carrie13

carrie13 has 9 years experience.

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1. Vacation Policy at your hospital

   carrie13 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone - I work for a small community hospital (non-profit, non-union). We had a staff meeting today where a new hospital-wide vacation policy was introduced. This policy does not cover...

2. New Grad - Is HH nursing difficult to get out of?

   carrie13 replied to Jazzyjazz's topic in Home Health

   I've worked for the past 8 years part-time in an acute setting (telemetry/PCU) and the past 3 years part-time in homecare. Like others have mentioned there are skills that you perfect in homecare...

3. Applying for GI Endoscopy job, back troubles

   carrie13 replied to vikichck's topic in Gastroenterology

   I work per diem at two ambulatory endoscopy centers. Both require patients to be able to walk in and out of the facility on their own. Occassionally we will have a patient that requires a wheelchair...

4. floating

   carrie13 replied to rehab girl's topic in Cardiac

   My tele unit has regular tele beds and 6 PCU beds. The PCU trained nurses will occasionally have to float to the ICU but if you are not PCU trained they will not float

5. patient ratio

   carrie13 replied to **LaurelRN's topic in Cardiac

   My unit has 25 tele beds and 6 PCU beds. Tele is a 4:1 ratio with 2 aides and 1-2 secretaries. PCU is a 3:1 ratio with 1 aide and no secretary although the tele secretary will help out if she has...

6. Day shift nurses needed...WHAT??!!

   carrie13 replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked all shifts at my hospital. I started out 3p-11p and really liked the work of the shift - fast paced with lots of admissions and discharges. But I had no life outside of work - all of my...

7. Telemetry Staffing Ratios

   carrie13 replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Type of Hospital: community Type of Unit: cardiac telemetry, occasional surgical tele overflow from another unit. Number of beds:25 telemetry - divided into 2 wings (12 pts and 13pts per wing) and 6...

8. Best Holiday Gift Given by Your Hospital

   carrie13 replied to zoopnever's topic in General Nursing

   We don't get holiday gifts at my hospital. For nurses week we got dinner served and candy delivered to our

9. Is this overtime at your facility?

   carrie13 replied to frankiebaby's topic in General Nursing

   At my hospital anything over 40 hours per week or over what you are hired to work in a 24 hour period is overtime. So if you are hired for 8-hour shifts and work a 12-hour shift you would get 4 hours...

10. Survey: New Grad Pay

    carrie13 replied to palee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm in a small non-profit hospital in the suburbs of Boston. I make $25.50/hr. Evening differential is 12.5% and an additional 10% on

11. tele nurses

    carrie13 replied to debg's topic in General Nursing

    I'm on a cardiac tele floor. day and evening shift is 4 patients, rarely 5 if we are short. Night shift is 6 patients. We have aides that cover 12

12. Nurse patient ratio

    carrie13 replied to beckyvon's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work on a cardiac floor - we have 4 patients per nurse on days/evenings. On nights each nurse has 6

13. How much is your pay?

    carrie13 replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    I make $24.75 base with a 12.5% differential for evenings and an additional 10% differential for weekends...so about $27.80/hr during the week and $30.32 on weekends. That is for a community hospital...

14. Lots of reactions to the flu vax this year

    carrie13 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I felt tired and had a temp around 101 for a couple days after my flu shot this

15. Are PCU's common?

    carrie13 replied to Suninmyheart's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    just a guess but maybe "direct observation unit"