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  1. How much is your pay?

    blueiwahine replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    I work PRN and make $36.00 an hr on graveyard shift...with the option to work as many hours as I

  2. new grad needs advice/support

    blueiwahine replied to ndcon2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Follow your

  3. Is this all there is?

    blueiwahine replied to nurseby07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Totally understand where you coming from...if your not happy there, try a different area...until you find what you

  4. Miserable. Is this how it is everywhere?

    blueiwahine replied to gearheadfly's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hang in there...take it one day at a time...it will eventually get

  5. "I have kids! I need to come in late, need more sick time, etc."

    blueiwahine replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    My husband and I have dealt with that all our careers...people would tell us we didn't need to have holidays off because we didn't have children or they would want us to come in early or stay late...

  6. Why do people think the hospital is like the Holiday Inn Express?!!! LONG...

    blueiwahine replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Lol...I enjoyed your thread...I got a good laugh out of it...it is so true...the pts think that they are in a hotel and they are the only ones we have to take care

  7. Does anyone else like working night shift besides me?

    blueiwahine replied to Joyfullme's topic in General Nursing

    I work the night shift...fresh out of school started out on the day shift...thought I was going crazy...with all the noise stimulation...had to go to nights...most all my jobs have been graveyards or...

  8. Do Nurses STILL want to marry Doctors?

    blueiwahine replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    No Way....Hubby always jokes with me that I'm going to leave him for a Doctor...He better think again...Now a chef maybe...but a doctor Hell

  9. What nurse/patient ratios do you work with?

    blueiwahine replied to heather1999's topic in First Year After Licensure

    LTACH unit...I usually have 5 pts on nights...when I first started it was 6...but those 5 are usually very time

  10. New nurse cracking under pressure

    blueiwahine replied to hollyjolly's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Breathe....Just tell the interviewing hospital...that your last job was not where you wanted to be...my first job after nursing school...i stayed 8 months...it was horrible...I quit and never looked...

  11. I want to do something else

    blueiwahine replied to smileysenior's topic in First Year After Licensure

  12. License in jeopardy??

    blueiwahine replied to NursePeace's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nursing is one career I think...where it doesn't look bad how long you've worked at a facility...I've been nursing for a year...I'm working on my 3rd job...there is such a nursing shortage...they do...

  13. Normal Pt Ratios - ack!

    blueiwahine replied to ibambamama's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OMG! Our pt ratio at the LTACH unit I work is 5-6...5 is usually tolerable...but 6 is pushing it...due to fact that most acuity is high....same at the Oncology/Med-Surg unit I work...I definitely...

  14. PBDS testing

    blueiwahine replied to iliketweety's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do a search on here for PBDS...there is alot of information on here about testing...I hate that test...took it twice and failed both times at the hospital I use to work at...they were going to take me...

  15. LTAC experience?

    blueiwahine replied to jinx13's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work in a LTACH hospital...definitely don't see why the experience wouldn't count...the only difference to me is that it does seem a little slower paced than the hospital, but have had pts with...

  16. Depressed, confused, lost, and not sure if i should even be a nurse! :(

    blueiwahine replied to maybaby9's topic in First Year After Licensure

  17. Should I go to night shift?

    blueiwahine replied to LexiLuRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

  18. did you ever think it would be like this?

    blueiwahine replied to jamonit's topic in First Year After Licensure

  19. did you ever think it would be like this?

    blueiwahine replied to jamonit's topic in First Year After Licensure

    AMEN....I don't think I could of expressed myself any better...I feel that way every single

  20. BSN does not mean better... Sometimes education is overrated!

    blueiwahine replied to lovegoddess1977's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I have my BSN degree...have to admit I never really worked as an aide...I attempted it, but nursing school was a ***** and between that and trying to deal with family matters too...there just wasn't...

  21. Looking for a new job!!

    blueiwahine replied to RainbowzLPN's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I'm curious if most places don't acknowledge wcei certification...what certification do they want you to

  22. Looking for a new job!!

    blueiwahine replied to RainbowzLPN's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    HI Jennifer, Was looking for a little info about the WCEI wound training you took...I'm interested in specializing in wound care and was wondering if this was the best class to take? Any info would be...

  23. How many new nurses are seriously thinking about quiting?

    blueiwahine replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I made 8 months as a new nurse...strained my back and decided I had, had enough...working shortstaffed and the high acuity of the patients was just too much for me. I've been off for the last 2 months...

  24. Nursing school didn't prepare me for reality

    blueiwahine replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I was an older nursing student and I have to agree Nursing school never prepared me for the real world...I felt like I taught myself the whole time I was in school, clinicals were a joke. Nursing...

  25. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    blueiwahine replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I would not work for $11.00 hr as an RN...$20.00 hr...depending on what type of nursing job it