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jcaste

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  1. Congrats on almost finishing your clinicals!!!!
  2. I agree, some of them are wonderful. There are a few that are so nice and actually appreciate someone else doing vitals for them. Unfortunately, most (in my experience) never say thank you, are mean to the students and create a really bad image for...
  3. I am glad I am getting the opportunity to do a lot of clinical time. I get goosebumps just thinking about the minimal clinical exposure those students had.
  4. It seems the nursing colleges in my area are varied in the amount of time they require their students to spend in the clinical setting. I am a 4th quarter student and I have all day clinicals 2 days a week. I must select 3 patients and provide care...
  5. Are you paid less than new hires?

    That is a fantastic example of what nurses need to do when this is happening in their facility. Who would take care of the patients if the nurses went on strike? It is also an insult to the new hires when they are offered more pay. At first glance...
  6. During clinicals, students need to protect themselves from being taken advantage of by nurses, certified nurse assistants (CNA's) and patients. Often when a student is on the hospital floor reviewing charts for selection, a seemingly kind nurse will ...
  7. How do you find a job as a CNA w/ no experience?

    I agree, you might need to work at a LTC facility for a while before a hospital might hire you. It is still worth applying to hospitals even if they state they want more experience than you have. I have heard of hospitals hiring new CNA grads. As...
  8. Are you paid less than new hires?

    I can understand the need to recruit new hires, but at the expense of creating heart burn or heart failure for the seasoned nurses.....it doesn't seem to be the right choice. Administration must be tough, but I do wonder if they employ the same pra...
  9. Are you paid less than new hires?

    Do you have a state union for nurses over there? They might be able to help you form a union.
  10. Are you paid less than new hires?

    Your story is inspiring. Thank you
  11. Sounds like a good program at your facility. I like how your facility combines patient directed administration w/ C.O.W.'s & scanners. We used to call the computers on wheels C.O.W.'s, but a complaint came in that a visitor thought a staff memb...
  12. Are you paid less than new hires?

    That sounds like a good system.
  13. It is supposed to help decrease medication error, but the handhelds are so slow and clunky that it slows down the nurses and they don't have time to do all the other things they are supposed to do. The device can't do critical thinking such as deter...
  14. I am currently doing a clinical at a hospital where they have a history of paying their established nurses less than the new hire nurses. Their longtime nurses of many years are paid less than brand new RN graduates. Appearantly, this has been g...
  15. I have a clinical at a hospital that requires all nurses (including students) use a hand held device similiar to a PDA to scan all medications and patient id bands before giving meds to the patient. At first, this can seem like a great idea, but thi...