PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN

Snottsdale........been there done that....never again.

I use to bang my phlebotomy tray right against their heads on the desk to wake them up......I made sure everyone knew they were sleeping on the job to.

Dont stick your self........ Sincerely: The person who sticks people

To put this into perspective I have a friend who answers inbound calls at discover card who makes $16 an hour with only a H.S. education.....he makes almost as much as Cops do saving people everyday....something twisted there.

Holy feak out batman!:trout:

All I know is that im broke a$$ at $11.00 hr going through nursing school. No wonder lab has such high turnover...too much risk not enough pay.

Just for fun lets just pretend the starting wage for an RN (regardless of education just RN) started at $11.00 hr. Would you still be a nurse? Also, what would be an acceptable starting pay for you to consider the field?. Ill start it off by saying no I would not at $11 hr (to much risk, slave wage for the type of job it is etc) and even though our starting pay around here is $27 hr for new grads I would work for about $20 hr. Be honest with you answers :)

I started out as a Phlebotomist, and I promise you I will be far and away more knowledgeable when nursing school starts then those who have ZERO experience working in a hospital setting. Never think CNA,Lab,etc is below you as its a great foundation.

Let them take away all the ADN's and lets see the shortage triple. Heads will be rolling and I for one will be doing this when that happens. The ignorance of the elitist is unbelievable.

yep just a few days ago to one to the trauma nurses

So whats to stop them from accusing me of things if there is no witness? Its the accusation that destroys you not the act. I never herd of a male p.t. accusing a female RN of anything.

Hello future male RN here, and I just wanted to know if I am assigned a female p.t. will I need a female RN with me every time I do a cath or wipe their a**?? With all the crazy suit happy idiots out there I can see where someone would try to pull that on me for no other reason then just because im a guy. I would imagine if I had to get a female nurse to witness every time im working on a female p.t. the staff would get annoyed with me quickly. I have talked to a lot of guys about why they don't want to be nurses, and the number one response is "I don't want to be sued."

people suck......the end:lol_hitti

"The United States spends more per person on health care than any other country, yet in overall quality its care ranks 37th in the world," says a World Health Organization analysis. It concluded that France provides the globe's best health care, with Italy ranked 2nd. Japan won the distinction as having the world's healthiest people. 'While good at expensive, heroic care, Americans are poor at the low-cost preventive care that keeps Europeans healthy,' said Princeton University health economist Uwe Reinhardt. Is it the money driven system that we have that ranks us so low or what? source: http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/23/372195-if-americas-so-great-wheres-our-health-care