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    First job offer has bad Google reviews.

    carolinapooh replied to Bratt88's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    People usually post when they're annoyed. Eight bad reviews? Take into account how many patients that practice likely
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    NP vs. PA, how is the military role different, and which is the better option?

    carolinapooh replied to Star_Couch's topic in Government, Military

    The US Army operates a Level 1 Trauma Center in San Antonio, Texas. USAF personnel and USA personnel are sent there; the USN is starting to utilize it as well as we move to a more joint environment....
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    HPSP 2016

    carolinapooh replied to mocapoca's topic in Government, Military

    It's not a scam. It's the way it's always worked. You owe them time for what they pay for. They're paying you more than you're paying them. Captain pay for three years, plus BAH and BAS, plus two...
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    OR Air Force nursing

    carolinapooh replied to tdunlap913's topic in Government, Military

    Pet peeve (said the Air Force nurse) - it's CORPS, with an "s"... :) When you get selected (and yes, we need you desperately - they've been trying to get me to cross over for the last three years!),...
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    Do women find male nurses attractive?

    carolinapooh replied to Sykadia's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm female. I don't do any of that stuff either unless the patient wants it. You can show you care without pandering (and sometimes that stuff comes across as gushy and pandering, and it annoys me)....
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    Looking for some advice before making a mistake.

    carolinapooh replied to italianlifter's topic in General Nursing

    My screen name is based of an old email address (Carolina like the state, Pooh like the bear). If you see a carolinapooh on the web, it's likely me. It's unique. I've used it literally for the last...
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    Nursing scrubs worn by visitors in the unit

    carolinapooh replied to Skippingtowork's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't having a restricted access to L&D required for JCAHO accreditation? Badging in and out would
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    Nursing scrubs worn by visitors in the unit

    carolinapooh replied to Skippingtowork's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about the religion part, but my guess is that this wouldn't hold up in court as enforceable (forcing a private citizen to change clothes). Sort of like a security guard thinking he's...
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    Finally got malpractice insurance.

    carolinapooh replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital is NOT there to protect you. It's there to protect itself. I would never expect a hospital to back me up for any error - real or imagined - that I committed. I don't know where the myth...
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    Breakroom refrigerator theft

    carolinapooh replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The phrase isn't denoting a number of days passed. It's an opening clause. "One day, I left the window open and my wood floor got wet." "One day, I was starving when I got my lunch
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    Threatened staff

    carolinapooh replied to RNBSC's topic in General Nursing

    "If you're just nice, residents won't hurt you." I have no
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    Not taking a break

    carolinapooh replied to Yellow90's topic in General Nursing

    There are laws that say you have to be given them. You're given them. Whether you take them is another matter. But you're only providing free time without pay to your employer if you don't take them....
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    Not taking a break

    carolinapooh replied to Yellow90's topic in General Nursing

    I hate to say it, but eating at a computer at a nurse's station is indeed nasty and dirty - and I'm speaking as someone who's done it in the past. It's gross. However, if that's the best option for...
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    dealing with rude doctors?

    carolinapooh replied to 2016New's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not using capitals has very little to do with how one speaks. You're also dealing with a generation who types the way they text, something I don't condone - but this isn't the forum in which to play...
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    dealing with rude doctors?

    carolinapooh replied to 2016New's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Most people don't write the way they speak. And as I said, you don't know if English is the OPs first language. In all the second language folks I've spoken with, many (in fact, most) speak it better...
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    Should I get a second bachelor's?

    carolinapooh replied to Morena1's topic in General Students

    I did an accelerated BSN with another BS. It was hardly a waste of time. What I didn't want to do was the ASN/ADN route (though I had that as a backup) with a BS degree. Sorry, but that was my...
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    Looking at Navy Reserve nursing

    carolinapooh replied to khinlicky's topic in Government, Military

    Be sure you talk to a Navy health professions recruiter, not a 'regular' recruiter down by your shopping mall. They're enlisted
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    Army Nurse ROTC No ANCP 2012 or 2013

    carolinapooh replied to Mslecia20's topic in Government, Military

    The regular Air Force takes single parents for commissioning with a family care plan in place. I have many friends in the Nurse Corps who are single moms and who were single moms at
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    Hospital ID Bracelets

    carolinapooh replied to Kris199699's topic in General Nursing

    On that note - if it is DFS, could it be she's an abuse victim and her visitors are screened? Then again, you'd think all this would've been passed on in report! You need to call the previous...
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    Racist surgeon?

    carolinapooh replied to tech22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I suppose you'd be fine, then, with a medical professional calling you an a**h**e. After all, it's just a
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    dealing with rude doctors?

    carolinapooh replied to 2016New's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are you kidding? I started nursing at 33 years old. I didn't need "toughening up". That's what was done when I went through basic training in the Air Force. That's not your job. You're there to back...
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    dealing with rude doctors?

    carolinapooh replied to 2016New's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You are NOT complaining. You're actually doing what employees in EVERY OTHER PROFESSION EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE is told, encouraged, and in many cases bound by company policy to do. As for charge nurses...
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    dealing with rude doctors?

    carolinapooh replied to 2016New's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's pretty much what I did in a similar situation. I told the guy his abusive language wouldn't be tolerated. The charge nurse freaked out on me - and I told her I'm not his employee and if my...
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    dealing with rude doctors?

    carolinapooh replied to 2016New's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Some people don't write well. (OP, I'm not saying you don't.) We aren't the content police and this isn't a forum of English professors. We also have many people on this forum for whom English is not...
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    Racist surgeon?

    carolinapooh replied to tech22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Who is specifically having a field day with the fact this dude is a surgeon, or making a point of him being one - other than the one person who observed that you'd think such an extensive education...