Johnny Moo Man

Curious dilemma, a bipolar patient, female, gets a female visitor, she closes the door and says she doesn't want to be bothered. We don't suspect drugs or alcohol, or even sex, but who can be sure? How would some of you handle it, would you allow the...

Not to feed your flame, but...our good nurses take their breaks and they take their lunches. There are always those disorganized, hyper souls who are ALWAYS disorganized and behind, who are always too busy to take their breaks or lunch and are consis...

Curious what some of you do at work for morale besides coming in and going home. Over here we've done the casino bus and employee bowling night with varying degrees of interest. Of course there's the potluck, but there's always the potluck. Do any of...

Personally I find salary.com too general. It puts me at about half what I made last year. New grads at my hospital start at 28.50/hr. Anaheim Memorial. Raises aren't what you think, maybe a buck a year. Look for the perks like weekends only, nights i...

http://aviatorscrubs.com/ The owner is I believe, the small dark haired model in front. If you need, she'll make your scrubs to order and they're long lasting, got a lot of pockets. The shop is within 45 minutes from home but I always order online no...

I'm curious, I'm putting together bulletin boards in our hallways and lounge, and I'd like to know: how do some of you celebrate or at least acknowledge your core measures to the rest of the staff, like pneumonia follow up, heart failure education gi...

Had a few of the weird ones on the same hallway yesterday but by far the most time consuming was the 22 year old who demanded her husband spend the night. At first I thought sure, as long as it's okay with the night nurse, if it'll make you feel bett...

I asked this same question before but I guess it was too boring: What do some of you have on your bulletin boards around the hospital, that make people read them? Fun ones? Entertaining? Informative? We have junk that nobody will look at, and I want ...

With due respect to HIPAA, if I want to talk about my day, I'm talking about my day. These aren't State secrets, and I'm just talking to my wife and family. I don't think I've ever mentioned names anyway because nobody knows these people. I'm usually...

oops. I am the supervisor. I'm trying to present stuff to the staff in a fun way, but with stuff like core measures it's boring. Hence the bulletin boards. The blank bulletin boards, waiting for great ideas.

Irvine, CA is supposed to be safe, and it has great malls and entertainment. Weather is pretty good. However, I've been out here in Southern CA for 30 years and about every day I've missed my Chicago Cubs, the great Chicago food, and my friends, now ...

Just an observation from other blogs: this is the Internet, don't believe everything you read, especially with pay. In my experience, everyone makes about the same, depending on geography and experience, and you can add perks like weekends only diff...

My supervisor told me about it; I was having a deadly busy day. I had just had 2 discharges and the beds weren't cold before ER called report and delivered new 2 new admits. I hadn't seen the 1st admit yet and I had to discharge a third patient, and ...

Let me just add, without fanning the flames: while working in San Bernardino, I and the other nurses were often told by families of Spanish speaking patients, that they don't want us as the nurse, they want someone who speaks Spanish. There were none...

I've worked nights for 7 years and only recently switched to days. How many times at night had it gotten a little busy and the nurses complain about the day people : "they think all we do is sleep." The night diff at my hospital is 5 bucks an hour, p...

I just took a sort of mid-management position on my unit, it's a rather busy 48 bed med/tele floor. I'm looking for suggestions on how to improve things to make life easier and nurses happier. Among my brainstorms: having the nurses write on a whiteb...

There's some intelligence here on every post. Got some good ideas and I'm getting a little perspective as well. Thanks all, again. Come Monday I'll be chasing some of these ends, hope I don't end up standing in the hallway waiting for a handout. How...

i am a nurse, i still work the floor when i can, and when i'm not on the floor i do many tasks for the other nurses: start ivs, ng tubes, answer lights, all that. i told the woman who hired me that i won't sit in the office because it's insensitive t...

After 7 years of nursing and all the hooks that come with a steady paycheck (buying a home/cars/vacations etc etc), my 36 hour week has become 48-60 hours. And my feet are killing me all the time. Lying in bed, my legs get to me. At work I've taken t...

A lot of my co-grads went to job fairs hosted by a certain hospital and got hired on the spot, in mass hirings. A friend of mine did the same at Loma Linda U hospital, got into peds right away. I waited a bit to relax from nursing school because I th...

I've been giving chemo for 2 years now and my certification is up for renewal. I'm more than likely going to follow my coworkers and not recertify. Too much added work, no perks. I don't get less patients because I'm giving chemo and I sure don't get...

People for some reason guard their salaries, even anonymously as in this forum. "You CAN make etc etc..." Visit salary.com for "can makes." I'll try to give you a couple specifics. I'm in California. When I started in 2000 at an Apple Valley CA hospi...

My excellent opinion? As a new grad you are accepted into any specialty and they're eager to train you. As time goes on they're not so hot on "transitioning" employees. This from my experience. You can go into any department right now and get hired. ...

Working at a hospital in Orange County CA. About 35 bucks an hour with 7 years experience. A monitored medsurg unit. I even give chemotherapy. I keep hearing how other hospitals pay so much more, well do they? Am I being shorted? Anyone have info wh...