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BrendaH84 BSN

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  1. White Pants That Pass a Tattoo Test?

    they have slips for pants, just like slips under a skirt. I bought some years ago for an unlined pair of wool pants I loved. you can buy them in beige ,white or black. too bad you can't wear colored pants. also tattoo makeup with powder over it, then...
  2. 30 Freaking Days Left give or take 10 days

    started reading this post having no idea what is was about. OK, WOW! CONGRATS, sounds like everyone who posted has great strength and perseverance. good for you! keep up the good work, I hope anyone with bitterness can wash it away with time, good th...
  3. Med-Surg IV Meds

    I too had this question on graduating, as I wanted to study more in depth on freq used meds, bcuz the more you know about something, the more confident you feel=less freaking out or emotional stress. no one ever really gave me any good answers, and d...
  4. HELP be a nurse or another career opportunity?

    well you can make that kind of money in commissioned positions. my husband works in a field where their sales people get 30,000.00 in commission, often times it's only twice a year they make such a great commision, but even so, his sales people make...
  5. HELP be a nurse or another career opportunity?

    to answer the original question: I bet it would have been so hard for me to pass the NCLEX if I had waited, because I may have forgotten a lot of stuff. for sure get you RN license, then work at other job, or nursing, or both :)
  6. maybe you could ask the nurse who did that "hey is there an instance when I should hold a med with no parameters, I like getting a few pointers from people who've been doing this awhile" you might get an answer like "Mrs Smith's been here two months,...
  7. met a girl in nursing school. friends ever since. I work in a hospital, she started in a Dr's office, then she transferred to their surgery center when she obtained her BSN. she is supposed to be 7:30 -3:30 PM, 5 days a week. in a nice clean sterile...
  8. AdventHealth University (AHU) MSN-FNP

    https://www.ED.gov/accreditation for all school lookup https://ope.ED.gov/dapip/#/institution-profile/109396 for adventhealth
  9. AdventHealth new employee Tele quiz?

    I phone interviewed with a manager for a med/surg tele position at AdventHealth, she said we'd have onboarding classes etc and for Tele floor we'd take a Telemetry quiz. My last job the charge nurse was given the tele strips,she marked them & put...
  10. Advent Health Contract

    you can always get a loan for 5000.00 from a bank.
  11. HCA StaRN contract

    I worked for a long time at HCA, I love bedside nursing, but when we started getting 6 or SEVEN very sick patients, plus that slow charting system, I gave 2.5 weeks notice and left. I dont care if I can't work at HCA again. Other hospitals will give ...
  12. transplant coordinator! ?
  13. Want to Travel Nurse, don't know where to start

    What is a GAO website?
  14. Best private health insurance for travel nurses

    What is a subsidized paycheck deduction? I am paying for Cobra right now as I left my Hospital job and I am considering travel nursing
  15. I live in Florida right across the road from a hospice / empath health Building. I have walked in there to check it out , it is a beautiful inpatient place with private rooms for hospice patients. I know nothing about being a hospice nurse except on ...
  16. Med/surg to Inpatient hospice empath health job

    why do admissions take so long? Ive been used to hospital admits. family history, pt history,meds, and physical assessment
  17. ICU Nurse Fired For Refusing 3rd Patient

    That's great. How do you know that?
  18. Med/surg to Inpatient hospice empath health job

    I had the interview today for one of the hospice care centers . They told me the software was really slow (i asked) She said it takes more than an hour to key in an admission. It is salary , i might end up working an awful lot and never make overtim...
  19. Med/surg to Inpatient hospice empath health job

    I am talking about an inpatient facility. I did apply and they called me back, I just left a voicemail that yes I'd still like an interview. But I do still worry about whether I would like it versus working in the hospital.
  20. ICU Nurse Fired For Refusing 3rd Patient

    My cousin is a tech at HCA, he said there are 21 beds in his unit and most of the time there is only one Tech . they do not have unit secretaries, & charge nurses do not take patients. They are supposed to roam around and help but they are often...
  21. Your most bonehead moment in nursing. Or 2. Or 3.

    Emptied a foley n forgot to clip it. So the floor was covered in urine the next time I went back in the room
  22. I quit during orientation.

    Yes i did it too. but luckily for me right before I went to the other job I went to PRN at my current job so I never ended up quitting my original job. No one was the wiser and I never told anyone about it
  23. LewisGale HCA vs Carilion in the Roanoke area

    By the way, A clinical ladder (just my thoughts) is stressful. You need to reach goals, teach in-service type stuff, & you'll get nagged to get extra certifications. If you thrive on that kind of thing that will work out. I for one feel like I kn...
  24. LewisGale HCA vs Carilion in the Roanoke area

    I didnt mean to so much insult Lewisgale but more as to make my point about which one was better all around. Did you ever end up moving there and did you ever end up applying anywhere or are you taking a bit of time off?
  25. LewisGale HCA vs Carilion in the Roanoke area

    Working for Carilion it's like working at the International Space Station, the other two places would be like working in a coal mine. Carilion is 100% modern and they invest money in Technology like they have the best and expensive emr system Epic Et...