NPvampire

NPvampire MSN, RN, APRN

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  1. Geriatric Psyc or Telemetry Stepdown internship

    NPvampire replied to cogath's topic in General Nursing

    I'm all psych and have done it out of school, but I would advise the internship in the stepdown. The economy is so bad right now and there are so many cuts in mental health, IMO the stepdown would...

  2. Float Pool/Resource Team Incentives?

    NPvampire replied to tfrisinger's topic in General Nursing

    $48 an hour....WOW WOW WOW where is that???? New York City or

  3. University oif Cincinnati MSN students Current and New

    NPvampire replied to kenyohunt1's topic in Post Graduate Students

    *chuckle* Yeah, especially when you get into a specialty, you really forget the old stuff. Especially, for me, the renal and hematology stuff (I think with the SNF I kept up with cardiac, sort of)....

  4. University of Cincinnati online Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

    NPvampire replied to bailey502's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hey, I'm...hmm, 3 quarters ahead of you? I'm still in the core classes. I love online learning and the classes seem pretty reasonable (physiology is the toughest IMO). Muuuuchhh better than...

  5. boredom in psych nursing

    NPvampire replied to ktliz's topic in Psychiatric

    Work 3-11 in a state facility. You'll never be bored. Gored, maybe, but not

  6. Psych nurse practitioner

    NPvampire replied to bumblebeegaga's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm studying psych NP after my RN-bSN (already done 2006). I didn't like much of the "gore" of nursing school, but I got through it. You learn to breathe through your mouth, and sit down if you get...

  7. online nurse practitioner

    NPvampire replied to almostarn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm in UC's psych NP program. I think acute care and family NP are closed until 2012. The good thing is that you only take 2 classes at a time for the first year and IMO it could be done when...

  8. Float Pool/Resource Team Incentives?

    NPvampire replied to tfrisinger's topic in General Nursing

    Our float pool / PRN at my previous job was 7 more than typical new grad salary (base with benefits) and 10 more for experienced. But no benefits whatsoever for PRN. You have to consider: why would...

  9. Shift differential question

    NPvampire replied to deenurse10's topic in General Nursing

    Ours is a 13% for nights & evenings but another 7% for weekends (starting with day shift Saturday, not Friday night). Some hospitals, even though they do 8s, will only pay a night differential...

  10. What's the longest you would commute for a job??

    NPvampire replied to max66's topic in General Nursing

    Whoa, many of you are lucky to live so close to your work. I drive 1-1.2 hours to work now. I am about to accept an agency assignment 1.5 hours away (but easier drive) because I am so disgusted with...

  11. What's so special about being a Postpartum Nurse?!

    NPvampire replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    I don't do L&D, but most job postings I've seen require ACLS and

  12. Starting Nursing salaries by State?

    NPvampire replied to ncaru01's topic in General Nursing

    I live in GA too...nurses straight out of school make (base): CNA/MHA/HST/etc minimum wage - 12/hr LPN 10-15/hr depending on rural/city/type of hospital RN 17-27/hr (27 is no benefits large urban...

  13. highest paying hospitals in florida?

    NPvampire replied to Roberto's topic in General Nursing

    OMG, $13/hr??? I was going to think about moving there from GA, now I am going to have to rethink this Florida thing. Even our rural state hospitals pay more than that, and that's saying something....

  14. Hiring managers

    NPvampire replied to RNmilwife's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I agree, half the time HR only sends the resumes through the computer and if it doesn't pick up the right terms, it gets trashed. At least an interested manager might tell HR to pull your...

  15. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    NPvampire replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There's no need to wear perfume to work, let alone BATHE in it! I don't think your 2" blood-red fake-diamond-encrusted talons fall under the facility's nail

  16. Ive decided not to go ahead with nursing school...(Rad tech or RT)

    NPvampire replied to jrt71's topic in General Nursing

    What about an SLP? (speech language pathologist). They can work in hospitals, schools, home health, and more. You can work with all ages, although it's usually children or elderly or post-trauma...

  17. Seeking advice from current RN's

    NPvampire replied to jdchisolm68's topic in General Nursing

    It wasn't required, but I took it as an elective, a class on AIDS/HIV. Just lecture, no clinicals. Some states actually require it for licensure, and it was very

  18. Another thread on lateral harassment...

    NPvampire replied to Poi Dog's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    summerrose is right IMO. I was in a situation similar to this, coworker ignoring me, dumping her patients on others, on and on...right down your list pretty much. I decided to be the adult since she...

  19. RN moving to LA

    NPvampire replied to herrin2011's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about the psych out there, as they closed their state institutions years ago. Might try a hospital psych floor but usually they don't bite without experience. If I were you, I'd try to...

  20. hospice home health or hospital med surg?

    NPvampire replied to ninaricci's topic in General Nursing

    There were two things I detested about home health: #1 the environment: it is not the hospital, it is not always a nice clean house, sometimes it is a one-cat-crap-overflowing-litterbox x 1000 cats...

  21. Is nursing your second career?

    NPvampire replied to nicubee's topic in Nursing Career

    Here in Georgia, if you have to have insurance (thus excluding agency, per diem, PRN/pool, or higher-rates-of-pay type deals), beginning teaching and beginning RN for the rural state hospitals are...

  22. Sleeping on the job.

    NPvampire replied to swon1223's topic in General Nursing

    Well, yeah, curling up hiding in a patient's room is no good. But many of our techs are required to stay up all night, while most of the patients are sleeping peacefully and are medically...

  23. Any Psych Nurses...

    NPvampire replied to KJStarling's topic in Nursing Humor

    polysubstance abuse, and I'll bet a sex addiction

  24. Getting a job as a new psych RN? Pay?

    NPvampire replied to PSYCHEE's topic in Psychiatric

    It depends on the hospital. I think Atlanta state hosp. starts their brand new grads at 25 (for BSN in 2006 anyway) but the more rural state hospitals are more like 18-19ish (current). Benefits are...

  25. starting on psych/med floor from ICU any advice:how cn I prep

    NPvampire replied to Amayalu's topic in Psychiatric

    It really depends on the hospital, but many times a patient will come in after going off their medications or becoming psychotic for the first time ever. The docs will place them on medications,...