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  1. Army Reserve Medical Unit in NYC Area

    I think the best way to find out is to contact a recruiter in
  2. Honors BSN unable to find job. Can the college be sued?

    This is the most unreasonable lawsuit I have ever heard of. I think you are wrong, wrong,
  3. Code Brown

    Amazing, first of all that no one seems to want to type incontinent of stool. Where did that silly phraze come from? Must be my old age...lol I can't understand why an educated person in nursing would...
  4. Pinched Sciatic Nerve

    Per the TOS we can't give medical advise on AllNurses. Please see your
  5. Great article re: death and dying

    Link to article:
  6. Paramedic to RN

    https://www.excelsior.edu/
  7. Does your day shift have food days?

    My goodness, lol , a chicken foot? Laughing so hard
  8. I am an American.

    His request is totally unacceptable, and the Nurse Manager should have told him so. This is the United States of America. If this request from her/him continues, I would report the NM to my...
  9. Summer lull?

    "I got called off for an entire 12 last Saturday -- wacky, that never happens." You must have been happy to have an extra summer saturday off!
  10. Will long term care insurance pay family members?

    Insurance policies do not usually pay relatives to provide care. In my homecare experience, some mothers went to nursing school thinking that they would be paid for caring for their own children, but...
  11. Attention private duty nurses

    My friends that do private duty on their own just keep a notebook, where they write down notes to keep a record of the patients day. They keep a seperate notebook for every patient. All you submit,...
  12. Attention private duty nurses

    Just wanted to clarify something that you may be confused about. I work for an agency in NY State. We were all required to obtain an NPI number, but that is not the same as obtaining your provider...
  13. And if we catch you smoking you'll be charge $25

    You need to read George Orwell's book, 1984. Big brother is watching you. What a bunch of nonsence,wonder how many selfrighteous nonsmokers are overweight? Everyone just keeps taking all this...
  14. Did Nursing Supervisor do the right thing?

    How does this brilliant mind propose you write a yearly assessment of this patient for that year when you did not have him/her as a patient? Stupid supervisor had better "track this person down"....
  15. Would I be a terrible person if . . . ?

    Dear Sweet Ruby, I wish for the best for your mom, meaning whatever God's plan is for her. I know this poem below is usually reserved for funeral's, but as I read your post, it came to mind., so I...
  16. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    Yes
  17. CPR in LTC

    "The issue of compressions vs. rescue breaths is more for lay people, not healthcare professionals. " Exactly what I was taught 3 weeks ago when I recertified. I made a point in my course to ask about...
  18. Crushed Future LPN

    My favorite response to stupid questions come from Ann Landers. She said when someone asks you a stupid question, look them in the eye, and say, "Why would you ask that?" About 10 years ago, when my...
  19. Are LPN's being Phased Out?

    Sorry if I came across as harsh. The point of my statement was that I get very frustrated with people who don't have a clue, saying LPN"S are being phazed out. I've been an LPN for 30 years and it...
  20. Are LPN's being Phased Out?

    The answer to your question is NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! 30 years now I've been hearing this, and for 30 years I've always had a job. In my area lots of LPN's work in hospitals. So tired of this question...
  21. Can anyone tell me?

    Why don't you ask her
  22. scared i'm going to lose my license..

    WOW, I think I step back and really weigh the pros? or cons of keeping this job. It sounds like a disaster to me. How long has the other nurse worked there? Does the LVN, know the ropes there? You as...
  23. I'm back after a long time!

    I have seen some of the posts on this board, I have no problem seeing this happen with everyone's "ME", attitude. Just the other day, I saw part of a response from another poster, and it said," watch...
  24. signing bonus

    They are starting to show up in job ads around our area again. $1500-$3000 I think. Lots of jobs
  25. How does one write up LVN ?

    I can see that my initial thoughts on this situation are true. For some reason you felt the LPN should be doing your work for you. All I can say is