candycane267

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1. Home Health Weekend SOC nurse salary?

   candycane267 replied to Amanda Vogt's topic in Home Health

   i did weekend premium with home health and was paid hourly. i also had to rotate on call. i did soc and it was a very long day. i am now doing week day and i still do soc. i am primarily the admission nurse. to me the weekend was a test of endu...

2. mon general?

   candycane267 posted a topic in West Virginia

   i moved to north central wv from upstate ny. i am living in fairmont and finally have a job interview with a hospital currently working in a nursing home. how is mon general to work (the only one that has contacted me yet). thanks for input.:chuckl...

3. Airborne or Droplet?

   candycane267 replied to Aneroo's topic in COVID

   i work on an infectious disease floor in upstate ny that has reserved 5 beds for the flu. we are using droplet/contact precautions.

4. Inmate Pts

   candycane267 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

   i work on the prison unit in our hospital. each state has an inmate lookup on their department of corrections that is public information. i have looked up what their crime was. i do know the more guards usually means at some point they have tried ...

5. tracking nursing movements

   candycane267 replied to candycane267's topic in General Nursing

   i just think when do you say enough is enough. such as staffing for example "they are doing fine 4 nurses and 1 pca and this becomes the norm. if you keep accepting the changes there will be continually pushing the limits. i also work on a floor th...

6. tracking nursing movements

   candycane267 replied to candycane267's topic in General Nursing

   i just felt it was an invasion. i would feel that i would be more concerned with tracking than patient monitoring. even though i do walking round quite frequently at least Q30 minutes. on the union vs non union. i think a unionized hospital would...

7. tracking nursing movements

   candycane267 posted a topic in General Nursing

   is it legal for management to track nursing movement in and out of patients room. I have heard through the grapevine that this is going to start at the hospital i am working at (a non union hospital). i would like also to see people's feedback on th...

8. Hi all! Just became a NY RN!

   candycane267 replied to Chloe'sinNYNow's topic in New York

   the parking once you get the hang of it isnt that difficult. i work nights so i get to park in the main garage. days usually park behind the pharmacology school in what the call the notre dame lot. its a big hospital your unit usually becomes your...

9. Told to pee in her depends

   candycane267 replied to dv0806's topic in General Nursing

   as a former cna - i have heard you have a depends. i would always try to get them on a bedpan. if they were an undependable transfer - i would do the bed pan. i threw my back out on a dependable 1 assist transfer because she dropped on me. so i am...

10. Starting Pay at Albany Med, or St. Peters

    candycane267 replied to LilBoo's topic in New York

    i know berkshire medical center is about 23 miles from my house give or take a mile. i have been considering getting my mass license and working there. a few people i graduated with went there. i heard there starting pay was 26.00.

11. Starting Pay at Albany Med, or St. Peters

    candycane267 replied to LilBoo's topic in New York

    albany med is 20.50 hour with shift dif's st peters dont know for sure - i even went to the open house.

12. Hi all! Just became a NY RN!

    candycane267 replied to Chloe'sinNYNow's topic in New York

    RN1 starts out at 20.50 with the various shift dif's. which i cant remember those. RN2 i belive starts 20.75.

13. if i wasnt so frustrated i would laugh

    candycane267 replied to candycane267's topic in New Nurse

    i am sorry the daughter told the nurse manager this.

14. if i wasnt so frustrated i would laugh

    candycane267 posted a topic in New Nurse

    i was taking care of this elderly lady who was nice. the daughter was very demanding and was angry at the doctors and the hospital (she didnt feel the dr's were doing their best). so i get this lady 1900 when i came on. she vomits large amount of ...

15. How soon to give a prn??

    candycane267 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i had to post on this because i questioned how early do you give a prn. my assistant nurse manager on nights said 30 minutes prior - is acceptable. because we do computerized meds (we scan them). i gave a prn med 6 minutes early and the hand held ...