TeleMeMore replied to ChiTownRN5's topic in New Nurse
I take it you are in Chicago? I'm scared to ask what hospital you work but this management and all the missed interventions are FRIGHTENING! I used to work in private community hospital in Chicago as a first hospital job, new grad and it SUCKED. PCTs...
Um are you really that sick here you feel like you absolutely can't work, or you just don't feel good? If you are really that sick, it is a no-brainer, CALL IN! :) I wonder if any other professionals have this much anxiety over calling in sick :/
TeleMeMore replied to purpledrop's topic in Illinois
Are you looking to work/live in the suburbs or city? If you have a child I would suggest suburbia - there are some good suburbs that are close to the city but still pretty suburban, best of both worlds - arlington heights, glenview, deerfield, invern...
I work at a Catholic Hospital and although I do not have much other to compare it to, it is a nice place to work. I am NOT Catholic but I do appreciate all that the hospital does, it is a spiritual place whether you are Catholic or not thus, a lot of...
TeleMeMore replied to whill08's topic in Relations
^I agree with the above. And the OP. That's ********. If he is praising the dudes for something they are supposed to be doing then I want to be recognized for something I'm supposed to be doing too. I hope he realized what he did wrong when you point...
I like the tube systems. I also very much like computerized charting, moving from a hospital with computerized charting to a better hospital that is still STUCK on paper orders makes me have to do 5 extra steps to initiate and carry out orders. We...
TeleMeMore replied to RNismycalling's topic in New Nurse
Suburbs of Chicago $24 for new grad at my current hospital, however I had 9 months of experience (and I still consider this being a new grad) but since they didn't give me the new grad residency which is a 3 month orientation - they gave me $26.50/hr...
This could be a foreign student who has worked their ass off to try and perfect our language, which let me tell you makes little sense in the grammar department. She may have just as well obtained her bachelor degree in SOMETHING, maybe it was online...