We supposedly go by aquity but that never holds up. If you have an empty bed you fill it up despite how many nurses are working. Days you have between 6 to 8 pts, evenings 7 to 9 and nights 8 to 10. Days and evenings you have a unit clerk and two a...
jlc replied to major_undecided's topic in Pennsylvania
I would advise that you find a different field of work. Nursing is only rewarding for the fool hardy who give too much of themselves, only to burn out in a few years time. You work long hours with little if any help. You get paid the least the com...
I live in a small town about an hours drive from Pittsburgh, Pa. We have a union and just received a 6.5% pay raise. Starting salary is $17.00 for a new grad. up to $22.30 for a nurse with 25 years experience. The nurses in the city make more, so ...
The worst thing about these new regulations is educating the public about what to expect from now on when they call and want updated on a patient. I also live in a small community where people come to the hospital just to pass the time and visit. ...
Read the bill on staffing ratios. I sure hope that it passes. Here in Pa. we are fighting hard to get legislature passed on both mandatory overtime and patient ratios, so far with no success. they always seem to die in committee. We have a union...
I can only add my thanks to Sara. The article said it all. Job well done Sara lets pray that it has as much impact on the powers to be as it does with the nurses. Thanks agian JJ
I would never cross a picket line. The nurses who are on strike are there to protect their patients. They are tired of working long shifts short handed, mandatory overtime with little compensation, carry a patient load way beyond safe and all for ...
I spent 5 hard years earning my BSN. Wrote more papers then I care to remember and took more tests then I care to remember. So I wear the credentials BSN on my ID badge with great pride and a better understanding of my patients and their care. It ...
Nurses need to stick together, when a nurse calls out for help, then help should be given. If you see a nurse sinking then you should step in and help out. Nurses do at times "kill their young". They seem to feel that since it was rough on them whe...
I work in small 120 bed hospital just outside of Pittsburgh, Pa. The starting pay is $16.30 up to $20.54. This is for all RN's no matter where you work in the hospital. I think in reviewing everybody's posting it show's that nurses need to unite. ...
Once again the sole focus is to punish the "offender". The nurse that dared to be sick on a weekend. How can nursing ever hope to recruit new nurses into nursisng with this kind on mentality. If there is a pattern then by all means punish the offe...