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  1. Why do hospitals hire travellers?

    mlbluvr replied to mlbluvr's topic in Travel

    Next, why do hospitals have permanent staff at all? Control, and continuity of a good healthcare culture is the answer. Even when local registry is available, travelers with a contract provide much...

  2. DOH survey

    mlbluvr replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Every day as MDS nurse, I've always made it my habit to collect and make copies of the daily IRs to put into my personal 'stash'. Why? So I'd always have a documented reason to either prove or...

  3. DOH survey

    mlbluvr replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Only on so many

  4. skin graft

    mlbluvr replied to NC29mom's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Your patient is terminal (hospice), but is in pain with a maybe infected wound, and you're wanting to use expensive, curative-aimed (and possibly uncomfortable) rather than palliative-aimed treatments...

  5. Nursing Job Satisfaction

    mlbluvr replied to tangel's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'll offer to the OP that nursing is female dominated, therefore will always remain second class, even if nurses in general didn't attack themselves, and also their patients, as in this poster- one...

  6. Bad Job Market? Be a NURSE! (Insert eye roll here)

    mlbluvr replied to BloomNurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Check the post in Travel Nursing ('Why do hospitals use travel nurses'), and you'll be as amazed as I am to find out that the nursing shortage IS real. Sometimes you just have to wonder what news is...

  7. Why do hospitals hire travellers?

    mlbluvr replied to mlbluvr's topic in Travel

    True enough, though- but why use not a local agency, unless it IS that the locals know the place suks, and won't go there, and travellers don't have the inside scoop on what places might suk? I'm...

  8. Why do hospitals hire travellers?

    mlbluvr replied to mlbluvr's topic in Travel

    I mentioned having a pool in my post- that would give them nurses on call for whatever the reason. Isn't the the nature of a pool of nurses? But thanks for the other information (the small cost of...

  9. Why do hospitals hire travellers?

    mlbluvr replied to mlbluvr's topic in Travel

    I would never have guessed that as a reason,

  10. Odd questions about job postings, etc.

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

    Interesting. And I just came upon another list of job postings, with a 'close until' date of the year 2020? On the face of that it would appear they don't expect many applicants any time

  11. Cursed at a patient-fired

    mlbluvr replied to sle9403RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I never cussed until I learned HOW to in 3rd grade, Catholic school. I was hooked right away. Ever since, I've never stopped. Unless it could cost me a job, say- or a nursing

  12. They act weird when their blood sugar is out of balance

    mlbluvr replied to Alnitak7's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    That's the beauty of diabetes- no two sufferers act alike when either crashing or their sugars are sky high. The beauty is that it keeps you on your toes, and increases your assessment skills, since...

  13. What happens to nursing students who fail out of the program?

    mlbluvr replied to EmilyEmily's topic in General Students

    My VN school started with 52 people, 26 graduated- all the others were kicked out for mostly minor infractions, like being tardy one time too many. And even if they were kicked out 3/4 of the way...

  14. Mileage reimbursement

    mlbluvr replied to QTNurseBSN's topic in Home Health

    The 'actual' cost to drive a vehicle is probably closer to $3 or $4 per mile. Gas, insurance, wear and tear, depreciation, oil changes, tires, tolls, tickets and citations, and so

  15. Cursed at a patient-fired

    mlbluvr replied to sle9403RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You're lucky they fired you, and that you weren't charged with assault ('to do something to make someone fear being injured'). You got off easy. If you had been charged with assault, the people...

  16. Corizon

    mlbluvr replied to miteacher's topic in Correctional

    UH-OH! I was just sent another link, to CA state prison system healthcare. I opened it. I almost fell off my chair. LVN starting pay at Folsom is up to $4300/month, with $4000 in bonuses during the...

  17. And the hits just keep on coming!!

    mlbluvr replied to RainMom's topic in General Nursing

    "Sometimes it's roses, sometimes it's weeds, sometime it's a b****, sometimes it's a BREEZE". -Stevie

  18. Corrections and background checks

    mlbluvr replied to Nursespace's topic in Correctional

    Some states don't allow a credit check for any job. Some don't allow it except for certain jobs. Some don't allow a credit report to influence hiring, even if a credit check IS allowed. Some states...

  19. EC and loan deferments

    mlbluvr replied to bmcnurse843's topic in Excelsior College

    Even if EC participation doesn't qualify you, if you are unemployed you can defer certain federal loans up to 3 years. If you are employed and have certain federal loans, you might qualify for income...

  20. Advice for a New RNAC?

    mlbluvr replied to Terse's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    With all that stuff going on even a seasoned MDS pro would likely not be able to function, much less a newbie. The whole SNF is somehow involved with the MDS process, and if the whole SNF is in a...

  21. High Cost Medications

    mlbluvr replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Begins with "C", 4 letters? SHIRT?? Forgot to insert that if the patient was already living LTR in the SNF, and she was wanted back (because she's a 'peach'), then she wouldn't be costed out even if...

  22. Advice for a New RNAC?

    mlbluvr replied to Terse's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    'RNAC' really doesn't mean anything, really, unless you get that title from some online MDS 'certification' program, which I assumed you had- else you'd refer to yourself as 'MDS Coordinator', which...

  23. High Cost Medications

    mlbluvr replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    My experience, the average was $45/day, up to maybe $60 (with corporate- level OK) with IV meds (if the IV supplies are obtained through central supply, versus the pharmacy), based on projected RUG...

  24. Circumcision

    mlbluvr replied to TexRN's topic in General Students

    Yes, you do have that right to refuse to participate in anything you don't wanna do- by not enrolling in nursing school, and or by dropping out when you don't wanna do what they tell you to do, sure...

  25. High Cost Medications

    mlbluvr replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    As I sit here shaking my head as in "Come AGAIN?", I just recalled a quote from W.C. Fields: "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull."