meriposa

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1. Moving back to L+D

   meriposa posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hello!! I have been a nurse for 12 years and 5-6 of which I have done labor and delivery/gyn/postpartum nursing in some capacity. (have also done med-surg, homecare, etc). 2 1/2 years ago I transferred to the main OR because I needed normal m-f hours...

2. New OR Nurse and feeling overwhelmed...

   meriposa replied to astrn's topic in Operating Room

   I started in OR boot camp back in Feb 2012 but came as a seasoned nurse with a background in L+D, medsurg and homecare. Everyone warned me that you had to have thick skin for the OR and treat the surgeons like they walk on water. I figured I would ju...

3. Anyone who works at Mercy?

   meriposa replied to Lemon_squeezy's topic in Maryland

   I worked for about a year and a half at the GYN institute in the women's pavilion at mercy. The pay was well above average, great health insurance and pto benefits and it wasn't a bad commute through the city. I would have stayed but found I was not ...

4. How far do you go?

   meriposa posted a topic in Home Health

   Just a question...how far do you go in order to accomodate your patient's scheduling requests ? I have noticed since getting back into HH, that patients are much more demanding with scheduling. When I give a 9-10am window, I'm confronted with 'can yo...

5. Seriously thinking about quitting

   meriposa replied to twokidsmom,rn's topic in Home Health

   I was with amedisys for a year and couldn't even hang in there to complete the 12th month for my sign-on bonus. It was 24/7...the paperwork, phone calls from patients and MDs up to 10pm at night all days of the week, the micromanagement. Multiple tim...

6. upper chesapeake medical center

   meriposa replied to thekellyone's topic in Maryland

   I live in harford county and have been trying to get a job at UCMC for almost 2 years. I can tell you that they want 2 years recent experience in all of the specialities (definitely PACU, OR, ER). For fulltime I was offered 34/hr on days (I have 9 ye...

7. how do you deal with difficult physician/surgeons

   meriposa posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hello fellow nurses! I am a nurse of 8 years and I recently took a job at a gyn office/clinic assisting with minor procedures and doing telephone triage.( I also did L+D for a few years and still am prn through an agency. )This is by far the easiest ...

8. Anybody in float pool??

   meriposa posted a topic in Med-Surg

   Just curious if anyone does med-surg float and how do u like it? How much more is the pay vs. regular med-surg hourly rate??

9. Tele/IMC/Med-Surg Agency question

   meriposa posted a topic in Agency

   For those of you who do Med-Surg-- if your agency sent you to a tele/IMC or Short-Stay unit where everyone is on a cardiac monitor, would you demand to be paid the Tele/IMC rate for that unit vs. a basis med-surg rate? Heres whats happening to me-- I...

10. Maryland General Hospital, any experience or input?

    meriposa replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Maryland

    I am an RN with 6 years of clinical experience and I applied to MD General last spring. It was for a pre-op RN position, full-time days with occasional work in the PACU when needed. I have to say that I was floored at how low the pay was. It was actu...

11. Is anyone else getting cancelled like crazy?!?!?!

    meriposa replied to iLovemyJackRT's topic in Agency

    I just started as an agency RN in MD two weeks ago. I have only been cancelled once so far. The staffers at my agency did say around the holidays you get cancelled more bc reg. staff is trying to pick up more shifts for extra money or the census is d...

12. Average hourly pay for per diem agency RN?

    meriposa replied to CowsRGreat's topic in Agency

    I just started with an agency in the Baltimore, MD area. I do MS and L+D/MB. The pay all depends on the hospital. Its about 35-38/hr for MS and 38-45/hr most places. No overtime until you hit 40 hours a week. Someone told me that if you go to some of...

13. On Call pay???

    meriposa replied to horsepoor's topic in Home Health

    On-call pay used to be 75/day for weekdays and 250 for the entire weekend. NOW that we are owned by Amedisys- its dropped significantly. $20/day, weekday or weekend.

14. Letters to Doctors

    meriposa replied to athomemom56's topic in Home Health

    Most ALFs that have HH patients use these paper tools and fax them to the physicians- but for order requests as well as clarifications. Its actually alot faster than waiting for a return phone call. Its a great idea, but you are probably going to hav...

15. Opinions, Is this illegal?

    meriposa replied to meriposa's topic in Home Health

    FYI--- this company is AMEDISYS!! thanks for your response!!