azgirl

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  1. Nurses in Other Professions

    azgirl replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    My husband worked with an ER RN who also worked as a bellman at a resort and said that job paid him more than nursing

  2. How Rude!!!

    azgirl replied to stella123 rn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I once heard a man saying his son had a learning disability so he was going to go into the nursing program because anyone could do that. Boy, did that son ever get a surprise if he ever even got that...

  3. sleeping staff

    azgirl replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sleeping on company time is theft. So amazing how some can justify this. I once had a fellow worker who helped herself to peoples money from their purses. When she was caught she said "you would have...

  4. How many of you are married to or date someone in the Medical Field?

    azgirl replied to echo*echo's topic in General Nursing

    My husband and I are both in health care. It does help to understand what the other person has gone through in a shift. Also we can work around each others weird

  5. Pay day and Mandatory Staff Meetings/Inservices

    azgirl replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    They have that where I work too. Sometimes paychecks get missplaced until Sunday night if you don't go to Friday's meeting. I have direct deposit but would like to have my

  6. Agency nurses in LTC settings

    azgirl replied to PBU's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've never gotten orientation. Just here it is go for it. One agency nurse had the meds in her hand and called out "John" and half the room held up their hands and most were

  7. Hospital sold!--Have to reapply for my job....

    azgirl replied to dachweiler's topic in General Nursing

    This scenerio is going on at a hospital here as well. Asking the nurses to reapply and test for their current positions and their pay will be adjusted...down. They are doing it department by...

  8. ? age limit to practice as R.N.

    azgirl replied to illecob's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with an RN who was 80. She went down to PT at about 82. She was dependable and a good nurse. Might be some hope for us

  9. Sent home after 4 hours...AGAIN!!!!

    azgirl replied to NURS4GOD's topic in Agency Nurses

    I have found that having two to three agencies works out best. Surprisingly enough I have not found much conflict and at orientation with the first one the agency head said that she knew we would be...

  10. STUPID interview questions, add yours here

    azgirl replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    I was asked once what my brother and I fought about. When I told the man my brother and I did not fight he just folded the sheet and glared at me. Then proceeded to tell me about he and his brother...

  11. Medication Aides

    azgirl replied to R.L.Silva's topic in General Nursing

    In Arizona there is a lot of having the caregivers give meds. I hate it and think no one but a nurse should touch the meds but that doesn't seem to bother management. I have seen errors that would...

  12. Gotta good "poop" story? I do.

    azgirl replied to st4304's topic in General Nursing

    Doing final rounds in the dementia unit I found a perfect turd on the chair by the bed with a flashlight turned on it. Here it was sitting in the spotlight. What imagination. Sure gave me a good...

  13. Straight pay for 12 hour shifts?

    azgirl replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    Straight pay for 12's. OT kicks in after 40 hours in a week. $4 night/weekend differential. Have to do both to get