lizziebeth157

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1. Magnet and the "Hilton Hospital" Mentality

   lizziebeth157 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

   Your hospital makes you do the escort thing too instead of just giving directions? I actually got chewed out by my manager for telling a patient how to get to the ICU waiting room (turn around, go...

2. Enough is Enough

   lizziebeth157 replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I understand that we do want to provide good customer service to our patients so they continue to come to our hospital and therefore we maintain our jobs, but there are definitely those people who go...

3. Let's introduce ourselves...

   lizziebeth157 replied to pedi-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hello, I'm Liz. I just graduated in May, passed the NCLEX June 18th and just started a 2 year Critical Care Residency program in northern

4. GN starting rate?

   lizziebeth157 replied to RNismycalling's topic in First Year After Licensure

   i'm in northern virginia (kinda) $24.50 base pay (up to $27 after passing the NCLEX) Pay differentials: $5 evening, $8 nights, $3 weekends, and up to $10 for critical

5. Poll: How long is your orientation?

   lizziebeth157 replied to jessi1106's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I'm just started a critical care residency program that has 1 week of general hospital, human resources and nursing policy orientation, and then 3-4 months of classroom training and

6. Stupid things your school does/did

   lizziebeth157 replied to MountainMan's topic in General Nursing

   My school makes us disrobe and do physical assessments on each other and it was absolutely mortifying. Mostly because I had to get nearly naked in a room with half my classmates (including guys)....

7. Virginia Student Nurses?

   lizziebeth157 replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Virginia Nursing

   I'm a senior BSN student at JMU. This time next year I'll be an RN (so long as I pass the NCLEX :chair: ). I have an interview at UVa tomorrow to work as a patient care assistant (aka CNA) for the...