Z71RN

Z71RN specializes in ICU/ER.

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1. Could Obamacare cause a shortage in nursing again

   Z71RN replied to RescueNinja123's topic in Activism

   some of what you mentioned may very well be true. but i work for a county own hospital and the hospitals finacial records are open to the public. at our last dept meeting the accounting manager laid out everything in a power point presentation in a...

2. Young Nurses!

   Z71RN replied to Bliss911's topic in General Nursing

   graduated high school at 17, bsn @ 21, now 22 and 8mos.

3. Cringe worthy follow up Note

   Z71RN replied to MrChicagoRN's topic in Job Hunt

   albert einstien was nortorious for messy writing filled with poor syntax and spelling mistakes.

4. Could Obamacare cause a shortage in nursing again

   Z71RN replied to RescueNinja123's topic in Activism

   if this country is not careful and dont start looking at the pitifull riembursements for treatment expenditures that hospitals (particularly in my area of the country) are having to eat there is going to be the disapearing of the small rural communit...

5. Could Obamacare cause a shortage in nursing again

   Z71RN replied to RescueNinja123's topic in Activism

   you are absolutley right. less reimbursement to the hospital has a direct correlation on everything that affects the average nurse, such as salary, bennefits and hiring.

6. Looking for current info on Miss Coast hospitals please!

   Z71RN replied to NurseAndLovinIt's topic in Mississippi

   what town are you thinking about moving town in south ms? im in north central ms.

7. Triage complaints- the good, the bad, and the shocking.

   Z71RN replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

   one sat am about 0700, a healthy looking 20 something guy walks into the triage room. i asked him whats his emergency..he responded that after a night of partying he woke up in a bed with 3 naked girls that he has never seen before. i looked at him a...

8. Great Salary But Sometimes I Wonder...

   Z71RN replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

   even pro athletes have unions that dictate the league minimal salary for each sport...

9. Implementing BSN as entry to practice

   Z71RN replied to MunoRN's topic in ADN/BSN

   bsn only nurses? I am for it 100%, speaking from a financial standpoint only. considering the state that nursing is in with many new grads not finding jobs, hospitals cutting staff, the general public being fooled to believe that there is a shortage ...

10. Need Advice... Nurse stealing non-narcotic medication

    Z71RN replied to JSSCELI's topic in General Nursing

    got that right...they can take every stinking pill out of the med box..but keep your hands off my chocolate milk in the fridge!

11. Vanderbilt Medical Center to have nurses cleaning up

    Z71RN replied to DidiRN's topic in General Nursing

    come on do-over...we all know hoffa is chilling out with elvis and james dean in the jungle room at graceland. besides a pal of mine said he saw micheal jackson moon walking on the roof not to long ago!

12. ICU nurses, Is 3:1 patient to nurse ratio a common occurence or am I just tripping?

    Z71RN replied to Scrubs911's topic in MICU

    we have 3:1 ratios in icu. it is pretty much the norm and the unit is set up for that ratio with the number of beds. i worked in the unit for 1 yr and ran my butt off. it was really bad when we were full and had a bunch of low sick patients, esp. whe...

13. ICU visiting hours

    Z71RN replied to CareBayer's topic in MICU

    no open door here. we have 8 different visitation times throughout the day and night that last 30min each. its hard enough to regulate visitation around everything we have to do as it is, i couldnt imagine having to do it with an open unit! i just do...

14. Vanderbilt Medical Center to have nurses cleaning up

    Z71RN replied to DidiRN's topic in General Nursing

    unfortunately csarmedic hit the nail on the head with his post. nursing has by in large dropped the ball time and time again to take hold on how things are done to our proffesion. we continue to align ourselves with weak nsg organizations that reall...

15. RN burn out in ED

    Z71RN replied to BSNtraumaqueenRN's topic in Emergency

    we have 4 rns and 1 er tech from 7a-11a, then 11a-11p nurse and tech clocks in. so from 11a-11p ther will be 5 rn's and 2 er techs. thank god we dont see 400 pts q 24hrs! our 24hr avg is right at 94 pts, which about 65 of them will be seen during 7a-...