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  1. Need ideas for a new career when nursing career is over

    nana2003 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I am 55 years old and it is getting more and more difficult to do this kind of work. I have had problems with jobs since a severe shoulder injury 2 years ago. I am looking for ideas of how to use my...

  2. Need ideas for a new career when nursing career is over

    nana2003 replied to nana2003's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you for all the suggestions, i actually filled out an app online today for a position for phone triage. And I mailed out 2 resumes for supervisor positions. Now I am going to look into EMR and...

  3. Need ideas for a new career when nursing career is over

    nana2003 replied to nana2003's topic in Nursing Career

    I would love to do phone triage...that would be great for me. But not many opportunities in this area (southeastern Wisconsin) for an associate degree. I have actually done a few things in the last...

  4. Terminated? Do I get paid for unused paid time off?

    nana2003 replied to GooeyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Around here, 6 weeks is the usual time off for maternity leave. If your 6 weeks were up in January and you told them you were not ready to come back it sounds to me like you may have quit, or...

  5. Independent Provider Nurses

    nana2003 replied to NSigafoosLPNIP's topic in Home Health

    hi nancy, nancy from wi here. i am not personally an independent provider, but i know people that are, and they do it here in wisconsin. so you can count wi as one of the states. hope this

  6. New to hh, need advice

    nana2003 posted a topic in Home Health

    Hi, I just need someone to sound off to. I work fulltime in a position that is more of a case management job with elderly and disabled. Recently I took a 2nd job doing hh with pediatrics for weekends...

  7. New to hh, need advice

    nana2003 replied to nana2003's topic in Home Health

    Here is another chapter to the saga. Today I got an email from the DON telling me I need to take the time on Friday to go and do a trach change with the other nurse. Then she preceeded to tell me...

  8. New to hh, need advice

    nana2003 replied to nana2003's topic in Home Health

    After talking with the 2 different nurses that orientated me and the parents of the baby......I get the impression that the DON is laking in people skills. Even the family said that! I really like...

  9. New to hh, need advice

    nana2003 replied to nana2003's topic in Home Health

    I can understand your concerns regarding my pediatric experience. I had a lot of apprehension myself. But I have to admit I have told everyone that that has any connection to this job that I do not...

  10. New to hh, need advice

    nana2003 replied to nana2003's topic in Home Health

    Thank you so much. I was really starting to think there was something wrong with me! I kept thinking about her telling me that I needed to make a sacrifice, and I think they should be making a...

  11. oral presentations in nursing school-anxiety

    nana2003 replied to brandyl123's topic in General Nursing

    I had a few oral presentations in school, I thought everyone did. Plus I had to take a speech class. I got a good hint from one of the instructors. He suggested to practice in front of your family...

  12. Looking for advice for dealing with co-worker

    nana2003 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently had a personal experience with a co-worker and would like some suggestions. We both work for the county Health Dept and are both contracted to another county dept. Now just to clarify she...

  13. Looking for advice for dealing with co-worker

    nana2003 replied to nana2003's topic in General Nursing

    You are right we do have expense reports we fill out periodically for reimbursement for mileage, certain meals, and parking when we go to seminars and homevisits. Next time I will suggest she put it...

  14. Looking for advice for dealing with co-worker

    nana2003 replied to nana2003's topic in General Nursing

    Oh how I wish I could do that! But unfortunately that is not an option. The first caller is the head of the disaster response commitee or someone she appointments. What I would really like to do is...

  15. Looking for advice for dealing with co-worker

    nana2003 replied to nana2003's topic in General Nursing

    You are 100% accurate..............she does not like change. I seem to be the one that she dumps on, she is sweet as pie to the others, they never see that side of her. But we are so closely...

  16. Looking for advice for dealing with co-worker

    nana2003 replied to nana2003's topic in General Nursing

    You actually did nail her attitude. And usually I would just nod and get out asap. She always acts as if she wants your advice, but when you give it, she doesn't like it. I try to limit my contact...

  17. Share Your Saying

    nana2003 replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have a little plaque on my wall that reads......... Raising kids is like being pecked to death by a chicken. (I have 4 children) I also have a favorite response that I learned from my Dad. When...