Terrie

Maybe if we all go agency the world of nursing would be a better place. Is this what I am reading? I guess maybe we need to put our own price on our services. I will not put my family second to my job. I just do not understand how they think they c...

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Thank you for al the responses. I would like to add this to my original post. Why is it that they can schedule us over our status? I hired in as a P-8 and went to a P-9 how can they make me work a P-10? Nurses are not slaves. When are we going to ha...

P-RN, They are not willing to pay over time if we go to 12 hr shifts . A P-8 is considered part time but is benifited. With my P-1 in ER it makes me full time.

I am a CCU / ER nurse in a community hospital. In CCU we have NO CNA's / Tech's. I do everything for my patients, I clean my rooms because we do not have house keeping that will do it for us. I am the bedpan, bed changing, turning, back rubbing, ice ...

We don't use the Q word or the S word and we never say I need to get out of here on time. We also have a nurse is ER who calls them in , she is a beacon for our doors are open. I need to try turning on the lights and zeroing the bed.

RN 2yrs CCU & ER $16.56/hr base pay, $18.82/hr with night shift & weekend diff. I think I am moving to TX

I was a CNA for 15 yrs before becoming an RN. Most nurses treat CNA's like they are dirt when in reality the job that they do is very tough. Try giving compliments for the thinks they do right. Help them help you. If it's time for that blood sugar to...

We have been using lantus on our unit and have seen a lot of hypoglycemia. We are to the point that we are checking glucometer readings every hour. The doc's are only ordering it qd. It is supposed to be started at 10 units and titrated up as needed ...

I started out as a new nurse on a tele floor in 1999. I think it was the best start any new nurse could ask for, and I am a CCU/ER nurse now. I had six weeks of training with specific preceptors. I could have had 10 weeks of orientation if I wanted. ...

Working in Indiana is okay. The pay is what I consider on the low end of the scale. The benefits are good if you can afford to pay for them. We are suffering from the nursing shortage but until we see a rise in pay I don't look for the shortage to co...