desperado8156

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1. houston nursing salaries

   desperado8156 posted a topic in Oncology

   Hi everyone, I'm glad you are here. I am a BSRN in oncology with the need to relocate to the Houston area. I have been working for over a yr in this dept and am wondering if anyone can tell me the hourly rate for Houston and what the job prospects ar...

2. where are the nursing shortages?

   desperado8156 replied to jenago's topic in General Nursing

   thanks for the news , can you tell this moving michigander where in florida, and what you have experienced about the areas you know of, the areas you have been in, like living , fun things , housing , and salaries. I cant see that far from here Flori...

3. Realistic starting pay for RN's in N FL?

   desperado8156 replied to Karen06's topic in Florida

   yes it is harsh, but don't worry , hospitals will never have floors devoid of staff. They will get them as contract workers and have to pay more for them.

4. Realistic starting pay for RN's in N FL?

   desperado8156 replied to Karen06's topic in Florida

   The only way it is gonna change is with action. As I said in my last posting, blackballing local hospitals , one at a time, one after another makes change possible. Anyone that wants to start organizing in a city can acquire a ficticious screen name ...

5. Realistic starting pay for RN's in N FL?

   desperado8156 replied to Karen06's topic in Florida

   Isn't it about time for all nurses there to create an HONEST rate of pay. Maybe if everyone starts to blackball some of these places, they will start to realize that they need to get up with the rest of the nation in compensation. Living in the sunsh...

6. Nurses wearing white

   desperado8156 replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

   right on latinarn i am 26 and i have been an icu nurse for 3 years. i do not find the whites to be "impractical." they are professional and the patients like that they can identify us more readily. if nurses went back to the all white uniform that...

7. Nurses wearing white

   desperado8156 replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

   who's on first,, whats on second ( old joke but it carries meaning of double talk) that is precisely the point. Who cares if the other employee knows you are a nurse, it is the patients that matter. I remember being a patient before school, I couldn...

8. Nurses wearing white

   desperado8156 replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

   if ya wanna wear your pajamas, why bother going to work. Patients need to know who the nurses are.

9. Nurses wearing white

   desperado8156 replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

   well gee , so what. Patients don't know who is who with everyone wearing scrubs, whatever the color. At least in whites you LOOK like a nurse. whats it gonna take, an janitor hooking up an IV before someone gets serious. If ya wanna be paid as a prof...

10. Best Florida city?

    desperado8156 replied to lmolvr's topic in Florida

    :chuckle is there anyone out there who can advise me on florida life. I have been working in a major hospital in Michigan for a year and a half.We hate the winters and cold weather. I have to move to the ft meyers area with my wonderful spouse and w...