Tomascz ASN, RN

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    I am finally able to leave nursing by January 2018

    Tomascz replied to NursingBro's topic in General Nursing

    Your opportunities are only limited by your imagination. Ethanol is an anesthetic of sorts; not your best bet for building an imaginative future. Crazy as I am, I think the beautiful accepting tone of...
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    Health Care is Not a Right

    Tomascz replied to Tetra's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You have no inherent rights. The concept of "rights" on it's face, particularly in libertarianism, is failed dogma because nobody lives in a vacuum, not even the sociopath Ayn Rand. We all depend on...
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    Is being a CNA a really hard job?

    Tomascz replied to Veronicax's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Floor nursing is hard work and people do it for 30 and 40 yrs. The difficulty varies from day to day depending on your census and the acuity of your patient load and whether or not you got enough...
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    Is being a CNA a really hard job?

    Tomascz replied to Veronicax's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think you're pulling our leg, but yeah, being a CNA is both hard, back breaking work, and one of the best intros I can think of to nursing. Get a job on a rehab floor; the PT's will show you how...
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    No rehire !!!!!!!!!!

    Tomascz replied to Yorker's topic in General Nursing

    What I don't see here is any discussion of what the nurse in question is risking. My education and license cost me a serious chunk. School was no cakewalk and I was on the hook for thousands. It's...
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    NTI - How to Impact Change on Your Unit: Marian Altman, RN,MS,CCRN-K,CNS-BC,ANP Interview

    Tomascz replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Here's the meat: https://www.aacn.org/nursing-excellence/csi-academy?tab=Nurses%20Leading%20Innovation Many hands make light work. Stop whining and start making change. Be the example for the behavior...
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    42 Years Old - Is it too late to become a nurse?

    Tomascz replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I started at 57 and it took me 5 years to get my ADN. I drove 100 miles round trip every day to school or clinicals. I also worked. I did not have 3 small children although some of my classmates were...
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    What is your nursing "joy?"

    Tomascz replied to jamisaurus's topic in Nurses Rock

    When that Doc who's been a dismissive pain in your ass says "good catch" when you keep him from injuring one of your
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    What Do You Love About Nursing?

    Tomascz replied to Allison007's topic in General Nursing

    At some point during school, while conferring with my instructors as to why they shouldn't kick me out of the program for one clinical or academic failure or other I asked them if they'd ever...
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    For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    Tomascz replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    "Tow the line" or tow that line, dates back to a time when barges were towed by a bunch of guys on a rope or tow line. It was nasty and hard and didn't pay worth a crap; kind of like
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    "Your job is to make me happy"

    Tomascz replied to Nurse216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "My job is to keep you alive til shift change; then I'm going home. How's your
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    Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    Tomascz replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    A) You haven't graduated yet, or passed the NCLEX; I'm thinking you've got a lot more to worry about than getting a job. B) You can't get blood out of a rock; you worry about getting a job when YOU...
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    Abandoned hospital in Detroit

    Tomascz posted a topic in Nursing News

    This one's for sale: This Abandoned Hospital in Detroit Is Reality, Not a Set on 'The Walking
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    Ask an OR nurse (Questions about what we do or how to become one of us)

    Tomascz replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    I too have been shooting for an OR job. I applied for 4 different positions in and around the OR at one hospital last night as a new grad, hoping to land any position near the OR, hoping to up my long...
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    new grad: cant find a job

    Tomascz replied to 2016New's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Just an FYI; that url I posted up the thread a ways often has positions posted for residencies for working nurses that want to get into critical care or some other specialty but lack hard experience...
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    Advice on how to network/talk to people about employment/opportunities in healthcare(nsg).

    Tomascz replied to MLE44's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Some of my best "ins" have been other students from the class ahead of me who I know that know me and are willing to put a bug in their nurse mgr's ear. Unless the Doc is looking to hire a green nurse...
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    Jobs and Letters of Recommendation

    Tomascz replied to RAndaRoo's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Different programs have different requirements vis a vis letters and other tools they use to sort the wheat from the chaff. I've submitted personality tests and had my references subjected to several...
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    new grad: cant find a job

    Tomascz replied to 2016New's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Initiative and critical thinking are salable traits. I get 30+ jobs a day in my inbox. 95% are not what I'm looking for but I get a gem every other day at least. It doesn't cost anything to apply and...
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    An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

    Tomascz replied to disillusionedrn's topic in General Nursing

    signed https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pet...patient-ratios It's going to take a single payer health system and removal of profit from the picture to get this changed; but what the
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    An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

    Tomascz replied to disillusionedrn's topic in General Nursing

    Here we go. Evidence based practice; can't go wrong. Campaign History | Future of Nursing | Campaign for
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    An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

    Tomascz replied to disillusionedrn's topic in General Nursing

    Any chance we could funnel all this outrage into getting 3 million nurses to unionize and get the corporations to stop hollowing out the nursing profession from the
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    Tomascz replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    What I'm loving about these posts is I'm getting an inside education before I even stick my neck out there. I couldn't pay for this stuff; nobody would tell me except you guys. This stuff is happening...
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    Tomascz replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you heard what you wanted to hear, Linda. You're making this way too personal; "I have no idea" who decides to unload on a perfect stranger on a semi public forum with little or no...
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    Tomascz replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Well, between "avenging spirit" "LindaRN" and Nurse Diane I'm about to slit my wrists (not really; I'm actually fairly stable for a 62 yo new grad ADN, unemployed, with a shiny new license and...
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    58 years old - Am I too old to start nursing school??

    Tomascz replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Yes you are, but don't let that stop you. I'm 62 and I got my license in June; passed the NCLEX on the first try; computer stopped at 78 questions. That and $4.50 will get me a latte' at Starbucks....