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  1. Okay people lets get to the point!!!

    burn out replied to chuchie's topic in General Nursing

    Last year I earned $10,000 just in bonus pay for extra shifts (that is not including the time and a half for

  2. Okay people lets get to the point!!!

    burn out replied to chuchie's topic in General Nursing

    where I work in West Virginia we have a $5000 sign on bonus for 1 year committment for RN's and at times I have received $300 bonus for working 1 extra 12 hour

  3. Do you regret being a nurse

    burn out replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    No I don't regret being a nurse but I just worry how I will be holding up to the stress and physical demands of the job when I am 69 years old. I would like to think there is a desk job out there for...

  4. How about the HARDEST job in nursing?

    burn out replied to APP's topic in General Nursing

    no matter what kind of unit or how long you have been a nurse, cleaning poop is the hardest

  5. To thump or not to thump....

    burn out replied to 123456yy's topic in MICU, SICU

    thumping is not even mentioned anymore in ACLS, so it doesn't say not to do it either. One night my patient went into Vtach while sleeping and as I was yelling for the crash cart as I ran into the...

  6. families with clipboards/notebooks

    burn out replied to shock-me-sane's topic in General Nursing

    If the family insisits on staying with a patient thet is not dying I just bite the bullet and tolerate it, however, they do not get anything more than to sit inthe room. unless the patient is deemed...

  7. Nurse's Aid acting as a Nurse

    burn out replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    You are the one responsible for the care of the patient, you are responsible for supervising the cna's working with your patients. I would take it a step farther and report her to your nurse manager...

  8. Are you being underpaid?

    burn out replied to control's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think we will ever get paid what we truly deserve to be paid. I think the primary basis for pay is determined by your geographical

  9. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

    burn out replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I love computer charting over paper. I have been a nurse for 20 years and only the first year did I have to use paper- it was long and tedious. Now we not only use the computer for charting and labs...

  10. How to CYA

    burn out replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    If it is something that concerns the patient's care I will document it in the nurses note, if it is something that concerns myself and say the nursing supervisor I will write up an incident report....

  11. swan lines

    burn out replied to melinated's topic in MICU, SICU

    Swan-Ganz catheters are invassive instruments and are among our more advanced tools used in ICU, usually there placement is determined to be more of a benefit for the patient with all risks...

  12. Visitation and staying the night

    burn out replied to optimisticSRNA's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have strict visiting policy at my hospital and the times are posted on the locked door ( 9-9:30, 12-12:30, 5-5:30 and 9p-9:30). The problem is that all the nurses do not go along with them. One...

  13. Dopamine infused by infusion pumps

    burn out replied to laurentm38's topic in MICU, SICU

    In our ICU we use the 800/250 and most of our patients have central lines. We us different iv pumps than are on the floor, our pumps have computors bulit into them for any emergency drugs to perform...

  14. Alternative Loans - here's what I've found

    burn out replied to ArkyCCRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    One of the best options I found while in anesthesia school was to go to the hospital or anesthesia group you wanted to work for to see if they would pay you a stipened while going to school. Usually...

  15. If YOUR patient codes????

    burn out replied to GiantHeart21's topic in General Nursing

    yes as the patients primary nurse you have a very important role. You probably know the patient better than anyone else there- you should first be able to tell the doctor if the patient is in fact a...

  16. The look!!!

    burn out replied to CTRNTOBE's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Don't worry about the look, I think the pay check might be a little better than a mechanics. (I know so because I used to be married to one). There is a place for straight men in nursing- when my...

  17. How to handle this?

    burn out replied to newflgrad's topic in Home Health

    yes you need to tell the doctor and anyone else you can get to listen. The poor baby is at such a disadvantage already lets not add insult to injury. If you don't stand up for this baby it certainly...

  18. Atheist or Agnostic?

    burn out replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    my last reply to this thread. To the atheist You say God does not exist, You say Christ does not exist. I am a Christian, do you say I do not

  19. Atheist or Agnostic?

    burn out replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I have read the DaVinci Code and it is a novel based on some wild ideas that Leonardo DaVinci was a memeber of some religous secret group. This is not a religous book nor is it bible. Who ever said...

  20. Atheist or Agnostic?

    burn out replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    So are you in essence saying you are prejudiced against evangelical christians? If so how do you plan on caring for an evangelical christian as a patient, is this the kind of garbage you plan on...

  21. Atheist or Agnostic?

    burn out replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder out of all the educated and intelligent people that have read so many books and are soo wonderfully intelligent how many have actually taken the time to read the bible before they condem it...

  22. Atheist or Agnostic?

    burn out replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Honey, I don't know what kind of trip or journey you went on but I think it is a bunch of bull. Any religion I know of is faith based not education based so maybe you don't know religion at

  23. Atheist or Agnostic?

    burn out replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I don't go in a patients room anouncing that I am a Christian and likewise I wouldn't go in announcing that I was an atheist. However, I wonder if you can stay in nursing without witnessing the...

  24. ADN vs. BSN for Entry Level Nursing

    burn out replied to pattycakebaby's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I can't believe such a hot topic and no one has responded yet. Personally I don't think we should let the nursing shortage concern us or affect us. We should not lower the standards of nursing to...

  25. 10 wks into program PT dies....

    burn out replied to TallyJofutureRN's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to nursing.This is the worst it gets just hang on you have yet to experience the good