Dayannight

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1. Will you be getting the flu vaccine this year?

   Dayannight replied to jenrninmi's topic in General Students

   I'll be getting the flu shot at work tomorrow night. By protecting myself the patients I care for benefit as well.

2. Survey: Has your facility implemented nurse to patient ratios?

   Dayannight replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   The new CA law has made for better nurse/pt ratios. On our med and surg floors the ratio is now 5:1 days and 6:1 nights, and the charge nurses do take pt assignments. The down side to this is now it's required to have the same number of nurses on t...

3. I have a negative attitude - I must leave

   Dayannight replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

   Good for you! I'm sending good thoughts your way - and hoping everything goes well. Best wishes!

4. I have a negative attitude - I must leave

   Dayannight replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

   Whoa! Get out of there as soon as you can. The med/surg floors at my hospital certainly have a number of complaints from our staff, but not as bad as what you've discribed. So, no, not all med/surg floors are going to be so terrible as this one....

5. Scariest thing you have found

   Dayannight replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

   Have found antibiotic partials hanging on the wrong patient. Also had a patient with a PEG tube feeding that was supposed to be going at 50cc/hr found with the pump turned off, the tubing off the pump and the clamp wide open. That patient went into...

6. Question for nurses who came into the career late...

   Dayannight replied to Cryssi's topic in General Nursing

   Go for it Cryssi! I know you can do it! Count me as another of those who where older when they started their nursing career. I was a SAH mother of five for a number of years and started as a CNA in my mid-thirty's. LVN at age 42, and just now (ag...

7. How much does your state charge for your nursing license?

   Dayannight replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, VegasRN and Tshe, I just assumed that the RN renewal was the same as the LVN's, which is now $100 in California. Two years ago it was $75.

8. Nursing errors I learned from...

   Dayannight replied to mattsmom81's topic in General Nursing

   The first time I made an error it involved giving patient A's meds to patient B. I realized my mistake after the fact, and reported it to both the MD, and nursing supervisor. Had to stay over and fill out the incident report - and patient B had to ...

9. Straight pay for 12 hour shifts?

   Dayannight replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

   Non-union hospital - straight pay for 12 hr shifts. NOCs gets differential of .75 first four hours, and $1.50 last eight. OT after 40 hrs. W/E differential is 10% of hourly wage.

10. What is your title and what state/province are you in?

    Dayannight replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    LVN in CA

11. A Man's Perspective: My Life With A Nurse

    Dayannight replied to LoriUSAFRN's topic in Humor

    That was so funny! And true! Thanks for sharing it.

12. Bonus for extra shifts: what are your facilities doing for you?

    Dayannight replied to timonrn's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital where I work RN's and LVN's earn time and a half for coming in to work an extra shift. CNA's earn a $5/hr bonus for working an extra shift. We work 12 hr shifts; anything over 12 hrs is double time. Staff are not often asked to sta...

13. pharmacy hours

    Dayannight replied to Uptoherern's topic in Safety

    We have no pharmacist after 7 pm - The hospital night supervisor spends a lot of time running to pharmacy to fill missing med orders for the floors, as well as ER. This has been going on for years now. There is a shortage of pharmacists here in no...

14. Have you ever written to your Congressman regarding the nursing profession.

    Dayannight replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    jt is right - don't be discouraged by a generic response. Long before I became a nurse, one of my first jobs was working in the district office of a Congressman. The number of calls and letters he received on specific issues were noted, and I'm sur...

15. Need Assistance from the many Pet owners here :)

    Dayannight replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Brandy, like some of the other posters I want to encourage you to look into getting an older dog rather than a puppy, as well as look into the larger breeds. In my family, we've had a variety of dogs over the years, both large and small breeds, mal...