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Well...at least we work in an industry that isn't doomed when the economy takes a downturn....another big plant is closing here in South GA (Cooper Tire). Merck closed about 1-2 years ago. Hundreds of people permanently out of high paying factory j...

South Georgia....not a metropolitan area I recently applied at the big hospital here and turned down the job. I am a 2 + year RN, they offered me 19.24/hr. shift diffs were prorated starting at 5 pm at 2.50/hr then 5.00/hr after 7pm. extra 3.00/hr f...

My daughter has a boy in her class named Urine...pronounced like Yu RION.

I applied for the Georgia Service cancelable loan. Basically it is a first come first serve basis. Ask your financial aid counselor at your school. You get 3500 each school year and you can do it for 2 years. For each 3500 amount you must work as ...

adolescent or not, we do not have a right to violate HIPAA in such matters of birth control and STD. We have clients as young as 12 who are having sex asking for birth control. We do not have the right to contact the parents if they state so. Here ...

I know we don't tell parents anything unless the patient agrees to it. Now as far as reporting it to other authorities we do send a statistical record to some authority (but I do not personally, we have a district person who handles stuff like that. ...

I am a public health nurse specialist in a rural county. It is true that we do many vaccines and PPDs along with screening and treating STDs. We also function as main caregivers in Women's health, performing physicals and pap smears. We issue birth c...

I work public health...no weekends, 13 holidays per year off and about 20 hours per month in sick and personal time. I had one year ICU experience before landing the job. There was a significant pay cut at first, but I have gotten a huge raise and am...

I graduated last july. I started off working nights in SICU. After 8 months, the hours and stress were killing me and I looked elsewhere. i applied and interviewed for a Public health nurse job in my hometown and PACU at my hospital at the same time....

I worked for one year in ICU out of nursing school. Though it was exciting, I had to get away from that daily stress and horrible night shift work and 12 hour shifts.I only have my ADN. The job advertised a BSN preferred but I got the job anyway. It ...

Congratulations!!! I just started a month ago....and am overwhelmed!!! In a good way though....There is so much to learn but everyone is patient and really the only stress is being able to manage the computer and billing codes, etc. That will c...

I have my ADN and just got hired at our local public health department. I am currently enrolled at a nearby univerisity for the health assessment course that is offered at the BSN level. The job application stated that BSN and 2 years experience was...

My full time Mon-Friday job is 4 miles round trip. My PRN (on call one weekend per month) job is 22 miles one way. I used to work full time at my PRN job but the distance it put me between my children during the day was an issue. Hubby works in th...

I think a better question is "What Don't they do?" Answer: (silence)

I posted this in another thread but it seems like a good reply for this one. so here is the copy: "I have just started working in the public health dept (less than a month) and although the pay is considerably less (salaried, so no OT or shift differ...

I have just started working in the public health dept (less than a month) and although the pay is considerably less (salaried, so no OT or shift differential to beef up checks), I can already tell I made the right decision. I thought the hospital wa...

I must admit that I am one of those people that quietly notes poor grammar and unfairly equates it with intelligence level. Sorry.... I can't help it. Please don't assume that I do not like people who use poor grammar, I just wouldn't ask them to d...

" and I tell you it just kept asking me the same thing over and over.." I too felt like my test was the exact same type of questions over and over as well. I was cut off at 75, left feeling like I failed and found out I passed. I had no write in que...

do you mean 12.5 mg of DEMEROL? I have worked in PACU and SICU and have never given more than 1-2 mg of dilaudid at any given time. LOL Demerol is the anti shiver drug. just clarifying

I think that it matters what kind of work you are doing too. Nursing is so diversified. The trick is finding a job you enjoy doing no matter how many hours or how many days you are assigned to be there for. When you find a job that makes you forget...

Thank you. I do not start until August 1st. My current employer has been notified. My boss is very understanding and most of my coworkers are too, but of course of few of the nurses do not feel the need to be as friendly with me anymore. I hate i...

All previous advice makes sense. Money is nice....and I like having it....but it ain't everything

4 days off and 3 on seems like a dream at first...until you live it. For me, on the night shift, I drove 30 minutes to work, my shift was 12.5 hours (no paid lunch) and then IF ( i stress the word IF) I got off on time in the morning, I would dri...

I was/is in your same situation. I decided to leave the higher stress/higher paying 12 hour shift job in a hospital (30 mins away from my house)and took the 8-5 mon-fri job in public health (1 mile from my house). I start aug 1. When it came down the...

I have worked 3- 12s (6:45pm until 7:15 am) on the night shift and after 8 months i had to stop. I switched to another unit and now work 8:00 am -8:30 pm. While it was better, i came to the conclusion that 12 hour shifts are not for me. On paper, ...