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1. Only one nurse scheduled overnight - What is your facilty backup plan?

   pjsmom replied to pjsmom's topic in General Nursing

   I think you misunderstand what kind of control managers (or at least I) have on staffing. The department has a predetermined number of FTE's that are approved or budgeted for. I can not schedule more than the number of FTE's that my department has ...

2. Only one nurse scheduled overnight - What is your facilty backup plan?

   pjsmom replied to pjsmom's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks adventure_RN; offering increasing bonuses to pick up a shift are intriguing as well!!! Would that make me the auctioneer? LOL Mamabear, I am surprised at how many have chimed in to say that their facilities did not have a backup plan and it i...

3. Only one nurse scheduled overnight - What is your facilty backup plan?

   pjsmom replied to pjsmom's topic in General Nursing

   I do like the idea of signing up for voluntary on-call shifts and then offering double pay if you do get called in. Something I hadn't thought of. I appreciate the allnurse community that I can bounce ideas off of. I know some of you have asked abo...

4. Only one nurse scheduled overnight - What is your facilty backup plan?

   pjsmom replied to pjsmom's topic in General Nursing

   It is a crisis / psych facility for youth. The staff to client ratio is 6/1 not including the nurse and the therapist in the building. The nurse mostly does intakes at night and is the point person for emergencies. The clients must be medically cl...

5. Only one nurse scheduled overnight - What is your facilty backup plan?

   pjsmom replied to pjsmom's topic in General Nursing

   I guess that is what I am trying to find a solution for. This is the way the schedule has always been written since before I came on as the nurse manager and I am trying to find creative ways to make things better. I am not the bad guy here - it's ...

6. Only one nurse scheduled overnight - What is your facilty backup plan?

   pjsmom posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello wonderful and wise nurses, I am the nurse manager at a facility that only has one nurse in the building overnight. While we are generally very lucky to have great staff, we occasionally run into situations where the overnight nurse has an eme...

7. Aromatherapy - getting my employer to pay for my certification

   pjsmom posted a topic in Holistic

   I am working as an RN in pediatric psychiatry, mental health & at-risk youth. I would like to start an aromatherapy program at my facility. I have located a couple of online certificate programs that I am interested in. The tuition reimburseme...

8. 2 years experience Wage/Job Prospects

   pjsmom replied to JRich's topic in Colorado

   I think you will have pretty good luck getting in somewhere. There are always jobs in your field posted. Just have a great resume and polished interview. As for pay... Cut a pasted from a thread above.... With just under 3 years experience this i...

9. CO salary, has it changed at all over the years?

   pjsmom replied to sourapril's topic in Colorado

   With just under 3 years experience this is what I have recently been quoted. $29 Denver Health $25 Health Once $29 Centura $29 Hospice of Denver No sure where Exempla falls, and I am not sure how Health One can pay SO terrible!

10. Denver area experienced RN BSN job outlook

    pjsmom replied to L&Dhopeful's topic in Colorado

    I am in a similar position, except that I live here. Recruiters usually do a short phone interview and then schedule you to interview with the department manager. I imagine that hiring someone from another state is not anything new to hospitals, so...

11. Vail Valley Medical Center

    pjsmom replied to Argo's topic in Colorado

    I would love to hear more about your experience when/if you take the job. Is it year round? Are you an experienced nurse? Is your family moving with you or are you living in Vail and commuting back to the city on your off days.

12. New grad position in a urology clinic - good idea?

    pjsmom posted a topic in Urology

    Hi everyone, I am a BSN nursing student graduating in June. Just like all soon to be grads in my area, jobs are hard to come by. I have applied to every intern postition and many CNA jobs as well without any luck. I recently had a clinical rotation ...

13. Info on Denver School of Nursing

    pjsmom replied to rwh998877's topic in Colorado

    It seems to me that this well respected instructor is quite a gossip. School bashing by any professor at any school is completely unprofessional IMO.

14. Denver School of Nursing

    pjsmom replied to denverstudent's topic in Colorado

    Dr. Spaulding uses Understanding Pathophysiology by Heuther http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/713137/description#description Quarter 1 is definitely very intense!!! It will challenge you in so many ways. You sound like a ver...

15. guilty mom

    pjsmom replied to kristak's topic in General Students

    I was looking for a "Nursing & Family Life" forum (which I didn't find and also think they should have) and ran across your post. I just started school and feel the same way. Right now the baby is playing around me while I do some of my workboo...