RNforhire07

I need some advice. I was terminated from my previous job in Jan 06 for what they deemed "unsafe patient care" I gave a patient xanax and restoril together as they were ordered PRN. My bosses thought that was wrong and I was terminated. Other RN'...

I posted here about a month ago regarding my job woes....being fired from one facility for giving two prn meds together (xanax and restoril) and how here it is almost TWO yrs later and I can't even get an interview at other local hospitals.....I've b...

Those steth socks were outlawed at one hospital I worked at as they said it was an infection control issue........ I've had my Littmann Master Cardio scope for almost 3 yrs now...Works like a champ! I've tried others and nothing compares to a Littma...

Too bad office nursing doesn't pay as well as hospital nursing..at least in my area I'd be forced to take a 10 dollar/hr pay cut!! And yes....not only are we expected to kiss the butt of the patient but we have to kiss the family's butt as well.........

I know what you mean.......I was fired almost TWO yrs ago and am having a heck of a time finding another job at a decent facility. Add another person to the HATE Nursing crowd!

It's not a good one.....I've been rejected (yet again) by my hometown hospital...got the final thanks but no thanks email today on the 2nd position I put in an online application for last month........still haven't heard anything back on the online a...

I also posted this in the MICU/SICU forum but there's more traffic here: I need some advice. I was terminated from my previous job in Jan 06 for what they deemed "unsafe patient care" I gave a patient xanax and restoril together as they were ordered ...

My badge has my picture on it, the name of my facility with logo, my full name, title and department. I cover up my last name.....and have two pins with RN and CCRN on them......no one has said anything to me about having my last name covered on my ...

That is what I get too at my current place....

Like I've said earlier, moving is not an option.....I've got a child and a spouse....The ONLY other areas I'd consider moving to are ER or OB and my current manager is the boss of OB.....I have also heard from other people here that they won't allow ...

Thanks....anyplace I've interviewed I have explained the situation that led to me being fired.....all managers seemed OK with it but I don't get hired because once their HR dept calls that employer, they're told I am not eligible for rehire and THAT ...

I could try to commute to Cleveland, OH but it is 80 miles from where I live so the commute would be about 90 minutes to two hours.....don't want to drive that far in the winter, kwim? I got an email from a place where I applied online and it said, t...

Thanks all for your support.......like I said, relocating is just NOT an option for me as I've got a family and a mortgage so relocating is out. Got an email today from one of the hospitals that I had submitted an online application for an ICU positi...

That is actually an OSHA policy, I do believe. I know at my place we are not supposed to have any food or drink in the patient care areas and that includes the nurses station......they don't really enforce it though. We only hide our drinks/food if...

Your coworker is right on!! I've worked in four different hospitals now and nursing administrators are pretty much ALL Devils Spawn!! Where I am at now, a small community 135 bed hospital, the DON could care LESS about our staffing or lack thereof. ...

BTT Any one else have any advice for me?? I have not heard anything from the applications that I put out last week.

Also, I don't want to make waves at my current job because obviously I've got a mortgage and a child to feed like most people do. And if I were to get fired from this current place.....well, it would REALLY look bad, kwim?

See I don't really think that what I did was a med error. I've discussed it with a LOT of practicing RN and LPN's and have gotten the "yeah, ok, so what was the problem look" Even some of the physicians (interns) that I work with don't think that ...

WANNA Hear another one? We have a pt in our ICU who's bladder got nicked during surgery last week. Surgeon told the family that the nurse on the floor nicked it when they put in a foley catheter!!! Family refuses to be placed on that floor and now ...

Thanks. Good idea but I don't know if the agencies are hiring because the hospitals in my area are trying to get away from using agency RN's. Basically the RN's that work agency in my area get sent to local nursing homes........I also need a steady...

Yeah, if mopping floors paid as well as nursing did, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Heck the jitney drivers at the local GE get paid as much as an RN with my experience and credentials!! Better benefits, no weekends, no hollidays!

Thanks for reading! I don't know if I could get agency assignments as the one large local hospital obviously wouldn't want ME as they fired me. Also, travelling isn't really an option either at least not long distance since I have a family. I am pre...

some of my former co-workers that have left went to work at the place that fired me. one gal works at the local va hospital, i asked her to put in a word for me and she said she did. on night shift, we sometimes have an aide/secretary but she is fr...

i didn't think so at the time that there was a personality clash. if i was unhappy with something, i let my boss know about it. apparently, they only like people who keep their mouths shut and do their jobs sight unseen. there was only one other i...

I use the Sani-wipes. They're supposed to kill anything...MRSA, VRE, HIV, HepB, HepC, etc. I try to do this once a shift considering that the housekeepers where I work rarely ever sweep or mop the floors in my unit! It's DISGUSTING!!