arobins72

arobins72 has 1 years experience and specializes in Telemetry.

Latest Activity

1. Working over 40 hours... still no overtime pay? Legal?

   arobins72 replied to xtina15's topic in General Nursing

   My facility does not pay overtime for "unproductive" hours such as education classes or meetings.

2. GED and Nursing

   arobins72 replied to futureNurse1996's topic in General Nursing

   I have my GED and graduated in December with my BSN. I had to take a special ACT to get into the university, but I did it. Go for it. Don't let it hold you back.

3. Am I too old?

   arobins72 replied to ollieanne's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I just turned 42 last week. I graduated with my BSN in December. No, you aren't too old.

4. New Grad, 8 patients. HELP!

   arobins72 replied to circularstaircase's topic in Med-Surg

   I'm a new grad in orientation as well. I'm on a med/tele floor. Our normal ratio is 5 or 6 to 1. Beyond that the charge nurse will take patients. I'm very fortunate to work with very supportive nurses and an awesome NM. I also work with a new nurse ...

5. POLL: nurse-to-patient ratio

   arobins72 replied to j0yegan's topic in General Nursing

   Med/tele, most often 5. Sometimes 6, but if we have 6 we get 2 aides, a unit clerk, and a task nurse who does our blood sugars and discharges.

6. HELP! Masking the smell of feces!

   arobins72 replied to WhitneyRene's topic in General Students

   I keep a tube of Carmex in my pocket and put it under my nose. Vick's works well too. Just when I think I'm used to it, I get proven wrong.

7. Abolishing the Pinning Ceremony

   arobins72 replied to drem7116's topic in General Nursing

   I graduate from a BSN program in December of 2013. We are paying for our pinning ceremony ourselves through class dues and fundraising. Our class is pretty tight knit and we look forward to the pinning ceremony more than graduation itself. We've agre...