MsBruiser

MsBruiser

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  1. burning bridges?

    MsBruiser replied to fromtheseaRN's topic in Arizona Nursing

    It is a complicated and really good question. In my experience, you are not burning bridges with your current health system. I ditched a job only 6 months after an orientation (Critical Care at that -...

  2. Can you Negotiate Salary or Relocation with Arizona State Veterans Jobs?

    MsBruiser replied to asiangal's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Your thinking is very good - but here is where I plead ignorance. I don't know if the VA hires part-time...but yes, once you are in the door, you can basically move anywhere there is a job. Their pay...

  3. Can you Negotiate Salary or Relocation with Arizona State Veterans Jobs?

    MsBruiser replied to asiangal's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Must be Michigan - and that is without research! Yeah, c'mon out to

  4. Can you Negotiate Salary or Relocation with Arizona State Veterans Jobs?

    MsBruiser replied to asiangal's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Veterans Home (LTC) is run by the State of Arizona. VA Hospital is run by the Federal Government. It is much better to work for the federal VA hospital...our state is very broke,

  5. Which Stethoscope should I get?

    MsBruiser replied to A_Rose83's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I love my Littmann electronic stethoscope - at $300 expensive but worth it (overkill for what you need). The $50.00 lightweight Littmann is perfect for nursing school...apical heart rate, bowel...

  6. Can you Negotiate Salary or Relocation with Arizona State Veterans Jobs?

    MsBruiser replied to asiangal's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Ouch, my bad! :) Ok - yes there is a pay range but the State of Arizona for many jobs (including RN) does not have "steps" that increases you automatically each year. So think of $30.85 as being the...

  7. The math doesn't add up

    MsBruiser replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to healthcare. The only way to escape that nonsense is to leave patient care. Innovation in nursing is usually the creation of more needless work or another useless

  8. Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    MsBruiser replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    You are awesome. What a silly, sanctimonious

  9. Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    MsBruiser replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    You are

  10. Can you Negotiate Salary or Relocation with Arizona State Veterans Jobs?

    MsBruiser replied to asiangal's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Actually not passive aggressive in the least. Nor flaming. Just stating fact. AZ Forum is often the blind leading the

  11. Any Arizona Nursing Agencies Offer Housing Vouchers?

    MsBruiser replied to asiangal's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Some people used to work "local agency" for years. They would permanently live in Phoenix and then get "travel" jobs to hospitals in the Phoenix metro area. To my knowledge, I have not run across...

  12. Can you Negotiate Salary or Relocation with Arizona State Veterans Jobs?

    MsBruiser replied to asiangal's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Then write questions here...all good. No great secrets anyway! Just be careful with the advice you get. It is worth what you pay for it. A lot of information is just flat wrong, though people offer...

  13. Can you Negotiate Salary or Relocation with Arizona State Veterans Jobs?

    MsBruiser replied to asiangal's topic in Arizona Nursing

    A reason to be careful on this board, my friend. It is not the "VA" but the State Veterans Home. State - not federal. Be careful...take everything (including what I write) with a few grains of

  14. Can you Negotiate Salary or Relocation with Arizona State Veterans Jobs?

    MsBruiser replied to asiangal's topic in Arizona Nursing

    No problem! BTW, I did clinical time at the AZ Vets home (and had several friends who actually worked there) and loved it. The patients are just awesome, and the facilities were impressive. Granted,...

  15. Can you Negotiate Salary or Relocation with Arizona State Veterans Jobs?

    MsBruiser replied to asiangal's topic in Arizona Nursing

    If given the choice (again), I probably would not have moved back to AZ. But you must have a draw to the state (that is neither here nor there!)...You have nothing to lose by asking nicely, right? But...

  16. Can you Negotiate Salary or Relocation with Arizona State Veterans Jobs?

    MsBruiser replied to asiangal's topic in Arizona Nursing

    AZ Vets home is a state job. AZ state jobs generally pay very little. With 6+ years experience you would be making in the neighborhood of $35.00 at my hospital. But that is a "private sector" job. I...

  17. BROOKLINE COLLEGE

    MsBruiser replied to lolli518's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I have always made a good living as an RN. Very good living. But not $79,000 or even for that matter $46,000 worth of a good living (i.e.: I have earned more than $79k but that does not make the...

  18. BROOKLINE COLLEGE

    MsBruiser replied to lolli518's topic in Arizona Nursing

    It is a matter of debt to income. As a new RN you can expect to RN between $48,000-$60,000. Brookline charges $46,150 if you have a degree (BA/BS) and over $79,000 if you do not. THAT IS OBSCENE and...

  19. BROOKLINE COLLEGE

    MsBruiser replied to lolli518's topic in Arizona Nursing

    save your money and

  20. getting into crna school isnt that bad

    MsBruiser replied to bagola30's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    A lot of CRNA(s) where I work are not the sharpest tools in the shed. OP doesn't surprise me. Takes money and time more than brains - like many part of

  21. I want to be a nurse with a 9-5 job w/ weekends and holidays off

    MsBruiser replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I work 8 to 1700 - no nights or weekends. I got the job with 3 years

  22. Average recovery times?

    MsBruiser replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in PACU

    With no complications, I was able to do three sets of vitals and either initiate discharge (outpatient) or request a room assignment (in-patient). There were always outliers. You should NEVER have to...

  23. AZ hospitals hiring new grads?

    MsBruiser replied to knufflebunny's topic in Arizona Nursing

    No. They are

  24. 3 problems nurses or healthcare providers face on a daily basis

    MsBruiser replied to nicurnmay2006's topic in Arizona Nursing

    1) Multicollinearity said it best - unreasonable expectations about electronic charting. The technology isn't bad - just that it is usually designed and implemented at the facility level by nurses,...

  25. Tempe St. Luke's- are these just rumors???

    MsBruiser replied to sunnyshells's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Look - opinions are like...bellybuttons. Everyone has one. Hospital nursing is tough work. As I like to say, there is no perfect hospital. Just hospitals that su*k less than others. That said there...