"I cannot believe you all work so hard for so little money. Do you all belong to unions? You should get together and demand your worth. For holding the pager I expect $30 an hour. For working an hour on call I expect on a week night $ 85 an hour. I w...
Hi, We have a physician who would like propofol used on all GI procedures rather than the standard soup of Versed, Demeral, or Fentanyl. I was wondering how many facilities out there have an anesthetist present for all GI procedures, and how does the...
May I ask how reimbursement is on procedures that have an anesthetist present? We have a physician that wants anesthesia for every case, but we are concerned about reimbursement.
Actually, California accepts an Excelsior degree. I have an Excelsior degree, and a California license. Fact is, I worked as a travel nurse, and had no problems with any state accepting my excelsior degree, although I did not practice in Illinois, ha...
Would anybody be willing to share your PICC policy and documentation tools? Please email if you are willing to [email protected] or fax to 417-678-7877 to the attention of Kathy Morris. Thanks:)
kathyann replied to funnynurse's topic in Ambulatory
We also do all of these modalities, but are a small hospital doing about 60 surgical/endoscopy cases per month. I was wondering if the patients are scheduled to come in at your hospitals for per-ops, or just walk in? We are having an issue with the w...
kathyann replied to olympiad27's topic in Management
Where are you that the nurse manager's are paid bonuses?? I want to apply!!:) Sorry, but this practice is not happening in my corner of the world....and I have truly never heard of this. The only people getting large bonuses in healthcare that I have...
kathyann replied to olympiad27's topic in Management
You sound very frustrated with your nurse manager, and that is a shame...really. But, not all managers are like this and if you are truly as frustrated as you seem, then perhaps you should air your frustrations on a more useful venue...such as in you...
kathyann replied to rnhopeful's topic in Management
Hey, kudos for you! Glad you have a Masters! And....what type of nursing do you do???? Work at the bedside?? PT's make a significantly higher salary in most areas than RN's...and since bedside RN's way outnumber PT's, I think it unlikely you will ev...
kathyann replied to Chrislynn2003's topic in Operating Room
I think all OR RN's should be required to learn all aspects of the job, and scubbing cases is certainly a vital aspect of the job. The problem at our hospital is that we are small, and have limited staff, and there is often not enough staff to allow ...
Well, I have seen more of the opposite-surgeons preferring USSC over ethicon! Anyway, the chromis suture is going to soon be obsolete due to studies showing a link to the suture and CJD...believe it or not...so, then they will be upset again when the...