Burntfrom1969

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1. The Case for Practicing Nursing in Las Vegas

   Burntfrom1969 replied to HazeK's topic in Nevada

   I've lived here for twenty plus years. Came as a new grad and done a variety of practice, ortho, ICU, ER, Flights, PICU, NICU, etc. UMC is it, period. Retirement is 2 1/2 % for each year you stay. That's 50% of your base pay after twenty years. ...

2. Any facilities that stop accepting pts if there is insufficient staff?

   Burntfrom1969 replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

   We routinely close beds for staffing. Sometimes for four hours other times for the entire shift. If the supervisor can't get the pt's out then we triple assignments in critical care and bump the ratio up for the step down units and floors, then ref...