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salvadordolly

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  1. Particular type of breast cancer - research paper

    salvadordolly replied to OwlieO.O's topic in Oncology

    Inflammatory breast cancer doesn't show up on mammogram and is a rare type. Usually not much can be done for it by the time they find

  2. Nursing Managers- How did you get there?

    salvadordolly replied to ICUSkeenRN's topic in Nurse Management

    I just kept getting promoted to management positions everywhere I worked, except one. I am a DON now and got promoted from case manager in home health. If people see this potential in you, it will...

  3. Supplies in bag and Car

    salvadordolly replied to smlentzrn's topic in Home Health

    If I kept supplies in my car, and I have, my kids just play with them and tear everything up! At my agency, we found it too expensive to do that because a lot of the supplies were never used and just...

  4. Dreaming About Work

    salvadordolly replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    when i was a new grad, i had a recurring dream that my manager kept accusing me of not graduating from nursing school or having a lisence. she was so angry, she and the other nurses tore my scrubs...

  5. Male Nurse asks - Is there a job for me after Disability?

    salvadordolly replied to royr's topic in Men in Nursing

    Have you tried home health agencies? Very minimal physical

  6. new grad in homecare

    salvadordolly replied to roseonye's topic in Home Health

    + just hired a new grad at my agency. We plan to put her through 2 month of orientation. She had a few days in the office with me, and then she will ride around with a nurse on her visits for the...

  7. the way I vew things or the way healthcare has become??

    salvadordolly replied to blugreeneyez's topic in General Nursing

    They didn't pursue it with the BON, so it shouldn't be in any databases. If they reported it to the BON, that's when things would get sticky. You were so smart to go to your own doc and have another...

  8. Untrue formal complaint filed with state

    salvadordolly replied to mixanplay2013's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This happened to me once too. I was sooo angry. The DON there was getting canned for bad surveys and she decided to make everyone else's life miserable too. She said I left early with no nurse to...

  9. "Fee Basis" Exemption for Home Health Nurses

    salvadordolly replied to sweetsugar's topic in Home Health

    I have worked where I was paid by the hour and they switched to per visit. I really didn't notice any difference in my pay

  10. Misuse of insulin pens and patient safety

    salvadordolly replied to PACURN1956's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    All I can say is HOLY CRAP! With nurses like that, I'd be really scared to be a

  11. OMG Say it correctly!

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

    Sonometer instead of centimeter!!Aargh, that's irritating. When I lived in Colorado, "I feel puny today" for "I don't feel well

  12. Letters of recommendation.

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

    My mom was out of nursing for 5 years and took a refresher class. She got a job through one of the clinicals she did in the refresher

  13. Bed bugs and contact precautions

    salvadordolly replied to Peeker19's topic in Infectious Disease

    http://www.infectionpreventiontools.com/tools-and-resources/doc_download/139-bed-bug-control-measuresfinal-7-10-9

  14. Career Advice - Too Young?

    salvadordolly replied to CaliGrl1204's topic in Case Management

    It sounds like you have a good opportunity. Take it! You have enough bedside nursing under your belt to help you in any job away from the bedside. I have a cubicle and business hours and have never...

  15. very confused about my hospice job- need advice

    salvadordolly replied to maybug's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    On-call twice a week is the most I've heard of. There are alot of people starting up hospices and home health companies that do not know what they are doing. I'd find out if they have even...

  16. Nights and weekends as neede

    salvadordolly replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    this is the standard every place I've worked. I was zombie doing rotation, so I just took a straight noc position, so I didn't have to rotate

  17. First nursing job in med-surg, not the right fit?

    salvadordolly replied to Krither's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It hurts me to see these kinds of posts. It really takes 6 months to a year to get your groove on the floor and a lot of employers are just not giving their new grads the time they need. It sounds...

  18. Pseudo Munchausen parents...

    salvadordolly replied to wooh's topic in Pediatric

    I recently gained some insight into these type of people. I have one as a neighbor. She is incredibly isolated and busy with her child. She has no time for anything for herself. When I see her, she...

  19. DON: Do you hire nurses with misdemeanors?

    salvadordolly replied to SuzieVN's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I have hired nurses with misdemeanors. Our company policy states we only bar those crimes which are assaults or harm to others. When we run the background check, we still ask for an explanation. It...

  20. Has this ever happened to you?

    salvadordolly replied to jchilds's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks for sharing. I needed the laughs! this happened to me once too in a patient's room. I squeezed my butt cheeks together so hard that it came out as a high pitched "pop" in which the patient...

  21. Nurses with Multiple Sclerosis

    salvadordolly replied to Pfiesty's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have CIDP, which is similar to MS, except that there is a lot of pain involved. INstead of being treated with Copaxone, my flares are treated with plasmapharesis. I had to leave the hospital after...

  22. Zero Credit for 3 Years of School and 13 years of Work

    salvadordolly replied to bosebare's topic in Nurse Registration

    i knew a nurse that came from Germany as well and she couldn't get her education accredited. she had to go back to school and get her LPN license (takes a

  23. how to start my own homemaker agency?

    salvadordolly replied to cymalice's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    You might want to look at your state health dept requirements for licensing. Here's a brief overview: Starting a Non-Medical Home Care Company in 10 Steps. Good

  24. Do I tell my manager?

    salvadordolly replied to NurseDirtyBird's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Do NOT tell anyone you work with. I know a nurse who did this and was basically blacklisted until she got a new job. Even HCP are still not that enlightened about these

  25. Resignation not going well. Advice?

    salvadordolly replied to imalilteapott's topic in General Nursing

    i agree with marshall 1. I've been in these situations and they're ugly. if the culture is what you say, they will try to burn you if you finish out your time. They will write you up for a million...