Sour Lemon

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    Nursing or medicine? BSN vs MSN; already overeduated.

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

    The types of positions available to new grad nurses are often labor intensive with less desirable schedules. Little to no credit is given for "other" experience in the medical field. It's not...
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    Struggling to get interviews!

    Sour Lemon replied to froggynursej's topic in General Nursing

    You might consider using a local address, if you're not already. And if the area is in a different state, make sure your license is ready to
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    PRN or Quit all together

    Sour Lemon replied to LonghornChic's topic in General Nursing

    You're counting your chickens before they hatch. First, get an actual offer for a new job...and then go from there. You'll need to see if your employer is even interested in keeping you on PRN, too. I...
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    Company removed all chairs

    Sour Lemon replied to Hnurse101's topic in General Nursing

    We are nurses, not lawyers ...and I suppose you could be anywhere in the world. Laws vary. In any case, that's not a job I'd stay at unless I were starving and had no better
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    Ineligible for rehire?

    Sour Lemon replied to VolleyballMom's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't sound like you have anything to lose, so why
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    Fairness

    Sour Lemon replied to Hink12's topic in General Nursing

    That is the nature of "as needed" work. Most places require that you be available for a certain number of days each pay period, but they don't guarantee that you'll be utilized. I've been canceled...
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    Is it legal for your boss to dictate where you poop?

    Sour Lemon replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! My previous employer had signs up on the bathroom doors in the nurses' stations. Doctors would stop by to "drop their patients off" and ...just ...yikes! There are better, more isolated, choices...
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    Fairness

    Sour Lemon replied to Hink12's topic in General Nursing

    The problem is that everyone has a life outside of work and everyone has restrictions on the hours they are able or willing to work. Management can't always accommodate everyone in every case. Floor...
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    First time posters

    Sour Lemon replied to AceOfHearts<3's topic in General Students

    ..only when it's fun and unique. This was "iceberg lettuce"
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    First time posters

    Sour Lemon replied to AceOfHearts<3's topic in General Students

    It was just more of the same fake outrage ...you missed nothing
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    First time posters

    Sour Lemon replied to AceOfHearts<3's topic in General Students

    That one was a perfect example of bait. The OP knew too much to ask such goofy questions. Their bad writing was peppered with clues of their higher ability, as well. Someone was just a little bored...
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    First time posters

    Sour Lemon replied to AceOfHearts<3's topic in General Students

    Some of them seem pretty "baity" and probably aren't first time
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    Failed hesi exit exam...but passed Nclex?

    Sour Lemon replied to Nursingbsn2b91's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    A girl I graduated with failed HESI multiple times (at least 2-3) and passed NCLEX on the first try. I don't know how typical that is, though. The school actually made an exception for her to take...
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    Nursing with felony

    Sour Lemon replied to NKBABY's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    This section of the site may interest you. There's quite a bit of variation with outcome, but you may get a rough idea.
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    Advice needed Job offer while on orientation

    Sour Lemon replied to aineberg1's topic in General Nursing

    If you signed a contract that you don't intend to honor, you need legal advice, not nursing advice. Do a search for "Group One Texas" on this site and see what pops up. You may be right to be...
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    Is it right for me?

    Sour Lemon replied to Mc111901's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, yes ...very much so. No one likes "dirty" work, but it's something you'll need to get over if you have any chance of making it through nursing
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    Looking for day shift

    Sour Lemon replied to geperry's topic in General Nursing

    You have a reason. I'm not sure I understand the advice
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    Is a level of behavioral health nursing missing?

    Sour Lemon replied to Tommyd2's topic in General Nursing

    Irrational people are not going to respond in rational
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    Vacation Selection

    Sour Lemon replied to adnerbe1's topic in General Nursing

    You might lose long-term nurses by restricting their earned vacation and the "young" nurses may decide to move on either way. My previous employer tried the "two-week" thing and it didn't go well....
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    Birds of a feather

    Sour Lemon replied to AutumnApple's topic in General Nursing

    I've always heard that psych is where old nurses go to retire or die. That's part of what attracted me to the specialty, but they keep floating me back to the medical units so I get no "sleep". Blah....
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    Job Application Status

    Sour Lemon replied to Caseyyy27's topic in General Nursing

    That would be a great question to ask of the hospital system you applied to. There's no world-wide system, you know. Things vary from place to place. Good
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    Feeling so dumb.

    Sour Lemon replied to rulguil01's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in 2010, have been working in acute care ever since then, and still look up work-related things up constantly. I'm a bit curious what your first language is ...because your English seems...
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    Would nurses be interested in this business idea?

    Sour Lemon replied to hallebban's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    If I want a few extra hours, it's super easy for me to get time and a half from my regular employer. I just stay over a few hours or come in a few hours early ...or volunteer to work a partial shift...
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    Custodial Staff & Biohazards

    Sour Lemon replied to blackboxwarning's topic in General Nursing

    I've only worked at three hospitals (in two different states), but that's been the policy at all three. Floor staff (nurses, CNAs) clean the initial "mess". Housekeeping simply disinfects
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    RN with medical marijuana card

    Sour Lemon replied to youenjoymyself's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't count on it. This question comes up frequently and the outcome is never "My employer and the state board of nursing said it's