Sam J.

Sam J.

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  1. Private Duty Nursing vs. Agency Nursing

    Sam J. replied to AreaNurse's topic in Agency Nurses

    Love it! Nobody has ever asked me how many of me there are, either. But now I'll have to think up a witty answer, should that question ever present

  2. Tips for med pass followed by state

    Sam J. replied to anonymous09's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You're welcome, as long as you remember to wash your

  3. Is anyone else losing spouse coverage?

    Sam J. replied to Palmtreegirl's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    cent, not

  4. Is anyone else losing spouse coverage?

    Sam J. replied to Palmtreegirl's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Not to mention that that 6 cents' worth of daily Costco membership is even less than the tax on a single 99 center burger at a fast food joint. But I'm not advising telling people what they can and...

  5. Is anyone else losing spouse coverage?

    Sam J. replied to Palmtreegirl's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    $55 per year is 6 cents per day. And if a few people go in on that cost, it's virtually free to access Costco. Also, I didn't say you can buy rice for 99 cents, I said 99 cents can buy a few pounds...

  6. The state is coming the state is coming

    Sam J. replied to Younglpn87's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The survey is coming!? The survey is coming!? More like: "Something wicked this way

  7. No Job, Licensed, and Out of Nursing School 3 Years

    Sam J. replied to mwittme's topic in Nursing Career

    To be clear, are you talking about California, the state, USA? The state with the highest number of unemployed nurses (and several other occupations) in the country? And HHA there hardly pays 'very...

  8. Is anyone else losing spouse coverage?

    Sam J. replied to Palmtreegirl's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yet also: "I have to say I'm skeptical of your numbers". (From your own prior post?). Small wonder that the OP, like millions of others, is bewildered trying to locate health insruance for her...

  9. Is anyone else losing spouse coverage?

    Sam J. replied to Palmtreegirl's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Which means there is also a least commonly quoted source, that uses its own criteria, and a million other quoted sources in the between those two extremes. If the issue were only so simple, OP would...

  10. Have you ever had a patient smoke in the room?

    Sam J. replied to pixie6089's topic in Medical-Surgical

    In my day patients smoked in their rooms (even while using oxygen), and doctors smoked at the nurse stations. Oh, but I see you're talking about pot. In CA you smell pot 'everywhere'. The place I'm...

  11. Is anyone else losing spouse coverage?

    Sam J. replied to Palmtreegirl's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wow. To assume a nurse, much less a guide in this forum, isn't aware of what she paid or pays or reveived or receives from her health insurance plans is making quite a claim, more so with the detailed...

  12. More than 30 residents to one LPN...?

    Sam J. replied to fiddlercricket's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Good point. Many ALFs actually do or say whatever it takes to keep their census intact. They don't have the level of scutiny a SNF has, and things do go on in some ALFs that would curl anyone's toes....

  13. Unhappy RN at LTC Avoid Extra Shifts

    Sam J. replied to JPRN11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hospice patients are often neglected, because the myth persists that hospice patients are taken care of fully by hospice staff, even though hospice staff are on a limited schedule. How many LTC...

  14. Is anyone else losing spouse coverage?

    Sam J. replied to Palmtreegirl's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You are one of those discussed above as having your boat sink, while others have their boats lifted by ACA. Most people are getting free or almost free coverage, while the top half of what's left of...

  15. Nursing tougher for guys than girls

    Sam J. replied to Nursing pursuit's topic in Men in Nursing

    I went to school after the initial phase of men entering nursing (then it was looked down upon, as 'doing a girl's job', ridiculed, mocked). In my time more men started in, and it became more of a...

  16. Unhappy RN at LTC Avoid Extra Shifts

    Sam J. replied to JPRN11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If you didn't have a problem saying no, my take is that you wouldn't worry about it for the rest of the day. And there's often a good reason to worry about saying no- lots of people get canned for...

  17. Unhappy RN at LTC Avoid Extra Shifts

    Sam J. replied to JPRN11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've always worked as a means to have days off, not for something to occupy my time. I start itching for days off at the start of the workweek, whether I like the job or don't, maybe because I wasn't...

  18. Private Duty Nursing vs. Agency Nursing

    Sam J. replied to AreaNurse's topic in Agency Nurses

    [quote=NedRN;7731955 By the way, you don't want to cut out the middleman, you want to be the middleman! Ideally, you set up an agency that looks like any other agency. No one has to know that there is...

  19. 8 hr vs 12 hr shift

    Sam J. replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Interesting how some places have a zero tolerance for OT, while others mandate it? They are always trying to figure out how to nickel and dime the nurses, but can't seem to find just the right way to...

  20. Your Starting Salary?

    Sam J. replied to x_factor's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Depressing to hear what nurses are paid nowadays. Here's a link related to starting pay, has anyone heard of this one, yet?:

  21. Lower pay during orientation months?

    Sam J. replied to leekaye's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Does it never end? You can bet that'll idea will go viral throughout health care, but then the next trick will be minimum wage during orientation, like some other

  22. Is anyone else losing spouse coverage?

    Sam J. replied to Palmtreegirl's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    All politicians lie. As for Obama, he, himself doesn't even know what is in the entire ACA- nobody does, really. It doesn't matter anyway, really, because the ACA is merely a ruse created willy-nilly...

  23. I'm not answering call lights

    Sam J. replied to imintrouble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are you in Reno, OP? This town appears to be so wiped out from the Indian casinos in CA, that I decided to stay a while to ca$h in on the loose poker winnings, to include @ the Cal-Neva. A thought...

  24. Professional Liability Insurance

    Sam J. replied to Underthemoonicp6's topic in Travel

    You can buy instant malpractice insurance online for almost any state you work in, which you should- they all have different criteria. All they ask usually, online, is if you have or have had any...

  25. 8 hr vs 12 hr shift

    Sam J. replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    An ancient history of 12 hour shifts: Baylor shifts started decades ago. Worked 2-12s on the weekends, were paid for 40 hours with full benefits, and weekday people had weekends off, so they rarely...