ChocoholicRN

i couldn't find any free ceu's, just the one's to pay for. do they have free ceu's or does it vary by state?

i put this into google translator and got the same thing as you esme, i'm confused. american's don't speak english well? OP: ti trovi in Italia o in America? Sono confuso dalla vostra dichiarazione / domanda.

In NYC when I started there 4 years ago my annual salary was 71K on day shift, don't remember the hourly though. As per diem on nights I made $60/hr but no paid time off or benefits. Now as staff I am at 43/hr with night differential but not even including the added money for charge RN, preceptor, certifications, etc, which all add to our salary. So yea, those numbers they mentioned seem like a national average and not just one state or region.

While I am not in any type of CRNA program, to my knowledge there are no schools that allow you to work while in the program. One of my former classmates' wife was in a CRNA program and from what she told him, she was allowed to work a little bit in the beginning (no more than part time, if that) and then soon after she wasn't allowed to work at all. They make you sign a contract, and I don't know what happens if you try to break that contract.

This actually happened where I work. A patient was sent to the rehab floor in a different area of the hospital where the rehab is very aggressive and the gyms and therapists are very close to the rehab floor. This patient wanted to be on the VIP floor and eventually got his/her way, but rehab was effected because the patient was not able to get to the gym for the allotted amount of time and the therapists could not do the necessary activities from the patients VIP room. It was a P.I.T.A for all staff involved. Again, I don't like working on this floor or dealing with these types of patients when they are on other floors. Everyone gets the same level of care from me whether you live in a box on the street or a million dollar home.

We have a VIP floor where I work and have actually been floated there before. On this particular floor, the rooms are paid for out of pocket, insurance will not cover it no matter how good your insurance is. The nurse to patient ratio is lower with the assumption that the nurse will be able to be more attentive to these patients paying so much money. Also, the linens are higher quality, they get these fancy robes, the pantry is stocked full with name-brand everything-soda, juice, cereal, coffee (keurig all the way!!), snacks, gelato/ice cream, and the list goes on...They also have their own chefs on this floor who will make pretty much whatever the patient (and their visitors) want. If you've got the money, then go for it, but personally it is not my cup of tea. Oh, and they have one of the highest turnover rates for nursing in the entire hospital.

I tried posting this in the NJ nurses forum with no response, so I thought I would re-post in general nursing discussion. Any feedback is appreciated!! I recently moved from NYC to Bergen County and kept my job in NYC with the hopes that the commute wouldn't be too bad. Well, the commute has been getting to me lately and I am looking to apply to hospitals in Bergen County in a few months. NYC offers a high salary so I am hoping to match it as closely as possible at a NJ hospital. So far I have looked into Hackensack Medical Center, Valley Hospital and Holy Name Hospital. I only know that the salary is Hackensack is pretty competitive but I don't know about the other hospitals. Any recommendations? Any places I should avoid? I expect the salary to be lower but I don't want a huge decrease in income. Thanks for any tips and advice!!

On nights we have anywhere from 5-7 patients assuming we are fully staffed and all beds are full, which is usually the case. Sometimes on surgical floors the acuity might be lower because you start with say, 4 patients, expect 2-3 to come from the PACU so the beds stay booked, but then the patient may not stabilize until the morning which means you never actually got the additional patients. But 10-12?? That's a lot and sounds very unsafe, I wouldn't risk it.

The only non-narcotic we have to count now is Nexium, which just happened a few months ago. Apparently that is a popular med to steal in our hospital. Things like Tylenol and Maalox are kept as floor stock so we can just grab it from the cabinet, and I have taken a Tylenol if I forgot my personal travel pack of Motrin, but that's it.

A triple bypass, to put it simply.

My girlfriends told me about it one night when I stopped by their floor, so the next morning we all went and got one!! Yes, Bliss Spa is expensive and $75 won't get you much, but it's FREE MONEY!! I would normally never, ever spend $60 for a one hour pedicure (which is the starting price for one at this spa), but if I don't have to pay for anything but the tip, why not?? I'm looking forward to getting pampered for free, if only for an hour

We have been using them for a while now. At first I wasn't sure about them, but they are very user friendly, the screen is clear and easy to read. The only flaw is that sometimes the alarms are TOO sensitive. Like if there is an upstream occlusion, you can fix every part of the tubing give times and it will still alarm. But I would rather have them be TOO sensitive then not alarm at all. Overall I am very happy with them, and we are actually getting updates on the pumps soon so I am excited to see what happens!

As a Per Diem RN, at my facility we only get paid time and a half for actual OT (over 40hrs/wk), we don't get paid OT for holidays because we are not required to work them like regular staff. But, like previous posts have mentioned, every facility is different so check with either your supervisor or HR.

I have heard of restraint free facilities, but I would think that means just not using wrist, mitten or vest retraints. Siderails are not considered a restraint unless all four are up. It makes no sense for all of the siderails to be removed. You should be able to have them still on the bed, but only use three as that is not considered a restraint. I have patients who are not even confused or high falls risk ask me to put up 3 siderails (sometimes all four, which I explain I can't do) just because they move around a lot at night and it's not their own bed so they are afraid of falling. I would leave this place fast, sounds like a million law suits waiting to happen.

There are a few medications like this which have beads in the capsule making it very difficult to push through a PEG tube. What I have tried, and this doesn't always work, is make sure to draw up plenty of water with the medication and as you push it into the G-tube, jiggle the syringe so it loosens the beads and they will sort of float around. This gives the medication more of a chance to get in rather than just stick to the syringe. Hope this makes sense!