ArizonaICU

She's right. The West coast and New England. your best bet is to come to a state like Oregon, colorado, Arizona, and make bank. You should be looking at opportunities in the $40-50 an hour range.

First of all if you are a Nurse, you are a hot enough commodity to be in a position to ask for loan repay, sign-on, etc. due diligence is not rude. You wouldn't want to make an important decision without having all the facts would you? Most hospital...

one week i did 73 hours = $6125 gross with incentives... I'm not a CRNA either. Last perm job I got a 15k sign on bonus + 7500 relocation plus 10k student loan repaid, an 8k retention bonus at end of year. $5k sign on ok for new grad, not enough to...

Wow. I cannot thank you enough for posting this. There are so many things wrong that I cannot even remember them all. Problem 1. This patient might not have been a very good surgical candidate to begin with. P2. A fresh heart is a ONE- TO- ONE assign...

I hope your heart to heart went well. Unfortunately, when I was being precepted in the ICU I made a stink out of everything i didn't like and so they squashed me like a bug. They purposely made my life miserable and constantly humiliated me in front ...

Ditto That! Its not the issue of dating a nurse, but of the workplace issues that may arise if breakup occurs. Date a nurse who I don't work with? OH YEAH! I don't know really how to survive nursing school without breaking up. I think its important ...

Yes dating is easier. I have learned a great deal about women and how to interact with them as a result of being in this field. Would I want to date another nurse? NOOOO THANKS! Frankly, you're better off dating friends of coworkers than coworkers t...

Good Post, thanks. My 2 cents is that i'm a proud male RN working in critical care pulling down six figures and on my way to anesthesia school soon. Have dated female MD's and Residents. Most of the female nurses ask me how many kids do you have? I ...

WHY don't you both face reality? No company wants to put anything away for you! Even IF you have a pension, a company could decide later that you're not going get squat! I don't get this blue collar mentality some folks have about the company is gon...

if management won't talk or negotiate with you, then LEAVE. Someone else could use your time and talents, and will pay you more. You don't owe THEM anything. So why let them take advantage of you like that?

I think that you should tell management that you want double time all the time if your'e gonna float. Oh, and a bonus, too.

Exactly, why be an employee of hospital? Worst idea ever, if you ask me. Unions are no match for the free market. eg. I come to hospital x, i say, "you need nurses." hospital: yes, lots! Me: Ok i've got 20 of them. hospital: can they start today? M...

so do that, and also you might want to go to NTI in Anaheim this year, its a great teaching conference put on by the AACN, with a 2 day CCRN review.

Arizona New grad: $24 an hour plus $5-6 **** diff, sign on bonus $5k, $5250 yearly student loan repayment. California New Grads $27-29/hour... I think you should come out west! Why let them take advantage of you like that? $16.50? I made more than th...

just curious... did the lpn get suspended also? who initiated the investigation? Is your facility being sued? is the board of nursing involved? I am by no means an expert in the LTC area, but I do concur with others that future instances might warra...

Now, this i agree with. as long as nurses are employees, they'll always have management trying to screw them over. as a contractor with a limited liabilty corporation or other business savvy plan, a nurse can make six figures , pay no union dues, and...

interesting you should use the word medieval. Unions originated in medieval times as guilds, to guarantee standards and look after their members. Let me just say that I admire the contributions of labor unions to Nursing in California and beyond. I...

Write an addendum/ late entry to your charting. Get a legal nurse consultant to advise you if necessary.

I agree with you that this is a serious safety issue. I'm in the ICU, and if a visitor or patient were to cancel an alarm on a pump giving pressors or an antiarrythmic (maybe alarm due to occlusion, vtbi, whatever), the patient could be dead in 2-3 m...

Hey, I feel your pain. Nursing school was tough, and I "hit the wall" 2nd year and had to go on an SSRI. But, I made it through with a 3.8 gpa and shut off the nclex in 100 questions. Now I know it was worth it. But don't think that feeling ever tota...

Yes I have seen Dr. Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio's CCRN Review and It is awesome! I am looking to take the exam later this year and am continuing to learn as much as possible. I know the hospital I used to work at paid an extra $5.oo per hour for CCRN, C...

Welcome to Critical Care. In the CVICU, you'll find a lot of great nurses. unfortunately, some are going to be type a alpha personalities that feel threatened by new people or are xenophobes. Also, youll find burnouts and malcontents just as much as ...

I went into nursing specifically to become a CRNA. I started out in a SICU in a level one trauma center. I never looked back. I will warn you though, that socialization into critical care is VERY HARD on both new grads and experienced nurses who are ...