Sour Lemon

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    Question about Nurse Coaching

    Sour Lemon replied to aship's topic in General Nursing

    I just spent 20 minutes or so reading about this "coaching" garbage and still don't have a clear idea what it's about. Anytime it's discussed, the discussion seems to be full of doublespeak. I would...
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    Advice ASAP-AccBSN CA

    Sour Lemon replied to Nursing for Carebear's topic in General Students

    I agree that this doesn't make sense. I failed a clinical due to illness and being absent two times, but I would have had to do more to get thrown out of the entire program. Did you have prior...
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    Help me self schedule!

    Sour Lemon replied to Taylor1993's topic in General Nursing

    The thing about self scheduling is that you do it yourself based on what worked best for you. If you can't figure out what you want, turf it to your manager. I used to allow my manager to "self...
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    New Nurse Maybe Moving to Pittsburgh - Job Prospects?

    Sour Lemon replied to CriticalJ's topic in General Nursing

    San Antonio, Texas? I've lived there, too. Most violent crime in that city is domestic. I haven't looked into Pittsburgh for 8-9 years, so maybe things have changed? I loved the affordable, nice...
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    New Nurse Maybe Moving to Pittsburgh - Job Prospects?

    Sour Lemon replied to CriticalJ's topic in General Nursing

    How's the murder rate these days? I thought about moving there as a new graduate, but the crime statistics were
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    Who cleans the poo?

    Sour Lemon replied to leilo0's topic in General Nursing

    I've only worked in three hospitals across two states, but none were unionized and all three had the same policy. Nursing was responsible for cleaning those sorts of messes. Housekeeping came along...
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    Mandatory Overtime

    Sour Lemon replied to allstressedout1's topic in General Nursing

    None. I'd be willing to come in if a huge emergency that affected a massive number of people occurred, but day to day staffing should be under control and not my personal
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    Are there no psych nurses for the military members stationed overseas?

    Sour Lemon replied to Chadmasters's topic in Government, Military

    There are psychiatrists. I would imagine that people who need in-patient psychiatric treatment would be discharged or at least put on some sort of leave. Interesting
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    BSN New Grad LTC before hospital?

    Sour Lemon replied to mesn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I could go either way depending on a trillion zillion variables, one of the biggest being my ability to support myself without the immediate SNF
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    First Job as a Psyche Nurse

    Sour Lemon replied to Kaylight's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you've only been there for two weeks, my advice would be to do a lot of observing and very little opinionated talking. Things aren't always what our first impressions lead us to believe they are....
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    1 toxic workplace, 1 awesome workplace, draining the life out of me.

    Sour Lemon replied to BryanTheDifferent's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It's great that you care about your patients and do the best job you're capable of doing, but you've also got to realize that you're at the bottom of the food chain- not at the top. If your reports...
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    Patient Safety at Risk/ Transfer to another job?

    Sour Lemon replied to Leafylane's topic in General Nursing

    What is your employer's policy? Many will not consider you for a transfer for at least six months to a
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    Nursing

    Sour Lemon replied to Nolita14's topic in School, College Programs

    The HCA program will not make up for failed prerequisites. Even programs with a lottery system have minimal requirements that you're very unlikely to meet under your current circumstances. A...
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    Specialization?

    Sour Lemon replied to Askaquestion's topic in General Students

    I'm under the impression that pediatrics (at least in some cases) is med/surg for younger, smaller people. If you know that's what you want to do, it's probably the best place to start. Most patients...
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    Verbal abuse ... what are my rights?

    Sour Lemon replied to KHT's topic in General Nursing

    That's pretty close to what I do. I tell them their behavior/tone/language is not appropriate and that I will be leaving if it persists. The only "extra" I throw in is, "I'll be back to check on you...
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    To BSN or Not?

    Sour Lemon replied to VA2AK's topic in General Nursing

    Unless you have a very specific goal in mind for that BSN, I doesn't sound like now would be a good
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    Multiple CNA's refusing assigned task

    Sour Lemon replied to Dawnkeibals's topic in General Nursing

    I would have said, "This sounds like a two-person job, let's go together." and grabbed the first CNA. While we assisted the patient, I would have made a big fuss about setting boundaries, and...
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    Want to work per diem, use agency or not?

    Sour Lemon replied to jensfbay's topic in General Nursing

    A huge pro would be knowing where you'll actually be working from one day to the next. I'd look for my own position and use agency only as a last
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    HELP, AA, BSN or MSN

    Sour Lemon replied to Canson's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In that case, start with the BSN ...especially if you're in a saturated area of the state and don't wish to move. The pay won't be significantly different, but you'll have more specialty options (as...
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    HELP, AA, BSN or MSN

    Sour Lemon replied to Canson's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Where you live and what you hope to do with your degree also make a big
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    Signs you got the job. VA interview 2018

    Sour Lemon replied to nursefromcali's topic in General Nursing

    Did the positions specify an amount of experience required? That's the only reason I can think of why they might have assumed you had that amount of RN experience. If it's not that, I've no clue....
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    PRN work?

    Sour Lemon replied to QuietIsntAWord's topic in General Nursing

    Look for prn positions that have minimal requirements, if they exist. Mine requires me to be available for a major holiday, two minor holidays, and some weekends. Paired with the requirements of a...
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    BYOB at work?

    Sour Lemon replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    I always wonder about reliability and motivation in cases like this. What was the person who came to you with this information hoping to accomplish and how accurate and complete was their version of...
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    Specialty area or more general right out of school?

    Sour Lemon replied to sdarrington's topic in General Nursing

    That depends on your ultimate career goal(s) and what offers you actually get as a new
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    I need a job change! Advice?!

    Sour Lemon replied to LilyMiranda's topic in General Nursing

    Any job that's "easy" and interested in hiring someone with five months of experience is not going to pay