dolgre

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1. ABQ VA Hospital?

   dolgre posted a topic in New Mexico

   I have 2 years Critical Care/Step Down experience, and am considering applying to the VA. Does anyone have experience at the Albuquerque VA hospital? What's the work environment, staff-patient ratio and quality of resources for nurses there? How do t...

2. icu exp in las cruces new mexico???

   dolgre replied to stacia77's topic in New Mexico

   As a 26 year resident of LC (from back east) here's my input: -Beautiful environment, awesome weather (hot summers!), small-city feel with very, very nice people and a diverse culture (Hispanics are around 55%, Anglos 40%, rest 5%) -Lots of outdoor...

3. I have to give Praise to Banner Health (McKee and NCMC)

   dolgre replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Colorado

   Since you are recently familiar with this area, could you give me an idea of the pay scales at these facilities? I currently have @ 18 months experience and I work in a medium sized ICU/CCU/Step Down unit in a hospital in NM. We make approximately 2...

4. Do most LTC facilities fire for mistake on orientation?

   dolgre replied to markfish's topic in General Nursing

   Your mistake (absent an allergic reaction) was the equivalent of serving a patient on a low fat diet a pat of butter. And they FIRED you for that? Either they had "buyers remorse"after hiring you and needed a "legal" excuse to let you go (and so gra...

5. Mid-Shift Shower

   dolgre replied to NurseAlwaysNForever's topic in General Nursing

   Where are all the "mercy killer" nurses with patients like these? Someone should have put a pillow over her face long ago. She's just taking up space and money. :-) JK--little dark humor from someone who's had a lot of these kind of patient's lately...

6. What pay are nurses making these days?

   dolgre replied to BeOne77's topic in General Nursing

   Forgot to state I was a 2nd degree BSN fast track grad, with a Master's in Counseling from my previous career.

7. What pay are nurses making these days?

   dolgre replied to BeOne77's topic in General Nursing

   ICU/CCU in Las Cruces, NM. Started in January at 26.47/hr as a full-time, "pay-in-lieu-of benefits" employee, meaning I took the extra $3-$4/hr instead of insurance, annual and sick leave, etc. The thing that does irk me though, is that if I worked ...

8. Foreign BSN vs. Calif. ASN + debt

   dolgre replied to NorCalKid's topic in General Nursing

   Why would you choose to move to a foreign country to get your BSN, when you could attend any one of a number of stateside BSN programs for the same costs? And an ADN/ASN is a great way to start, but you will need to get a BSN to move up. It is terr...

9. Relocating to Las Cruces

   dolgre replied to bookscrapper's topic in New Mexico

   There are NO NICU jobs in Las Cruces, only nearby El Paso or up the road in Albuquerque. As for OB/Perinatal, we have units at both hospitals, but I understand new jobs in those areas are a bit tight. I suggest you call the two hospital's nursing r...

10. Was I Inappropriate

    dolgre replied to rachelita's topic in General Nursing

    Amen! I live in your world, too, and it's quiet lovely. This thread is getting WAY too hypothetically catastrophic, in my opinion--LIGHTEN UP, EVERYONE!

11. Was I Inappropriate

    dolgre replied to rachelita's topic in General Nursing

    GUSBLOM: Before I was a nurse, I was a mental health counselor, so I think I know a thing or two about healthy boundaries between professional and client, and I most DEFINITELY know all the in's and out of HIPPA. Counseling is far, far more careful...

12. Was I Inappropriate

    dolgre replied to rachelita's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, what a sad day in nursing when an act of decency, compassion and commitment to relieving the suffering of others is interpreted as not only violating a privacy law, but an a nurse having a "boundary issue". It sounds like some nurses DO have bo...

13. Patient almost made me cry :(

    dolgre replied to silverorlead86's topic in Stress 101

    I think you had the blessing of a genuine reaction to this man, a reflection of your ability to empathize and have compassion for the suffering of another human being. It is what drew you to nursing in the first place, and will always be a part of w...

14. Anyone ever had the "PVT" indicate you passed, but you failed?

    dolgre posted a topic in NCLEX

    Took the NCLEX today and it stopped after 75 pretty hard questions. I hav no idea if I passed or not in the state I am in--all I can think of is all the ones I KNOW I got wrong. Anyway, I just attempted to register again and got the "you are not al...