:welcome: First let me start by saying I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this but looked like the most appropriate spot. I am an RN, my boyfriend is a new grad RN, who graduated in May 2006. He used to be a cop in NJ. We live in NC. H...
Well lets see...I was an LPN for 10 years. I have been an RN for 6 years. Everywhere I have worked has given me 1/2 credit. So, in other words, I have 10 years LPN experience for which I get 5 years credit. I have 6 years LPN, so the translation ...
I am a traveler and rent a room from another traveler, I basically pay $200.00 per month. I work 3 night shofts per week. I sleep and shower there 2 days per week, possibly 3 depending if I work an extra shift. I take my own towels, sheets etc...I...
ratchetrn replied to Beneficence's topic in Travel
I live and work and travel in NC, I haven't heard much good about Pitt, however I work in E.D. the hospital I am currantly working in I was warned against and am overall not having a bad time.
ratchetrn replied to Indiana ED RN's topic in Emergency
We were just talking about this tonight! Had an intoxicated female in needed tetnus and suturing, due to a fight at a bar and a broken beer bottle. She was yelling and screaming and carrying on...I told my peers I was thinking of getting a job at a t...
here's some rude ones I don't remember seeing on here yet! A "F.O.O.S.H." injury is a fall on out stretched hand T.U.B.E.-totally unessesary breast exam D.B. as in "did anybody kow we have a D.B. in the hall?" dead body
I've always been the sympathetic vommiter too! It's the combo for me:the retching, gagging, slimy, stench of it all! :barf01: But the newest stench that has gotten to me lately is that homeless, alcohol, never wash or brush, funk! Ew w ew!
ratchetrn replied to Cenla Sherry's topic in Emergency
We do whatever shift we are hired for. LOL! I'd love to see some of these people that have been on days forever try to stay awake past 11pm! They make fun of me when I help out on 11 AM to 11 PM and drag in there needing MORE COFFEE!! I've been on...
We take telephone orders ALL the time! Not a huge issue, it's way worse when we have to hold the pt for an hour waiting for the admitting. then it takes that Doc a hour or more to see the patient and write orders!UGH! Then the whole time the patient...
ratchetrn replied to nursern20's topic in Emergency
In the hospital I work the start pay for new grads is $17.50 an hour, there is no "unit" differential or increased hourly rate for certifications, BSN'S and ADN's make the same...and I'm pretty sure that is that same for the other hospital in town......
ratchetrn replied to AngelGirl's topic in Emergency
I ran into that same dilema, in the most recent staff meeting at my PRN job the director announced that meal breaks were a privledge not a requirement and he didn't want to see "no meal" written in the exception book any more! I realize there are ti...
ratchetrn replied to carachel2's topic in Emergency
We haven't had to do the admission assessments in out ED, yet! We do what we can, we mostly hand chart meds instead of using MARS!!! We do the advanced directive paper work on all admissions reguardless of whether or not they are held in the ER. ...
ratchetrn replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency
"I was sitting in the PTA meeting and my hand suddenly turned blue for no obvious reason"The pt had unilateral "blueish" color to her left hand, pt denied any pain, tingling, numbness, had good bilateral radial pulses and I noticed the edge of her fi...