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  1. Moving back to L+D

    meriposa posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello!! I have been a nurse for 12 years and 5-6 of which I have done labor and delivery/gyn/postpartum nursing in some capacity. (have also done med-surg, homecare, etc). 2 1/2 years ago I...

  2. New OR Nurse and feeling overwhelmed...

    meriposa replied to astrn's topic in Operating Room

    I started in OR boot camp back in Feb 2012 but came as a seasoned nurse with a background in L+D, medsurg and homecare. Everyone warned me that you had to have thick skin for the OR and treat the...

  3. Opinions, Is this illegal?

    meriposa posted a topic in Home Health

    ok fellow homecare nurses--- does this seem wrong to you? i was hired as a 40 hour per week salaried employee.... recently, our company was bought out and we are now paid per visit.. our census has...

  4. Anyone who works at Mercy?

    meriposa replied to Lemon_squeezy's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I worked for about a year and a half at the GYN institute in the women's pavilion at mercy. The pay was well above average, great health insurance and pto benefits and it wasn't a bad commute through...

  5. How far do you go?

    meriposa posted a topic in Home Health

    Just a question...how far do you go in order to accomodate your patient's scheduling requests ? I have noticed since getting back into HH, that patients are much more demanding with scheduling. When I...

  6. Seriously thinking about quitting

    meriposa replied to twokidsmom,rn's topic in Home Health

    I was with amedisys for a year and couldn't even hang in there to complete the 12th month for my sign-on bonus. It was 24/7...the paperwork, phone calls from patients and MDs up to 10pm at night all...

  7. upper chesapeake medical center

    meriposa replied to thekellyone's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I live in harford county and have been trying to get a job at UCMC for almost 2 years. I can tell you that they want 2 years recent experience in all of the specialities (definitely PACU, OR, ER). For...

  8. how do you deal with difficult physician/surgeons

    meriposa posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello fellow nurses! I am a nurse of 8 years and I recently took a job at a gyn office/clinic assisting with minor procedures and doing telephone triage.( I also did L+D for a few years and still am...

  9. agency vs. float pool

    meriposa posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    Hi Everyone!! I am contemplating which would be best--- doing per diem agency nursing or going float pool in a local hospital?? Do float pool nurses make more money than the regular staff?? Have you...

  10. Tele/IMC/Med-Surg Agency question

    meriposa posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    For those of you who do Med-Surg-- if your agency sent you to a tele/IMC or Short-Stay unit where everyone is on a cardiac monitor, would you demand to be paid the Tele/IMC rate for that unit vs. a...

  11. Anybody in float pool??

    meriposa posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Just curious if anyone does med-surg float and how do u like it? How much more is the pay vs. regular med-surg hourly

  12. Maryland General Hospital, any experience or input?

    meriposa replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I am an RN with 6 years of clinical experience and I applied to MD General last spring. It was for a pre-op RN position, full-time days with occasional work in the PACU when needed. I have to say that...

  13. Is anyone else getting cancelled like crazy?!?!?!

    meriposa replied to iLovemyJackRT's topic in Agency Nurses

    I just started as an agency RN in MD two weeks ago. I have only been cancelled once so far. The staffers at my agency did say around the holidays you get cancelled more bc reg. staff is trying to pick...

  14. Average hourly pay for per diem agency RN?

    meriposa replied to CowsRGreat's topic in Agency Nurses

    I just started with an agency in the Baltimore, MD area. I do MS and L+D/MB. The pay all depends on the hospital. Its about 35-38/hr for MS and 38-45/hr most places. No overtime until you hit 40 hours...

  15. On Call pay???

    meriposa replied to horsepoor's topic in Home Health

    On-call pay used to be 75/day for weekdays and 250 for the entire weekend. NOW that we are owned by Amedisys- its dropped significantly. $20/day, weekday or

  16. Letters to Doctors

    meriposa replied to athomemom56's topic in Home Health

    Most ALFs that have HH patients use these paper tools and fax them to the physicians- but for order requests as well as clarifications. Its actually alot faster than waiting for a return phone call....

  17. Opinions, Is this illegal?

    meriposa replied to meriposa's topic in Home Health

    FYI--- this company is AMEDISYS!! thanks for your

  18. Amedisys

    meriposa replied to esrun00's topic in Home Health

    DONT DO IT!!! Our company just got bought out by them in Maryland. Every change except for computer charting has been negative.......... They will nickle and dime you for everything- We went pay for...

  19. VA license and insurance in botox

    meriposa replied to rmdva's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I have been contemplating getting botox certified as well..I just dont know how to begin after I get my cert!! I would love to be independent of a physician although I know I would have to be overseen...

  20. MD hospital near PA & DE borders?

    meriposa replied to Bunker's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I have a friend who works at Cooper, in Camden, NJ. I think thats somewhat close to Philly. She works NICU there and absolutely loves

  21. MD hospital near PA & DE borders?

    meriposa replied to Bunker's topic in Maryland Nursing

    What about Christiana hospital in DE? Im not sure how far it is from PA but I have heard good things. Union Hospital is up that way

  22. mileage issue/home health issues

    meriposa replied to icare4icu's topic in Home Health

    Our company just got bought out and we were at 48c/mi. now down to 42/mi. They are cutting costs all over the place with the new co. It used to be 250 for being on-call the whole weekend, now they...

  23. Hopkins Starting Pay

    meriposa replied to djc1981's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Well the pay was actually based on 40 hours per week- so we worked 3 12hour shifts per week and then one week out of the month you had to work a 4th 12 hour shift so that your pay equaled out to 40...

  24. Hopkins Starting Pay

    meriposa replied to djc1981's topic in Maryland Nursing

    HMMMM............when I worked there about five years ago, I remember it being around $23+ some change an hour-- which was for day/night rotation. I usually cleared about 1300 biweekly after taxes for...

  25. Mercy medical center

    meriposa replied to Proverbs 16:3's topic in Maryland Nursing

    One of my good friends is a circulating OR RN at Mercy. She has been very happy there for going on 2 years. I know the staff gets along well and the pay is good. The neighborhood is close to downtown...