ALH2004

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1. Mandatory Overtime?

   ALH2004 replied to ALH2004's topic in General Nursing

   I appreciate the responses everyone. I definitely don't think this is right, but unfortunately I don't think there's much I can do. Talking to management is like talking to a brick wall. There have been many changes as far as nursing goes at this h...

2. Mandatory Overtime?

   ALH2004 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone. I work nights on a busy ortho/neuro floor. My manager informed us recently that we would have to work mandatory overtime for the time being due to staffing issues. She claimed that this is hospital wide, but I haven't heard of any other ...

3. Miserable on the job....

   ALH2004 replied to ALH2004's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks for the comments everyone. I'm going to try to tolerate it a little longer until something better comes along. Staffing is still screwing us over and we were told in our staff meeting yesterday that there's pretty much nothing we can do about ...

4. Miserable on the job....

   ALH2004 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I've been working nights on a large, very busy Ortho/Neuro/Med-Surg unit (aka the dumping ground of the hospital) for 5 months now. Most nights are rough. We are overworked and understaffed. Most of our patients are very needy or total care and it's ...

5. "By the way, everyone's first night off orientation is pure hell...."

   ALH2004 posted a topic in New Nurse

   This is what I was told last night by the nurse that was charging the night I came off of orientation 2 weeks ago. I've been working on a busy Ortho/Neuro floor for about 3.5 months now. My first night off orientation, there were 5 nurses working, gi...

6. ALWAYS called to work on days off?

   ALH2004 replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I had a similar situation happen to me last week. I've been working nights on a busy Ortho/Neuro floor for about 4 months now. I worked the entire weekend last week and it was awful. Heavy pt load with a few of my pts going bad, so I was definitely l...

7. Bypass nurse recruiter, contact nurse manager?

   ALH2004 replied to ALH2004's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry, let me clarify. My friend's cousin is actually a nurse manager at this particular hospital. She got me in contact with her and her cousin forwarded my resume to this particular nurse manager. This was a few weeks ago. I was wondering if I sh...

8. Bypass nurse recruiter, contact nurse manager?

   ALH2004 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Like many new grads, I have been searching for a job for several months now with no luck. I've had a few interviews, but they always ended up going with someone with more experience. I've called, emailed, and visited several nurse recruiters at hos...

9. Louisiana Nurses--Need Info!

   ALH2004 posted a topic in Louisiana

   Hey all. I need a little info about nursing in LA. I'm thinking about getting my RN endorsement in LA and need a little information. How long does it take to receive a temporary and permanent license? Also, what's the job market like for new nurses ...

10. Emergency Room Minor Care

    ALH2004 replied to ALH2004's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for the info. The position is available in a 7 bed minor care unit of the ER. The hours are from 6pm-2am, which is something I could handle because I'm more of a night person. I was just curious about it because I had never really heard of a...

11. Emergency Room Minor Care

    ALH2004 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello all. I hope this doesn't sound like a dumb question, but what exactly is Minor Care in the ER. Is it something similar to Urgent Care services? The reason I ask is because I see a position available for an RN in Minor Care in the ER and I'm ...

12. New Grad at Davita

    ALH2004 replied to ALH2004's topic in Urology

    Thanks for the input. I had an interview this past Thursday, but I don't think I'm going to take the job. The FA that interviewed me seemed like a great person to work for, but he was not the FA at that particular clinic. He's actually an FA at a cli...

13. William Carey

    ALH2004 replied to Cmunst45636's topic in Mississippi

    I have a friend that graduated from William Carey a few years ago. I've heard both good and bad things about the program. I've heard that it's very student friendly, instructors really seem to care and are willing to work with students. I've also h...

14. New Grad at Davita

    ALH2004 posted a topic in Urology

    Hey all, I'm a new grad RN and filled out a profile/application on the Davita website a little over a month ago. To my suprise, I recieved a phone call today from a lady at the main office. She gave me a "mini" interview over the phone and said she w...

15. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    ALH2004 replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    To my Psych, Gero, and Pharm instructors thank you so much for being so understanding and supportive of us. Without you're support I don't think we would have made it through the semester. To my Adult Health II instructors: Thanks for making this sem...