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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"

  16. What area of care do most new graduate nurses get put into?

    carrie13 replied to nurse2b2010's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to a cardiac tele/PCU floor. A lot of my fellow classmates got jobs in telemetry. A couple were paramedics and went right to the ER. Some went to nursing homes/rehab and the rest ended up...

  17. What does your Intermediate Care Unit look like?

    carrie13 replied to Artemis2's topic in General Nursing

    I interviewed for a job in a medical telemetry/PCU. I can tell you a little about the medical floor from what was discussed in my interview. It is a 24 bed unit for medical telemetry and 6 beds for...

  18. Volunteers on your floors?

    carrie13 replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    There were volunteers on the floor where I did one of my clinicals. They escorted visitors to patients rooms, helped the secretary with shredding, filing, making copies, etc. Did supply runs if...

  19. Age you will/were graduated?

    carrie13 replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

    I was 28 when I graduated in December

  20. Are PCU's common?

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

    I will be orienting on a cardiac telemetry floor that includes a PCU (progressive care unit). My unit is strictly cardiac so lots of MI, CHF, etc. It is organized into 2 wings with 12 telemetry beds...

  21. new grad in tele

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

    I don't want to hijack the OP's thread - but I am starting orientation on a tele floor in 2 weeks and have had some reservations about not getting as much exposure to all the different conditions I...

  22. I feel useless

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

    I am a new grad and will be starting orientation in 2 weeks. I've been talking with many of my classmates about their orientation experiences and not one person I talked to has had more than 1...

  23. Where do you work?

    carrie13 replied to MommyandRN's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I work for a healthcare IT company. We have an office and I split my time between working in the office and working at home. My schedule is M-F 8:30-5:30 but I rarely stop working at 5:30 - usually...

  24. Yay, I got my first job!!

    carrie13 replied to Achoo!'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yay!

  25. Salary vs. Hourly?

    carrie13 replied to luvnursing2007's topic in General Nursing

    My current position in nursing informatics is salary. When I start my new job on the floor in a couple weeks I will be hourly. I work in a business setting so some of this may not be applicable for...