HappyPediRN

HappyPediRN specializes in Pediatric Psychiatry, Home Health VNA.

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1. Salary at MGH

   HappyPediRN replied to TRR8021's topic in Massachusetts

   Per someone who works there, new grads start out in and around $28/hour at MGH.

2. So sad. :(

   HappyPediRN replied to HappyPediRN's topic in Massachusetts

   Hi there. The only place I am currently working in is pedi psych and they only have per diem available. Their core staff nurses have been there for years and there is only one nurse per shift. I'm very fortunate that the nurses are actually giving up...

3. So sad. :(

   HappyPediRN replied to HappyPediRN's topic in Massachusetts

   No, unfortunately I can't swing the price of another apt...Not enough money.

4. Tired of EMS thinking they can walk in!

   HappyPediRN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

   Unless you live under a rock on another planet what you say is incorrect. Of course a medic can assess. If they couldn't then they would not know to intubate, stick in an IV, do an EKG, or push the correct drugs. I notice you're backpeddling from the...

5. Tired of EMS thinking they can walk in!

   HappyPediRN replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

   trauma perhaps what goes around will come around and someday when you're in need of emergency medical services, the EMS responder will remember your attitude and give you the treatment you feel they provide...ya know, unlicensed, uneducated, unprofes...

6. how much do you make an hour/year?

   HappyPediRN replied to Fatima41200's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a new grad and I make $35/hour base at one job and at another I make $50/visit $60/admission for a VNA position.

7. Refusal of Brain Death exam??

   HappyPediRN replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

   Rattie, I don't mean to be disrespectful but you're coming across as very abrasive. I certainly hope you don't present things so black and white when it comes to families because it comes off as stomach-turning. When a family's child is lying in an I...

8. update on kizzykat

   HappyPediRN replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

   Kizzy your story has prompted me to take my own to the vet in the morning. He's 10 1/2 and I adopted him a year ago from my local MSPCA. He had a battery of issues including a UTI and stressgastroenteritis when I adopted him. At one point he could no...

9. WHAT A WEEK!!! and its not even over yet.

   HappyPediRN replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Now doesn't that just get your goat?

10. WHAT A WEEK!!! and its not even over yet.

    HappyPediRN replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    On the bright side, you have a job. You may hate it and it may get you sick, but at least it's paying the bills. I will happily spend a couple days vomiting if it means I can work anywhere at all. Wanna trade? I will take your stomach bug and you can...

11. The House of God

    HappyPediRN replied to 81FSUseminole's topic in General Nursing

    I really it now and then for a pick-me-up. One of my favorite books ever.

12. Children's Hospital Boston

    HappyPediRN replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Massachusetts

    This just happened to me too. I'm sorry. It really sucks.

13. What The Bleep Happened To The Shortage?

    HappyPediRN replied to Pedinurse888's topic in Massachusetts

    Yes, Worcester is an option....but I have been on the phone weekly with St. V's and UMass and their next new grad program is in January...new grads have to go through the program, and I was told their techs/employees get first preference.

14. What The Bleep Happened To The Shortage?

    HappyPediRN replied to Pedinurse888's topic in Massachusetts

    It is soooooo beyond the point of not being picky. If you look up the job opportunities on local hospital career pages you will see for yourself how few and far between nursing positions are. Here is a link to almost every hospital in MA: http://thea...

15. Feeling really down.

    HappyPediRN replied to HappyPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I called the HR department and was told it's only for December grads and as an FYI that there is a lot of internal interest.