Kalipso

Kalipso

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  1. Obtained RN license but kept working as CNA

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

    I didn't know it was possible to do such a thing, but if you got your RN license and you have been renewing it every couple years, then there is nothing for you to do other than take a job and a new...

  2. Lost

    Kalipso replied to Kalipso's topic in General Nursing

    I think my other problem is that my dad is chronically ill. he is a type 2 diabetic and I would say he's in the end stages of his disease. Watching him suffer is so different from watching any of my...

  3. Lost

    Kalipso posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm feeling very lost in my career lately. I went into nursing for the right reasons, because I cared about people and I wanted to help make them better. But after 7 years of doing this I have become...

  4. Lost

    Kalipso replied to Kalipso's topic in General Nursing

    Junebug903 that really sucks when you feel that way. I feel like I use to be a nicer person also. Kepp looking outside of what you are doing for greener pastures...that's what I'm

  5. Charge Charting: Correcting charts after discharge for billing

    Kalipso replied to Kalipso's topic in Emergency

    Thank you hherrn. That was a very informative

  6. Charge Charting: Correcting charts after discharge for billing

    Kalipso posted a topic in Emergency

    So I think we all know about how our charting affects billing. The best example I know of this is hospitals nagging us to remember to chart the end times on IV infusions like normal saline or...

  7. Charge Charting: Correcting charts after discharge for billing

    Kalipso replied to Kalipso's topic in Emergency

    Esme12 and Altra, I do not see charting for billing as different from just regular charting. I realize it's importance for billing AND for patient care. However, at other facilites that I have worked...

  8. Charge Charting: Correcting charts after discharge for billing

    Kalipso replied to Kalipso's topic in Emergency

    A bit more...I didn't beg to stay at this position PRN. They are woefully short staffed and jumped at my offer. I know they don't like me because they refuse to answer basic hiring questions foerother...

  9. Charge Charting: Correcting charts after discharge for billing

    Kalipso replied to Kalipso's topic in Emergency

    I understand the business side of charting and how it affects the bottom line and my job. I would like to chart completely the first time around myself....not just because of billing purposes but...

  10. A poll, regarding nurses' opinions on Magnet status

    Kalipso replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Having worked at both magnet and non-magnet facilities, I have to tell you that I LOVE magnet hospitals. To me it does make a huge difference. I find their policies make much more 'sense' as far as...

  11. Lost

    Kalipso replied to Kalipso's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the comradery. I'll check some of the suggestions out. I have applied to a substitute school nurse position but I think it would be so much fun to teach a class! At my previous job I use to...

  12. OB ultrasound...foley or no?

    Kalipso posted a topic in Emergency

    You have a 9 wk pregnant female with c/o new onset bleeding 2 hours ago, bleeding has not even filled one regular pad. This is the first time she has ever been pregnant. You have started a line drawn...

  13. What experience is best next?

    Kalipso posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    So I am a nurse with 2.5 years tele/cardiac step down 1 year traveling tele/med-surg 3 years emergency small non trauma hospital that was STEMI certfied for caths and stroke certified. Before I...

  14. How do you know if school nursing is in your wheelhouse?

    Kalipso posted a topic in School

    My background is: 2.5 yrs telemetry/cardiac step down 1 yr travel nursing 3 years Emergency Room...not a leveled trauma facility but they did have pediatricians not just ER physicians. Stroke and MI...

  15. Work life career advancement issues. Helpful advice needed.

    Kalipso posted a topic in Nursing Career

    So I'm trying to figure some life stuff and would invite advice. My situation is this: I had a job I loved but after 3 years of driving 70 miles one way to work and debating moving with my husband,...

  16. How do I handle poor standards of care at a new job?

    Kalipso posted a topic in Emergency

    To make a long story short I had a job in an ER that was heaven. We had teamwork, strictly enforced policies that made things efficient, doctors that didn't mind you questioning them, liked to teach,...

  17. How do I handle poor standards of care at a new job?

    Kalipso replied to Kalipso's topic in Emergency

    Fire Wolf, I don't entirely disagree with Canoehead's statement, but I do think some things are obviously wrong with my new environment. I am willing to practice different policies if people could a)...

  18. OB ultrasound...foley or no?

    Kalipso replied to Kalipso's topic in Emergency

    vintagemother, yep that is what I

  19. OB ultrasound...foley or no?

    Kalipso replied to Kalipso's topic in Emergency

    My previous employer did IV fill, it only took 30 minutes to get enough fluid in the bladder and now that I have to do this 'insert a foley for ultrasound' thing now I can say with little doubt that...

  20. "Your ER sucks!" and other pleasantries...how you handle them?

    Kalipso replied to livingthedream77's topic in Emergency

    I hate the righteous response "They are hurting and in pain, you can't control them only yourself. Take the high road and be the understanding saint a good nurse should be. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH" Or some...

  21. How do I handle poor standards of care at a new job?

    Kalipso replied to Kalipso's topic in Emergency

    Duskyjewel, my comment about my husband was suppose to be taken with a bit of joke to it. My husband is very aware of how unhappy I was to quit my job and move for him. Even more so now that he is...

  22. Sitters

    Kalipso replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    livingthedream77, sorry to hear that. It sucks working in a sucky

  23. Sitters

    Kalipso replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    Livingthedream77, While I understand your anger in the lack of resouces I think it is terribly short sighted to assume the patient ratios on a floor you don't work on to be 'easy'. It has been my...

  24. An off-shoot of Kalipso's "poor standards of care" thread

    Kalipso replied to smf0903's topic in Emergency

    Well, in my situation I wrote a lengthy letter to the director, manager, and educator of the department. I described all the things that I felt both staff and policy were lacking. After writing out...

  25. How do I handle poor standards of care at a new job?

    Kalipso replied to Kalipso's topic in Emergency

    canoehead, from personal experience I am pretty passionate about safety when it comes to sitters. So yes, inside or outside the door is a big issue IF the door is closed, which it was. But the more...