litbitblack

litbitblack ASN, RN

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  1. need help with resume

    litbitblack posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well from my previous admin susp post. I have officially been terminated. They used the final warning from the password thing and the float nurse complaints as basis. But I really am relieved. I have...

  2. bonus's

    litbitblack replied to roesseba's topic in General Nursing

    Teamwork only happens when there are enough members of the team. I don't think a timeshare would make the decision as to if I would stay or even work extra. I work extra because someone called in and...

  3. wichita falls area

    litbitblack posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Does anyone live in the wichita falls area that drives back and forth for out of town work? Is it worth it. Any job opening in wichita that yall are aware

  4. need help with resume

    litbitblack replied to litbitblack's topic in General Nursing

    Great thanks. but what about in experience. Do you go into detail about resp. of charge nurse, iv's, ect. thats where I am having a problem. how detailed do you get with your

  5. bonus's

    litbitblack replied to roesseba's topic in General Nursing

    Nope I wouldn't even work extra when they were offering bonus' for extra shifts per

  6. Right to work?

    litbitblack replied to litbitblack's topic in Texas Nursing

    what is group

  7. admin leave

    litbitblack posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well I was placed on 3 days admin leave today. I guess I should have listened to some of you guys about looking for another job....let me refresh memories..... 1st. got a final warning for giving out...

  8. admin leave

    litbitblack replied to litbitblack's topic in General Nursing

    I read it again and I see where you would see that. No the lvn that I went to my manager about got admin leave and

  9. admin leave

    litbitblack replied to litbitblack's topic in General Nursing

    My manager didn't get terminated. I don't think I said that. This floor has always had complaints and I think because it used to be ortho/neuro/trauma and its the biggest floor in the hospital so...

  10. admin leave

    litbitblack replied to litbitblack's topic in General Nursing

    I know your not trying to make me feel worse.....I know the people who accessed also got final warnings, I didnt give it out to just use whenever they wanted.....but thats ok cause I learned my...

  11. admin leave

    litbitblack replied to litbitblack's topic in General Nursing

    I know I know. And I haven't since. THere have even been situations where people asked me to get them in to print a form and I said NO WAY!!!!!!I learned my lesson on

  12. admin leave

    litbitblack replied to litbitblack's topic in General Nursing

    Yes they did threaten when I got a final warning for the password thing. Then the blood was missed about a week later and they did some kind of verbal thing where it wasn't actually a write up. just...

  13. admin leave

    litbitblack replied to litbitblack's topic in General Nursing

    quit before the leave is up? I have about 150 hours of pto that I lose if I get fired. But someone told me who was previously terminated that she got hers.....I am at a loss as to what to do. I have...

  14. did anyone recieve a hospital scholarship while in nursing school?

    litbitblack replied to 2bManNurse1017's topic in General Nursing

    yes I was one of the first for our scholarship program. They paid for all my school plus you only had to work 24 hours a week and got paid for 72 hours. That was definately worth a 3 yr contract. My...

  15. How short-staffed is short staffed?????

    litbitblack replied to rn4ever?'s topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Damn I wouldn't even stay if I walked into that. Its get staff or else lose another. Its your license on the line not thiers. We have our managers working the floor to. And then there is safe harbor....

  16. Confusing Order

    litbitblack replied to chiari_mom's topic in General Nursing

    we usually have good residents. They ask and use our advice and do not talk down to us. I just hate having to learn new names I can't pronounce

  17. parents please talk to your teens

    litbitblack replied to litbitblack's topic in General Nursing

    Ok here is some clarification....I left work to go to lake so my bag was in my car with my pox. The girls parents apparently dropped her off at lake. This is a small town she is from they no...

  18. I was slapped by a doctor!

    litbitblack replied to cluelessRN81's topic in General Nursing

    Oh He** no. I don't even think so.....File a police report. Go to the medical director, He needs to be suspended also but I doubt that will happen cause he a hospitalist.....Report to medical board....

  19. Doctors come for procedures bad time

    litbitblack posted a topic in General Nursing

    Why is it that docs will come to the floor and want the nurses assistance at shift change. They can't say they didn't know. Its so frustrating trying to give report then the doc comes and needs the...

  20. Post-op care of pt's with epidural

    litbitblack replied to nbnurse95's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We didn't get very many but when we did vs were q4 with cont pox and site check q4. you had to go to the class but could make adjustments per protocol. we only really had one problem and I think it...

  21. Techs checking O2 sats

    litbitblack replied to 1TachyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you should find out who made the rule and question their rationale. o2 sats are a vital sign. If they pca's have parameters with which they need to report a low one, then it is thier...

  22. admission assessments

    litbitblack replied to gigi77's topic in General Nursing

    it is a requirement that skin assessment is done. if someone comes in with a dressing then the dressing has to be removed unless md orders not to. The nurses are accountable for thier own...

  23. 12 Hr Shifts Kick My Butt

    litbitblack replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well when I get tired of them, have been doing them for 9 yrs i just think about the fact that in a months time i only work 14 days (we do 84) and if i were to work 8 hour days i would have to work 20...

  24. lunch time insubordination

    litbitblack replied to nurseulove's topic in General Nursing

    Again, a and o *3 tells me they can use the call lite to call for assistance to get back to bed. The pts also have a responsibility in thier care and if they are with but know they are unsteady then...

  25. From Florida to Texas

    litbitblack replied to piu1977's topic in General Nursing

    I believe both states are part of the compact agreement so it really doesn't matter. Are you not going to go back to florida. I would check out the fees involved. They might be different. The test is...