WindyhillBSN

WindyhillBSN

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  1. What is your sick call policy?

    This is a good policy...ours is more than 3 in 6 months with or without an excuse is a verbal warning #4 is a write up and no raise, #5 write up...#6 they let you go, depending on manager's...
  2. If you could do it all over.....

    No. My personality has changed, and not for the better. I really often love my patients and wish them the best, sometimes wishing they would write us letters of updates on their condition. The...
  3. Opportunity-rural hospital or urban hospital

    Rural-less stress, less headaches, but less money Urban- more stress, more experience, more
  4. How many of you do rotating shifts? Day and night?

    What a nightmare! Hats off to you
  5. Neuro Floor Nightmare!

    background: i worked on a neuro floor that should have a 4:1 pt to nurse ratio, because it is considered a critical care floor. our shifts are 0600-18:30. i received my 6th patient at about 15:30....
  6. Neuro Floor Nightmare!

    Well I guess we should all be like
  7. Hospitals that fall short of what you expect

    Or be approved by the Better Business
  8. Neuro Floor Nightmare!

    Good points. The charge nurse was no where to be found. It was a direct admit, so no report. The assistant charge nurse was standing there with nothing to offer. I discussed the entire problem with...
  9. Neuro Floor Nightmare!

    And... the other patients and their problems and their orders? I guess they'll get ignored since I'm putting in my own orders for other patients. "Learn from it" learn from
  10. Neuro Floor Nightmare!

    Thank you, I will see if that is
  11. how do you fit in working out with working?

    Before I became pregnant, I worked out everyday after work, that I didn't have to work the next day. My legs never hurt, and it practically cured my plantar
  12. Neuro Floor Nightmare!

    Yeah but, who wants to hire a 5 month pregnant
  13. Questions on Wyoming Medical Center, Casper !!!

    This facility will never get magnet status. Are they kidding? This place is so behind and so below current evidenced based nursing, to say the least. I recently oriented, and the most I got to do...
  14. Questions on Wyoming Medical Center, Casper !!!

    I went, and hated
  15. Questions on Wyoming Medical Center, Casper !!!

    Oh..thanks for answering! What dept. would you recommend? I'm interested in ICU, PCU or PACU. Can you give any suggestions? How do you like it?
  16. I wished I worked @ Wal-Mart

    Yes they did...I didn't have my earpiece in and 3 nurses and 1 tech were all in shock...she is the pharmacy
  17. I wished I worked @ Wal-Mart

    So at work yesterday I sent a message to pharmacy saying I hung some vancomycin late.....then I noticed that it had been discontinued, so I sent a message saying that it had been discontinued, so that...
  18. I wished I worked @ Wal-Mart

    Yes I have...the problem is that she is over the entire pharmacy, so I have to find out who her boss is. I think she has it in for me because I'm assertive and usually don't let them talk to me like...
  19. I wished I worked @ Wal-Mart

    I agree with you 100%
  20. Questions on Wyoming Medical Center, Casper !!!

    Anyone else have advice about Casper Wy? Any good facilities? Anyone work there at
  21. I wished I worked @ Wal-Mart

    love you for
  22. I wished I worked @ Wal-Mart

    I already did, and she said it didn't make sense and that 3 others agreed with her that it didn't make
  23. I wished I worked @ Wal-Mart

    She knows who I am....she obviously has something against me, she was so unwilling to
  24. Does allnurses.com make you a better nurse?

    If it wasn't for this site, I may have not passed my
  25. How much is too much for student loans?

    i'm estimating i'll be in about 50,000 dollars debt when i finish my bsn, and yes i am sick about it.:hdvwl:i also did not really work during nursing school. and, my husband couldn't find a decent job...