SoaringOwl

SoaringOwl specializes in Med-Surg and Neuro.

Latest Activity

1. Being let go during orientation in ICU

   SoaringOwl replied to hyed's topic in New Nurse

   Wow, ICU is such a hard place to start. I admire anyone who has the courage to try to tackle that at any point in their career, much less from day 1. hyed, I also can't see something once and memorize it. I'm a former special ed teacher, and all of u...

2. Two weeks in, and I need a vacation!

   SoaringOwl replied to SoaringOwl's topic in New Nurse

   I live in FL. Everyone who isn't a millionaire gets treated like trash down here. Once I get that precious one year of acute care under my belt I'm so outta here... Edited to add: I sent an e-mail to the US department of labor. I can't find any helpf...

3. Two weeks in, and I need a vacation!

   SoaringOwl replied to SoaringOwl's topic in New Nurse

   So I talked to me educator about it this morning. She said we were provided time during orientation to do the training, which is true, so they're saying it's my fault for not getting them done. I had 42 modules to do in 4 hours. This is an unreasonab...

4. Declining a position after accepting it.

   SoaringOwl replied to movingforwardRN's topic in Professionalism

   Most decent apartments won't rent to you unless you're making 3X the rent. I was offered a job I really wanted, but the pay was $20 an hour. All the 1b/1b apartments were $1200-1800 a month in safe areas. On $2880 a month, I wouldn't qualify as a ren...

5. Two weeks in, and I need a vacation!

   SoaringOwl replied to SoaringOwl's topic in New Nurse

   That is so unreasonable. I can't believe it! Well, I mean I can believe it, but I don't want to. Just despicable! My hospital offers internships as well, but they're paid at the standard rate.

6. Two weeks in, and I need a vacation!

   SoaringOwl replied to SoaringOwl's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks. That's what I thought. I've got my latest homework assignment sitting here, and it's due tomorrow. I feel like going to the hospital and clocking in, doing it, and clocking out. I wish I knew of some anonymous way to complain, because I'm in ...

7. Keeping up the RN license

   SoaringOwl replied to SoaringOwl's topic in Florida

   Ouch, the jab wasn't needed. I'm brand-new at this. My last career kept track of our credits for us and we had meetings about what is required for certification and where we could go to get free credits. I guess nursing isn't that organized or though...

8. When did it become OK to treat your nurse like poo?

   SoaringOwl replied to paramed1's topic in Emergency

   Or take a phone call when I'm trying to assess them and expect me to wait while they chat??? What the f?? People, my time is limited. Call them back later. Cell phone blockers should be legal in hospitals. And I should be able to disable the room pho...

9. USF BSN & ABSN Hopefuls Summer 2015

   SoaringOwl replied to sallyMSW's topic in Florida

   We had that too. They've been talking about spreading ms 1 and ms 2 out into different semesters forever. I guess they still haven't figured it out yet. I felt a little discombobulated that semester, but it all came together during final preceptorshi...

10. Keeping up the RN license

    SoaringOwl posted a topic in Florida

    Hi, Can someone clue me in to what we need to do to keep up our licence? I have been meaning to ask my nurse educator, but I rarely see her. Do we just keep copies of CEU's and turn them in when due, or as we go along? Does anyone have a website wit...

11. TGH or St. Joseph's? Which is better?

    SoaringOwl replied to mike23's topic in Florida

    My friend is at TGH in the acute care residency. She loves seeing the different units and trying them on for size for a few weeks and being able to choose her final unit. That's pretty awesome. Her biggest complaint is that you have to park far away ...

12. Two weeks in, and I need a vacation!

    SoaringOwl replied to SoaringOwl's topic in New Nurse

    I'd rather be at work on Christmas, making time and a half, than a homework assignment that pays nothing. I'm thinking of jumping ship and going to another job I was offered. I really don't want to do homework and readings and online modules off the ...

13. Patient satisfaction or patient dissatisfaction

    SoaringOwl replied to Brian's topic in Relations

    Like the patient I recently had who wanted a free ambulance to the hospital 65 miles away, simply because he didn't like our terrible, no good, very bad hospital. Sorry, it doesn't work like that pal! You can drive yourself, but no free ambulance! He...

14. Patient satisfaction or patient dissatisfaction

    SoaringOwl replied to Brian's topic in Relations

    I hate the waitress mentality we're teaching the patients and their families to have. My last hospital expected nurses and aides to make coffee for the patients and their families. I was dumbfounded when a patient's family member asked me for a cup o...

15. Two weeks in, and I need a vacation!

    SoaringOwl posted a topic in New Nurse

    Holy cow. I'm in my second week of orientation and new grad residency, and I need a vacation already! They've got me working 4 12's in the next 5 days, in addition to homework assignments that are due on Monday, and already they want to meet to discu...