RNgonewild

We have stuff going on for a week. Today was an ice cream social, tomorrow free breakfast or lunch. And there is Nurse of the Year stuff next week. And we will probably get a pretty little pin to put on our badges. Happy Nurses Day to all!

Where's the part that you called your Union Rep and recieved treatment/documented your injury?

Well if your choice is sitting at home wondering about if you ever would have gotten a job at that hospital, then it's no choice at all. Call!

Don't do it!

Why don't you put something permanently on her record. Go to administration at the school and file a formal complaint for harassment. Also file a complaint with the security dept. at your school. I totally hate it when someone uses handicapped parkin...

Put off getting married if it affects your financial aid. Who wants to start a marriage with large loans? So depending on whether you're under your parents financial aid package, your own or will have the mix of you and your new husband, figure out w...

Yes if you have the money. Maybe you can get the AF to pay for it.

Tell her you are going on a long vacation and you will call her when you get back. Then don't call her. And don't answer her calls. I would say quit, but I'm just not understanding your unemployment thing, if you're working how are you collecting une...

Nope.

I'm going to have to agree with some of the above nurses: Get out while the going is good. And don't whine or tell others about your plan. Just start interveiwing and sending out resumes. You have almost a year of ICU experience and that should count...

Anyone know the per diem rate at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhatten? TIA

What is it I missed? It seems to me your Charge Nurse put the knife in your back when she told him she told you to start the induction earlier, that is after she told you to tell him to start it at 0800. Besides, why would you be surprised at a docto...

Wow what a crock. A win-win for both the schools and the hospitals. I can't believe Kaiser nurses, who are unionized would go for this. And what about student loans starting up 6 months after graduation? Are those payments able to be delayed? What is...

In my hospital we have just instituted a system called CareMobile, which seems very much like the above MAK system with the barcodes. According to the powers that be, it has already cut down on "near misses" or med errors by 50%. I think this is also...

When you walk in and the night nurse before you says " God bless you because nobody else will!" Then you see one of the other nurses being carried off on a stretcher.

Hey you could hardly help yourself, they are so tasty and available!

This is how I have been running my life for the last 20+ years. I work two 12 hour shifts per week and make myself available for IHR( in house registry, which is time and a half). I usually pick up one IHR shift per pay period and I could always pick...

I just came back from a defunct Mexican cruise, where we ended up going to Victoria and Vancouver. Really liked it there and plan to go back for a longer vacation. It did remind me of the US though, but cleaner.

I dont like it when they take down names. I don't wear my last name on my badge, just my first name. They have no need for my last name. If there is an issue, they can ask for my manager. Have you ever been stalked by a discharged patient? I have, an...

I fainted as a student waiting for the pt. to get electric shock therapy, while they were putting in the IV! I got right up and was able to see the procedure. The first time I scrubbed on a C Section, when I took my mask off I almost fainted. Turns o...

I pay about $260/month for HMO insurance through my employer. I also pay $40/ for PPO dentist. Vision is included. This is for a family of three. If I were single the HMO would be free. PPO medical is extra. I am happy to have these benefits and am c...

We are supposed to have a 30 minute lunch break and 3 15 minute breaks. But mostly we take the lunch and one 15 in the morning. We get paid double time if we can't get our 30 minute lunch break. And now since it was realized we were to have the third...

Tell him at least you will go together. Just kidding. Hey he will like the paychecks, just wait.

I went to a job fair yesterday in Pasadena and the place was crawling with new grads/student nurses. It was pretty sad. Things aren't what they used to be.

I was offered a management position a short time ago also. Two managers had been fired right around Christmas. But when I looked into it I found out I would be making quite a bit less than I'm making now. They didnt even offer me a pay increase and l...