whitneyraeRN

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1. Pensacola VS Tampa

   whitneyraeRN replied to CrystalRN88's topic in Florida

   Starting pay in Pensacola is barely $22/hr.. couple years experience and you might make $24-25? This is for full time with benefits. If you can do without benefits, you can get closer to $30/hr. There are 3 hospitals, and they are always hiring! I li...

2. Nursing shoes - Altra?

   whitneyraeRN replied to NurseT922's topic in Uniform/Gear

   They are great! Lots of nurses I know like them!

3. Moving to Pensacola

   whitneyraeRN replied to Guest862922's topic in Florida

   I've been in Pensacola since 2005, and this is the only place I've been a nurse. Your main three hospitals are Baptist, Sacred Heart, and West Florida. There are also smaller hospitals, but depending on what you want to do, they don't have all the se...

4. General Rules for Med Surg

   whitneyraeRN replied to icthusRN's topic in Med-Surg

   The first time you hang blood, someone should be with you.. The first time you do anything, someone should be with you! I had a new nurse have to do a zassi the other day. We talked through it, I opened a kit and we talked through it (with numerous n...

5. Pensacola jobs

   whitneyraeRN replied to TimothyB's topic in Florida

   I work at baptist and wouldn't leave it to work at the other 2 hospitals in Pensacola. West Florida is run by HCA and Sacred by Ascension.. Neither local. I love my ghetto baptist.. Never a dull moment!

6. RN pay scale in FL

   whitneyraeRN replied to sungrl01's topic in Florida

   Panhandle is the lowest in Florida from what I've seen.. I moved from fort Myers, where you made close to $30/hr to start.. In Pensacola in 2013 I started at $21.64/hr, but I think it's closer to $23/hr now. Charge nurses should make more.. But still...

7. west florida hosp pensacola pay

   whitneyraeRN replied to _zoubisoubisou_'s topic in Florida

   Not 100% sure, but pay is low down here. I know baptist in pensacola starts between $22-23/hr.

8. Moving to Pensacola+

   whitneyraeRN replied to JennyandPups's topic in Florida

   Here's what I've heard.... Can't guarantee it's true. Sacred and West Florida start NEW grads around $18-19. Baptist starts around $21. (Sacred might be higher now as they've recently increased pay) As far as experienced... I've heard of RNs leaving ...

9. Moving to Pensacola+

   whitneyraeRN replied to JennyandPups's topic in Florida

   I work at Baptist, and pay in this area is horrible! I did hear sacred just increased their pay, but before that I heard starting was around $18-19. Beautiful city, tons to do, horrid pay!

10. Primary fluids and piggyback meds

    whitneyraeRN replied to whitneyraeRN's topic in Medications

    Anyone have any good apps that will not only test med compatibility, but med/fluid compatibility?

11. Primary fluids and piggyback meds

    whitneyraeRN posted a topic in Medications

    Quick question.. Can you piggyback meds off ANY primary fluid that is running? I know the primary fluid will stop while the piggyback is running, but there is still fluid from the primary in the line when the piggyback starts. I know I can piggyback ...

12. Psych to med-surg... So scared!

    whitneyraeRN posted a topic in Med-Surg

    So I graduated and started my nursing career in February 2013 at an acute inpatient psych facility. I did well and was promoted to charge nurse by November. I usually had 8 patients and we rarely had a tech. I always got all my work done with no p...

13. Pensacola/Destin area

    whitneyraeRN replied to Sassyraven's topic in Florida

    I am working at a hospital - and it took me about 3 months to get a job after I started looking. There are plenty of positions at all 3 major hospitals, if you have experience. I feel lucky I got the position I did as a new grad about a year ago. I'm...

14. How often do you encounter violence?

    whitneyraeRN replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

    Don't show fear, even if you are scared in the beginning. There are always other staff members around (at least in my inpatient acute unit) who will come to help. A minute may seem like an hour, but you should always have support. I've been in inpati...

15. How did you know nursing was for you?

    whitneyraeRN replied to aachavez's topic in General Nursing

    After almost 10 years of sitting in a cubicle and being bored... I knew I wanted a career where I never have to stop learning! A career where I have so many options that I never have to leave the profession to find something new!