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  1. How long is your lunch break for 12 hour shifts in California?

    pinoy_guy replied to pinoy_guy's topic in California Nursing

    some supervisors are creative in how they can get away with this. the most common is being "proactive" in manipulating the time you clock out (for lunch or for the day)--if you don't have any...

  2. How long is your lunch break for 12 hour shifts in California?

    pinoy_guy posted a topic in California Nursing

    talked with a friend, and he said he times in at 0700 and times out at 1930...and he gets a 1-hour break, plus an additional 30 minutes "courtesy break." he did say that he only gets paid for 11 hours...

  3. DoLE issues certificates for successful nursing retakers

    pinoy_guy replied to pinoy_guy's topic in International Nursing

    ouch. you're correct. i remember when this thing started--and some people here suggested to just waive the entire thing and retake the december 2006 nle, so the nurse grads can move on with their...

  4. POEA requirements for vacationing OFWs

    pinoy_guy replied to pinoy_guy's topic in International Nursing

    pinay who died in canada won't get financial help from owwa i don't know if this is a scare tactic, but i think this is just plain wrong. even if this ofw was not an owwa member, she was still a...

  5. POEA requirements for vacationing OFWs

    pinoy_guy posted a topic in International Nursing

    kababayans (countrymen), i'm sharing this so those coming back from a vacation in the pearl of the orient seas won't get a rude shock. click on the link to go to the webpage on where you can get this...

  6. How long is your lunch break for 12 hour shifts in California?

    pinoy_guy replied to pinoy_guy's topic in California Nursing

    this is weird. in a facility i know, they interpreted this law to their advantage: as long as a nurse gets a lunch break in 12 hours, it's all good. this had led to abuse--with the deliberate short...

  7. How long is your lunch break for 12 hour shifts in California?

    pinoy_guy replied to pinoy_guy's topic in California Nursing

    wow. and we had been having 30 minute breaks in 12 1/2 hours for a long time--and the admin makes people guilty if we take more than 30 minutes...only to learn that we are entitled to a 45 minutes (15...

  8. poor man's dignity

    pinoy_guy replied to panzer's topic in Philippines

    cellphones, videocams banned in clinical classes: ched the finger-pointing continues... now it's some unnamed medical student. if it really was a medical student, i don't think this medical...

  9. Overwhelming workload!!!

    pinoy_guy replied to NURSERUBY1206's topic in International Nursing

    i have good news for you. ngt feeding in us hospitals is much simpler, as they use pumps. just turn to run, and they'll beep when feeding's done. same thing with iv pumps. however, nurses get 2...

  10. Who's to blame for having oversupply of nurses here???...

    pinoy_guy replied to pablo75's topic in Philippines

    good point. i was surprised when i meet american patient's kids--high school graduates--who don't have an inkling of iraq or recession; they are, however, highly opinionated about everything, and very...

  11. My family can't believe nurses don't get breaks

    pinoy_guy replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    same situation in my hospital. nurses do the jobs of nurse, secretary, and tech. shifts are almost always short. the higher ups say they're having a hard time finding new people, and that they're...

  12. poor man's dignity

    pinoy_guy replied to panzer's topic in Philippines

    ombudsman: cebu surgery scandal inflicts 'undue injury' [color=dimgray]05/07/2008 | 12:19 am a case to learn

  13. Passport system causing visa applicants, travel agents headaches

    pinoy_guy replied to lawrence01's topic in International Nursing

    very perceptive. like patting yourself on the

  14. poor man's dignity

    pinoy_guy replied to panzer's topic in Philippines

    cellphones are not allowed, period. we did not confiscate them, as they were expensive. i just gave the student a choice: either keep the cellphone, or get out of the hospital. umm. cellphone use...

  15. poor man's dignity

    pinoy_guy replied to panzer's topic in Philippines

    um...sorry to burst your bubble, but have you heard anything about the 2006 cheating scandal? lots of press releases, but until now...nada. what are the chances that this case will go the same

  16. Who's to blame for having oversupply of nurses here???...

    pinoy_guy replied to pablo75's topic in Philippines

    curious eh? there were statistics (i think they stopped publishing this a few years ago) that entrance exam scores of most provincial school graduates do not even come close to the national passing...

  17. Who's to blame for having oversupply of nurses here???...

    pinoy_guy replied to pablo75's topic in Philippines

    you are correct. i agree that applying the same curve--via a national exam--is the best way to do this. however, this had been criticized as being "biased" against people outside manila. i don't know...

  18. poor man's dignity

    pinoy_guy replied to panzer's topic in Philippines

    ombudsman: charge docs, nurses in cebu 'canister

  19. Firms eye India amid nurse shortage

    pinoy_guy posted a topic in International Nursing

    sharing a year-old article--i hope this will be an eye-opener for the people who think that us hospitals must hire philippine nurses. firms eye india amid nurse shortage [color=dimgray]friday, march...

  20. Can I follow up on a QRR?

    pinoy_guy posted a topic in General Nursing

    i had a patient who had a string of...let's say substandard nurses...who didn't do their jobs, meaning some things were done which should not have been done, and some things were not done which should...

  21. Can I follow up on a QRR?

    pinoy_guy replied to pinoy_guy's topic in General Nursing

    the qrr forms have numbers, but they are distributed to the floors, so the qrrs filed are not essentially sequential. i have also seen nurses discard qrr forms when they make mistakes in filling them...

  22. Can I follow up on a QRR?

    pinoy_guy replied to pinoy_guy's topic in General Nursing

    thanks. they know what they are doing. nothing in writing--verbal reprimand. no witnesses--"can i talk to you for a minute?" in an otherwise empty room. they know enough not to leave any...

  23. Can I follow up on a QRR?

    pinoy_guy replied to pinoy_guy's topic in General Nursing

    qrr = incident

  24. poor man's dignity

    pinoy_guy replied to panzer's topic in Philippines

    doh identifies four more in cebu surgery scandal no mention of the clinical instructor yet. it kinda sucks to be the senior operating room nurse on call and surgeon at an adjacent operating...

  25. Another Illegal Recruitment Case Filed...Could Affect Filipino RNs

    pinoy_guy posted a topic in International Nursing

    i found this news article hard to understand...but since it claimed that the agency is a leading recruiter of filipino nurses, i thought other filipino nurses might be interested in this news...just a...