Most places cover you for malpractice up to 5,000,000 per occurance. If you carry your own insurance you are more likely to be named individually in a law suit. Lawyers will find this out.
doris66 replied to sharoma55's topic in International
All of the local hospitals will sponsor you if you have education in nursing in your country. You will start as a CNA until you pass your nursing boards here. Call them and find out.
doris66 replied to got4babygirls's topic in Pennsylvania
The hospitals you talk about are very clicky. You either fit in or you don't and God forbid you don't. You won't get any help from others and your orientation will be the pits.
doris66 replied to thundercat LPN's topic in Geriatric
I work at a facility that the LPNs make $21.75 an hour and a $3.00 shift diff for evenings and nights. We also have a baylor program where you work 24 hours and get paid for 40 hours every weekend 12 hour shifts. That comes to 33.50 per hour
I think that people are going into nursing for the wrong reasons. I think that it has become only for the money not for the satisfaction of taking care of a patient. Not for the reward of having a patient say thank you and you can walk away feeling...
Working in long term care is sometimes difficult because you work on your own. There are no doctors there and your assessment skills may be the difference between life and death for an elderly person. I think it is very rewarding to put a smile on ...