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    What really happens to applications submitted online?

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

    As I had expected. Smoke and mirrors. And nonsense. Just to keep ever more desperate unemployed people spinning their wheels,
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    Speedy med pass

    SuzieVN replied to sbostonRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've never found prepouring to save time, but it can get you in trouble. Other than the M&Ms, etc. I normally pass out with the other meds, I mean. I keep those in a prepoured
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    Speedy med pass

    SuzieVN replied to sbostonRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Second shift: Don't have to go to bed at night, don't have to get up in the morning. You have all day to work out, take care of personal business. And? The managers leaves at 5PM, so the pace is...
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    What is the correct title?

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

    Sexist, not P.C., and out of touch. Also, it's unprofessional, offensive, and improper- if a doctor cannot be addressed by first name, how can a nurse
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    RN needs work in VA w/ disciplinary action

    SuzieVN replied to tellmywhy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What do I
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    RN needs work in VA w/ disciplinary action

    SuzieVN replied to tellmywhy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You do not have an 'active unrestricted RN license'. You have a permanent, as in 'forever', encumbered license, and will be blackballed, forever. Your past will never be forgiven. Never. You must...
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    Speedy med pass

    SuzieVN replied to sbostonRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Round 2: How to save another SIX hours a day on a med pass in a LTC place: *During narcotic count- how many of those drugs have been expired for...years? Are the patients even still alive? How long...
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    What is the correct title?

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

    Here's a spoofy but poignant exemplar scenario, from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", that brings up the point the OP made...(If you haven't seen the film, this will be lost on you): "Hey, Louise- I...
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    What is the correct title?

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

    Why would a male nurse not want to be called "Nurse"? How can it be weird? This is bizarre. Anyway, Doctor- nurses are always clamoring to increase their professional stature, and status. I'll offer...
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    What really happens to applications submitted online?

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

    Sad commentary. I am more and more convinced that all of these sites post jobs that don't exist- just used to constantly try to find desperate nurses that require less and less pay, so then they can...
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    Speedy med pass

    SuzieVN replied to sbostonRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've never heard of so much staff, as listed by the original post. Am I hallucinating, that a 40 bed unit has 3-4 nurses, including two med/tx nurses? Aside from that, yes- some people are giftedly...
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    Nurses Who Smoke Marijuana

    SuzieVN replied to NenaRK's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It's been raising a few hackles, fer
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    What really happens to applications submitted online?

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

    Nice to know- but are the jobs posted actually
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    Nurses Who Smoke Marijuana

    SuzieVN replied to NenaRK's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Even if they made pot legal, at the federal level, next Monday? No BON will recognize that for 50 years, or maybe a thousand years? And even if the feds did that, made it legal you can still be...
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    ADN's being pushed out

    SuzieVN replied to MSN Student's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    That was in reply to HeatherMax, I left out her
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    ADN's being pushed out

    SuzieVN replied to MSN Student's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You must live under a rock, don't you know about the 'nursing shortage' the politicos keep screaming
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    ADN's being pushed out

    SuzieVN replied to MSN Student's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    And after that, the BSNs will all be required to get a doctorate, and then be $250,000 in debt. But by the time the downward wage pressure has gotten that far, an RN will be making $10 an hour. The...
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    Can I handle working/LPN school?

    SuzieVN replied to chacha82's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    The school I attended in the 19080's was ten months, M-F, 40 hours per week, with at least 10 more hours of homework. You could not get less than a "C" on any test or project, or bye-bye. You could...
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    new nurse in LTC questions

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

    P.S.: Don't fall into the trap of signing that you gave a med, but didn't, just because your place might have a policy that 'saying a med is not available is NEVER to be done'. Lots of nurses don't...
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    new nurse in LTC questions

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

    Tough situation, and it's common. What is the medication policy- for example, how are orders received, transcribed, sent to be filled? What are the time parameters- for example, there's usually a time...