danimal99

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1. On-Call Pay Survey

   danimal99 replied to danimal99's topic in General Nursing

   Lennonninja - how did staff react to the cancelation of call pay? I imagine we would have a lot of people quit. What was the hospitals rationalization, cost savings?

2. On-Call Pay Survey

   danimal99 replied to danimal99's topic in General Nursing

   Happy Father's Day! Just got back from being called in a second time this weekend. 1am last night then 7am this morning. Cant imagine no call pay that would really stink, two bucks an hour aint much but its better than nothing.

3. On-Call Pay Survey

   danimal99 replied to danimal99's topic in General Nursing

   WOW! big range in there. I didn't see anyone below $2/hr which is where Im at, many were above $5. Like another poster in Rose Queen's thread our lab has been at $2 for over 15 years. That seems crazy to me, 15 or 20 years ago $2 an hour was somethin...

4. Hello! Any Cardiac Cath Lab nurses out there? Questions about how your lab runs...

   danimal99 replied to sarahbellum's topic in Cardiac

   Hey, We have a four person call team, two RN's and two techs. We take about 9 days of call per month. Call pay is $2/hr with time and a half if you are called in. We have a 30 minute window to make it to the lab if there is a STEMI. Charting is not b...

5. On-Call Pay Survey

   danimal99 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey everybody, I work in a Cardiac Cath Lab in central Florida. I am on call this weekend :-( . I wanted to ride my bike up to the gym but really can't, it would take me a bit longer than the required thirty minutes to get to the hospital if I were c...