ThatNurseThough replied to ThatNurseThough's topic in General Nursing
We aren't union at our hospital, which was a shock to me when I got hired as my last job was with the state and I was union and nurses and nursing staff had a lot of protection (even if they didn't...
About a month ago I got written up for the first time, for a mistake make by the pharmacist that I reported. I've been at my job for about a year and a half working my first acute care nursing job on...
If you wanted to get your PTO and possibly have some insurance coverage until your new insurance kicks in, put in for vacation time and burn up your leave when you start your new job. After you get...
ThatNurseThough replied to SuburbsGirl's topic in Psychiatric
When I was an inpatient psych nurse in the prison system I was the only nurse on a unit of about 30 serious felons, it was a super-max unit where all the patients had been convicted of murder,...
I work on a Tele/ICU stepdown where we also cover pulmonary/renal/dka/neuro-tele. Per our own policy we are supposed to have a 1:3 patient load but flex to 1:4, in reality a light night is 1:4. More...