JillRene

Oramar: Finally, a reason why it all makes sense. Of Course!!! Management doesn't care about that pt., so you're right, why would they want to hire more Nurses. The floor nurse gets paid the same whether she has 5 patients or 10 patients, but the manager will make more money if that Nurse has 10 patients. Sometimes I hate the fact that I love being a Nurse. I get soooo frustrated with our health care system, but when I'm in that room with my patient (most of the time) there's no where else I'd rather be.

Gomer: I hear what you're saying, but 2 things are obvious. First, someone who developed all these reports and bullcrap paperwork had way to much time on their hands. Second, it's not an excuse to not do the job that you are hired to do. I can't tell a pt., "Sorry, can't get that anti-hypertensive med that you need for that BP of 221/110 because I have way to much paperwork to do." My job is to make sure that pt. is safe and gets the medical attention that they deserve it's also to get my documentation done. Therefore I prioritize, pt. first, paperwork second. Don't make excuses for someone not doing their job. Maybe they should set aside time everyday just to return phone calls. I'm tired of accepting things because that's the way it is. If your job is a Nurse Recruiter and you have too much paperwork then start finding ways to eliminate some of it so you are able to do what you are actually there to do, which is RECRUIT!!! Remember, I've contacted 6 hospitals, and no-one has called me back. That's 6 Recruiters!!!

ZEE, I don't suppose you would like to come to the Pacific Northwest and train some Recruiters on how it is done??? It is just so typical that your evaluation would focus on the paperwork and not the fact that you actually recruited. I am more convinced at this time that a study needs to be initiated on why people in management suddenly lose their brains. Where do they go?? I swear there has to be this huge storage room filled with Managements brains. I should make it my quest to find them and help these poor souls that have lost their ability to think. I know, I know, my sarcasim is showing isn't it. I am now at a week since I left messages and have not heard from a soul. Come Tuesday it is time to hit the pavement. O" they are going to speak to me if I have to park my ass in front of their door. Am I allowed to say Ass??

Thanks Jerry! Just to answer your question, I wasn't comparing Enron and American Airlines to recruiting, just to Hospital CEO's and Administrations, majority are just as dishonest as the CEO's that ran those companies. When you tell Nurses that we can't afford to give you more money, but take millions in dollars in bonuses, you should be ashamed. I strayed from my topic, sorry bout that. I have contacted 4 different hospitals, and there are 9 hospitals in the area, and that's just in a 30 mile radius. There are quit a few more within a 50 mile radius.

Ok Guys, I'll try and make this short, but it's my turn to vent..... I am a Travel Nurse, if you could call it that, I was with the same hospital for 3 years, just kept signing on for another 3 months. The hospital downsized,(combined floors), so there is no need for me anymore, which is fine that's the risk you take being a travel contract nurse. I'm a single Mom, 3 kids. I have been having a hard time finding another contract in the area, so I decided that maybe it was time to go on staff somewhere. Which by the way makes me want to throw up because I detest hospital administrations, I put them right up there with Enron and American Airlines. They are the type of people that never just do what is right, the only thing that matters to them is them. Sorry, I better not get going on that subject. So I started calling Nurse Recruiters, I am tele trained, have floated everywhere from the ER to CICU to Med/Surg, not bragging, just fortunate enough to have a broad base knowledge. Here is the kicker, "Not ONE Nurse Recruiter has gotten back to me!!!!!!!!! What is up with that?? UHMMMM Doesn't the word Recruiter define their job. Here I am, an experienced RN making there job easy, going to them, they didn't have to come recruit me, and they won't freaking call me back. The hospitals I've called all have jobs posted so it isn't like there's nothing available. HELLO, there actually is a Nursing shortage!!! Please tell me I'm not crazy and that the obvious is very obvious. Any suggestions?? Yesterday I put some calls into Nurse Managers and left messages. I wonder if I'll hear back from any of them.

Hey Southernbelle, hold on now I don't think you want to go there. I'm not defending what Coug said, but for you to clump all RN's into one stereotype is just plain wrong. 90% of the hospitals I work at don't even hire LPN's because hospital policy limits what they are allowed to do. Unfortunately incompetence is everywhere, in every field. I and many other RN's have no one to depend on for help, and I myself work my ass off and I have saved many lives, and I'm proud of that. That's my job and I love it. But how dare you state that RN's would be lost without LPN's you are showing your ignorance and are being extremely disrespectful. If you have a problem with a post then you address that person. Show your knowledge and your professionalism, not your discriminating statements and stupidity.

Hi! I'm new here! Love this site!! As for the insulin, I'm a Travel and per diem nurse, I've worked at different hospitals and it varys. Out of habit I get it double checked along with Heparin gtt calculations. Sad Story: My boyfriends mom broke her hip, went to Nursing home for 2 weeks after hospital stay for rehab. She was on sliding scale. LPN gave her 64 units Regular insulin!!! Do you believe this?? She stated she thought the u was a 4. I was so angry, never in my career have I given 64 units of Reg., and I've taken care of PT. on insulin gtts. My boyfriend had power of attorney so I told him to request a copy of chart. Here is the kicker, the Mar was typed, how could you possibly confuse a typed u with a 4. Needless to say with much sadness she was never the same after that, didn't recognize own family. Attorney was contacted, still pending. If it was up to me I'd have the LPN's job and license.