sparrow99

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1. Wages - we are underpaid

   sparrow99 replied to George's topic in Operating Room

   i work in a 90 bed hospital. I have been a nurse for 20 years and make over $30 an hour as base pay plus benefits. I get $2.25 hour to carry beeper and time and a half if i am called in. i work in Fla.

2. Making the switch from Med/Surge to PACU (maybe!)

   sparrow99 replied to NurseCard's topic in PACU

   Iwould get a few years working in ICU before even considering working in pacu. if you are working in a general hospital you will need to take care of ventilator patients, arterial lines, swans etc. You will need to interperate ABGs and make snap deci...

3. I HATE nursing! (long)

   sparrow99 replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

   I worked with a nurse who was truely terrible at bedside nursing. She obviously just didnt have the compassion and took it out on her patients. She left and worked in a few other hospitals for a couple of years. Then, she came back as a nursing super...