celery

Money would be most important to me.

If i were you, I would look for a job elsewhere, where you could be part of the crowd instead of always left out.

We are replacing them with that new hospital-compare thingy by the federal government. I am sure that replacing PG with something else will just continue the absurdity, but hey, I still love the idea of canning PG.

Upon re-reading it, neither do I! Sorry.

No, but it will sure help hospitals to save money.

Yaaaaaay!! My hospital is getting rid of PG.... Yaaaaaay!

That excerpt from ADVANCE is interesting. I haven't noticed the hourly rounding thing boosting nurses morale. If anything, it seems to reduce morale. To be fair though, it's really not all that bad. It only takes about 5 minutes to run around all the rooms at the end of the shift and fill them out, lol.

I think there should be a 'no transfer, no admit' between 6-8am and 6-8pm. In the end, the most important factor should be patient safety.

I too will not risk my life to come into work. If the hospital wants to send someone way the heck out into the country to see what my hour long drive is like, they are welcome to come. I will give them hot chocolate. But I am not getting in a vehicle with them. If it is too unsafe for me to drive, it is too unsafe for me to ride. As others have said, I will deal with the consequences later, although I find it hard to believe they will fire me over this when they are so needful of nurses.

I personally would look elsewhere. 5-6 patients with less than usual help from cna's is too much for me. Also, are you sure it pays 40 for 36? That seems unusual. Usually, they consider 36 full time for benifits, but they only pay you for what you work. Also, benefits are usually great in most hospitals.

true, maybe, but she could divorce him years later, and have half his money for free...lol to the OP, you could work 60 hours a week till then. It may not be pleasant, but you could certainly do it.

I enjoyed reading the things you wish you could tell the patient, here is something I wish I could have told the doctor: We are standing at the foot of the patients bed... Doc: Has her foley been d/c ed? I'm not even going to say what I was thinking, lol, use your imagination folks Here's another Doc: Why didn't you tell me about her K level? This was about an hour after he got mad at me for calling him on Sunday and he hung up on me. Before, of course, I could tell him about the K level. Again, use your imagination.

I used to be the manager of the Foreign Languages Department at a major university. I can tell you for sure that to meet many college and university requirements for foreign language, you may test out. In some cases you may have to test as well as interview with a professor. I administered the test myself. It was about 40 questions long, took about 30 minutes to complete, and was completely free.

Press Gainey doesn't help.

I worked at nights for a while while I was in school. I thought it would be great because the floor wasn't too busy at 2-4 am, I could get in some studying. That did not work out so well for me, I would get a sentence or two in an be just about asleep. I couldn't remember anything I read at all. Well, that's just my experience.