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1. IR RN call pay vs Rad Tech call pay

   irsbear replied to irsbear's topic in General Nursing

   Neither are union. I did not call them ancillary staff. We both rely heavily on each other as both our roles are equally important in our procedures. As is our commitment to be on call and should be the same.

2. IR RN call pay vs Rad Tech call pay

   irsbear replied to irsbear's topic in General Nursing

   Not sure what area you are located in or what type of facility but in our dept the Rad techs and nurses are both at the high end of $20 per hour. They were the ones always complaining so HR evened out the playing field. Nurses are extremely disrespe...

3. IR RN call pay vs Rad Tech call pay

   irsbear replied to irsbear's topic in General Nursing

   No they are not on call for other modalities or dept areas. We are always called in together nurse/tech. I am definitely NOT making anywhere close to 2 x the hourly rate you mentioned either. I fall into the range you gave. So thT is why I'm so confu...

4. IR RN call pay vs Rad Tech call pay

   irsbear posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in a very busy IR dept where we are on call a few nights a week and one weekend a month. Nurses work side by side with radiology techs. There is always 1 nurse and 1 tech on call together...however the Radiology Techs get $6 per hr call pay wh...

5. What to expect in Neurosurgery Nursing

   irsbear replied to irsbear's topic in General Nursing

   it is a step-down unit

6. What to expect in Neurosurgery Nursing

   irsbear posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a new grad RN and have an opportunity for a neurosurgery step-down unit nursing position. I was wondering if anyone who works in that area of nursing can tell me a little of what it is about or what to expect I did not have many rotations on th...

7. Pima Medical Institute

   irsbear replied to AZMOMO2's topic in Arizona

   thank you very much...your information definitley put me at ease and congrats on your sucess in the program.

8. Pima Medical Institute Nursing

   irsbear posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was wondering if there are any nurses out there that graduated from PIMA medical institute?? I am due to start the program this October at the Albuquerque campus and would like to know what you thought about the program?? I know it doesn't transfer...

9. Pima Medical Institute

   irsbear replied to AZMOMO2's topic in Arizona

   I was wondering if there are any nurses out there that graduated from PIMA medical institute?? I am due to start the program this October at the Albuquerque campus and would like to know what you thought about the program?? I know it doesn't transfe...