OrthoRN09

OrthoRN09

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  1. Holiday Pay

    My facility does not give holiday pay at all. We have the option to take PTO if we want to, whether or not we work the holiday. So if I work 12 hours on Thanksgiving, I can take 12 hours of PTO on top of it to get paid "double time". If I'm not sc...
  2. RN's working overtime

    I work 3 12's a week in a hospital. Have picked up overtime a couple times, but I have noticed that the more I pick up, the less I see it on my check. So it's really not worth it to pick up more than 1 OT shift per pay period. I will clear about $...
  3. CMA to RN???

    I was a CMA for 10 years before going back for my RN. As far as I know, there are no bridge programs for CMA to RN. And whoever is telling you that there is has no idea what they are talking about. I did not get credit for any of my CMA classes an...
  4. Wow! I guess I am lucky. The manager on our floor is AWESOME! She is always in and available. A couple weeks ago, I needed help transferring a patient from bed to commode and she happened to be standing at the charge desk and volunteered to help....
  5. Should I bother applying to Summer III Mayo Clinic?

    saza323, you seem to be obsessing over this whole Summer III thing. Just go ahead and apply, if you get in you get in. If you don't you don't. It won't be the end of the world. AND if you don't get it, it won't be because you aren't good enough. ...
  6. Bachelors vs. Associate

    As an AD prepared nurse, I have managed to get hired TWICE in the past year at hospitals for positions that stated "BSN preferred" in the posting. Looks like I didn't need a BSN to open any doors for me. And as someone else mentioned, we sit for th...
  7. First Cath!

    I think that only pertains to patients with spinal cord injuries or in cases of autonomic dysreflexia. But I could be wrong.
  8. Please use some common sense on Facebook.

    I heard of some summer interns getting fired at my facility for posting stuff about patients they were caring for on their facebook. They didn't use patient names, but apparently the info they posted made it easy to figure out who they were.
  9. Whats the deal with all the crying?!?!....

    I cried one time that I can remember in nursing school. It was when an instructor reprimanded me for not being prepared for my head to toe assessment check off. I admit, I was not as prepared as I should've been. But I was able to pull it together...
  10. Mountain of Student Loan Debt?

    I graduated from an AD program last December with close to $40K in student loans. Went a private school and the tuition was WAY more than the any other. This school happened to be the only one with an all evening AD program, which I had to do becau...
  11. Dismissed from Nursing school

    I have personally never considering giving lovenox, heparin or anything similar in any location other than the abdomen. That does seem like a very weak reason to be completely dismissed from the program. I hate to be "that person", but it seems li...
  12. How can I stay in nursing after this weekend?

    I work 12 hour D/N rotation. I choose to work more nights than days for all the reasons you listed. Your patient ratio 7:1 seems way too high. On our days shift we get 2-3 MAYBE 4 patients if absolutely needed. Those with 2 patients will get a po...
  13. Med/Surg or M/S Float? What is better for a new grad?

    I would suggest the 1 unit. I was hired as a new grad to an ortho/trauma floor. After being off orientation for 3 months, I was eligible to float to other units when our census is low. So far I have floated to 3 different units and really hated 2 ...
  14. Is answering Q&As enough?

    I only did questions to study for my NCLEX and passed with 75 questions. I used to the Saunders review books. I tried to do at least 100 questions each day. As for meds, those were my weakness as well. I was lucky enough to not get very many ques...
  15. Ok I dont like ortho

    I love my ortho trauma floor. I have had to float to a couple different medical floors recently and HATE it. Everyone was jaundice, no ones liver/kidneys were functioning, and most had some sort of bowel issues (rectal tubes, diarrhea, c-diff). I ...