Sea Island Yank

Sea Island Yank specializes in Critical Care, M/S, Post partum, Ortho.

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1. Pay scales in South Carolina for RN

   Sea Island Yank replied to LoriRN911's topic in South Carolina

   Yes indeed the pay scale for RN's in SC is a lot lower than in MA. It has taken me 14 years of raises to match what I was making in 1994 at Salem Hospital! On the other hand, moving from the north to the south gave us a definite advantage in buying a...

2. Anyone an graduate or know a graduate of New England Deaconess Hospital School of Nsg

   Sea Island Yank replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Massachusetts

   Yes, this thread is apparently still alive since the web site sent it to me. I graduated from NEDH in 75 but I originally started in the fall of 1969. I left in the summer of 70, anyone remember the student strikes at NU? I got married, traveled acro...

3. Warning about MedCEU.com CE Provider

   Sea Island Yank replied to HeyFraydo's topic in General Nursing

   I just learned from my employer that medceu.com is not accredited to award ceu's. After doing a google search I found this post from 2004! I feel like a fool! I have been using them for years. I too was once double billed but American Express took ca...

4. Anyone an graduate or know a graduate of New England Deaconess Hospital School of Nsg

   Sea Island Yank replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Massachusetts

   You started at Deac ten years after I graduated! Glad to hear you're going back to school and I wish you all the best.

5. Anyone an graduate or know a graduate of New England Deaconess Hospital School of Nsg

   Sea Island Yank replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Massachusetts

   Mousegal, just sent you an email telling you who I am. I'll be anxious to hear from you. It's not everyday you hear from someone after almost 31 years!!

6. Nursing Unions-what is the good,bad, ugly?

   Sea Island Yank replied to johnson0424's topic in General Nursing

   I worked in a large hospital in MA when we unionized in the early 80's. The hospital spent mega bucks trying to fight it and threatened us with firing if we even mentioned the "U" word on hospital property. No one had to join which caused a lot of re...

7. Southern Nurses Better Off Than The Rest?

   Sea Island Yank replied to -jt's topic in Activism

   I still stand by my position of being fortunate to work in a well staffed hospital in Charleston. I am too old to put up with the kind of crap you wrote about. I would be looking for another job as fast as possible. In 30 years of nursing my one rule...

8. Pay scales in South Carolina for RN

   Sea Island Yank replied to LoriRN911's topic in South Carolina

   Sorry, I can't help you out at all with pay info for LPN's. We actually have very few LPN's in the hospital where I work. Most of them went back to school, at the local two year college, and became RN's.

9. Last names on ID badges and retaliation by patients

   Sea Island Yank replied to ICRN2008's topic in Relations

   Having been a nurse for 30 years, I have never had a problem with my last name appearing on my badge and it is not a common name. Where I work now however, I sometimes float to a Behavioral Med Unit and the hospital would not put my last name on my b...

10. Anyone an graduate or know a graduate of New England Deaconess Hospital School of Nsg

    Sea Island Yank replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Massachusetts

    I tried to get to the web site but got a message that it cannot be found. Is something wrong?

11. Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

    Sea Island Yank replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    I have read through almost all of the postings regarding Gray's Anatomy and I have to say I'm amazed at ya'll flying off the handle like this! This show is about surgical interns not nurses! And the remark in the first episode? For ya'll who work in ...

12. Pay scales in South Carolina for RN

    Sea Island Yank replied to LoriRN911's topic in South Carolina

    Sorry, I just saw your post! Trident has a great nursing program. I have been very impressed with the students who come through my hospital doing clinicals. And trust me, I'm not easily impressed. My hospital hires a lot of students as "externs" and ...

13. Pay scales in South Carolina for RN

    Sea Island Yank replied to LoriRN911's topic in South Carolina

    Conway huh, sounds good. That's about 100 miles north of us here in Charleston. You'll be right by Myrtle Beach, the Redneck Riviera! :rotfl: The year we moved, 1994, we were trying to sell our house in Beverly during January and February. Every we...

14. Pay scales in South Carolina for RN

    Sea Island Yank replied to LoriRN911's topic in South Carolina

    I still pahk my cah in SC. One thing that you hear, even after being here for 11 years is "You ain't from around here are ya." I have two sister-in-laws and an aunt who live in Peabody. They've been sending digital pictures of the snow. Sure is purty...

15. Pay scales in South Carolina for RN

    Sea Island Yank replied to LoriRN911's topic in South Carolina

    The only place in Charleston is Children's Hospital at MUSC. They have one of the few NICU's south of Columbia. The helicopter brings babies in from all over.