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  1. Need advice on how to deal with schedule issue with nurse manager. ASAP!

    mvm2 replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    Just sit down with her and tell her what your understanding of weekend hours are suppose to be and that you were not under any type of impression you were working ever Sunday. I would not bring up...

  2. days off- a rant

    mvm2 replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    Try saying no sometimes working in home care. Especially the no call no shows where there was suppose to be someone at the clients home a half an hour ago and the person that is suppose to be there...

  3. What nursing task do you loathe???

    mvm2 replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    Pressure ulcers. They don't gross me out but I hate to see people in pain while I'm having to clean them. Also hate hoyer lifting my quad client. Mainly because I am on my own. So hard to do. I pray...

  4. Should I take the position: inpatient rehabilitation?

    mvm2 replied to sunkissed95's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Well there are not too many CNA jobs that are not physically demanding. I personally would just take the job. Hospital CNA jobs are not always easy to come by. Many people are lined up for these...

  5. Need help resigning!

    mvm2 replied to Hoppsalot's topic in General Nursing

    Well you sure got yourself in a pickle there. One of those open mouth insert foot deals. You can quit of course but you may have to deal with some consequences for doing this. You might not just be...

  6. My very first job ever is being a CNA... help please!!!

    mvm2 replied to TheAwkwardOne's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    On call usually means they will call you if they need a shift to be filled. Sometimes they might call you within only a few hours of needing you because someone called in sick or something. Or if they...

  7. foreign educated RN wants a job in northern CA

    mvm2 replied to katy1234's topic in General Nursing

    When it comes to Cali. You are not alone in your fight to find a job. Your foreign nursing status is not what is the biggest problem in why you can not find an acute job. many others in your postion...

  8. NYC Agency Contract.... Egregious?

    mvm2 replied to tcjohnson2010's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with PP on the overtime. At our agency you are considered full time if you work 35 hrs a week, but overtime pay is not started until after

  9. keep my day shift on a floor i dont have a real intrest in or go to nights on my dream fl?

    mvm2 replied to nurse-samie's topic in General Nursing

    It would depend on how career driven you are. I know that PEDs is your dream position, but if you plan on having a family and only occasionally work then I'd stay on days and forget working nights if...

  10. I Cheated?

    mvm2 replied to tylay's topic in General Nursing

    We will see how far she gets. Perhaps she will fail nursing school since she obviously did not know what she needed to know to even qualify being in nursing school. Or perhaps the NCLEX will be her...

  11. when you know the diagnosis is wrong

    mvm2 replied to mvm2's topic in General Nursing

    Wow thank I figured if it was called gall stones it was produced in the

  12. when you know the diagnosis is wrong

    mvm2 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have any of you had a situation when you knew 100% that the diagnosis you were given was wrong? My mom was complaining of pain in her back last week thought it was a kidney or bladder infection drank...

  13. home health CNA

    mvm2 replied to jarae's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm sorry Savannah that you had such a bad experience in home health. Proves every agency definetly can be different to work for. My agency did give me a $0.50 raise more once I was a CNA. The cases...

  14. Brand new CNA and drowning

    mvm2 replied to Monkeyruler164's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Sometimes you dont always get the trainer you would desire but you just have to do your best and learn what you can from them. Maybe your next trainer will be a lot better. I will say I am surprised...

  15. CNA job advice (couldn't pick right forum)

    mvm2 replied to Lyrii's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    What kind of jobs are you looking at. Are you only looking at hospital jobs? I know many nurses have to deal with this but I have not heard many places needing a years experiance before working for...

  16. I Hate People (my rant)

    mvm2 replied to AlyaMF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hey you don't have to deal with us annoying living people and you like working with the human

  17. I Hate People (my rant)

    mvm2 replied to AlyaMF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ahh I again say being a mortician would be perfect for you. We are all dead and you get to play with out body parts till your heart is

  18. I Hate People (my rant)

    mvm2 replied to AlyaMF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe you should get a job working in a morgue. You don't have to work with the living, and I'd say it is probably a nice quiet job you can be by

  19. Nursing Shortage: Yea or Nay?

    mvm2 replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    Well either this women's son will get lucky and get that job right after college or he won't. Its hard really to talk about this because for every new nurse looking for that first job it is a unique...

  20. home health CNA

    mvm2 replied to jarae's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    For the most part I would say it does not get too advanced when it comes to medical knowledge except when you might have a client who is a quad, or someone with a lot of medical needs. But you do get...

  21. less than 2 week notice for these reasons

    mvm2 replied to tinybbynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry well count the days like a kid counting down till Christmas

  22. Incoming shift running late!

    mvm2 replied to RN_EMT's topic in General Nursing

    Yes you do it to me one time OK.... but to it again I'm taking overtime. I tell them so that they know I'm taking the 20 minutes and they have to subtract it from their time card. Then i call the...

  23. Do you get sick a lot working in the hospital

    mvm2 replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you for the most part. My sister in law worked for many years in ICU and hardley ever got sick. But I have to think what about the poor nurses that work in ER who has 4 people in one...

  24. I will not defend nurses anymore

    mvm2 replied to lost soul's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I as well was wondering why your wife simply did not explain her situation to the nurse before she gave her the insulin. She could have simply said that reading is a normal reading for me and I...

  25. Anyone dealt with burning out as a Tech?

    mvm2 replied to WCSU1987's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Sweetie believe me I know that guilty feeling for not picking up shifts. Its a struggle for me as well. But you need to look out for yourself... if you always take shifts your place of employment will...