Orientedx4

Hello all, I will be moving to Oregan in the next few months and I'm looking for some insight into Riverbend Hospital. I currently work at a level 1 trauma hospital. I have 3 years old ED experience, but I did move to another unit due to work and life stress. Granted, I did work through the first 2 years of Covid in the ED, so that was some unusual stress. But, I do miss parts of the ED. Does anyone have some insight to how Riverbend ED is? Would you recommend it as a good place to work? Do you get your breaks? My old ED was 1:4 ratios. We commonly boarded ICU level patients in the ED, so then we would be 1:2. We had ED techs to help with EKGs and some things but no CNAs or LVNs. Peds and adults were separate; I only cared for adults. I would appreciate any words of wisdom!

I was out of options and pretty much had to pay the hospital, or walk away after paying the school tuition for all three scopes of practice, with no refund. Well, at least it isn't out of the ordinary, I guess.

I agree, llg, but I paid the school and the hospital separately. $300 per day seems a bit much, since I needed 100 hours, which was a little more than 8 days. And this was for a certification, not an RN license. But, I admit I'm not too familiar with the price of things like this, which is why I'm asking.

I just finished my clinical hours for my WOC certification, and I was curious if it is common practice for hospitals to charge students per day. My preceptor was clear that she was not the one charging me, it was the hospital requirements. This is my first encounter with this situation, and I was interested to know how common it is.