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  1. Ortho Floor only takes care of ortho problems?

    marygirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone. I am a resource nurse, aka float pool. I began my career on the cardiac unit and now work 9 different areas of the hospital. The other day, I was working on the ortho floor and I began...

  2. Gastric Bypass: trading one set of problems for another?

    marygirl replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think that for every person you know that lost weight effectively with exercise and not dieting, there might be at least a thousand that it doesn't work for. I was one of the "healthiest" >300...

  3. nursing float pool

    marygirl replied to ddc22's topic in General Nursing

    I work the "float pool" but at my hospital it is called "the resource team". RN's are paid $2 extra an hour to work one cluster, $3 to work two clusters and $4 to work three or more clusters. Right...

  4. The Doctor said WHAT?

    marygirl replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    My parents are retired. My mom was a postal carrier and my dad was a millwright and I have a vague impression of those jobs, not something I know well at

  5. Ever been stalked by a patient?

    marygirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    New Year's day, I had a patient about my age. He asked me personal questions every time I was in the room, like if I was married, if I had kids, etc. Nothing out of the ordinary, lots of people do...

  6. Ever been stalked by a patient?

    marygirl replied to marygirl's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, update, yes I'm okay. I worked the day after that happened, then had a day off and then worked Friday. The hospital I work for has 3 campuses and I work on all three. I was placed on another...

  7. patient condition phone calls

    marygirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Here is my biggest pet peeve as a nurse: patient condition phone calls. Not referring to me contacting a family to let them know their loved one's condition has changed, I am referring to the daily...

  8. Ortho Floor only takes care of ortho problems?

    marygirl replied to marygirl's topic in General Nursing

    I do think that in general, hospitals are discharge happy. I admit people every day who have been home less than 3 days, one man less than 5 hours. Believe it or not, he also had a PE and was...

  9. patient condition phone calls

    marygirl replied to marygirl's topic in General Nursing

    re: HIPPA, all of the local hospitals in this area assign the patient a PIN# and if the person has the PIN, they can get the information. I wish our hospital had a couple of extra policies. The one...

  10. Charge Nurses: What sort of nurses working under you do you like/dont like?

    marygirl replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    As a resource "float" nurse, I rarely challenge assignments. There is a mentality that I can take a heavier team or go over assigned limits due to my position and I may have more general knowledge...

  11. Meal and Potty Breaks

    marygirl replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    There may not be a law that says a hospital has to give you a break, but the one where I work automatically docks my time in the assumption that I took a break. If I don't get a break, I used to mark...

  12. Nurse tracking devices

    marygirl replied to PattonD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    at our hospital most of the staff is required to wear the tracking devices. Most of the docs don't, however, but they are not employees of the hospital. The hospitalists do wear them, but they are...

  13. overtime incentives

    marygirl replied to wnydapoo's topic in Arizona Nursing

    okay, correction. it is $8.00 per hour on top of the time and a half for over 40 hours. Pay in our area is not great but we do all right. My hospital is the only one in a decent driving distance...

  14. overtime incentives

    marygirl replied to wnydapoo's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I'm the $8.00 an our incentive person. I just heard through the grapevine that the hospital is considering squashing the OT incentive. I don't know quite how they'll staff the hospital. I get a...

  15. strange request?

    marygirl replied to love2shop's topic in Ob/Gyn

    smilingblueyes, enemas during labor/before birth used to be a common practice. when I went to the hospital in labor 20 years ago, I was first told by the nurse to "show me a contraction" and when I...

  16. Nurse tracking devices

    marygirl replied to PattonD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our hospital uses a walkie-talkie device called Vocera. It is helpful to locate someone, say if there is a condition call on the line and you don't have time to hunt down the nurse assigned the...

  17. uniform requirements at my hospital

    marygirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi. I haven't been a an RN very long but I have been happily collecting and sewing cute cute scrubs. I recently went on vacation in Florida and of course found an adorable scrub suit while I was...

  18. uniform requirements at my hospital

    marygirl replied to marygirl's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I know, only the nursing staff will have to wear the navy and white. Also, several of the housekeeping staff members always wear navy. I think the best way to handle this would be with our...

  19. My perspective...

    marygirl replied to RNLisa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hmm, I think you should find a nurse who can mentor you on the floor. As a new grad, I have found that some of the aids on our tele floor will actually try to get the new nurses to do some of their...

  20. Urgent question needs answering.

    marygirl replied to tonmarchelli's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Okay, I'll try. I used Saunders a bit, but not exclusively. I had several different test question CD's and didn't focus so much on the scores as I did they type of question and reading it...

  21. overtime incentives

    marygirl replied to wnydapoo's topic in Arizona Nursing

    At the hospital where I work our "extra-shift" incentive is $8.00 per hour. Since we don't typically work 40 hour weeks, we don't get time-and-a-half until we hit 40 hours and OT such as working an...

  22. What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    marygirl replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hmmm, I had a patient the other night who put her call light on as I was at the bedside of her roommate. I wasn't aware it was on, because it doesn't make a sound in the room and I was a fair...

  23. What's your holiday bonus?

    marygirl replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital where I work gave out a bonus this year, not sure if this is common or not since I am a newbie. It was based upon hours worked from the fiscal year June 05 - July 06 or something like...

  24. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    marygirl replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    One for the NCA, as well. New to our floor, this NCA asked me to come and assist her to get a patient back into bed so he could get onto a bedpan. I go into the room and I see there is a bedside...

  25. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    marygirl replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I have a good one to share but it wasn't a nurse who did it. You know the old adage about never getting sick in July because the resident MD's are all too green to do you any good? I'm thinking...