lavenderskies BSN

lavenderskies has 35 years experience as a BSN.

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1. Question about PRN nurse pay differential

   lavenderskies replied to lavenderskies's topic in General Nursing

   Do they require you to pick up a certain number of shifts/weekends/holidays? If so do they pay you differentials for those?

2. Question about PRN nurse pay differential

   lavenderskies replied to lavenderskies's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah that’s not happening out west at least in the places I’ve been and have peers at. Minimum shifts to pick up are increasing more and more. They are to be met monthly. There’s a significant push to punish PRN into applying for unfilled FTE positio...

3. Question about PRN nurse pay differential

   lavenderskies replied to lavenderskies's topic in General Nursing

   At the last two facilities I’ve been PRN and I make the same exact hourly wage as my peers which is dependent on experience. I have zero benefits and my only compensation is a perdiem pay so I can purchase my own insurance. I am not guaranteed a...

4. Question about PRN nurse pay differential

   lavenderskies posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just started a new position and found out after I started that the administration had discontinued PRN differential (even though it was still listed as a benefit on the company web page when I submitted my application....they have removed that afte...

5. 3 Couplets, too much?

   lavenderskies replied to xoxJanexoxDoexox's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I can only tell you what our M/B does. They take 3-4 couplets. But....they have aids/tech/care assists for maternal vs/infant baths, answering call lights, a charge nurse that helps with lights and breaks, and they are not pulled for deliveries. They...

6. Preparing for a job in post partum

   lavenderskies replied to ama3t's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Heres my assessment highlight tool from school lol BUBBLE HE B-reasts (soft/tender/nipple shape/blisters/cracks/pt knowledgeable about manual expression/latch, breastfeeding progress, need lactation referrals?) U-terus (firm/boggy/where is it in rela...

7. Not Sure if L&D is where I want to be! Help Please

   lavenderskies replied to Lanap313's topic in Ob/Gyn

   That's a nasty move by the provider and clearly was trying to make a less than optimal delivery look like someone's fault other than their own. An intervention like a vacuum is not the fault of the nurse even if you couldn't find heart tones. A provi...

8. Help! New Grad RN Looking for Work in Bremerton/Silverdale, WA

   lavenderskies replied to svgustaf16's topic in General Nursing

   I'd say if you are here you'd stand equal chance as a resident. I'm not sure about applying long distance but it can't hurt. I don't know about the hospital on Bainbridge. :) I would consider St Anthony's which is part of the Franciscan system and is...

9. new grad dissatisfied with first job. advice??

   lavenderskies replied to gmorelle's topic in Career Support

   I'd have to say that none of what you say sounds good or safe.....but it's likely not uncommon. Try to do your best for a year and then move on.

10. I Love My First Job

    lavenderskies replied to PennNurse's topic in New Nurse

    Unless you have an electric car.....just the fuel costs alone and vehicle wear and tear could put a big dent in the pay difference between hospitals. With that said...you could not pay me enough to spend that much time driving if there was a job I lo...

11. Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    lavenderskies replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Once (back in the heparin lock, pre needle-less system days) I sat down next to my patients bed to start her IV and place a Heparin lock. I placed the catheter and the cap. Uncapped my Heparin flush syringe and promptly dropped it on my lap. It slipp...

12. Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    lavenderskies replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Wait.... You didn't notice you'd impaled yourself until after as pirating and injecting?! You must have had massive stage fright!!!

13. IV catheter styles...what one is safer?

    lavenderskies replied to AmandaC83's topic in General Nursing

    I've used both. I prefer the simpler one with the white click retractor button. The other one is fine but it's harder the retract the needle....operator preference.

14. ACLS & circulating

    lavenderskies replied to Surfandnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work at a 300-400 del/mo facility. We are required to cross train to all areas except NICU. We circulate for sections. We have a transition RN come to the OR w/RT. We train to scrub in and scrub in 1x a year min. We are required to have ACLS to re...

15. New Process Admitting Couplets... HELP!!!

    lavenderskies replied to puddles11's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do about 300-400 births a month. Our L&D is separate from MB. We do 1:1 L&D care and have a transition nurse for baby...ideally for the 2 hr recovery/transition period. If it's crazy we might only have a transition nurse for the birth adm...