nurseletDZ

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1. My inner snowflake

   nurseletDZ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   I don't think you can *exactly* apply that term to this concept, technically speaking, but I totally see what you mean. With all the hospitals trying to get Magnet status they are hiring lots of new BSNs (including me) trying to change the culture of...

2. My inner snowflake

   nurseletDZ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Me too ^_^ I kinda like how nursing is somewhere between blue and white collar. Light blue collar?

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

   nurseletDZ replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

   I recently had a confused patient who insisted that the urinal was his wife's water bottle.

4. Orders from hell...

   nurseletDZ replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

   Well THAT makes my blood boil. Gawd.

5. Used CPR on my neighbors toddler today... it wasn't enough... warning, graphic..

   nurseletDZ replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

   Bless your heart. Thank you for being that family's hero.

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

   nurseletDZ replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

   Not quite as bad as exploding and wasting a perfectly good bag of blood as others have done, but I disconnected a pt from the blood tubing and forgot to clamp it and poured about 30 cc of bright red saline/blood punch all over his freshly remade bed ...

7. Is it time for a new Philadelphia thread?

   nurseletDZ replied to Claire825's topic in Pennsylvania

   Here's some recent salary info for new grads--can't tell you specifically what it would be for 21 months experience though. :) https://allnurses.com/pennsylvania-nursing/starting-salaries-for-484645-page3.html

8. Dealing with a dirty old man

   nurseletDZ replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

   Sad that they needed you to point this out to them, but good for you for standing up for yourself!

9. My Mom passed away. Did I do the right thing?

   nurseletDZ replied to LovingMom1's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, you were absolutely right to turn her! Good on you for looking after your mom's skin (and all her other needs so carefully). You did exactly as you should have done, and to me it doesn't sound like the movement in any way could have contributed ...

10. Is it time for a new Philadelphia thread?

    nurseletDZ replied to Claire825's topic in Pennsylvania

    Hi. I work on a mostly-medical (plus GYN surgery) floor at Temple, where we have centralized tele so we get a good number of pts on the monitor. We also get lots of onc pts on my floor as we have all the chemo certified RNs. The 7th floor is cardiac ...

11. 10 year old died after I performed CPR

    nurseletDZ replied to MjHudd's topic in General Nursing

    You were brave, competent, and professional. I admire you. Please take care of yourself. Hugs.

12. Starting Salaries for New Nurses in Philly

    nurseletDZ replied to BrokeRN's topic in Pennsylvania

    Nope, not a typo. My friend just got hired at HUP. They start pretty low compared to other hospitals, but there is a clinical ladder, and I guess when you get bumped up to Clinical Nurse II you get a pretty steep raise. Kinda nice if you are happy en...

13. Starting Salaries for New Nurses in Philly

    nurseletDZ replied to BrokeRN's topic in Pennsylvania

    OK I found out more... - Penn $27.25 (something like that), IDK about diff, but automatic $13 raise at 18 months - Temple $33 as of last year, automatic raise for going off orientation and yearly increase means $3-4 raise within first year, raises go...

14. Starting Salaries for New Nurses in Philly

    nurseletDZ replied to BrokeRN's topic in Pennsylvania

    Everything I know: - Jefferson $33.76, 10% diff for evening/nights, no weekend diff - Christiana $28.15, 15% diff for nights, 10% weekends, 20% 11p-7a - CHOP $27.50, $4 evening diff, $2.50 weekend diff, $5.50 weekend nights - Einstein $30, 10% night ...

15. Stanford Rape

    nurseletDZ replied to brandy1017's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes, dude.