RNGriffin

RNGriffin

Neuro ICU/Trauma/Emergency

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About RNGriffin

RNGriffin specializes in Neuro ICU/Trauma/Emergency.


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  1. Racism in the workplace

    Unless she moved to Australia, where it's very rare to see African Americans, she will have to deal with the "black" nurses. If your hospital is making this accommodation, they're in for a rude awakening when one of those black nurses file a lawsuit....
  2. You don't know what you will and will not like. Everything you have heard about LTC can be said about acute care. There is a dream job, I would like to correct that statement. But, the dream also comes with bad aspects as well. You're not going to f...
  3. is nursing really worth the debt

    That explains it. Are you working 55h every week? I make $69hr & my pay doesn't come close to the 200k mark. Give me your secrets, if it's not requiring me to pick up an additional 2 shifts a week & lose my benefits. :-)
  4. is nursing really worth the debt

    You obviously work 2 to 3 jobs 160hrs a week. I have been on both sides of the nursing field, and find it hard to believe any nurse is making $109 an hour in any part of the country. But, that's just me being pessimistic...(realistic in my book)
  5. is nursing really worth the debt

    You should consider retaking the courses. I believe you will find yourself using more of that debit to pay off that debt if you go with schools that are willing to take the unwanted crop. Most of these schools will pump out of school with just as muc...
  6. Show Me the Money

    It's funny this thread was brought up. My coworkers ask all the time how could I leave the corporate healthcare setting, which was well paid and highly respected, to go back into nursing? I chose this field for the love of it. Matter of fact, I am mo...
  7. What would you say?

    I would choose "Seeking new challenges and learning opportunities". If asked in person, I would state I became comfortable within my position ,and felt I could use a change of pace or new learning opportunity. This shows the individual is eager to l...
  8. Stop it!

    Oh, what about when you call down for the Ferritin at 1930 that's due at 2100, but they tube it at 1945 and forget to call.....Sure I'll run it( insert sarcasm)
  9. Stop it!

    I concur with this post! While I appreciate our wonderful pharm techs, they have a habit of coming a little after 1900 here.
  10. Stop it!

    Stop making up abbreviations and becoming upset when I do not understand that OOBTTC means, out of bed to the chair. urrggghhh! LOL
  11. Transition from BSN/ADN

    I am not an ADN graduate, but I believe the assessments, pharmacology, and management components are the only missing parts of the program. It's been so long since I've been in Nursing school, they may have added these topics into the program. I kno...
  12. What would you have done? *urinary retention*

    I would have walked the patient to the toilet or bedside commode, if this is an option for this patient, and palpated the bladder( lightly tapping on the bladder could induce the urge to void). I did this with many of my post spinal cord injury and s...
  13. Transition from BSN/ADN

    Limited attempts to pass the course. I would assume "exits" is the politically correct term for those who did not pass the course. "Limited attempts" could also mean students of their program who have not been successful in the course and have first ...
  14. Stop it!

    She isn't dating the doctor, which I could care less about. Accompanied with not dating him, I have to be subjected to the sex stories. I wasn't asking advice on the subject, it's more a vent post. :-)
  15. understaffing

    The only thing you can safely do in this situation is to walk away. Reference a previous thread where two nurses were terminated for stating they were understaffed. Does your facility have a system in place that allows anonymous reporting to QA?