SnowStar4 replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing
I have experienced that high really sign on bonuses can be a sign of high turnover/ bad situations. I worked as an educator for a department that was basically all travellers because it was so toxic. Even travellers earning ridiculous amounts of mone...
SnowStar4 replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing
Not introducing yourself to anyone, just showing up and stalking. Tell me your name, what level you are, and what you can do/any goals for the day. And certainly introduce yourself to the patient! Don't just walk in and start touching them.
SnowStar4 replied to snowboardjunkkie's topic in Operating Room
My OR takes new grads, and they really like us to refer people. I would try to network as much as possible, and if you can get a hold of the contact info for nurse recruiters and call them. Other than that keep trying. You might have to take another ...
Sometimes it comes out to plain old numbers. At my school you pretty much needed a straight 4.0 in the courses they looked at. I think I read that you had a 3.8 (forgive me if I forgot) which is an absolutely wonderful GPA, but if all of the other pe...
SnowStar4 replied to felicity1188's topic in General Nursing
From what I have seen it depends on the facility. I have seen it where the shift is split strictly by calender days, and also where a night shift counts as the day on which it starts. Best bet is to ask your HR person as TheCommuter suggested.
I work in a very large OR that does pretty much every kind of surgery you can imagine, so I am never bored. I am always seeing interesing things that keep me going. The stuff I see amazes me. Are you in a really small OR, or always in the same servic...
We had an autistic kid with a photographic memory that joined our school in middle school. They wanted to mainstream him as much as possible (awesome since this was quite a while ago and the only autistic person any of us had heard of). On the first ...
SnowStar4 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations
Had a PCT (one trained and certified even) tell me that "it's going to be nice to have all the blood from her period go into the catheter bag so we don't have to clean it up" upon hearing that a patient was getting a Foley. I had to explain about the...
SnowStar4 replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Relations
I know it's frustrating. I work in a unit that cannot keep new employees more than a year. They treat people very badly and so they leave in droves. The older employees that are staying resent the new people because they hate constantly training peop...
SnowStar4 replied to Double-Helix's topic in Uniform/Gear
I use the Dr Scholls inserts with athletic shoes and they work well for me. They are expensive for inserts, but they give you your money back if you are not satisfied. It took a couple days to get used to them but then my foot pain was gone!
SnowStar4 replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Relations
I had a formal sit-down in the in the educators' office because "people can not tell when I'm thinking when they look at me". I guess it's my fault their ESP is off :)