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Ok, I have just 3 Fridays left to work, 2 weekends and a total of 24 days until I am retired. My wife and I are buying a house in Nicaragua to be near her family when it isn't warm here (Wisconsin). I plan to spend the first 6 months cleaning and o...

There's some strange mentality in Nursing that says we have to abuse our newbies. I have observed this for the 40 years I've been in Nursing. And I'll admit that I've probably done some of it too, but I think mine was more in the form of a friendly...

Wisconsin is also one of the compact states. My license says multistate not Wisconsin. The understanding is that if I were to move to, say Texas, I would practice on this license until time to renew then renew in Texas. There's a total of 20 or 21...

I agree with "Doc" Viking. I started my nursing career 40 years ago as a HM (8404) and ended up retiring from the USAR as a nurse. The best nurses in the world are serving in our military, of course I'm prejudiced but I don't care. Besides, do you...

BKLPN: YOU have the hardest job in the military, a military wife. You, and the other military spouses, are real heroes. I admire you for what you're doing. I know whereof I talk, because MY wife got to stay home while I went to the first Gulf war...

1) Do you do any sort of evaluation on those nurses you precept, even if it's just a note to the supervisor? 2) I think that you should take the attitude with the new employee that YOU are there to help HER, not management. Do you have a union wher...

Okay, there are a LOT of negative threads on this site, but I bet if you were to go on a site dedicated to plumbers, or auto mechanics, or whatever you'd find the same amount of negativity (as a percentage) posted. I'm not a new nurse, as a matter o...

First, you need to learn there is no such thing as a silly (or dumb) question. The only way a question could be dumb would be if EVERYONE knew the answer. Second, you need to trust your boyfriend (unless he wants you to do something your daddy says...

As long as the school is accredited, should not be a problem. Most states don't care where you went to school, just how well you do on the boards.

$4.44 per hour in 1975, that equates to $16.64 in today's dollars. My brother in law was making (starting salary) $5.55 at the same time. His job? Working as a mechanic at a newspaper. The best part is I only have 160 working days left and then I'...

Well, I am a RN with 35 years of experience and I agree. You have to take a break and take care of yourself. I have been a supervisor and I always insisted on my Nurses taking their breaks. If your coworkers won't cover for you, call your supervis...

Well the article is right. I would like to work a job that gives me every weekend off and no evenings/nights/holidays. But I'm not going to cut my pay by close to 50% to do it.

Okay, I'm an oooooold guy, 60 this year. IMHO calling a patient honey or sweetie when they are over 5 years old and don't live with you is demeaning. I can't remember names either, I've been in mental health nursing since 1970 and have learned to f...

Okay, I'm going to show my age here. When I graduated with my BSN, business students expected their salary to match their age by the time they were 30. My salary matched my age 2 years ago for the first time. As I said earlier, you will never get ...

Depends on which part of the country you're in. Nurses in Wisconsin start about $25/hour, but most of the nurses I know work a 40 hour week, not a 36 hour week. This means they start at about 52K per annum. Of course then there are the add ons, we...

I'm going to agree with the majority and disagree with Ruby Vee. I've worked in mental health for the past 14 years consecutively and off and on for the 17years prior to that. One of the hardest things to teach new employees (Nurses, CNAs, Social W...

I just checked for Wisconsin, not just my name but others below mine on the list. The only thing listed is the name, city and zipcode. Since both my wife and I work in a mental health setting, only our names are listed in the phone book and every s...

Interesting that they had call light buttons in the 1700's, which was before electricity was harnessed for every day use. Also that was prior to Florence starting our wonderful profession. And the patients must have been very strong to take 45 minu...

Having spent a day or 2 in the military, I have no problem with southern accents. As has been pointed out by others though is the problem some people will have understanding you. As you may know, the only people in this country that don't have acce...

Quick reply: VietNam. I was a medic in RVN and after I got out of the service, I became a RN.

I learned more about charting in one day in court than all the inservices I have ever attended. Some important facts: Lawyers like to photocopy pages, so make sure the patients name and/or hospital number are on every page you write on. Be clear in...

I don't remember how many in my class washed out after prelim classes. I was one of 140, one of whom I know has retired. (not me:crying2: ) I plan to retire in about 3 years. This is an interesting idea and I wonder if anyone else has pursued it a...

I have worked mental health for the past 30 years, what the heck is a Baker Act? Where I work, we are smoke free, the most he would have gotten is a nicotine gum. Perhaps you need to encourage your workplace to go smokefree. And if you're concerne...

Well Madam Lurksalot, I happen to agree with you. Now people who have a hard time spelling can still make themselves understood, but what really irks me (in capital letters) are the people who apparently have never learned basic English and apparent...