PhePhe RN

I work at a hospital where a number of Indian and Spanish speaking nurses speak broken English, at best. Sometimes I wonder if they understand everything I am saying to them. Also ran into a Vietnamese nurse who everyone was giving a hard time to o...

Someone said nurses get good pay-$25-30 an hour???? In the pharmaceutical world, where they employ lots of nurses I would say for a senior person $40-55 and up is more the norm. Why so pharmacists and Physical Therapists command $75K right out of s...

When will nurses ever learn to delegate? When will nurses ever collectively stand up and get some backbone--Fight for higher wages, and better benefits like a company matching 401K plan? I get sick when I work at institutions (I am an agency nurse) ...

Last night was the 3rd nite in a row I got cancelled. My agency checked with them during the day and they said I would not get cancelled last night. How do you guys handle frequent cancellations?

My cousin is a clinical educator RN there. She loves it, mostly for the educational environment and the opportunity to work with world class specialists. I have been there several times on business with a pharmaceutical company. The area surroundin...

I am tired of being treated like crap or a "rent-a-nurse". We nurses are our own worst enemy. Some staff nurses aren't even civil to you, and of course try to stick you with the worst patients even if its your first day there. I have ran into so m...

Bare Minimum: 1. Name, operation or major condition 2. Wound/dressing change status 3. Tests or major things that happened or to happen within 3 days 4. Pain status 5. Things that need to be checked: Acuchecks, foley, IV, Peg tube I notice people ha...

My agency pays 4 hours only if you get the nsg supervisor to sign a timeslip for it. Without a timeslip, you only get 2 hours cause they can't bill the company. I was almost cancelled last night for a 7P-7:30 AM shift. I wasn't on the schedule whe...

I am just indicating how nursing experience is valued outside of nursing. Thats all. I did not call them poor saps--you did. So whats your point?

If we don't demand decent wages and benefits, it devalues the work we do. A lot of nurses thnk it is wrong to focus in on wages, and that we should just be happy caring for patients. I think there is nothing wrong for standing up for what is deserv...

Stand your ground! Please don't fold. You are doing what you are supposed to be doing. Grab the job description and sit down with the supervisor as a witness and ask the aide just what she is REFUSING to do in conjuction with that patient. Also h...

Back in 1976, my community college tuition was $100 a semester! Of course, this was in Canada, where schools are less expensive.

Zoeboboey, I like your style. I can guarantee you would get major atitude if you spoke those simple clear requests! I am with you all the way! I'll try it at work today

Ideally all nursing staff must work together. Years ago, I worked on a 24 bed general surgical floor that was really busy. We had 3 teams of an RN and an aide or LPN. When one team was done, we always went to see if the next team needed help. We ...

This is obviously a sensitive subject, one that many nurses and aides can relate to. The NA/RN relationship is an important one--when there is no cooperation from the NA it makes the job more difficult for the nurse. Nurses are told to delegate. I...

I think Magee Rehab is hiring. They use lots of agency NAs.

There are bad nurses and bad NAs..I agree it is always best to approach ANY coworker politely. There is no excuse for rudeness. A good NA is worth her/his weight in gold! Often I am treated rudely because I am from an agency. I try not to go bac...

The "difficulty" of the nursing position lies in what specialty area you work in. When I work nights in Psych, I don't give out one med, sit around and do chart checks, and get paid $42 bucks an hour. I do respect each profession. My point is mayb...

We can collectively improve working conditions and the salary situation. Often it is the poor working conditions and attitudes that prompt nurses to leave the profession. It takes leadership and committment to make changes. No money is not the b...

Grace Oz, I did not mean to imply that nursing is solely a female profession. There are threads going on right now about the plight of male nurses. Regarding salaries, we need to care. There are those who will say nursing is about caring and not mo...

I do. All other professions require at least a 4 year degree. If we want to keep up salary wise with other specialties, we have to raise the bar so that management can justify the extra dollars. Please, no disrespect to AD or Diploma RNs, but time...

I would be very angry. Maybe you should pick up your extra shifts at an agency? As I said in another post, management is always quick to chastise the RN, but when it comes to Nurses Aides or other union staff they suddenly get cold feet. We nurse...

You know, I have heard nurses aides say that the nurse HAS to help, and just because they are an RN doesn't mean they don't have to do patient care anymore. Yes, nurses are supposed to help, but they have other duties that the nurses aides do not. ...

All right Carolina you have made your point. Those other professions have upgraded their educational requirements and have made financial gains for their trouble. If nurses have 4-5 years of prerequisites and clinicals we are still not getting paid...

Carolbelle: Pharmacists can go to school for 4 years for a BS or 5 years and get a PharmD. OT you say is 5 years. This adds fuel to the fire that a 4 year year degree should be the minimum qualification for RNs. Maybe that is why the pay remains...