hppygr8ful ASN, RN, EMT-I

Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life)

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    Is it wrong to ask for a raise?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    You haven’t been around Long enough to fully appreciate the lengths the OP goes to garner sympathy and attention. Of course there are staff nurses on duty. Silver bells is a manager but has never...
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    Is it wrong to ask for a raise?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I concur with @NightNerd . You have to have a plan for what to if they don't give you that raise. Are you prepared to walk? I ask this because you appear to be in a toxic situation and as a Master's...
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    LVN vs. ADN

    hppygr8ful replied to jupiter101's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Perhaps your answer lies in your understanding of what each discipline does. LVNs and RNs are two differnt things.Don't let anyone tell you they are essentially the same. I have heard this from some...
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    Holiday Sick Calls From Self-Centered Staff

    hppygr8ful replied to SunDazed's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work you work any holiday that falls with your regular schedule. If you call off you work the next two weekends that you were scheduled to be
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    Is it wrong to ask for a raise?

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I still don’t know why your staff RN aren’t doing admissions.I’ve never met a manager that puts in as much overtime as you
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    Hey Nurses, How are You Doing?

    hppygr8ful replied to Liz George PHN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Here is a new bloom. I purchased the seedling two years ago and this is it's first bloom. My husband jokes that with all the time, money and effort that went into it, It's like watching your kid...
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    I’m Disgusted and Disturbed

    hppygr8ful replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    Even some Psych nurses are blind to patient distress. I can’t count how many times I’ve had to explain the difference between pseudo- seizures and fake seizures. Or how many nurses write patients...
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    I called in sick today, they didn't accept it.

    hppygr8ful replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    No
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    Hey Nurses, How are You Doing?

    hppygr8ful replied to Liz George PHN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    As I write this I am sitting at home waiting for the results of a Covid test. We haven't had a positive patient in a while which I attribute to the high vaccination rates in our local area, But we had...
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    Where do you stand on "Nurses don't get paid enough"?

    hppygr8ful replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    No it’s a $100.00 a year! I’m a bit of an anachronism don’t store stuff in the cloud, carry my own lunch from home and grow most of the family’s food in my garden. Cost of gas is something...
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    Where do you stand on "Nurses don't get paid enough"?

    hppygr8ful replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    Gotta love our California
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    I called in sick today, they didn't accept it.

    hppygr8ful replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Here is the post I originally
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    I called in sick today, they didn't accept it.

    hppygr8ful replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    I try to always focus on the positives - not always easy to do -but when all else fails I go to my greenhouse and look at the
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    I called in sick today, they didn't accept it.

    hppygr8ful replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    I know - But Trump is gone back to where he came from and will likely never hold public office again (Which is as it should be). Let's focus on healing and not
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    Where do you stand on "Nurses don't get paid enough"?

    hppygr8ful replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    Employers will tell you you don't need Malpractice insurance. That they will have your back and that the employer's litigation team will represent you. This is one area where I feel employers really...
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    Where do you stand on "Nurses don't get paid enough"?

    hppygr8ful replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    I am the employee and I do pay for
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    Imagine If You Will...

    hppygr8ful posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    IMAGINE IF YOU WILL... A pandemic so severe that we can afford to fire healthcare
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    Where do you stand on "Nurses don't get paid enough"?

    hppygr8ful replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    I guess what surprises me is when someone starts a topic like this they expect everyone to agree and if they don't they are either delusional or misguided. I understand that in many parts of the...
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    Was it easier to practice as a nurse back in the day?

    hppygr8ful replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    Did you all notice that direct patient care is not even
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    Was it easier to practice as a nurse back in the day?

    hppygr8ful replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

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    I’m Disgusted and Disturbed

    hppygr8ful replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    20 year psych nurse here and remember a time when law enforcement brought in a patient who was refusing to walk, They literally dragged him hog-shackled across hot pavement to get him into the...
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    Where do you stand on "Nurses don't get paid enough"?

    hppygr8ful replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    This is why every nurse practicing at the bedside should have malpractice insurance! I got my policy while I was in nursing school and still pay around $100.00 a year for a million in
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    Opinions on Employee of the Month

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I did say "They may be that way for valid reasons." My life experiences could and did for a time leave me feeling this way - but I got help and worked hard to leave the past in it's place. It no...
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    Opinions on Employee of the Month

    hppygr8ful replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    What I mean is that some people not just nurses seem to just be unhappy people in general. They may be that way for valid reasons. A long time ago I read a longitudinal study of people who divorced...
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    RN Jobs That Do Not Require Covid Vaccine

    hppygr8ful replied to TraumaRN52's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And yet the tax-pay or dollars keep being utilized. No one says “just leave that guy on the cliff after all he got himself into that