nursesunny

nursesunny ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN

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  1. NP 103 Application Error

    Hi there! I have been a licensed and practicing NP in California since 2021. I worked full time as well as part time at a telehealth agency (student loans are a killer!) but because of that I have met the 4600 hour requirement to apply for my NP 10...
  2. Nurses Oppose New CDC Rule Lowering Isolation Time for COVID-Positive Nurses

    I think nurses need the same recovery and/or quarantine times as everyone else. I understand that there is need but running me ragged post exposure is going to impact my ability to fight off the virus and will also make me more ill over the long ter...
  3. I Really Do Not Want the COVID Vaccine ?

    And then there are the mutations...."sure it will work....we think"
  4. Oversight from nonclinical staff?

    I have a question. I practice in CA and have a new CEO (business degree) I am wondering how much clinical decision making this CEO should or shouldn't have with regard to nursing actions. Is there a legal requirement for clinical oversight to be fr...
  5. Oversight from nonclinical staff?

    Thank you for your input.
  6. Oversight from nonclinical staff?

    ok, I am asking because we have a disciplinary process at my place of employment as the director of nursing I report to the Chief Nurse Executive. We (CNE and myself) have made some clinical judgment calls regarding discipline, training, or need for...
  7. Are prisoners denied necessities? CNN article

    I don't care one bit. Innocent or guilty doesn't impact my ability or will to participate in healing. I am not invested in the punishment aspect of prison because that isn't my job it is the job of the court. I know the care exceeds what is availa...
  8. I second this 1000 times....
  9. Accused of not giving dilaudid

    If I don't have an order for 1mg, I can't give 1mg....
  10. New Grad Terrified of Choosing Wrong Job

    The question for me is the time. If you are required to contract for 2 years in your current offers I would decline. You don't want to feel you are stuck in something you don't love as your very first job. Yes, compromise is important, but when yo...
  11. Can I please get a Parking Spot!

    Don't even get me started on free lunches in the cafeteria to the doctors making $300K+/yr and housekeeping staff paying $10 for a sandwich....
  12. Racial Discrimination in the Nursing Profession

    Actually "Racial discrimination occurs when an individual is subjected to unequal treatment because of their actual or perceived race." Which is not specific to minority individuals as your introduction states. I just thought I would correct this s...
  13. Some places make the manager interview X number of qualified candidates before he/she can officially offer the position to someone they already know they want to hire (CNA who went to RN school who already works there, etc.). I know I drove 10 hours...
  14. Where Were You...9/11

    I was a 1st Lt in the USAF going to my new squadron for my first official day after my initial basic officer training. My radio alarm clock went off and they were broadcasting about the first tower, the second hadn't been hit yet. I sat on my couch...
  15. Accomadating patients racist request?

    Interesting question. I actually had a very different, and not so different, conversation with a coworker. She informed me that black patients prefer black nursing staff "there is just stuff they understand about me that "other people" wouldn't." ...
  16. "I have the bag of sand, quickly open the door and I will exchange the bag for the golden idol. You with me Indy?" "No way man, no crummy gift shop credit is worth this."
  17. Stuck Between Two Job Offers: Maximum and Minimum Prisons

    You are a new grad and will learn more in the maximum security prison...Hands down...
  18. What's next after correctional nursing?

    Although the job protection goes two ways...you also have to work with people the prison can't fire who would have been gone a long time ago in the private sector...I totally second the no call off thing...When I worked ICU we got called off all of t...
  19. What's next after correctional nursing?

    "After I obtain my BSN, is there any doctorate or masters program where I would benefit from the experience of government nursing/correctional nursing?" Well...any experience is useful in rounding you out as a nurse...nothing specific to corrections ...
  20. Federal Marijuana Ban Lift Effects on Nursing

    LOL...marijuana smells AWFUL and comes out through a users pores for a long time so I think noting smell as an issue with tobacco is funny...I don't smoke either MJ or cigarettes, I just got a laugh out of it.
  21. School Shootings

  22. School Shootings

    Hmmmm...no individual needs a gun? When I call for help because a homeless guy says "how about I break in your house @##!$" and it takes the Sheriff 7 hours to get to my house I feel like I need a gun. When 17 teens try to stop my car as I drive do...
  23. Acute in patient psych gowns vs street clothes

    hahahaha.....Sorry...my patients come in filthy, not always because of homelessness but many are placed on psychiatric hold because they are gravely disabled. I can't imagine the other patients having to endure the smells that would be present if we...
  24. Cartoon Caption Contest WIN $250! Nurses Week 2018

    As seen in the movie "Alien" Ronald's acidic spit eroded his hands to nubs....Annette, stood completely still hoping, like the tyrannosaurus rex, Ronald's vision was based on movement. If she had just remembered to put out the goat none of this woul...
  25. PRN Question

    Nope this isn't PRN or Per Diem....this is on call. Where I work I get $7/hr to be on call if I am called in or not so a little kiss for the inconvenience but to get paid nothing?? No thanks.