cbreezen482

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1. Nursing Department Orientations

   cbreezen482 replied to kcondran's topic in Illinois

   To put it bluntly, my orientation to the Med/Surg unit I just left sucked! They hired 5 of us as new grads, all to work nights. They were in such a bind to get us on the floor due to being short staffed, we got like maybe 2 weeks of orientation on da...

2. Salary to expect as a new grad nurse

   cbreezen482 replied to ashfost's topic in New Nurse

   Southeastern IL, the hospital I started at, base pay for new grads was 14.77 an hour, $1 for shift differential for nights 7p-7a. Got a whooping $.34 cent raise after 6 months! Moving to the Springfield IL area right now and got offered about $3.00 m...

3. How does your unit handle new graduates?

   cbreezen482 replied to RNPATL's topic in Med-Surg

   Fortunately, yes, we do have night clinical supervisors who are there to help us or answer questions. Another advantage we have is that all of the new grads on my night shift (including myself) all went through Nursing school together. So most of us ...

4. How does your unit handle new graduates?

   cbreezen482 replied to RNPATL's topic in Med-Surg

   As a new RN (graduated in May), I really look up to the "older" nurses in my facility. They don't make us feel stupid for asking questions or wanting a little guidance the first time we do a procedure. But the problem where I work is that they have ...

5. Whats your typical pt load?

   cbreezen482 replied to hospicemom's topic in Med-Surg

   I also live in a rural area and typically have between 6-9 patients per nurse on nights. Often we don't have an aide on nights either, sometimes 1 aide if we're lucky. Time management and organization are a major factor in not getting swamped with ch...

6. How to handle cussing nurses?

   cbreezen482 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Med-Surg

   I agree with you NurseBee....I work nights 7-7 and we are constantly busy! Usually between 7-11 we're all running around like chickens with our heads cut off, many nights without aide's and understaffed. Once we get everyone settled and in bed (if we...

7. Advice For The New Nurse Entering Med-Surg

   cbreezen482 replied to RNPATL's topic in Med-Surg

   something else that I didn't see mentioned (which doesn't mean it wasn't listed, but workin 7p-7a in the dark is takin a toll on my eyes! hehe) but... Don't be afraid to stand up for yourself...to your co-workers, Docs, etc. Everyone knows that there...

8. Just how many nurses from IL do we have here at allnurses?

   cbreezen482 replied to jadednurse's topic in Illinois

   East Central here...Newton/Olney area to be exact!! Hi Olney Med/Surg!