barbie90210

i have lived in los angeles since 1975 and am looking to relocate to the pacific northwest. my parents lived in seattle so i have seen that area. i am interested in spokane and have identified three home health agencies that are hiring. just wonderin...

California - even San Diego is quite expensive. $24 per hour is a slave wage for a nurse in this State. I can't tell you what the "average" is. I can tell you that a registry nurse makes about $39 per hour - with time and a half after eight hours. I ...

with someone that abusive and aggressive it throws a whole different light on the situation. remember, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. grandstanding and threats are probably illegal. sometimes management hires someone like this who is heav...

since you haven't had kids yet perhaps you and your husband can use this time to come up with another plan. personally i don't really think it's safe. in nursing you aren't working with factory parts - you are responsible for people's lives and have ...

personally i think it will be very tough to do that over a long period of time. i work nights and most people and myself are pretty fried by the third night. you hear people say things like - "it's my third night in a row" to explain their tiredness....

everything is quite expensive and that's the problem. especially raising children. i don't think it will work in the long run. people do that but i wouldn't count on doing it forever. typically a new nurse might do it. there is a risk to health and i...

start by getting organized. you know that you can't complete all that work in eight hours. if i were you i would make a sheet organizing what treatments were an absolute priority - maybe about half of them. i would give my report to the evening shift...

people under stress are different than people not under stress. the exact same person in another situation might be friendly and helpful. being a preceptor can be hard - especially if the unit is busy. you have all of your work and are teaching someo...

the only problem i have with this is that schools should not change the rules for a graduating class. if they want to make improvements in their curriculum they should start with a new class. perhaps you should go to the dean of your nursing school a...

A woman who identified herself as "nurse" called in to a live broadcast of the Tom Leykis show stating that because the father of her child evaded child support payments she "shot him in the heart - and because I am a nurse I know just where that is"...

I'll bet she had a false sense of security. She thought that the call couldn't be traced. Evidently her number will come up on a telephone bill for the broadcasting company. She was quick to add "this isn't my cell phone". She said "they can't prove ...

good thinkin on that pharm tech thing! like i said - follow your instincts. you have decided not to quit but to find a place where you feel at home. eliminating guilt doesn't make you a sociopath and doing what is best for yourself doesn't make you a...

i think the key is that the job will never change. some people are just too stubborn to quit - but maybe should have because they are definitely not happy. some people cannot quit because of family and benefits, etc. some people resent that they have...

most of the time there is a place to check on the application if it is ok to contact an employer. it might say something like "may we contact". if there is, check no and explain that you are still employed there. most people will understand that. fil...

i think you should apply for the job. you already know you don't like working in med/surg. you are trained to do the work so why not stay until the middle of december and then give a two-week notice? you don't even know how things will work out with ...

ah nursing school! those were the good old days. i remember one clinical instructor who was a former army sargeant. i remember her saying to me "ok - what are the five?". (five rights of med administration). i felt like saluting. it was a religious s...

when i became a nurse in 1984 we didn't have the internet. i think it is a very positive thing when used appropriately. it allows us to come together in a huge forum to discuss nursing. i got my first computer in 2000 but wasn't online communicating ...

there is a lot of science and analytical reasoning. clinicals can be quite stressful as well depending on the instructor. nursing school is demanding generally. i did well in my bsn program because i am a fairly good writer and we had to write lots o...

batibot i sent you a private message. let me know if i can help after you have read it. i assume you know how to open it. if you have logged out when you log in again a pop-up window will open asking you if you want to read the pm. talk to you later...

kinds of harsh isn't it? it depends upon what type of student she is (lvn, rn or what) and what year of school she is in. i can't see her knowingly violating these regulations. it's the responsibility of the instructor to provide orientation before c...

i would absolutely not get involved in any way. you could point it out to the nursing manager and if it disruptive she can deal with it. i don't think you should confront either one of them or tell the wife. i'm sure there are plenty of other things ...

congratulations on your perseverence! you already know what it will be like because you have been exposed to the hospital environment. some people go in without any previous knowledge. since you have been working in a hospital you are better prepared...

several people have said that they "stay away from home health" because of situations like this. however, these types of things happen in hospitals all the time. just because there might have been people in the hall to hear the woman screaming wouldn...

also i agree with those telling you to consider leaving. especially when you are a new grad it might take you a few tries to find a supportive environment. you don't want a situation to occur that will invalidate your license. you are the most import...

wow - let me just share a few of my choice memories from 1985 when i started as an rn. first of all i got a new grad program at a very large hospital chain. it was a thorough orientation and i was put on day shift on a very busy med/surg unit. oh wai...