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I have worked at a couple different units and each had their own policy on bed baths. Where I worked last we did baths at 4am. Days said they were to busy to do them. Just wondering what the policy at your unit is .... Day, eve, night or whenever sta...

It has been a LOOOONG time since I posted here. After reading this post I emailed intellicare. The recruiter replied to my email the next day and Friday we have an INformal conversation set up. Any tips??

Hi all, I am due for my first annual raise in triage nursing. I am not in a hospital based program. I work for an insurer. I was wondering if I could expect the typical 2-4% raise as it was when I worked bedside hospital nursing?

Well, there it was in the Az Republic, an area nurse physically attacked while working in the ER. Apparently, according to the paper, the patient was a little drunk pulled out his IV and wanted to leave. On the way out he shoved and then took a punc...

Don't sweat it. Some patients are just that way. I do a few different things with tough patients: Kill them with kindness (dont always work). Baffle them with nursing/medical jargon and pathophysiology IE I put them on the eccelerated learning curv...

Yes, it definately depends upon where you work. One of the reasons I left my last job was because I realized how lousy the pension was. I got my year end statement and the company had only invested $2,000 on my behalf. Well kids that was not going to...

There are negatives to nursing, but there really are many more positives. The biggest negative in nursing will be fixed by having more people come into the field. I went into nursing for many reasons: To make a difference in peoples lives (which I do...

I find it very insulting when pts or family members say: "you are too smart to be a nurse, you should be the doctor." OR "For a nurse you don't know how to fluff a pillow very well." OR "There is my little waitress coming back right now." OR "Oh I do...

Good luck. Most hopsital orietations are scheduled for 8 to 5 on M thru F. Generally the first week or more (one hospital in my area does almost 8 weeks) involves a lot of class room instruction, and as you might imagine, very few educators do week...

Just sent the hubby to go buy it.

Very nice review, Thanks.

Every place has its own culture. I work in triage and the place is good. Orientation was lame, but the work is easy. Have you asked the nurses that you work with what jobs they came from? You may be surprised to find they have all the info you need t...

From what I have read about forensic nursing is it is hard to get into and the pay is less than floor nursing.

You will not make anywhere close to the money you made in Boston, but the cost of living is much cheaper here. I don't work bedside anymore, but I am told they make from 22-27 before diffs. I could be wrong. I did see an ad for a psych facility nor...

I have to say it depends upon who the doctor was who wrote the order and who the 11-7 nurse was on that night. However, what I would have done was just what you did. I would not have called the md at 10pm (unless the md was a jack a##, that had to be...

My question is this. The ratio is 1:5 on telemetry. Does it remain 1:5 once the tele box comes off or does the ratio change to a med/surg ratio?

One of the woman that I went to school with KNEW she did not want to do bedside care, so she never did. She graduated and went right into office nursing and to this day is still there and loves it. I will give you an idea of her work week. On Monda...

Overall I gave the article about a 6-7. It did address some good points. As stated above, change of shift, helping out etc. You know the line they could have put in there that would have made all the difference in the world is: THESE ARE SOME OF THE...

One of the reasons sterile water or tap water is used verses NS is the salt content. The new nurse is correct it can through off the lytes in a patient.

I also would say dont worry about loosing your skills. Whatever you need to do a job you will be taught. Just like now you are going to LTC, you will need to be taught how to do that job. It is not the same as hospital nursing, there is a different ...

When I came out of school the first job I had was med/surg. I only stayed 5 weeks and in my opinion that was 4 weeks to long. I worked nights. It was a 20 bed floor and was staffed by 2 RNs and 2 aides. We had trached pts, nitro drips (with no tele) ...

I believe it all starts and ends with the manager. Most of the ones I have experienced are do nothing lazy butts. They know how to sit a good chair, kiss some butt and they have mastered the art of saying "resolve the conflict on your own."

You remember that stupid question, "where do you want to be in 5 years"? Well I changed that to: "what do I see myself doing?" (by this I mean tasks) Am I doing bedside care, am I leading teams, am I setting at a desk in front of a computer, am I ta...

I must admit I do feel like I accomplish things in my job....I just wish I was paid more. Nursing salaries are very flat. At my facility we do have a few nurses who came from IT back grounds...they dont seem to miss the IT world or that income at al...

Mine could be better but includes: Med/dental at good rates. 401K with match. 7 paid holidays. 24 vacation and personal days. NO hassle time off. That medical or personal savings plan that is out there. Continuing ed is a joke, however. The only c...