northRN

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1. More than 5 sick days taken in a year and disciplinary action ensues

   northRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm very happy with the way our sick time works ... you can accumulate up to 900 hours. These hours sit in your "bank" and can be used when you are sick or off on extended sick leave. This summer I had the unfortunate experience of detaching a reti...

2. How do you manage to get to work in snow storms ?

   northRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

   I live in northern Canada and snow and storms are just part of life ... we equip our vehicles with snow tires, we buy SUV's, we just "do it!" ... However, there are still times when staff are unable to get to work ... its a simple matter of preservat...

3. Oh my gosh!!! (found the rural nursing forum)

   northRN replied to Ted's topic in Rural

   :) HI .... I work in VERY small rural hospital ..... 13 mixed beds .... mostly med/surg .... and a 24/7 ER .... usually very close to full .... and you never know just what will come into ER ..... riding accidents.... MVC's .... cardiac .... Have on...