Alisonisayoshi LVN

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    CNA Application

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Skowonski101's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Nope, wouldn't call back a
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    12/5: What I've learned this week - No, I don't have "just a second" to help you

    Alisonisayoshi replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's a company/unit culture thing. The facility I started in welcoming to me as a new grad. They treated me with respect and dignity, corrected me, taught me new things, and all around...
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    12/5: What I've learned this week - No, I don't have "just a second" to help you

    Alisonisayoshi replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure this is actually true not just a bias against LTC nurses. Get mutiple
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    What's your side job?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to thejetsetnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was full time SNF, but now I'm full time at a specialty office, 1 day a week at the SNF
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    12/5: What I've learned this week - No, I don't have "just a second" to help you

    Alisonisayoshi replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned something else tonight on shift. I learned that 6 months into being an LVN, I'm actually becoming comfortable as a nurse. When residents ask me questions I answer them with confidence....
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    12/5: What I've learned this week - No, I don't have "just a second" to help you

    Alisonisayoshi replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    My plaid pants and docs and oh so tragically goth self never fit in with the
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    12/5: What I've learned this week - No, I don't have "just a second" to help you

    Alisonisayoshi replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Flute as
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    12/5: What I've learned this week - No, I don't have "just a second" to help you

    Alisonisayoshi replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    That's a
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    where do you learn blood draws

    Alisonisayoshi replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    I learned in a certification course after
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    12/5: What I've learned this week - No, I don't have "just a second" to help you

    Alisonisayoshi replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    So what I learned was basic and silly, and I really should have known, but I got all the way through nursing school, NCLEX-PN, and my first 6 months as a nurse without knowing so here it is: It is...
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    going from hospital to LTC--am i crazy?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to irishlynn5's topic in General Nursing

    I work side by side with my RN coworkers. They do a similar job to me. The differences between my LVN job, and the non management RN job is: they do intial assessment on new admits, flush all PICC...
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    fall questions

    Alisonisayoshi replied to nikita12's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care if the doctor is rude to me for doing my job by asking him to do his. It's not on me that he took a job as a facility doctor. That's his problem, my problem is my fallen
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    fall questions

    Alisonisayoshi replied to nikita12's topic in General Nursing

    I say "hi Dr so and so, resident xyz fell at 2200 (or whatever) unwittnessed. Vitals WNL no s/s of acute injury, ROM intact in all extremities, neuro checks in place, all WNL or to baseline for...
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    California Jobs... I'm giving up!

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Nevada_RN's topic in California Nursing

    Try Clearlake Ca, it's a 2 hour drive from Sacramento, but they always hire because it's in the middle of nowhere. It's an Adventist Health hospital. Small, critical access, but a job is a
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    Clinical rotation age discrimination

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Greekgirl123's topic in General Students

    I kind of wonder if you weren't the one with an age issue here. I'm in my late 30s, have a chronic illnes, and run marathons. My mom will be 60 this year, she runs them with me. The speed at which...
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    Upcoming interview in LTC; What to expect?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to BirdieBird's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Mine consisted of "what day can you
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    Advice needed, trying to stay per diem

    Alisonisayoshi posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I was presented with an amazing opportunity a little over three months into my first real nursing job. I want to take the opportunity very badly (better benefits, hospital job, cool specialty area),...
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    Advice needed, trying to stay per diem

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Alisonisayoshi's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you so much. Especially for the advice on the written offer. What you've said actually sounds rather perfect. And yes, they'd fire me tomorrow if I messed up. I hadn't thought of
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    11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    Alisonisayoshi replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    It's actually a grey Jessica Simpson quilted purse/tote with 3 divided sections and pockets on the inside, sooooo much better than trying to use my purse or a book bag
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    11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    Alisonisayoshi replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and that a good nursing tote bag is invaluable to me. Finally broke down and bought one and I see why everyone I work with has
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    11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    Alisonisayoshi replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    If a pt is yelling at me to go f myself about his meds, on my re approach I should stand kinda far back, especially if he's been combative in the past. Getting hit for trying to help isn't fun or...
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    Nonskilled home care issues.....

    Alisonisayoshi replied to sjbmrn's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    So it's both about pay and about incentive to work. Build incentives. When hiring/recruiting advertise yourself as willing to work around nursing school schedules, child care schedules, and the...
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    Why don't nurses bond?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to bellcollector's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Here is how many mornings after a graveyard shift in my former career I spent watching that show, I instantly remembered that episode, that conversation, and how sad I was for Mark much of that...
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    What's wrong with my patient?

    Alisonisayoshi replied to Pseudonym's topic in General Students

    As much as I'd love to complete your homework for you... I did a lot of my own in nursing school so I'm just plain tuckered
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    Never Give Up -- My Story

    Alisonisayoshi replied to MrMango's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I got into nursing to do diabetes education. That is all I wanted to do. There are several routes to be a diabetes educator. Nursing costs the least to achieve with the largest paycheck at the end....