terrina

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1. Introductions

   terrina replied to Brian's topic in Wisconsin

   I live West of the Milwaukee Metro area and work in Milwaukee. I have been a nurse since 1978. Great to see a Wisconsin board.

2. Bait and switch sign on

   terrina replied to terrina's topic in Geriatric

   I kept the written info where things were circled by the recruiter in the interview, but a circle around things in the pamphlet were not good enough for the powers that be. I let it go for the sake of my mental health and tried to concentrate on the ...

3. Bait and switch sign on

   terrina posted a topic in Geriatric

   Has anyone been promised a sign-on bonus, Holidays off, personal days at the intervue and then been told after orientation starts that these things were never offered?! This happened to me and I have heard of it happening at another LTC facility, an...

4. Update and a few more questions.

   terrina replied to lildebbie-RN's topic in Wisconsin

   Madison- a great environment for a young, single nurse. Also great for someone who wants to llearrn more about his/her field. Sheboygan- great for a family with kids. Not much for a single person to do. St Nicholas has a "home town" reputation, I don...

5. Expectations of agency nurses

   terrina replied to mattsmom81's topic in Agency

   I worked agency for awhile and upon reading your comments found myself getting sick because everything you say is true, I know, because I have lived it.

6. Introductions

   terrina replied to Brian's topic in Wisconsin

   Started working in the Milwaukee area 1 year ago. Lots of Hospitals, lots of job opportunities, pay not that good, age discrimination in an era of nursing shortage?! Anyone else out there from this area? Terrina

7. Survey: Has your facility implemented nurse to patient ratios?

   terrina replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   4 pts to 1 RN/LPN on med surg floor; 8 pts to 1 RN/CNA on same lfloor days and pms.....and still running from start to shift finish

8. patient leaving with iv lock in place

   terrina replied to ellencrn's topic in Safety

   I actually had an MD order, a House supervisor okay a pt leaving with the hep lock in because late scheduled surgery cancelled and reset for early next day. As the RN I questioned and charted but what to do?

9. ...The Young Also Eat the Old

   terrina replied to Flora's topic in Activism

   I moved a year ago from one area of the country to my original "home state". I took a job in a large University setting and stayed only 2 months because of the attitude of the younger staff. I was set up, yelled at in front of my patients, ignored, t...

10. Survey: What do you believe: "Nursing Shortage" Crisis or Opportunity?

    terrina replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I think some hospitals may use the excuse that there are no nurses out there to crunch as many patients into the place, sometimes finding beds in unusual places while harried nurses keep on admitting them. Our hospital uses no caps on admissions and ...

11. Anti-depressants anyone?

    terrina replied to Debbielynn's topic in General Nursing

    did you ever wonder why so many nurses are on antidepressants? Are we just so much more open to telling that we are depressed? Or is it the access we have to MD's who may understand the work situation we face? Lately I have thought that we may be fac...

12. burned out and fed up

    terrina replied to Youda's topic in General Nursing

    I have been working in hospitals for 38 years, have been an RN for 24. Havbe been in many different Types of nursing from psych to ICU to Home Care. Burn out every 5-6 years or so. Need to redirect my "sails" and get into something new. That is one b...

13. Calling for all opinions!!!

    terrina replied to askater11's topic in Med-Surg

    I think 5:1 ratio on a step down unit is too much especially when you are titrating, get all types of patients. I work 4:1 ratio on the general floor and that is heavy at times! (course there are no CNA's to help and RN's do everything!

14. Smokers vs Non-smokers

    terrina replied to NurseDianne's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is interesting that staff who smoke ALWAYS get their breaks, even though other staff are too busy to even sit down for a minute to chart. I get shocked when people hand me their pager so they can go out to smoke on break and I haven't been...

15. Recruiting and hiring

    terrina replied to Orca's topic in General Nursing

    when moving from one part of the country to another last year for family reasons, I applied at 7 different hospitals. I got appointments/call backs from 2 of the 7 hospitals. I have over 20 years varied experience and a good work record. One hospital...