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1. No shift differential during orientation?

   leekaye replied to leekaye's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks. Yeah, I wasn't aware of it when starting and there's nothing in the manual. Was just wondering if this is common or a new trend in pay policies among hospitals.

2. No shift differential during orientation?

   leekaye posted a topic in General Nursing

   The hospital I'm at pays $7/hour less for all nurses in orientation. Since I started during the holidays, I found out there's no pay or extra PTO accrued during holiday weeks. Now I find out there's no shift differential either during orientation eit...

3. Why do we not get paid for lunch even if we never get to take one?

   leekaye replied to leekaye's topic in General Nursing

   There have been days when I didn't even get to PEE much less eat. I've frequently gone 13-14 hours without sitting (charted standing up) and have fought hard to get to the bathroom just to sit for 60 seconds. After I report that I am going to pee an...

4. Why do we not get paid for lunch even if we never get to take one?

   leekaye posted a topic in General Nursing

   Why do I work from 7-7:30 (12.5 hours) but only get paid for 12? This happens EVERY shift, not just once in a while. They say it's our responsibility to take a lunch but it's almost never possible. Some shifts I don't even get to pee and do my cha...

5. what did I get myself into

   leekaye replied to new and confused's topic in New Nurse

   I've been in the corporate world for decades and am a new nurse so I'm not blind to the fact that there are politics, rude people, sexism, cliques, low pay and long hours in most every career depending on the organization. That said, there are certa...

6. **POLL** New 1st Year RN Salary

   leekaye replied to Bell13's topic in New Nurse

   1) Ohio 2) $18 with $1 differential nights and $1 weekends 3) New grad ( 4) Med Surg

7. Is it a rule that you MUST be miserable for your first year?

   leekaye replied to leekaye's topic in Career Support

   I see your point. Our classroom work was very rigorous, but I do feel that I personally did not get enough clinical hands on experience. Other than passing meds and a handful of observations, we mainly did the CNA jobs as the hospital cut back to on...

8. Is it a rule that you MUST be miserable for your first year?

   leekaye replied to leekaye's topic in Career Support

   Are you saying that new nurses are stressed because they're just not well educated?

9. Is it a rule that you MUST be miserable for your first year?

   leekaye replied to leekaye's topic in Career Support

   Thank you! I appreciate the encouragement! It's all been helpful.

10. Is it a rule that you MUST be miserable for your first year?

    leekaye posted a topic in Career Support

    What other career besides nursing says that it's normal to be depressed and anxious and physically ill during your first year on the job? I've been working at my new job Med-Surg NOCs in an inner city hospital for 7 weeks now. Obviously, I have a lo...

11. Are you a new informatics nurse?

    leekaye replied to InformaticsRN.MA's topic in Informatics

    The school I went to was one who received a grant through ARRA to train nurses and IT personnel in HIT in order to help meet the need for the new meaningful use requirements. I was accepted into that short term program which expired in 2013. The sch...

12. Are you a new informatics nurse?

    leekaye replied to InformaticsRN.MA's topic in Informatics

    I just graduated with an ASN, will be taking the NCLEX next month and plan on pursuing my BSN this fall. I actually come from IT (30 years experience) and attended nursing school with the intent of going into informatics. I have "HIT Support Speci...

13. Students for Fall 2014 Tri-C program?

    leekaye replied to Bubbly26's topic in Ohio

    Interestingly, I posted about the problems with registration two days ago. Today, the upcoming classes had to register and the Tri-C Nursing Student board is alive with complaints that they could not register. Again.

14. Students for Fall 2014 Tri-C program?

    leekaye replied to Bubbly26's topic in Ohio

    AssociateDegree, you sound like you know the inside workings of Tri-C. I hope that what you say is true. Nevertheless, I stand by my points. I don't blame Tri-C for a broken gas line, but I do feel that the facilities are often disorganized. On thr...

15. Students for Fall 2014 Tri-C program?

    leekaye replied to Bubbly26's topic in Ohio

    About to graduate from Tri-C and I'll share my advice garnered the hard way from the past 3 years. THE GOOD: 1) The program is rigorous! The workload is a bear. Be prepared to study your butt off, but they have a high NCLEX passage rate for a rea...