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    Benefits and PTO in UHS hospitals

    NoviceRN10 replied to Mashira's topic in General Nursing

    I think I acrrue about 6.5 hrs a pay period, so 13 hrs or so a month. I was happy to see that after I hit 60 days I was given my accrued PTO up to that point :). I don't blame you for wondering what...
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    Benefits and PTO in UHS hospitals

    NoviceRN10 replied to Mashira's topic in General Nursing

    I think I acrrue about 6.5 hrs a pay period, so 13 hrs or so a month. I was happy to see that after I hit 60 days I was given my accrued PTO up to that point :). I don't blame you for wondering what...
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    Need help making decision for 2 job offers

    NoviceRN10 replied to victoryoctober132010's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Is intermediate care the same as step-down ICU? Both positions you were offered seem like heavy pts, so I guess I would go for the better schedule, and the one that fits your financial plan better....
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    Need help making decision for 2 job offers

    NoviceRN10 replied to victoryoctober132010's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What type of unit is the hospital
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    Angry young lady

    NoviceRN10 replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a dream pt with not so dream family this past week, they were up in our business before the pt even hit the floor . Asking for this or that, and then hanging out the doorway, intimidatingly...
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    How I got my (new grad) job...

    NoviceRN10 replied to Hootnhollern's topic in General Nursing

    I guess grads from our college really are preferred like they kept telling us during the program, around the country ! Congrats on your new job and new life
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    What do you fear most on the job?

    NoviceRN10 replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    My biggest fear is a code blue. I take care of post-surgical pts and thankfully they are usually stable, but I fear not knowing what to do if I walk into a situation where someone has gone south. I...
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    Looking professional all day long . . .

    NoviceRN10 replied to Sugar-Phosphate's topic in General Nursing

    I never iron scrubs, if I had to I wouldn't wear them! I cold wash all my scrubs and hang dry them, ZERO wrinkles
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    EPIC, documentation & time management advice

    NoviceRN10 replied to Umrn1's topic in General Nursing

    We have computerized charting where I work (not EPIC) and to keep on top of time management I open up the pt's chart on my computer (we all have our own) outside the pt's room and start the admission...
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    Looking professional all day long . . .

    NoviceRN10 replied to Sugar-Phosphate's topic in General Nursing

    I have fine, thin hair that I can make curly or straight and at the end of a 12 hr shift it looks so deflated . I go between wearing it down and styled to putting it back in a twist and clip (I think...
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    I got hired...and I'm scared!

    NoviceRN10 replied to dawn.b-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work three 12s a week currently, but when I was in orientation I had to work five 8s a week for about 8 wks. Then I worked two 12s and two 8s for a couple months before I got the hours I really...
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    fired maybe i'll go into elementary school teaching....

    NoviceRN10 replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in General Nursing

    If it were mandatory for administration to report all (or any) missed orders to the state board nobody on my unit would have a job
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    should an ADN new grad bother applying to new grad program if it says BSN preferred?

    NoviceRN10 replied to janice_c67's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't take SweetheartRNs advice ! Every hospital system near me has job postings that say "BSN preferred," but they do still consider and hire ADN nurses. Some may have to hire a certain ratio of...
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    Advice for a new grad!

    NoviceRN10 replied to missladyrn's topic in General Nursing

    I only had 6 wks orientation as a new grad and I did fine. I had orientation on days, for the most part, with up to 5 pts (they couldn't give me more because then the other nurses wouldn't have had a...
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    Is nursing a good career?!

    NoviceRN10 replied to Mrs. Sparkle Pants's topic in General Nursing

    It's people discussing nursing, the good, the bad, and the ugly
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    Transition from STNA to RN

    NoviceRN10 replied to kdavis,RN's topic in General Nursing

    I continued to work as a nurse tech (student nurse) for a couple months after I passed the NCLEX. I did not represent myself as an RN to my pts, I was still paid the tech wage. I did that just until...
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    wearing makeup to work?

    NoviceRN10 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    I wear a full face of makeup (foundation, powder, eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara, lipstick) every time I go to work. I would scare the patients and my coworkers if I didn't . I look totally different...
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    Stressed and Overwhelmed

    NoviceRN10 replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe switch to night shift? I work nights and I'm not sure I could handle the pace of days. I did okay orienting on days, but I prefer the pace of
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    Anyone else miss nail polish?

    NoviceRN10 replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    We are allowed to wear nail polish if we keep it neat. Heck, a few nurses on my unit even have acrylic nails. I guess management isn't paying attention. I get skeeved out by half chipped off...
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    School giving me bad reputation...

    NoviceRN10 replied to patricianyc's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Honestly I feel you can only give yourself a bad reputation , nobody can do it for you. If this situation is actually happening, you must have rubbed someone the wrong
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    Prove my Mom wrong, please

    NoviceRN10 replied to NurseBanana's topic in General Nursing

    Just use some form of birth control for as long as you need to NOT BE PREGNANT and then let the chips fall where they may :). Easy solution! We had one person get pregnant and deliver her baby a...
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    Feeling like the 5th Wheel at Work....And I feel stupid :(

    NoviceRN10 replied to HeatherGurl84's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would never straight cath a pt to get a UA unless it was an emergent situation. That nurse was so wrong to treat you that way and suggest that you should have gotten your urine sample with a...
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    Night shift not charting until 0000?

    NoviceRN10 replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    I work 12 hr shifts and I normally chart my assessments within one hour of starting (I chart as soon as I leave the pt's rooms), and always before administering any medications. It just doesn't seem...
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    New nurse... might be alone on Med-surg unit at night

    NoviceRN10 replied to brina8615's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can't imagine it's actually hospital policy to leave one nurse alone on a unit, I know on my unit that would NEVER happen. We had only 5 pts on New Year's Eve and there were still two of us RNs,...
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    Can someone explain this job requirement for hospital?

    NoviceRN10 replied to swtchariot's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand why a pt sitter job would require any experience? You just sit and watch at- risk pts! You need to be able to recognize when to get assistance from the nurse or aide, but that...