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1. Bullied as a kinda new nurse

   nursepolice replied to allyyy's topic in General Nursing

   My 2 cents are that hospitals are full of bullies from doctors to nurses to ancillary departments to CNAs to the unit secretaries who know more than you. It is not a fun place to work unless you've become part of the clique. I've walked into other de...

2. Am I Too Old?

   nursepolice replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I'm 60 with about 23 years experience as a floor nurse and have been looking for a job for the past, oh, maybe 4 years now. Full time, part time, per-diem, I don't care. Few facilities call me I'm assuming, because of the job/school history on my res...

3. BA AND ADN, MSN IN THE FUTURE

   nursepolice replied to Ej2020's topic in Career Support

   Most of the nurses I work with have other degrees, ones we had passion for but couldn't earn us a dime. In OC where you live there are multiple hospitals that take ADN and I know of a few nurses who work at the big K in Anaheim with ADNs though that ...

4. What made your jaw drop

   nursepolice replied to DextersDisciple's topic in General Nursing

   What made my jaw drop, since you asked, (unless we're still beating the PCA example to death), were the nurses telling each other in report that the patient slept all shift. Different nurses each shift, no continuity of care. Slept all day. Slept all...

5. Taking a paycut for experience?

   nursepolice replied to dropdatslurpee's topic in Career Support

   I finally made an account just for this. I've heard pay is great in SF but cost of living is high, so there you go. Here in Orange County CA after 20 years I get around 54 an hour, the same as one of our new nurses with one (1) year experience when h...