Sam J.

Sam J.

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  1. LVN pay in Dallas Fort Worth area

    Sam J. replied to 313LPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Lots of nursing homes have closed or are at risk of closing in Dallas and elsewhere in Texas due to budget cuts. On top of that, 10's of 1000's of just Californians are flocking to Texas every year to...

  2. Big pay cut at Orlando Health, please help your fellow Nurses

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

    Or that they are preparing you for pay cuts as well? Your reply is old enough that if that were the case, maybe you can update the

  3. Cancer Centers of America- any insight?

    Sam J. replied to Sam J.'s topic in Oncology

    Interesting. I'm convinced it's about as practical or 'healing' as those drug rehab places for the rich and famous, like Malibu- the fact that their rich and famous clients (meaning, people that can...

  4. Lifestyle Discrimination

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

    Let's not stop here- what about babies born premature, or diabetic- a lifestyle choice of the baby? What if the lifestyle choice of the mother may have caused the diabetes? People with mental illness-...

  5. Lifestyle Discrimination

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

    (Just so you know I must have been typing my own reply at the same time you were typing your own- I didn't copy your

  6. Lifestyle Discrimination

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

    Not pointing fingers, merely making an observation: Your bariatric surgery was likely paid for by the premiums of several hundred fellow Americans, unless you paid for that privately. For you to then...

  7. Cancer Centers of America- any insight?

    Sam J. replied to Sam J.'s topic in Oncology

    I figured as much, more so, again, the pancreatic cancer. From my understanding that is usually not detected until it has passed a certain point of hopeful cure, but they seem to have a great success...

  8. Colonscopy...won't say "never again" but..probably never again

    Sam J. replied to Marshall1's topic in Gastroenterology

    If a nurse is embarassed about being scoped, just imagine how patients feel being probed and prodded all day- might get more people thinking about privacy issues. I had one, and there was a polyp that...

  9. Documentation-- Who trains new nurses?

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

    I would think it would be part of the orientation process, since revenue heavily relies on documentation. If it isn't, maybe the PPS/MDS person ought to give routine inservices, despite the lack of...

  10. Is the California Board of Nursing Manipulating their Nursing Shortage?

    Sam J. replied to RoubRN's topic in California Nursing

    Wow. This in a state with a projected nursing shortage of 1.2 million by 2020, per the ... More like WOW, REALLY? There are only 3 million RNs in all of the United States, yet somebody says a single...

  11. Vaccine Conspiracy Theorists More Likely To See Conspiracy Everywhere

    Sam J. replied to wtbcrna's topic in Disaster Preparation

    How have GMOs been around since the 'beginning of time'? Even thousands of years before the word 'science' was even introduced? And another poster stated GMOs have been around since the 'beginning of...

  12. New Graduate; Hired then position revoked d/t background; What to do

    Sam J. replied to edwardsrn62's topic in Nursing Career

    There are about a million dog bites in America per year, and many of the victims are maimed or killed, and many of them are children. Whether your locale ranks a loose dog as a crime or a violation,...

  13. How much does my insurance cover?

    Sam J. replied to SteveDE's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    If I may be so bold- it's 'everyones' job in healthcare to be aware of costs. Knowing who pays for what might, now, be a different story. The fact is, the age of 'if you have to ask the price you...

  14. Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    Sam J. replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    Also, nurses are required to go to school, and pass tests, and maintain licenses- not so for many MAs. So, why would a person in the know spend the money to go to school to be an MA, when a physician...

  15. Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    Sam J. replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    Now we are getting somewhere- is it possible the real complaint of OP is that a ST that failed nursing school is performing tasks identified with nurses? And the fact is many people would be aghast at...

  16. Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    Sam J. replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    What would the complaint charge- that a ST calls herself 'nurse' here or there, without making such a claim official, as by signing her name as a nurse? What if the ST and the receptionist, and even...

  17. Aurora; Wisconsin employment drug screen

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

    Or stop doing what it is you're doing that makes you nervous about the type of drug testing you might

  18. Qualifying hospital stay

    Sam J. replied to TigerxLiLy's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Does your AC act independently, or are other chiefs (DNS, BOM, rehab, MDS) consulted about potential admits? Sometimes discussing potential admits can prevent these situations, that ultimately are a...

  19. Will I ever hack it?

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

    Seven weeks is barely time enough to get over the 'culture shock' of the workload in LTC. Added to that you are being floated, and have had to orient another new nurse? And if you are disorganized,...

  20. Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    Sam J. replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse for 35 years, and going. The question remains whether OP is either concerned about the 'nurse' word, or more apparently feels the ST is unsafe, jeopardizng patients, by performing tasks the...

  21. Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    Sam J. replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    It appears so in OP's state, but that also means the receptionist is guilty of referring to the ST as a nurse. Since OP claims ST claims to be an ST, not an RN, and doesn't sign her name as a nurse,...

  22. Practicing "nursing" w/o a license...?

    Sam J. replied to orange89's topic in General Nursing

    The ST is trained as a ST, which arguably is better than being trained as a MA- but like others have said, many states don't require 'training' to become a MA, anyway. If you feel the ST may be...

  23. Full moon

    Sam J. replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    Geneva is a kind of an 'own planet', weirdly nice sort of a place in Ohio. Greetings from Lake Tahoe- the full moon over the snowy slopes and reflecting off of the lake, is really a sight to behold....

  24. NO Home Births by Midwives in AZ

    Sam J. replied to catalina123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My bad. But in my opinon- that's even worse,

  25. How is the economy effecting Massage Therapy?

    Sam J. replied to samirish's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    At least Groupon normally has a limit on their 'specials'. And even worse than spas that charge $90, or even $200 for a massage (yet pay those therapists maybe 20% of that), are places like Massage...