OrganizedChaos LVN

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    Advising basically told me I cannot be a nurse. Is there anything I can do?

    OrganizedChaos replied to vkhodakevich's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Minimum grades allow vs. the GPA of the students admitted are two different
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    Drug testing, physical, and denying a job

    OrganizedChaos replied to Ck24's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly this. So go ahead & don't pay the company back. But don't be surprised when your credit tanks, your start getting calls at all hours by collections (or just a straight call from an...
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    Drug testing

    OrganizedChaos replied to Harrist's topic in General Nursing

    As long as you have valid & active scripts, you're fine. By the way, I take 300mg BID of Topamax. There's nothing to worry
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    Drug testing, physical, and denying a job

    OrganizedChaos replied to Ck24's topic in General Nursing

    Well it is either in paperwork you signed or it isn't. You can't just "feel" like it wasn't in the paperwork or that you don't want to repay him. Because if it is in black & white in the contract,...
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    Would you let a relationship affect your job advancement?

    OrganizedChaos replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Be like Elsa & let it go! If you honest to God can't talk about *anything* other than work with him, then that's the only time you should see him! I can have better conversations with people on...
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    Would you let a relationship affect your job advancement?

    OrganizedChaos replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    This reminds me of 2 books I read "He's Just Not That Into You" & "It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken" by Greg Behrendt & Liz Tuccillo. Both great books to read & the movie version...
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    Would you let a relationship affect your job advancement?

    OrganizedChaos replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    OP everything you state makes it sound like he is just a friend. If he does not want to open up to you after a *year*, just be friends & do what *you* want to do. If you don't even know what basic...
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    Would you let a relationship affect your job advancement?

    OrganizedChaos replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    I picked up on so many red flags that I would get out of that relationship even if you weren't changing jobs. He may treat you well, like you said, but if he doesn't initiate conversation or discuss...
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    Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    OrganizedChaos replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    It only makes nurses look bad by using "NETY". What other group of professionals uses a term similar to "NETY"? None! We seem immature, bratty, dramatic, whiny & bratty. There are *so* many other...
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    Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    OrganizedChaos replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Then be specific in the post by saying my charge nurse, preceptor or coworker. There is absolutely no reason to use "NETY". If you go on forum for doctor's do you think they talk about doctor's or...
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    Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    OrganizedChaos replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    But why the need to call it "NETY"? Why not just say, "I think I'm being bullied, this is what is going on". Why give it a name? It is put on a pedestal, focused on & made to seem more important...
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    Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    OrganizedChaos replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Bringing "NETY" up constantly & consistently makes it seem that it is more important than any other form of bullying. Why is "NETY" brought up all the time & not just bullying or harassment in...
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    Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    OrganizedChaos replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Bullying is an issue, period. Why focus on just one faucet of it? Why is it *so* much more important than any other types of bullying? When someone answers me that with a legit & logical answer,...
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    New Grad RN Salary Range

    OrganizedChaos replied to MsBrain's topic in General Nursing

    You can't price yourself at anything since you have no experience. You have zero room to negotiate wage. You get what you are offered, take it or leave it. You may be offer a wee bit more since you...
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    Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    OrganizedChaos replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Preach! Why is there such a big focus on new grads when new grads aren't the only ones who get bullied? But why should it matter how much experience you have? Being harassed is terrible & we...
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    Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    OrganizedChaos replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I think what it comes down to is the new generations of nurses need to not be so babied & coddled. What they might think of as being bullied, we might just shrug off & laugh at. I know there...
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    Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    OrganizedChaos replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    But why? All it is, is a buzz word that people like to use. Bullying is bullying & it shouldn't have a special name. Why give it a special name & put a spotlight on it? Harassment, bullying...
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    Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    OrganizedChaos replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. That's why I questioned the percentage KatieMI quoted. What one person believes is bullying another person might not (ala the bullying petition
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    Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    OrganizedChaos replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    But the term is "nurses eat their young", not new. So again, lateral/vertical (whichever direction it needs to go) violence is a better term to use. Or we can rename it to something else. The last...
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    WGU Texas Pre-Licensure BSN Program Inquiry

    OrganizedChaos replied to ineedachange1's topic in Western Governors University

    If you're almost done with EC, why not just finish & study for the final CPNE? Then call for cancellations, they happen. As for WGU, their NCLEX scores haven't been the hottest so I wouldn't...
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    Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    OrganizedChaos replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Lateral violence is a more appropriate term than "NETY". Because old nurses are not the only ones who "bully". If we retired the term "NETY" & used the term lateral violence it would take the...
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    Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    OrganizedChaos replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    That makes no sense. "NETY" is an overused, buzz word. Lateral violence better suits it. New grads aren't the only one who get bullied. Experienced nurses & everyone in between get bullied. Why...
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    Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    OrganizedChaos replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I have never had a bad experience as a new nurse or experienced nurse. I've had horrible bosses but as far as coworkers treating me badly, never. I think the since kids nowadays are given ribbons for...
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    Assertiveness Training Needed

    OrganizedChaos replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Preach!
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    CCA Mail Carrier vs Nursing

    OrganizedChaos replied to Nurse2bMcLeod32's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I do, your screen name says nurse. Whether having R or LV in front of it nurse is still a protected title. It is both against the sites' TOS & against the law. So unless you went to school...