FarmgrrlRN

I am curious to hear what your facility/unit requires of you, if anything, if you must call out on a weekend shift? Recently our unit expanded our make-up requirement from Friday night (the 1830-0700 shift) to Sunday night shift (1830-0700 Monday mo...

We are treated like professionals when its convenient... i.e. when talking about Magnet status but other than that we are usually treated like we work at McDonalds. We don't write essays for med errors and such...we make posterboards!!!

Yes, if you call out anytime between Friday morning and Monday night they count as a make up day on the next schedule....meaning you will be scheduled for an 'extra' Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday... i.e. if you miss a Friday shift you may be sch...

At CHKD it also depends on what area of the health system you work in...inpatient vs. outpatient areas...outpatient areas make less

Trust me, I totally see the need to hold employees accountable for missing their scheduled weekend shifts...but Fridays and Mondays? I don't get paid a weekend diff for those days so why am I being held accountable for those shifts? Are we only allow...

A little background on me: I graduated last May, passed boards and started working in July and finished orientation at the end of September. My manager (new to the unit and hospital started in April) pulled me into her office last week and told me t...

Well, I worked my first shift orienting to charge. It wasn't too bad, opened my eyes to what all of the responsibilities are! Of course, it helped that we had a secretary all night long...hopefully on my next shift there will be no secretary so I can...

Has your MD suggested physical therapy? Are you exercising now? I also have a herniated disk at L5-S1...I did physical therapy 3x/wk x4wks and was told to pick up my physical activity (walking, swimming, etc.) The first time my back went out was 4 yr...

1. non-compliance 2. on my unit: renal pts (ESRD, acute transplant rejection --->non-compliance big time), asthma, (we don't usually see diabetics on my unit) 3. Gain trust by being honest, talk to them as young adults (not like children) 4. Empow...

anybody doing pH testing at your facility? This is new for us and I've only had to do it once so far, worked like a charm. Still do air bolus and aspirate gastric contents (of course); we also measure Q4hrs.

http://www.tcc.edu/academics/divisions/healthprofessions/nursing/packet.pdf I just graduated from their program in May. When I applied in '03 there was no waiting list and they still do not keep waiting lists. If you are not accepted that year, then ...

Anyone else seeing this yet at your facilities? Due to the severe shortage of nurses this holiday season, my employer is offering an extra $40/hr to any nurse that agrees to work any extra major or minor holidays this year (on top of holiday pay @1.5...

Lisa, I'm PMing you....

If a generic is available, then it will be used in the hospital. In my school, we were taught generic names for the most part, but they tried to include both generic & brand names in exams and class notes. On NCLEX, they give you both....

I agree that Rxlist is a great place to start....in down time during clinicals my instructor had our group take this list of the top 300 drugs and make flashcards to quiz the group on! Think of the most common diseases and conditions today: hyperten...

I haven't ever ordered scrubs online b/c of experiences trying them on in the uniform shop. I'm 5'5" but have to buy petite pants or else they drag...they also carry tall scrubs as well... they are no-name brand pants but run ~$15/pair

Ulices, Keep taking the Mosby CAT tests!!! As you practice more of the exams, the difficulty will increase but as you practice more that will help you learn how to pick the right answers... Keep in mind your ABC's, Maslow hierarchy etc. to prioritiz...

Hi Rayrae, I just finished up the the classroom portion of my orientation on Wednesday and tomorrow is my first real day on the floor w/my preceptor. I decided to stay on the same unit that I worked on as a NA during school so I know almost everybody...

Princess74, Maybe that was the pay rate she was hired at??? The 18.25 payrate just took effect this year. When I first interviewed at KD I was offered 17/hr in March (Sentara was previously at 17.50/hr) and then they matched Sentara's new pay rate t...

I thought Mosby CAT was very helpful. You have to keep doing the exams, as you progress the questions get more and more difficult. Mosby CAT predicted I had a 99% chance of passing and I passed in 75 questions on 7/8/05. As I did more questions, of c...

Actually, new grad RN's start at $18.25/hr at Sentara hospitals as well as at CHKD plus shift diffs....I believe Sentara's new grad LPNs start around $13/hr As far as the pay for your experience, I'm not sure!!!

Anyone else testing tomorrow? I'm going to the test site with 3 of my friends from nursing school so I guess we can all cry together on the way home.... (have also heard through the grapevine that there will be at least 4 other classmates there too!...

great job, congratulations!!!

:) I'm an RN!!! I want to thank everyone on this board-from fellow nursing to students to the seasoned nurses on Allnurses for the advice, stories, and encouragement. I joined the site in the Summer of 2003 before I started nursing school and you al...

Well I guess you know when to at least hear the news then? I was expecting my VA BON to be like that too (state employees and all-no offense anyone!) and it kind of shocked me that they would tell me over the phone...but I guess it is public informa...