skrnypa

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1. how much do you make an hour/year?

   skrnypa replied to Fatima41200's topic in General Nursing

   Base salary is about $59,000, plus OVERTIME (although I do as little as I can get away with). Then we get a geographic adjustment based on cost of living and hazard pay that adds to about $2500 more. So, total is low $60s. (That's with 20 years exper...

2. Suggestions for teaching day

   skrnypa replied to skrnypa's topic in General Nursing

   yhr generational thing sounds like it will fit us nicely- thanks

3. What jobs have the highest satisfaction for nurses?

   skrnypa replied to WVStarFish's topic in General Nursing

   Highest satisfaction = work that fits! The jobs I have been most satisfied with fit my personality and my life. In Continuing Day Treatment (my title was Sr. Community Mental Health Nurse), I had some autonomy- my own caseload, my own groups to plan ...

4. hiring freezes,layoffs,oh my

   skrnypa replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

   I have read all the responses and I think the geograhic issues as well as the economic ones are the critical areas affecting hiring at this time. In my area, there are fewer jobs being filled with full-time employees, but we have hired agency nurses...

5. Better nurse

   skrnypa replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in General Nursing

   I think it depends on what you mean by "better". Who would you rather have take care of you/your mom/your sibling/your child? Someone who just squeaked by and doesn't really remember the pathophysiology or the medication calculation formulas? Or, ...

6. Suggestions for teaching day

   skrnypa posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was asked yesterday to put together a teaching day for 11/11/08. (Short notice). I have a couple of content topics already done but I was hoping I could get some input for a few short activities/topics that would make the day more fun/interesting...

7. How do you handle this one

   skrnypa replied to Steristripqueen's topic in Correctional

   Glad you were able to resolve- the guards at my facility slashed my tires when I didn't do what they thought I should do. Cost me over $200.

8. A Poll of actual RN wages in the U. S. for nurses working directly at the bedside

   skrnypa replied to wildtime88's topic in General Nursing

   We've been emplyed almost the same amount of years and make almost the same amount of money. I started as a diploma nurse but got a BSN. My daughter is an accountant and at 26 makes as much as I do- and her salary can only go up- she's working on h...

9. Should Continuing Education for Nurses be mandatory in all states?

   skrnypa replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I hope you re-think letting the certification go- try the on-line ceu's- like with MedScape.

10. Should Continuing Education for Nurses be mandatory in all states?

    skrnypa replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I personally enjoy education and think it is very beneficial and essential to having a well-rounded, skilled and professional workforce. (I also have a diploma in nursing, 2 Bachelors degrees- one in Nursing, the other in Psychology/Sociology, a Cert...

11. Time required for safe med administration

    skrnypa posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need some help finding research data on the amount of nursing time that is needed to assure safe medication administration. We are having some issues where I work (in a maximum security prison) about how much time it takes to administer meds. NO ...

12. What you get for nurses week

    skrnypa replied to chevyv's topic in General Nursing

    We had a staff meeting on Tuesday last week. One of my co-workers mentioned to the boss that it was Nurses Week and her reply was "oh, is it?" At least (coincidentally) NY Gov Patterson declared Wednesday State Employee Recognition Day and we got don...

13. Help!!! Last Sem. Of Nursing And Worried About Mental Health Class!!

    skrnypa replied to pikevillenursing21's topic in Psychiatric

    It's been a while since I was in class, but as I recall, the mental health questions were very similar to other areas of nursing- know your major diagnoses, symptoms (especially the emergency and crisis related ones) and the health response issues th...

14. New to psychiatric nursing-Help

    skrnypa replied to debinius's topic in Psychiatric

    What you are describing sounds like an average acute care unit in a general hospital setting. Every unit I have worked in always struggled with creating a milieu that was therapeutic for eveyone's needs- the bottom lines were safety and keeping ever...

15. CNA's in control

    skrnypa replied to FlorentineBird's topic in General Nursing

    When I did some training in family therapy a few years back, I remember this description of kids whose behavior was out of control in a family. Our trainer said that one of 2 things was happening- one- no one in authority (the parent) is putting a li...