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    Free time/vacation time while being a nurse?

    hiddencatRN replied to nurse_sharon's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing has been great for time off. At my facility its really hard to get time off around the winter holidays but otherwise it's been pretty easy to give myself huge chunks of time off while using...
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    Is there such a thing?

    hiddencatRN replied to OCRN3's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, because a facility needs fewer of those positions than it needs floor
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    Former Employer Harassment

    hiddencatRN replied to luvanurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing to add, but I'm sorry you're going through
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    What do you put for experience when your just out of school and..

    hiddencatRN replied to bkworm8it's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't put an experience quantity on my resume. I list my jobs and the dates worked there. Since you're a pretty fresh grad you could list your preceptor ship under education. When asked how much...
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    Why Nurses Don't Want to Be Identified in Public?

    hiddencatRN replied to Mully's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree. The list of things that irritate me more than evangelism is a pretty short list. I find not many people like being talked AT about anything, but particularly
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    Why Nurses Don't Want to Be Identified in Public?

    hiddencatRN replied to Mully's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can't believe I'm the only one who wanted to talk about the waffle. I can't stop thinking about it. I think my best "I wish I wasn't obviously a nurse" moment was when the cashier in the Dunkin...
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    IV insertion problems

    hiddencatRN replied to nursing_problem's topic in Emergency

    I usually just say "OK." Chances are I do get it on the first stick and if I miss we can have a conversation then about what our options are. I find being nonchalant about it is often
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    Is there such a thing?

    hiddencatRN replied to OCRN3's topic in General Nursing

    If people just got automatically promoted after X number of years without waiting for a position to become vacant, there's be WAY too many managers. That's not unique to hospital
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    Why Nurses Don't Want to Be Identified in Public?

    hiddencatRN replied to Mully's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    More than anything, this makes me want a Belgian
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    Getting burnt out with non urgent patients

    hiddencatRN replied to Lisa9090's topic in Emergency

    I had a couple of patients where my first thought was "they are full of doodoo" and I wasn't as on top of them as I could have been and they ended up having legit, emergency room problems. I also...
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    Getting burnt out with non urgent patients

    hiddencatRN replied to Lisa9090's topic in Emergency

    I had to take a break from ER nursing, to be honest. I was getting so burned out with all the non-sick people that I started lowering my index of suspicion and was mentally under-triaging patients. I...
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    Typical pay at Philadelphia area Children's Hospitals?

    hiddencatRN replied to Michapp's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I don't know the pay rate for DuPont but I hear they pay very competitively. St. Chris new grad rate was $27.50 2 years
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    What is the quickest specialty certification out there?

    hiddencatRN replied to jaej5's topic in General Nursing

    Multiple choice, I
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    ADN Program at Montgomery County Community College

    hiddencatRN replied to Principessa22's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Also look in to CCP in Philly. If you take a certain amount if classes with them, you qualify to apply as a CCP internal student and ONLY your CCP GPA counts. You have to take an easy reading...
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    What is the quickest specialty certification out there?

    hiddencatRN replied to jaej5's topic in General Nursing

    I know several nurses who passed the CPEN with a year of experience, so I'm not sure it's a fluke if you can study and apply sound test taking techniques and pass. Perhaps the exams should be harder...
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    Philadelphia Hospitals - Charting/Pay

    hiddencatRN replied to guests929's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Go live with computer charting was in early
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    Titers for Hep B negative...a second time!

    hiddencatRN replied to Katie71275's topic in General Nursing

    I had the series twice and didn't convert either. Our employee health NP said that more than 2 series aren't recommended but that they're also starting to think that they might be looking in the wrong...
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    ER VS ICU NURSING

    hiddencatRN replied to Johnny1414's topic in Emergency

    I just switched to a med surg job and most nights I don't take a lunch break....because I have so much downtime it seems silly to leave the floor to sit in the locker room by myself. When I was in the...
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    Working Mon-Fri

    hiddencatRN replied to litebrightgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't go in to nursing to work 9-5 M-F, but to each her own. I love having my workweek compressed to fewer days and I love the huge differential I get for working the weekend program. My schedule...
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    Going to HR re: management

    hiddencatRN replied to California2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It sounds like you have a good plan in place. Good luck- I hope they can at least help you
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    Denied Medical Leave Post-Op, Still Recovering

    hiddencatRN replied to puroticorico's topic in General Nursing

    That sucks. I didn't qualify for FMLA for maternity leave and was given basic medical leave instead. Have you spoken with your manager about this, or just HR? I agree to make them fire
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    Going to HR re: management

    hiddencatRN replied to California2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    HR is not there to protect you. They exist to protect the employer. Bringing a witness helps treating you fairly and protecting the employer become the same thing. I'd be careful about going alone....
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    Why are there no nursing jobs available for new grads? What is going on??

    hiddencatRN replied to vab229's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Let me paraphrase what you wrote here: "Don't jump on me, just let me say something totally flameworthy and jump-on-able without consequences." Dude. It's rough being a new grad. I sent out hundreds...
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    Cardiac Monitoring of Pediatric Patients in Med Surg

    hiddencatRN replied to Vicki_RN's topic in Pediatric

    Continuous albuterol can cause dysrhythmias. We adjust the limits to account for the expected tachycardia. But frequent runs of bigeminy and trigeminy are a concern. I agree that CR monitors are...
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    Daycare and Nursing

    hiddencatRN replied to JasmDasm's topic in General Nursing

    I found a private sitter to take care of DD when I go back to work. I work weekend nights and DH works every other weekend with an overnight so it was the only option for us. I really like our sitter...