ADPIE2008

ADPIE2008

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ADPIE2008 specializes in Women's Services.


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  1. Switching hospitals

    The manager left a message on my machine Friday that they want to offer me the position. I called and left a message for him that I would call him back this morning. I'm making a list of any and all questions to ask him about this prn position. I ...
  2. Switching hospitals

    I know it sounds nuts to even think about quitting a FT job for a prn position. (We get our insurance with my husband's job.) I keep going over the pros and cons. Pros: 1. This is a really great hospital with a wonderful reputation. 2. It would...
  3. Switching hospitals

    I am a full time RN at my current hospital. I love my job, but there are a few things that are causing me to look at other hospitals. The biggest problem I have with my current job is the high nurse to pt ratio, which is 8:1. (No matter what the p...
  4. Cleanliness is a must!

    I'm a little OCD when it comes to washing my hands, sanitizing my work station, etc. I almost fell out when a coworker asked me to help in a room and then she didn't "don" gloves to do pericare and change pads on a postpartum pt who was bleeding!
  5. Mother Baby RN

    I'm an RN in Women's Health on a mostly postpartum floor where we do couplet care. We almost always have 8 pts. For example, 4 couplets or 3 couplets + 2 antepartums. Sometimes we get GYN pts too. I am usually so busy that I barely have time to ...
  6. Question about transfusion- PICU

    The preceptors on our floor take a course to be preceptors. They are assigned one trainee and that trainee stays with only them until they are off orientation. The preceptors also make a little more an hour when they are training someone.
  7. Pay increase after 1st year of experience?

    caliotter3, That's awful, I'm really sorry to hear that.
  8. Pay increase after 1st year of experience?

    caliotter3, a decrease in pay, that would really stink! I'm not complaining about the $.17/hr pay raise. I just want to hear what others have done when going from new grad to more experienced nurse. (Not to say I am now a seasoned nurse, 'cause I'...
  9. Safe Staffing with New Staff

    As a new grad, just off orientation I was called off even when it wasn't my turn. I remember being upset about this and asking the charge nurse why I was being called off out of turn. She explained to me about the census being low and how they can ...
  10. Pay increase after 1st year of experience?

    merlee, the evals were done at the time of the $.17/hr raise and I think we all got the same percentage, across the board. Mine was less than 1% but my evals were great. Esme12, 2-4% would be better than what I got! :) xtxrn, I did have a probati...
  11. Pay increase after 1st year of experience?

    Caliotter3, we're not union. I'm very thankful for my job and know that the economy is tough now. From what I can tell, there are different levels of nursing, new grad being the bottom and least paid. At $.17/hr per year, it'll take me 6 years to ...
  12. Pay increase after 1st year of experience?

    Thanks, Crux1024. I'll find out what the policy is at my hospital. I feel like I am finally coming out of the "new grad" fog!
  13. I was a new grad when I was hired and started out at the new grad pay rate of $22.75/hour as my base pay plus differentials. I work on a women's services floor of a hospital in the south. I absolutely LOVE my job and my coworkers. :heartbeat Not lo...
  14. Brand New Nurse - need advice

    I was also hired as a new grad into the Mother/Baby unit. I had a great preceptor who taught me well and was very patient and encouraging. My orientation was 12 weeks. I have been working there for about 8 months and I still feel like an "idiot" s...
  15. Advice for a new mom/baby extern

    Congratulations on getting the externship. Make sure you know your normal ranges for infant HR, Resp, Temp and mother's normal range for HGB & HCT and vital signs. Brush up on how to do assessments on mom and baby. You may be doing tests on th...