RNperdiem

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  1. Help - Need A Meaningful Job

    RNperdiem replied to pa_rn2012's topic in General Nursing

    What would give you the feeling you are looking for? What makes an interaction meaningful too you? It sounds like you give a lot of yourself emotionally to your patients. Patients seldom give back,...

  2. Weird meeting with manager

    RNperdiem replied to amzyRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It sounds like your department gives out narcotics like candy. Is this normal? Do you attract a lot of drug

  3. Nursing school makes you crazy but this is too far!

    RNperdiem replied to mtngirl07's topic in General Students

    I agree about the poster who suggests finding another study partner. Don't get sucked into her drama. An important boundary to learn to draw in life is that her problems are her problems. You...

  4. Newgrad+Nights = Study Time?

    RNperdiem replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    With seven patients, you are likely to be busy all night. If you are not busy, there is an unwritten rule in most workplaces that if you have a slow time, you look out for the nurses who are...

  5. Medicine vs Surgery Unit

    RNperdiem replied to Alto22's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience, medicine patients tend to be older and have lots of chronic problems. It is rarely just one thing, it is diabetes plus renal failure plus COPD etc. Compared to surgical patients,...

  6. Washing scrubs?

    RNperdiem replied to dd131's topic in General Nursing

    A mother I know has three children who play sports. She adds Borax to the laundry water to get out the sweaty

  7. Quitting Nursing permanently

    RNperdiem replied to BurntRN1's topic in General Nursing

    Is there an "inactive" license status for your BON? If you ever need to work as a nurse again, you would be in a better position. See if caregiving is how your friends describe it. Personally, if you...

  8. Do nurses have to work from home?

    RNperdiem replied to lilythorburn's topic in General Nursing

    Does continuing education count? We need a certain amount every year to keep the license. I do check email, but there isn't much to check, and it nice to get advance warning of campus events that...

  9. I have a real problem with ancillary staff and am at my wits end. I need help.

    RNperdiem replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    Avoidance? Do you schedule your own shifts? Minimise contact with people you don't like working

  10. Is it safe going into RT?

    RNperdiem replied to navywife16's topic in General Nursing

    A couple of things to think about. If you will have trouble balancing school and work if your husband is away, would balancing work and childcare present similar problems after you finish school? Is...

  11. Going out with your co-workers (Mixing Business with pleasure)

    RNperdiem replied to Plumrose15153's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Some people spend time together outside of work and others don't. For me, I am an introvert who needs time alone. After a day of work filled with contact with other people, I am not interested in...

  12. Advice re: long maternity leave and going to per diem after baby?

    RNperdiem replied to ricki76's topic in General Nursing

    My story. I worked in the same unit for a couple of years, and I went to per diem status in the float pool near the end of my pregnancy. My husband's job provided our health insurance since he got a...

  13. Should drug diverters be prosecuted?

    RNperdiem replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    For a harsher punishment to deter anyone, a person has to be future oriented enough to think before doing. A person also needs to get over "I will never get caught mindset". I briefly knew a girl in...

  14. Critical Care Float Pool

    RNperdiem replied to cdibley's topic in General Nursing

    It all depends on what kinds of patients are available. Sometimes it seems the whole unit consists of failure to wean, turn-water-feed patients. Other days, making any kind of assignment is difficult...

  15. RN Case manager Vs Doctor Office?

    RNperdiem replied to obc8166's topic in General Nursing

    From my observation, the doctors offices' tend to use nurse practitioners or LPNs who work interchangeably with the medical assistants. My OB-Gyn did have an RN who worked as a telephone triage nurse,...

  16. Can you work while in nursing school?

    RNperdiem replied to KaliNurse19's topic in General Students

    I worked 16-24 hours a week during nursing school. Luckily my CNA job had hours that could be worked around my school schedule, and especially weekends, plus I worked per diem. During holidays I could...

  17. Critical Care Float Pool

    RNperdiem replied to DesertSky's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience, they gave me very good assignments and were very helpful. Floats tend to be given simpler, more "generalized" types of patients- pneumonia, failure to wean, and almost anyone ready...

  18. Is the Baby Boomer Generation not going to get good care?

    RNperdiem replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Being middle class today is harder to achieve. Nursing is popular now because of the stability, good pay and other factors. I suspect more young people starting college are choosing majors that lead...

  19. The Perfect Work Day

    RNperdiem replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Both patients get transferred to the floor looking so much better and feeling so grateful. Being per diem, I get sent home early to enjoy the rest of the day. There are more versions of perfect days,...

  20. As a graduate nurse should you start in the ER or Medical-Surgical?

    RNperdiem replied to kblas's topic in General Nursing

    Compare the little things too. What shifts do you have to work, and do you have a preference? How do benefits compare? Length of orientation? Staff turnover? Commute time? It is a lucky position to...

  21. What was the REAL reason you called off

    RNperdiem replied to Orion81RN's topic in General Nursing

    I once called in sick, but in fact I was the healthy one. My oldest child was just released from the hospital for meningitis and still needed care, my youngest spiked a fever that day of 103, and my...

  22. Career Change

    RNperdiem replied to vpollic1's topic in General Nursing

    Some of our recent older nursing students are former

  23. New graduate question

    RNperdiem replied to jessicarami's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A new grad should not have to work med-surg right out of school, but a new grad is usually not in a position to be choosy, and med-surg floors are often willing to hire new grads. I worked med-surg as...

  24. Night shift alterative hours poll

    RNperdiem replied to Wolf at the Door's topic in General Nursing

    I would never go back to working 5 days a week, so 11-7 would be a job taken out of desperation. The earlier hours can conflict with the kids getting home from school and my husband being home from...

  25. I dont have a degree. Should I apply to asbn programs?

    RNperdiem replied to angel1312's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Beware of places that accept low gpa's charge a lot of money, give loans out like candy, and are not accredited or respected by