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  1. Wages for new nurse in Missouri/Kansas area

    RunningWithScissors replied to Michaela, RN's topic in General Nursing

    top of scale is $30 in central

  2. Midlife Career Change to Nursing - Advice, please

    RunningWithScissors replied to mcgocara31's topic in Nursing Career

    Be aware that being a lawyer may actually impede your prospects for nursing employment. Many nurse managers are fearful of their own jobs and see competent nurses as threats to their positions,...

  3. What is the nurse-patient ratio where you work?

    RunningWithScissors replied to kaliRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am on a cardiac progressive care unit where we start and monitor drips and patients who "minor code" on the general floors come here; we have 5-6 patients on days, 6-7 on nights with 1-2 patient...

  4. An RN's thoughts on the health care law

    RunningWithScissors replied to RN4MERCY's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    2 things: First, you got it wrong about the tax on employers' coverage; starting in 2013, you will see on your W2 a box with the employers' contribution to your health plan, and in 2014 (I believe...

  5. New nurses feel like quitting?

    RunningWithScissors replied to Patti_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That feeling of wanting to quit never goes away. Very few of the nurses I have worked with over the 30+ years have actually loved their job. Most are looking for something else to do and move on....

  6. Nurse:Patient Ratio on Med-Surg Floors?

    RunningWithScissors replied to 3chicago3's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Our cardiac stepdown unit has a ratio of 1:6 on days, 1:7 on nights; if census drops someone goes home and gets called back in when admssions arrive. We start antiarrhythmic drips, admit patients from...

  7. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    RunningWithScissors replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Since when??? Employers have no reponsibility to train a new nurse, only to orient that person to the policies of that institution. They are spending lots of $$ to train you, and the salary reflect...

  8. Stretched to the breaking point

    RunningWithScissors posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our staffing level last fall was decreased to where when we are full (30 beds) we can only staff with 5 nurses and 2 nursing assistants. Since then, we have had several instances of elderly people...

  9. Student Loan Forgiveness for Nurses??

    RunningWithScissors replied to metal_m0nk's topic in General Nursing

    I would not want to be beholden to any organization, certainly the government, for 10 years, for ANY benefit. I cherish my freedom to work/do what I want. I would PAY extra not to have to live by...

  10. Done with school but don't want to start work as a nurse...

    RunningWithScissors replied to anichka1285's topic in General Nursing

    Trust your instincts. Forget that job. You have your license, you have achieved your goal. That doesn't mean you have to work in a hospital in a job you despise. You have learned what you have set out...

  11. Time to call a duck a duck?

    RunningWithScissors replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The way I see it, most if not all of nursing's mindless paperwork compliance problems rest with JCAHO, an organization which makes rules for bedside care, yet is comprised of a bunch of business...

  12. 100 year old stroke patient

    RunningWithScissors replied to NurseStephRN's topic in General Nursing

    My guess is that if this lady's heart WAS to stop, the family would rescind the DNR and demand a

  13. Stretched to the breaking point

    RunningWithScissors replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Sounds like this is going on everywhere. No wonder the new grads are having a hard time finding work, there are just so many positions that have been slashed, not the need for nurses like there...

  14. Time to call a duck a duck?

    RunningWithScissors replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Then stop reading it. Kudos to the OP who many months ago began this discussion. I am enjoying it, except for the occasional unintelligable ramblings of a few. (whatthef, if you have to get lost in...

  15. Time to call a duck a duck?

    RunningWithScissors replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Is that the tunnel that has been under construction for like over a decade and still nowehere near

  16. How do the male nurses feel about perineal care?

    RunningWithScissors replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

    I had a completely alert and oriented elderly man who came from home living alone ask both me and the tech to "wash my balls". Of coorifice if we didn't comply we would be admonished for not giving...

  17. Time to call a duck a duck?

    RunningWithScissors replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have long thought about how expensive it would be if electricians and plumbers had to document every wire or hose used and explain why they chose that particular item and diagnosis for the problem,...

  18. Time to call a duck a duck?

    RunningWithScissors replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I saw an episode of "I shouldn't be alive" last week where they had a plane crash and some chick runs around saying "I'm a nurse I'm a nurse" tending to major gashes and head wounds and then she runs...

  19. Time to call a duck a duck?

    RunningWithScissors replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If you have to punch a clock and wear a uniform, you ARE a laborer. Simple. Also, what "profession" do you know of has to leave the office early with a cut in pay for the day if work is

  20. What's your reason for putting up with it?

    RunningWithScissors replied to canigraduate's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am tied of these same old excuses! I think people in general have become more disrespectful of each other and we not only take the brunt of it, but management tells us that we MUST take it to...

  21. What's your reason for putting up with it?

    RunningWithScissors replied to canigraduate's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow. I always suspected this, though, but after so many years in nursing, there is little else one is qualified to do skill-wise, so you're kind of trapped.

  22. Crappy Nurses Day

    RunningWithScissors posted a topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday my hospital "celebrated" nurses day. They had vendors from a local scrub store and jewelry outlet with tables in a tiny area off the side of the main conference room, where the managers got...

  23. Crappy Nurses Day

    RunningWithScissors replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Icing on the cake, when the NM was off in a meeting, we were short 2 nurses, the **** was hitting the fan, she wasn't there to pitch in and help like she says she would if it got "overwhelming"....

  24. Am I Just a Cynic or Is nursing a poor career?

    RunningWithScissors replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Having people who are nurse wanna2bes expressing opinions about a career they have no idea about except as a patient is less than helpful

  25. Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    RunningWithScissors replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In my area, the nurses at the local VA hospital make the most anywhere in the region. Only problem is, the VA system makes you roate shifts. They also have THE BEST by far staffing ratios. And,...