bill4745

bill4745 RN

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  1. RN Rates in Philadelphia area Poll

    bill4745 replied to Bindy's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Small community hospital on Philly border, 12 years of experience, base pay of $34 an hour. Diffs: 3-11: $3.00, 11-7:

  2. Delaware County Memorial Hospital

    bill4745 replied to got4babygirls's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I've worked for DCMH for 6 years and loveit. I did 10 years of agency all over Delaware county and Philly, so I have a lot of hopitals to compare. The pay and benefits are good, scheduling is not a...

  3. Organizational skills

    bill4745 replied to am4182's topic in Emergency

    I had 10 years of ICU, now in the ED for 2 years. It takes time. You are constantly setting and resetting priorities. The hard thing to get used to is that some things (and patients) just have to...

  4. # of triage nurses

    bill4745 replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    We do 100-120 per day with one triage nurse. When the list gets long the float nurse will help out, or we will bring Fast Track patients back aand triage them

  5. Ambulance Personnel and wait times

    bill4745 replied to Kince's topic in Emergency

    I'm in a small community hospital near Phildaelphia. After consulting with the charge nurese, the patient is sent to triage and the medics

  6. Stupid People Award

    bill4745 replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    We had a construction worker who got tired of his pants flapping around his work boots. He tried to attach the pants to the boots with a three-inch nail - shot from nail gun, right through his foot....

  7. Unsafe assignments in the ED

    bill4745 replied to LeahJet's topic in Emergency

    Our normal staffing is 4, but we pick up a 5th 'hallway' (stable??) patient at times. I sometimes have 8-9 Fast Track patients when things get busy and staffing is

  8. Legitimate courses?

    bill4745 posted a topic in Legal

    There are many LNC courses showing up on Google. Can anyone advise me as to which ones are legitimate and accepted by

  9. Weekend scheduling

    bill4745 replied to anitahd's topic in Emergency

    I work every fourth weekend, but my hospital has a very well-compensated weekend program. Working two 12-hour shifts every weeekend is almost a full-time salary and

  10. Level 1 vs Community ER

    bill4745 replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in Emergency

    The excitement of trauma wears off after a while. A community ER will give you enough variety to make it

  11. Question about ER from new nursing graduate

    bill4745 replied to LSUGIRL's topic in Emergency

    I would strongly suggest med/surg and/or critical care before

  12. After I graduate can I start right off in the ER?

    bill4745 replied to sphz9471's topic in Emergency

    I would suggest a year of critical care first, something that my ER now requires. It is tough to pick up crtical care skills in the ER-you can easily kill a patient in the