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    Depressed night shift worker

    SuzieVN replied to LithEruiel's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Yikes. I feel like I've just been slapped in the face, and it's not even MY post. Other than that, twelve hour night shifts are hell. About 0100, I started to get dizzy, weak, and wanted to just die,...
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    Why do I feel like an outsider?

    SuzieVN replied to GGirll22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you are in CA, I've heard talk of the 'Filipino Mafia', that rules several nursing markets in LA and SF areas- and that if you are not Filipino, you will forever be an
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    Home Health-The good, The bad, and I'm getting out.

    SuzieVN replied to lsvalliant's topic in Home Health

    Interesting. I see that CMS has determined that 10% of Medicaid $ has been switched from LTC to HCBS, also, meaning there is a push to get them out of nursing homes to save money. With 10,000 people...
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    Can I get fired from signing the MARS a night before my next shift

    SuzieVN replied to pinkdustmagic28's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    "You are your own god". -The
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    Home Health-The good, The bad, and I'm getting out.

    SuzieVN replied to lsvalliant's topic in Home Health

    Timely post. I've been researching why there appears to be an explosion in home health- and who pays for it. Turns out that it is from pressure from CMS to reduce LTC costs (I found this via online...
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    nurses who bully nurses...what?!

    SuzieVN replied to lkulmann's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why do nurses attack nurses. Hmm. Where to begin? -Envy. -Dysfunction at home. -An insecure nurse, or an incompetent (and unwilling to better herself) nurse, will naturally attack others unlike her....
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    OMG Say it correctly!

    SuzieVN replied to seanynjboy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My mom took metprolal for her essential
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    OMG Say it correctly!

    SuzieVN replied to seanynjboy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Orientated". I got 'orientated' to my job today. Mrs. Smith is alert and 'orientated'. .
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    One huge reason I want to be a nurse

    SuzieVN replied to mrnightinggale's topic in General Nursing

    Since that video is nothing but propaganda, it's offensive. It may as well been the 'happy children' in Nazi Germany doing their dance recitals. Nurses in America are being increasingly down-paid,...
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    Can I get fired from signing the MARS a night before my next shift

    SuzieVN replied to pinkdustmagic28's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    OP: Don't think, based on your reviews in here, BTW- that you're the only nurse that has screwed up. I've been suspended, fired, written up, etc. It happens to everyone, with and without cause. I hope...
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    Is legal to replace medication drawn up in a syringe back in the multi-vial

    SuzieVN replied to mdavisRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Would you give an injection, knowing that not only did another nurse draw up a med, that you didn't witness, but also from a syringe that had been left in laying around, overnight? Was it labeled, and...
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    Can I get fired from signing the MARS a night before my next shift

    SuzieVN replied to pinkdustmagic28's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    And any nurse that has ever worked LTC also knows that it is a reality that there is always another nurse in that place, either before your shift, or after your shift, or wants your schedule, or wants...
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    Can I get fired from signing the MARS a night before my next shift

    SuzieVN replied to pinkdustmagic28's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    With my next job, I'm going to first see who of my patients are on BP meds, and get them their meds first. And of course prioritize other patients as well. It is a great idea, that before that prior...
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    Can I get fired from signing the MARS a night before my next shift

    SuzieVN replied to pinkdustmagic28's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    A union has nothing to say about a nurse that falsified documentation. What were you thinking, though- where did you get the idea to do that? Did you think "What if I'm in an accident, and can't go to...
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    What really happens to applications submitted online?

    SuzieVN posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Are there any managers here who post online ads for nurses, requesting resumes and etc.? If yes, are most of the ads bona fide, or are most of the ads just placed at random, to feel out the labor...
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    What really happens to applications submitted online?

    SuzieVN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thanks for the info, peeps. I suspected the replies would be this varied. I do know for a fact that agencies that advertise for home health rarely have any work for new employees (after the first...
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    Nurses Who Smoke Marijuana

    SuzieVN replied to NenaRK's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yes, you may be deemed not impaired via FST, etc. even if your blood shows THC, or other stuff- but you will be arrested, anyway- for being in possession of a controlled substance. Nursing wise,...
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    Nurses Who Smoke Marijuana

    SuzieVN replied to NenaRK's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Enlightened view, you have. But as far as marijuana being hard to detect? A simple blood test, for one (whether pulled over, or ordered to drop a sample on the job, etc.). For another- there are...
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    Male catheters

    SuzieVN replied to libran1984's topic in Men in Nursing

    Does a male OB/GYN ask a female partner to do his GYN exams? Again, the double standard for
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    What would YOU do?

    SuzieVN posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'll speak 'hypothetically'. A speech therapist leaves the bathroom, as you are heading in. Then she goes straight into the dining room, sits down at a table, opens a woman's milk carton, then begins...
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    Regarding a job post on Craigslist for an LVN position..

    SuzieVN replied to flowergrl's topic in Nursing Career

    I saw an ad today ON CL for an LVN, $12.50, raise possible in six months, 'busy derm clinic'. My first LVN job paid $5.52/hour, 1987. That was good money. My last paid $26.50/hr. Now, in just a few...
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    New nurse/night shift/stress?!!

    SuzieVN replied to lauriepat's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I worked nights for years. When I stopped, I realized how sick I had been for all those years. I never slept more than 3 hours at a time, never got REM sleep, even on days off, even on vacation. It...
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    My phone keeps going off at work...

    SuzieVN replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Is that a HIPPA
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    What would YOU do?

    SuzieVN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, she used the toilet, I won't give you the details of how I know that. But she is a she. Anyway- I was just thinking of some of the grossest things I've experienced in LTC. This pales in comparison...
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    What really happens to applications submitted online?

    SuzieVN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Except- I'm moving to another