jdub3

jdub3 specializes in Orientation hahahaha.

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1. Over it.

   jdub3 replied to NightNurseRN's topic in General Nursing

   Oh, just wait until I finish my 2 years on my unit. PEACE!!!!!!! I am gone.... Where? Dunno, but anywhere that doesn't involve admitting vents 30 min b/f my shift ends, with 2 admissions b/f that. Bump this.....

2. Family Members With Nothing Better To Do.

   jdub3 replied to Honeynurse's topic in General Nursing

   What about my husbands peritoneal dialysis. Ummm I am not a dialysis nurse mam. Have you asked the Dr. about it? Whats the last he told you? Ok then thats all I know. "Patient has

3. How to artfully dodge conversation?

   jdub3 replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

   This is a critical unit... I am getting a page, sorry I have to go....

4. RN salary in Alabama

   jdub3 replied to tnlally's topic in General Nursing

   OH, I just have to say, Montgomery has to be the most boring city in Alabama, JMHO....... If your thinking of going there.... Mobile or W Georgia is where I will be heading next.

5. RN salary in Alabama

   jdub3 replied to tnlally's topic in General Nursing

   Starting pay is from $18 to $18.75 + about a $5.75 shift diff. We had nearly all hospitals come to our school b/f I graduated. Raises are non existent at my hospital right now. We have an extremely high turnover rate in critical care for the last 3 y...

6. Low starting pay for new RN?

   jdub3 replied to 09NewGrad's topic in General Nursing

   Yep, thats what I think when I see CA and NY posters...

7. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

   jdub3 replied to Brian's topic in COVID

   Its a needle and its entering my body.

8. Low starting pay for new RN?

   jdub3 replied to 09NewGrad's topic in General Nursing

   I was started at less than that with no raises hospital wide right now. Not very ideal for for retention especially with my level of current responsibilities! Nevertheless, I feel as if I have job security more so now than ever, "I think:confused:"

9. malpractice insurance

   jdub3 replied to rawrn's topic in General Nursing

   I was told by my supervisor that I didn't need any. Even as a newbie I looked at her and said I do not believe for one second that this hospital has my back....

10. Does your healthcare facility hire employees with HIV or hepatitis

    jdub3 replied to Fig77's topic in General Nursing

    We do at our hospital. She spoke openly about a heb B exposure from working in dialysis, it got real quit real fast in the room. I later told here that I appreciated her honesty and it actually was very sobering to hear her testimony...

11. Got really put down by my supervisor today

    jdub3 replied to jdub3's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe some of us are wrong and some are right?? I have decided not to let this bother me anymore, I will do what is required of me and yes I will suck it up. I'm already grown up and this thread is starting to make me want to throw up..... I didn't c...

12. Should the H1N1 Vaccine be mandatory for Healthcare Professionals?

    jdub3 replied to Brian's topic in COVID

    No, I have the right to be a skeptic.

13. ALL NURSES this affects all of you

    jdub3 replied to AnalegnaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Some people will get this and some won't. Sometimes its like beating your head against the wall trying to make people understand "rights." You will be accused of being an idiot conservative too... I have a European wife that will tell you all about i...

14. Hepatitis B series problem (student)

    jdub3 replied to Kringe38's topic in General Nursing

    Huh.. Hep B immunization has always been an option for us. We don't have to take it. But, it is strongly advised...

15. Got really put down by my supervisor today

    jdub3 replied to jdub3's topic in General Nursing

    I understand what some of you are saying. I know this is totally different situation as far as job in this hospital. Some of you just repeated the same thing my father told me yesterday when I got off work and called him. All I know to do is try to h...