Shopgirl1

Shopgirl1 specializes in Medicine.

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1. Salary at MGH

   Shopgirl1 replied to TRR8021's topic in Massachusetts

   No, new grads definitely do not make 100K starting off at MGH, more like high 50's.

2. Things that gross me out....

   Shopgirl1 replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

   Oh my god, the maggot story, I would just die! I get ton's of homeless substance abuse pts on my floor and I am just dreading that day when I have a similiar experiece! Traches, the other night I just had a pt aspirate tube feeds and it shot out of ...

3. high arch support

   Shopgirl1 replied to ymm123's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Hi there, Hi arch sufferer here, and I cannot wear Dansko's, my legs are killing me by the end of the shift! I wear Calzuro's and they are the BEST! Relatively cheap, they'll run around 60$/pair, and they are so worth it! I put a gel inset in mine b...

4. BP in arm with PICC?

   Shopgirl1 replied to light4j's topic in General Nursing

   Well, she did thankfully have a port, however we needed to get blood cultures....hmmm....tricky. The PCA ended up getting the BP on her forarm since her legs were so swollen, she has cancer through and through..so sad.

5. BP in arm with PICC?

   Shopgirl1 replied to light4j's topic in General Nursing

   Alright, another question, not to do with PICC's but arms and BP's, and lab draws. Patient has a bilateral masectomy...where do I do all of the above? And she has EXTREME 3+ BLE edema!! :uhoh21:

6. How much is your pay?

   Shopgirl1 replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

   Hi there! New grad in MA..major teaching hospital..27.75/hr with $7 nights, $5 for evenings, and $4 for weekends. Always time and a half for holidays. I take about $4,440 BEFORE taxes and my rent is pretty steep so it makes it about even. And I alre...

7. Calling Docs by their first name...

   Shopgirl1 replied to zamboni's topic in General Nursing

   Yep, the residents and fellows I call by their first name and there has never been a problem. The Attending however is a different story and they always get the title of Dr. When I first started working as a RN I used to call the residents Dr. howeve...

8. Need info on what you LOVED about your pinning ceremony

   Shopgirl1 replied to Lemur's topic in General Nursing

   Hi there! So for my pinning, we all wore "dressy" attire, meaning no jeans or sneakers obviously..and no cleavage! We did NOT want to wear our ugly white uniforms on our day to shine! We as a class chose a professor to speak and also nominated a cla...

9. What do you wish for in a break room?

   Shopgirl1 replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

   Gosh! After reading this post, I really feel so lucky and guilty! We have a fairly large table, two computers, phone,it's seperate from the bathroom, you have to swipe your badge to get in the breakroom, heck even the doctors can't get in there! We h...

10. What do you wish for in a break room?

    Shopgirl1 replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

    I am not hard to please either, but nothing work related in the breakroom. Recently we had a huge poster up from a new skin cleanser we were switching to, and as I am eating my lunch I get to look at nothing but bed sores, fungal rashes, and just bro...

11. Sterotypes of Nurses Continues and Is Getting Worse

    Shopgirl1 replied to nursinginga's topic in General Nursing

    I just can't believe it, absloutely speechless....such a dissapointment from all members of the news cast. The woman are pathetic, and the jerk of a guy who said that all nurses are ugly. America makes me so sad sometimes......

12. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Shopgirl1 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

    To the SON of the demented Italian man who punched me in the side of the head to which his response was "OH you must get that all the time huh?" "Actually NO I don't, jerk, let me punch you in the head and see how you like it." TO the granddaughter ...

13. What are some US cities where you do NOT need a car at all to live / work?

    Shopgirl1 replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there! I live in Boston, and walk about 15 mins to get to work. Boston is such a walking city, it's great! They do have the "T", a subway system that goes through the city and to the surrounding neighborhoods which is cheap and mostly reliable, ho...

14. What is Nurse:Patient ratio at your hospital?

    Shopgirl1 replied to Ty-134's topic in Massachusetts

    6 patients during the day!! Yikes!! I work at a major teaching hospital in Boston on a general medical unit, we typically have 3-4 during the day, with a tech sometimes. Mostly I do all of my own CNA work, meaning get my own vitals, ADL's, lab draws,...

15. Hiring Freeze

    Shopgirl1 replied to kitten0509's topic in Massachusetts

    Well, the fact that they are building another brand new building for 2011 likely has something to do with it. The hiring freeze is set until July I think. And yes, there is a nursing shortage, but I think it's for experienced nurses, not new grads. ...