tarotale

tarotale has 1 years experience.

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1. 2 job offers..ER VS CDU

   tarotale replied to bhayes4's topic in Emergency

   I agree with JMCP. Be aware, I made mistake of choosing ms over icu as a GN just to learn the "stepping stone" and jesus how hard it was to get out of it and get ER position. Go to the ER if u want ER.

2. New ER RN, overnights or day shift?

   tarotale replied to ske777's topic in Emergency

   nights. why? no admin=better life. for some reason, the night crew always have been really awesome people... and quite peculiar too. but really, unless you work at fancy suburbs, there's going to be plethora of patients even at night because people d...

3. Liability insurance in texas???

   tarotale replied to NGYSUN's topic in Emergency

   there's loads of topics on this on the forum, i suggest using search engine, but if you're like me and just want simple answers, this is what I found and did: I got NSO, $108/yr is a price of joke, so yeah I say get it.

4. Hello, I need your advice, please.

   tarotale replied to lane A.'s topic in General Nursing

   people say nursing has good foundation and job security for one with family, but I say do something else, there are other jobs that can provide as much if not better with less education and stress/bs. my buddy took few weeks course and got a job in o...

5. Do you carry around your stethoscope?

   tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

   Haha no one is starting controversy. I'm not talking about trauma situation, I'm talking about your everyday sob, cp, abd pain, etc etc. I get what you are saying. But so what if pt wheezes or has rales? Does you knowing this or charting it really ha...

6. Do you carry around your stethoscope?

   tarotale posted a topic in General Nursing

   I carried my stethoscope when I first started my job on the floor. I was being the "good new nurse" and did head-toe assx, check for PERRLA on a regardless of patient's neurostatus, checked for 4 points pulses, auscultated for breath sounds, APETM, e...

7. Complaining about your employer, loudly, at nurses' station

   tarotale replied to Emergent's topic in Relations

   No its literal. I don't walk in and tell them hi I'm your nurse, by the way I hate my employer and this hospital, but if they ask, I tell them honestly. However the fact that I hate my employer doesn't affect the effort of my job, because I like my ...

8. Complaining about your employer, loudly, at nurses' station

   tarotale replied to Emergent's topic in Relations

   When patients ask me "do you like nursing?" or "do you like what you do?" my exact word is "No". They ask me why and I tell them that I don't mind the work but health care is full of crooks and that I work for crooks so I hate what I do. I have no ...

9. Evidence-Based Practice

   tarotale replied to aimeern58's topic in Professionalism

   I loled pretty hard at esme and houtx. Texas.

10. "Holiday/year end" gift

    tarotale replied to BonhamsGhost's topic in Emergency

    We get nothing... Well 7 interns for better staffing I guess. I got half a dollar raise... Half a flipping dollar. No wonder why everyone moves q 2yrs, and that's what I'm doing as well. And also why I'm going for NP.

11. Day nurses who switched from nights, is it better?

    tarotale replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for your inputs so far. In fact, I decided to continue doing nights shift but NEVER EVER do 4 nights a week ever again. I have been doing lots of 4/wk lately and those weeks literally kill me, but I can withstand 3/wk. I wouldn't sign...

12. Dwindling faith in this profession

    tarotale replied to mclennan's topic in Professionalism

    guess what happens when $ and greed is introduced to integrity of healthcare? thanks nixon (or was it nixon? anyways...)

13. Paramedics in ER

    tarotale replied to shannonc102's topic in Emergency

    Great at doing tasks and helping out at critical situations like code blue or stroke. Not so good at other "undesirable nursing tasks" like cleaning pt, transporting cuz they are PARAMEDICS. I kind of get feel them though, they been doing "field doc...

14. Day nurses who switched from nights, is it better?

    tarotale posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey all, merry soon coming holidays, hope you are working hard for present monies :) I have been working as night nurse since my graduation yr and half ago and I must say life hasn't been all that great. I have been hating my job, apathetic at work a...

15. What are your benefits as a float pool nurse at your hospital?

    tarotale replied to PedsRN1975's topic in General Nursing

    At our system flat pool/resource gets paid twice the department rn base pay. Ya twice.