laurako

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1. Bonus Pay

   laurako replied to rreed's topic in General Nursing

   oh yeah, our hospital is offering "agency pay" for nurses picking up extra shifts. The hospital gets off a little cheaper, they have their own full time nurses working, instead of someone who has...

2. charge nurse duties?

   laurako replied to shannonRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Charge nurse duties is what I was questioning, as in my above post, I am charge of a 34 bed Med/Surg unit. The nurse to patient ratio is 7:1, nights is the same . Our staffing grid states we get a...

3. Floating nurses

   laurako replied to babsRN's topic in Nurse Management

   Oh, and a suggestion in orientation of a new employee? 3 weeks on their "home" floor (unit), and at least 3 shifts on 3 different units..... it would be very beneficial. The new employees expecting to...

4. Floating nurses

   laurako replied to babsRN's topic in Nurse Management

   One of the rules of nursing is being flexible. I am currently a Med Surg charge nurse, cross trained in all fields of nursing. I have been pulled to, wherever I am needed.........wherever. Nursing is...

5. nasogastric tubes

   laurako replied to RNCATE's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I agree with nene. Yellow, brown, green, some mildly black. sometimes pink, is all to be expected. However, blood,

6. LPN or Dialysis tech????

   laurako replied to Bambi's topic in General Nursing

   I say dialysis tech. LPN, been there, done that, got 11$/hour, and the nursing assistants at night made more than me. But do get your RN, it is worth it. Worth all the work I went

7. charge nurse duties?

   laurako replied to shannonRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I am happy to have found this site. I was also wondering about charge nurse duties and responsibilities. I currently and a full time charge nurse on a 34 bed Med/Surg unit. Our patient ratio is 7:1,...