StevieRay BSN RN

The responses are interesting. At the hospital I work for, this is the culture. We are all allowed to clock in at 0638 (which is the time we start bedside report) but 99% of us arrive to the floor around 0600-0615 to begin taking notes and looking up...

I will try to help you the best I can with my under two years experience on a step-down telemetry/cardiothoracic unit. This is my first and only nursing position so I do not have experience on a general med-surg floor. I think you will make the trans...

Seems like nurses on the East Coast are right around $30 an hour with no experience. I work at a level 1 trauma center in a rural part of Western, PA and new grads usually start around $26.30/hr. and about 27.60/hr for a new grad starting on a step d...

I work on a med-surg/tele unit. Our ratio is 4:1 and seldom we get 5:1 but we try to do our best to coordinate this so the RN with the sickest patient doesn't have a 5 patient assignment. All of our patient's are monitored & we do have remote tel...

To be honest, I don't really feel strongly on this topic either way. If I worked with a veteran CNA who was great at IV insertions, I would have absolutely no issue going up to them & asking if they'd be willing to get a stick for me while I got ...

A part of me thought your post was hilarious (mainly because it is something I can picture myself doing lol) and another part of me can empathize with your feelings. I have only been working for about a year on a cardiothoracic unit and I have did a...

The transition can be difficult, but isn't impossible. I work on a cardiothoracic/tele unit and some days are better than others. Some days I clock out with my head spinning and others, I leave feeling accomplished. We are severely under staffed curr...