Bchapm01

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   Hurricane Irma: Are per diem nurses USUALLY required to work during a hurricane/disaster?

   Bchapm01 replied to justSara's topic in General Nursing

   Per diem as in....No benefits? No guaranteed hours? no, they really can't mandate you, unless you were already scheduled Excuse me, but you are sadly mistaken. In this day and age, there is no guarantee of job security. Basically, your employer DOES...
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   Hurricane Irma: Are per diem nurses USUALLY required to work during a hurricane/disaster?

   Bchapm01 replied to justSara's topic in General Nursing

   I worked as an RN in the same hospital for my entire 20 year career. In that hospital, per diem were actually the same as ALL types of healthcare facilities. Most, if not all staff classified as per diem had no minimum work hours per week and they al...
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   Scheduling harassment

   Bchapm01 replied to NurseDisneyPrincess's topic in General Nursing

   You should not be insisting to have every weekend off. That is inappropriate. I worked as a bedside nurse for 13.5 years and ALWAYS had to work weekends. I was coordinator of our hospital's stroke program for 6 years. During that time, I had every w...
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   Advice on comfortable shoes

   Bchapm01 replied to marlena.erika's topic in General Nursing

   My favorite shoes were Dansko clogs. This opinion comes from an RN with 20 years of acute care experience.
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   Good Excuses for Missing Work

   Bchapm01 replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

   I'll never forget one time that I couldn't make it to work due to a treacherous ice storm. The response I received from my supervisor was that it was only raining where she was. i.e. That I must have been lying to her. Those of you who live in south ...
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   Ten Ways To Know You're Burning Out

   Bchapm01 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Stress 101

   After serving as the Stroke Program Coordinator for 6 years, I made the extremely difficult decision to go back to bedside nursing. My decision was based on the fact that I was consistently working 50 hours a week in a salaried position and being tol...
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   Least stressful nursing specialty

   Bchapm01 replied to Svkd's topic in General Nursing

   Post-surgical floor nursing (general surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery)
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   My Burnout Story

   Bchapm01 replied to jk2185's topic in Stress 101

   My heart goes out to you because I experienced the same difficult decision to leave nursing after 19 1/2 years.
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   BSN does NOT open the door for better opportunies

   Bchapm01 replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in Job Hunt

   I understand your frustration. Unlike you, I went to college right out of high school and earned my BSN. There are two things I find frustrating regarding the lack of difference in nursing pay and opportunities between an ASN prepared RN and a BSN p...
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    BREAKS?????? You've gotta be kidding!

    Bchapm01 replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

    The longest I went without a bathroom break was 13 1/2 hours. I felt the urge to go on my way home after a 12 hour shift (7A-7P). I then realized that I hadn't gone to the bathroom since leaving my house at 6:30 AM AND DIDN't leave work until 8:00 PM...
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    How was your first code blue? What role did you have?

    Bchapm01 replied to journey2success's topic in General Nursing

    My first code blue did not occur until 19 years after I became an RN. The code lasted approximately 30 minutes. It was my patient and the resuscitation was successful. After presenting the patient's history, I stood there in disbelief. The patient...