boyfactory

boyfactory has 7 years experience and specializes in ED.

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1. Does your facility pay a differential for ED?

   boyfactory posted a topic in Emergency

   I have worked in 3 different Emergency Departments in Tennessee and Georgia over the last 9 years. I have never been given a differential for working in a "Critical Care" area. My cousin, who works in Southern California, claims to receive a $5 diff...

2. job advice?..moving to GA from FL

   boyfactory replied to eponine8614's topic in Georgia

   The pay, from what I have seen is pretty low in the Atlanta area. With 8 years experience, I was offered between $24.60 - $28.80 at area hospitals. The shift diffs are the killer difference here though. They are much lower than I have seen in 3 ot...

3. Nurse to patient ratio in ED

   boyfactory replied to 1fastRN's topic in Emergency

   This is exactly how it is where I work. It works well when we have a float nurse to help with the critical patients. Or checking in the ambulance patients. I've been a nurse 7+ years and cannot imagine 10 patients of mixed/possible ICU/SDU conditio...

4. ER nursing interview

   boyfactory replied to c.kelly20's topic in Job Hunt

   Be honest about your lack of ER experience, but tie in the things you've done previously in the ICU that you will bring to the position. Dealing with critically ill patients and their grieving families, etc. Most of all, show them you are willing to...

5. Butterfly Injections

   boyfactory replied to 1fastRN's topic in Emergency

   I have used a butterfly a few times with a syringe for medication administration. They are perfectly usable for short-term medication administration (less than 2 hours). IM is fine for some things, but if the med was ordered iv and you don't want t...

6. Business Communication

   boyfactory replied to zookeeper5's topic in Ohio University

   I spend between 4 - 8 hours per week. I do read the chapters because they are not long and they are informative. However, my TA is driving me crazy. She sends emails that say things like use what I have noted about your work on the following week ...

7. Business Communication

   boyfactory replied to zookeeper5's topic in Ohio University

   My TA is a very hard grader. Not sure if this TA is going to be around for the summer or not. I think either Prof would be a doable class to double up with, less this TA.

8. Health Appraisal

   boyfactory replied to chuckster's topic in Ohio University

   Good luck to those attempting to test out! I read the whole book, did the online study materials, and got a B+. It was well worth taking that grade to test out.

9. Nutrition...is it as much work as the nursing classes?

   boyfactory replied to boyfactory's topic in Ohio University

   Glad to know the final will be that way too. I took the midterm before your post. I had studied the Cengage stuff religiously. Then, in the parking lot, I looked at the quizzes in the book. I am so glad I did! I would have missed many more.

10. Nutrition...is it as much work as the nursing classes?

    boyfactory replied to boyfactory's topic in Ohio University

    I'm a bit concerned because the midterm and final are each worth 1/3 of the grade. Does anyone know if the tests are curved? It's worrisome that I may get everything done and have this class keep me from graduating.

11. Business Communication

    boyfactory replied to zookeeper5's topic in Ohio University

    It is official, Prof P's class...or just my TA...is making this class less than enjoyable. I find the topics difficult to write about. The grades from my memos are not posted until Friday or even Saturday of the following week. The quizzes are onl...

12. 455 Excellence

    boyfactory replied to rocket2010's topic in Ohio University

    I just submitted the QSEN paper and am now done with NRSE 455! Too bad I still have another 5 weeks of Nutrition and Business Comp to go...

13. jehovahs witness- refusing to..

    boyfactory replied to Skylar86's topic in Emergency

    I have never had any problem allowing the JW population allowing me to obtain blood. That is new to me. I did once have a young girl with a hct of 9 that flat out refused blood products and would only take fluids.

14. 455 Excellence

    boyfactory replied to rocket2010's topic in Ohio University

    My old one was on a computer that died. I guess I will be starting from scratch. It will be nice to have it done though.

15. Business Communication

    boyfactory replied to zookeeper5's topic in Ohio University

    I did better than week 1, but I had to beg for my grade. In fact, I sent an email about 1am on Saturday morning requesting it so I could fix any errors I had duplicated on the Week 3 assignment. I got an email later in the morning notifying me that...