 30.81/hour. I deserve more but what I want is to live my life....
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    Overworked

    KalipsoRed21 posted a topic in Home Health

    Sooooo, I really can’t tell anymore of it is me or my employers expectations. My agency expects me to see 6 points a day and drive no more than 75 miles. I often get assigned 6 patients (or two...
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    Home health to Clinic?

    KalipsoRed21 posted a topic in Home Health

    Home care charting regulations are on my nerves. I cannot, for the life of me, get on top of all this charting. And I’m burning out...my give a poo is breaking and I no longer care if it takes me 10...
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    HH worth the pay?

    KalipsoRed21 posted a topic in Home Health

    I work in Illinois around the STL region. My agency pays hourly, gives us a car and gas card. We work on a point system 3 SOC, 2 Resume Care, 1.5 Recert, 1 regular visit. I do have some exceptions in...
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    Tired of working ‘extra’...me too.

    KalipsoRed21 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse since 2008. I’ve done hospital, office, now home health. I’ve done salaried (and with NEVER do it again) and hourly positions. I have yet to have had a job where I can...
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    New grad home health RN - GTube/trach/vent

    KalipsoRed21 replied to tinilouise's topic in Home Health

    That is one of the main issues with home health. It is very autonomous work, so you will truly be on your own after orientation. I’m sure they will have someone you can call and speak with over the...
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    Bait and switch

    KalipsoRed21 replied to doberman's topic in General Nursing

    That is soooooooooooo aggravating. Have you ever tried agency nursing? It’s a good way to make a quick amount of
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    Can We Talk About Nurse Suicide?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Ultimately I think that the unattainable demands on nurses along with administrative creep and nurses who sit there and say “you can do this!” increase both burnout and risk for suicide in...
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    Trump’s assault on Postal Service and voting is a plot against American democracy

    KalipsoRed21 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    You think that people who are using their critical thinking skills are able to come to a conclusion that Trump is a good President? I watch both the far left and right wing media and a few outlier non...
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    Trump’s assault on Postal Service and voting is a plot against American democracy

    KalipsoRed21 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    So I don’t think the issue is mandatory mandatory vs in person voting. I don’t want to force people who really don’t care about COVID exposure to vote by mail. The issue is that due to Trump...
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    Trump’s assault on Postal Service and voting is a plot against American democracy

    KalipsoRed21 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Southern Illinois. And social distancing and masks aren’t enough. Every business where I live only allows 25% capacity. How is everyone going to be able to vote while polling places are open with...
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    Trump’s assault on Postal Service and voting is a plot against American democracy

    KalipsoRed21 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Ha! That’s what I would say almost the same about Republicans. Science denying, dictator loving, conspiracy theorists who support ignorance as a way of life and domestic
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    Trump’s assault on Postal Service and voting is a plot against American democracy

    KalipsoRed21 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Costco and Walmart limits then people in the building. Due to decreased polling sites because of a lack of poll volunteers (because they are elderly and don’t want COVID) the lines will be hours...
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    Trump’s assault on Postal Service and voting is a plot against American democracy

    KalipsoRed21 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I’m proud to be an American and I want to work hard. Trump is ‘Hitler lite’. He has committed egregious crimes against our independence as a individuals...just because they couldn’t arrest him...
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    Trump’s assault on Postal Service and voting is a plot against American democracy

    KalipsoRed21 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    It says you are retired, so maybe you don’t remember droplet precautions or know that we are currently facing a pandemic? But that would be the two things wrong with FORCING people to vote in...
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    Trump’s assault on Postal Service and voting is a plot against American democracy

    KalipsoRed21 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Yes. Let’s quit wasting money on over bloated budgets like that of the military and use it to fix roads and maintain the postal
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    Trump’s assault on Postal Service and voting is a plot against American democracy

    KalipsoRed21 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Did you know that the USPS was a profitable government service until 2006 when Bush mandated that the USPS budget had to include 75 years of pension funding along with their normal operating budget?...
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    New grad......did I make a mistake?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to TaylorJ's topic in General Nursing

    Same here. It’s not that I don’t see where you are coming from, I just feel different about it. I feel the OP has more leverage than s/he thinks. Good luck to the OP for
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    New grad......did I make a mistake?

    KalipsoRed21 replied to TaylorJ's topic in General Nursing

    amoLucia- Yes the way I handle my employers has some risk to it, and I always have to be mindful that if I don’t get what is required from my employer then I will have to back up what I said. In...