For the same reason that an ED RN will document "Awake, alert and oriented x 3" when the patient can barely tell you their own name. Or document that skin is intact when they know they haven't looked...
1. South FL 2. New Grad 3. Cardiac Tele at a large metropolitan hospital 4. $24.80 base pay 5. $4 evening and $6 night differentials. No weekend differential. 6. Non-union We pay $1400 a month for a...
My friend got a job at Florida Hospital in Orlando a few months after graduating from our BSN Program. She got in at the ICU but there is a 2-3 yr contract she has to finish out there. Yes I'm in the...
I remember doing a rotation in the Pedi ER during nursing school, and we were treating a frequent flyer. She was a teenage girl with cancer receiving chemo, and my preceptor told me that although she...
Congrats but I agree... never do that again. I just had a drug screen this week and the nurse told me that they can test you at any time!! At my facility if you so much as cut your finger they'll send...
I am a new grad as well, and have been looking for a job in South FL since last July when I passed NCLEX!! I have my BSN AND a Bachelors in Health Science and it still took me a ridiculous amount of...
I have spoken to several associate degree nurses who have gone waaaaay longer than 6 months. As for myself, I went almost 10. And I think I'm pretty well educated with two bachelors degrees (health...
I'm not telling you NOT to move to South Fl... I'm just telling you to do your research and not be disillusioned so there aren't any big shocks when you get here. Visiting a place and living there are...
lmrn13 replied to nekozuki's topic in Private Duty
Advocate for the patient.... Who obviously can't do it for themself!!! Those conditions sound abhorrent and you don't want that on your conscience.... Wondering if there was more you should've done....
lmrn13 replied to wearelegion83's topic in Emergency
I start a new grad residency in March and honestly my biggest fear is that I make a mistake or someone gets hurt. I'm sure everyone goes through these feelings but it's so
lmrn13 replied to wearelegion83's topic in Emergency
The thing is idk what I would've done in those situations. I mean the ED is obviously not 1-1 so you have other patients to care for. Maybe you should've gotten a tech to assist them in the bathroom?...
I know that my instructors in nursing school discouraged going straight into an NP program without experience as a bedside nurse. Bedside nursing teaches you a lot. My instructors told me that they...
lmrn13 replied to wearelegion83's topic in Emergency
Wow that's extremely unfortunate. I'm a new grad and I haven't started working yet so I probably can't provide too much advice. I guess all you can do is tell your side of the story, be truthful and...