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  1. Atlanta VA Hospital

    zimsaint replied to ExCorporateRN's topic in Georgia Nursing

    VA Hospital is GREAT!!! They always need nurses and uses a lot of agency contract nurses. The pay was up to $27hr for LPNs and $45 for RNs. I love it. Benefits are absolutely great and hourly pay maxs...

  2. Looking for a job

    zimsaint replied to gsr1306's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure where your are located gsr1306 but I would suggest working agency and home health. Not many permanent employers are going to want to hire someone that has no flexibility and can't work...

  3. How much is your pay?

    zimsaint replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know what new grad RNs are making in Minnesota; Also do hospitals count 12 years of experience as a LPN? I have worked plenty of med/surg in the past. I am thinking of relocating to MN....

  4. Deposition and what do I expect?

    zimsaint replied to nursalicious's topic in General Nursing

    Someone may possibly be suing the doc which makes the whole chart up for scrutiny. Just stand by your documentation and don't waiver. You have the right to read and review what you have written to...

  5. You know when your hospital orientation is terminated when...

    zimsaint replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I apologize if my post offended you :icon_hug:. And I am sorry for what you experienced........but correcting someone's English Is NOT a reason anyone should terminate you; that is ridiculous. If this...

  6. Any non-traditonal students out there?

    zimsaint replied to denise0815's topic in General Nursing

    I find that non-traditional students do well because they are more mature and more focused. In addition we have already been there and done that with the whole "party" *wine scene and are now...

  7. You know when your hospital orientation is terminated when...

    zimsaint replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I agree; it seems to me that there was a bit of envy. Make be you were "subconsciously" JEALOUS of her "perfect" English and felt the need to show her that she did have flaws. GET OVA...

  8. Which would you choose IF you had to?

    zimsaint replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Biology Nerd, These are very low salaries for RNs; LPNs make more than that in Atlanta. Emory Hospital has a resident hall that they allows new nurses to live in as they assist you to relocate. They...

  9. Thats it I give up!!!!!!!

    zimsaint replied to Little Panda RN's topic in General Nursing

    Good Luck My2Giants, I hope you find happiness in your new position. Please don't forget that there are office opportunities for LPNs. There are companies like Medical Mutual, United Healthcare,...

  10. Thats it I give up!!!!!!!

    zimsaint replied to Little Panda RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to say but you are wrong as to what LPNS can do . I guess it really depends on what state. I saw only one job on that post that an LPN would not qualify for. NP.( Nurse Practitioner). EVERY...

  11. Officially a Graduate Nurse

    zimsaint replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations to ALL the new grads. I finished in January; just passed NCLEX RN 4/12/08.... It is all very gratifying. But I am so tired of reading at this point I refuse to pick up the newspaper....

  12. I know a CNA who's name badge says nurse!

    zimsaint replied to RNFROMTHEHILL's topic in General Nursing

    If you ever travel to GA and God forbid your child get sick and need an urgent/emergent care visit for say a bee-sting. It will most likely be a MA that give them that Epi-pen injection here. It is...

  13. New nurses don't know enough?

    zimsaint replied to nurturer's topic in General Nursing

    WOW.....in the US LPN programs range from 9 to 18 months with 12 months being the average. The RN is as little as 2 years with only 1 year bridge programs for LPNs. ( As an LPN I completed a distant...

  14. Travel Nurses Competency Assessment

    zimsaint replied to sak0176's topic in General Nursing

    I saw a contract position for a Forensic nurse on Favorite Healthcare Staffing's website for a traveler. I can't remember what state but if you google the name your can search the site and get the...

  15. Travel Nurses Competency Assessment

    zimsaint replied to sak0176's topic in General Nursing

    I'll give it three months and your facility will be begging for ANY nurses they can find. It is such a merry-go-round. A facility uses almost nothing bu agency/travelers; then they have a mass hiring...

  16. If you won the lottery, would you continue to work?

    zimsaint replied to Natingale's topic in General Nursing

    H*** NO!!! I would be lying if I said I would continue to work as a nurse if I won the lotto. My feet and back hurt everyday. I am not appreciated and have to listen to insults of angry patients and...

  17. It is me or them!!! I can't stand it anymore!

    zimsaint replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    WELL SAID!! Earle58

  18. My D.o.n. Is So Unprofessional!!!!

    zimsaint replied to RNFROMTHEHILL's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I hope you know that you do not have to take such mistreatment. LTCFs are so DESPERATE for RNs. In fact the facility in which I work has had an ad in the paper for two months and no one has even...

  19. I know a CNA who's name badge says nurse!

    zimsaint replied to RNFROMTHEHILL's topic in General Nursing

    I am not sure what a CNA II entails but I think it is illegal to give injections. I know that Medical Assistances are alllowed to give injections. But EKGs and lab draws are performed by CNAs in GA...

  20. It is me or them!!! I can't stand it anymore!

    zimsaint replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    To be completely honest.......I KNOW there are some very lazy nurses. And I don't think that I said there were more lazy CNAs that nurses. Read back and you will see that I said there were more lazy...

  21. It is me or them!!! I can't stand it anymore!

    zimsaint replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    DITO.......I am so sick of excuses: Do the job or stay

  22. It is me or them!!! I can't stand it anymore!

    zimsaint replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    as for "poor view" of cnas, i was a cna for 3 years and i know the ends and outs of their job: even when i was a cna i was a good one. i don't have a "poor view" of cnas in general, just the lazy...

  23. It is me or them!!! I can't stand it anymore!

    zimsaint replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    While I do agree with a lot that you have said ChristineN (especially the part about CNA/PCTs being overworked and underpaid). I must disagree that the CNAs are doing "my job." They are doing THEIR...

  24. It is me or them!!! I can't stand it anymore!

    zimsaint replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    The CNAs typically have 8 patients on days 10 on evenings and 12 on nights. Our CNAs have it good and many are still lazy. I find that they work better when they are short staffed and don't have so...

  25. It is me or them!!! I can't stand it anymore!

    zimsaint replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    If a CNA were busy and the light was going off I would answer it to see what the patient needed. If it is something that is not too time consuming like, pass me my remote control, get me some water or...