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    The Disrespect Of Nurses

    uRNmyway replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think one of the problems with the lack of support might be satisfaction based reimbursement for services. If you know that getting paid for what you do depends on high satisfaction scores, then you...
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    Visa Screen Work permit/ Green card

    uRNmyway replied to Miru's topic in International Nursing

    I dont know where you are from, but if you are a citizen of either Mexico or Canada, the Trade NAFTA work status is also an option. You need the Visascreen certificate (some border crossing officers...
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    What to do when the Doctor wont call back??

    uRNmyway replied to sleepdeprived1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Where I used to work, we would call whoever was on call for that specialty for the night. Depending on the severity and urgency of the situation, I might page again 2-3 times, and like others have...
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    Need to vent...being volunteered by someone else to do overtime...WHAT?!

    uRNmyway posted a topic in General Nursing

    So for the second weekend in a row, the NM at the HH agency where I work basically volunteers MY services to do the early morning shift on Sundays. This is besides the fact that I already work M-F...
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    Need to vent...being volunteered by someone else to do overtime...WHAT?!

    uRNmyway replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    My contract doesnt say anything about changing my schedule. In fact, the job offer letter I got from them said 90% of my job would be direct patient care, 10% paperwork. Since Ive been there, its been...
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    Need to vent...being volunteered by someone else to do overtime...WHAT?!

    uRNmyway replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    No, I am not salaried. I have hourly wage. And I questioned the whole 'not getting paid for overtime' thing. They said that they just trade a day I work over the weekend for a day off later that I...
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    If a phlebotomist corrected you on order of draw, what would you do?

    uRNmyway replied to pyriticsilence's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ive personally always worked places where we did our own blood draws. There is soooo much more delegation of nursing tasks in the US than in Quebec. But yes, if the person who's job consists solely of...
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    Was I at fault? the nurse embarrassed me in front of others.

    uRNmyway replied to crunchytaco's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with other posters. If she noticed the bell going off for 10 minutes she could have A) Gone and dealt with it herself B) Gone to get you to let you know C) Ask someone else to go since you...
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    Hourly wage with "normal" hours (South)

    uRNmyway replied to oldeddieboy's topic in General Nursing

    Atlanta area, agency work pays between 28-33$/hour, or so I've been told. Home health where I work, lower than
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    Need to vent...being volunteered by someone else to do overtime...WHAT?!

    uRNmyway replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    I guess Ill just hold off unless they really start messing with me, or try to intimidate me any more than they are. But think about the media sensation if they tried to mess with me or threaten my...
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    Need to vent...being volunteered by someone else to do overtime...WHAT?!

    uRNmyway replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, Im seriously thinking about it. And the thing is, the office manager pulled the whole "You have a 2 year contract with us" when I told her the work was causing me so much stress (I am in the US...
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    Need to vent...being volunteered by someone else to do overtime...WHAT?!

    uRNmyway replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, because apparently my office work and my field work are different. So if I do 40 hours a week at the office then 24 hours over the weekend of field work, that does not qualify as overtime pay to...
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    Need to vent...being volunteered by someone else to do overtime...WHAT?!

    uRNmyway replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, it really is a matter of abuse. I drive 70 miles both ways to get to work every day. We had a HH patient who had 24h LPN care that ended today to be replaced with daily visit for IV ABX. So my...
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    Representing yourself to the public as a nurse when you are not a nurse

    uRNmyway replied to Penguin67's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You said that the things this person was doing were all things in the scope of a nursing assistant. Can I remind everyone that the things that are in the 'scope of practice' of a CNA are also in the...
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    Need to vent...being volunteered by someone else to do overtime...WHAT?!

    uRNmyway replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    Lol, so some say turn off the phone, dont answer. Some say, say no. Im seriously considering this 'pay me to be on call' thing
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    Need to vent...being volunteered by someone else to do overtime...WHAT?!

    uRNmyway replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    Well its not so much the point that they called to ask me. Its that my NM pretty much volunteered me to work for the second weekend in a row, without really asking if I wanted to. Last weekend she...
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    Need to vent...being volunteered by someone else to do overtime...WHAT?!

    uRNmyway replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks all for the advice. I did add my boss's number on my phone, so next weekend if they do it, I just wont answer. As to letting them know it wasnt appreciated, I did mention it to my boss...
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    Need to vent...being volunteered by someone else to do overtime...WHAT?!

    uRNmyway replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    I would love to think that it was about my nursing skills being valued. If only I knew that it wasn't just because they are completely stuck and none of the field staff can go. And since we are only 2...
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    Need to vent...being volunteered by someone else to do overtime...WHAT?!

    uRNmyway replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    I understand, but I see how many resumes for nurses come in the office, nurses desperate for work. I am kind of reluctant to blow them off when someone would give their first born child to get a job...
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    uRNmyway replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think the point is that people are up in arms about being forced to do ANYTHING. Its a slippery slope to a dictatorship at that point, IMO. As to healthcare being a right because it is part of our...
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    uRNmyway replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I completely agree. I work in HH too, in GA. I have spoken to accounting about this, and was told that we basically make pennies on the dollar in profit when we take Medicare/Medicaid cases. And I...
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    uRNmyway replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    But see, thats the thing. With healthcare for all, taxes will have to go up. So lets say, in Quebec, with a salary of around 85000$ working for an agency, I paid around 45% of my salary in income tax....
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    uRNmyway replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Have any of you seen the video about college students who went around a campus to try a social experiment where everyone would share grades. Ie If you got an A and your buddy got an F because he has...
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    uRNmyway replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Again, I said "in those days" it was more humane than it could have been. They could have eliminated them altogether, like most conquering people did. But yes, lets move
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    uRNmyway replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I might not think Romney is a great choice for president, but I don't think what he said was 'writing off' anyone. He was just saying there was no point in focusing his campaigning on those people...