I will sell you my full-time job for 30k. I will give you 12wks orientation and be on-call via phone for any questions over the first year. Will need to be cash up front with a lawyer written...
Just to add to the bad experience with floating tidbits: One time I was floated to a surgical floor, east side was ortho and west side was gen/surg. They were both short and arguing over who would get...
Years back when floating became an option for staffing it was used to solve emergent staffing issues, maybe I floated twice a year. Nowadays, it is a daily, preplanned arrangement, that is disguised...
Don't hate the playa, hate the game. [TABLE] [TR] [TD=class: text, colspan: 3][Do not fault the successful participant in a flawed system; try instead to discern and rebuke that aspect of its...
Here are some concrete suggestions you can use: 1. Wear a diaper. 2. Put crackers in your pocket. 3. Whine louder. 4. Get another job. *could not hold it in any
The charge nurse should determine your break time. It might be better suited to 5pm. Do you have a lot of nurses that stay late to chart? They could do the charting in the room and sit at the same...
I am not a fan of the current organ donation process. I have done it probably three times and all three times were as described above. They know after the diagnosis/age/comorbidities/TOD that it is...
I have worked in places where blood can NEVER be infused via pump. Where it always required a dedicated line with NO NS running, just a bag and tubing in the room in case of transfusion reaction. I...
barbyann replied to RNmomFirst's topic in Nursing Career
Don't worry, they will change the staffing format again, just around the time that everyone finally gets used to it. The only sure bet in nursing is CHANGE. fly under the radar, see how it
The shift was hellish because I was surrounded by staff who will find ANY excuse to not answer a call light. Basically, they just don't like to attend to the sick needy
Change your major to Healthcare Administration. No, and I mean NO! proximity to pts. and you get to make pie charts and line graphs all f'in day. Goals are set and you get to make rules up as you go...
I was that Mom many years ago (+25). I am glad to know there are people like you who step-up to the plate during times of crisis. Thank you for all you do and please know you make a