BizzieRN

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1. Nurse's Discretion Dilemma

   BizzieRN replied to BizzieRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I would like to thank all of you for your input. I guess the doctor is going to have to get used to getting phone calls in the middle of the night. I just wish she would be more professional on the...

2. Associate Degree RN as Nurse Manager

   BizzieRN posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   recently my work promoted an associate rn to nurse manager. i am a bsn nurse and very angry with this decision. not only did i never get offered the position, but the adn has been an rn for less than...

3. Nurse's Discretion Dilemma

   BizzieRN posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I am a night charge nurse that works in diabetic research. Two nights ago I was given shift report about a subject with a low blood sugar. Well come to find out the evening nurse had allowed the...

4. My Leave Keeps Getting Denied!

   BizzieRN posted a topic in Nursing Career

   I work for a rapidly growing research company and I am the only RN on nights. About two months ago I requested leave a month in advance, for two days off. One week before my leave was due I get a...

5. Would you work 5 nights a week?

   BizzieRN replied to BwayDani's topic in Nursing Career

   I work five nights a week at the moment. I have to be honest it is tough at first. I would rather do four ten hour shifts, so I have the extra day to recover. I hope they are giving you one day off...

6. Mandatory daytime meetings for nightshift employees

   BizzieRN replied to BizzieRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Just an update for all you who viewed and commented on my post. I went ahead and wrote a professional letter to my floor supervisor and all the managers below his rank. Starting tommorrow there will...

7. Mandatory daytime meetings for nightshift employees

   BizzieRN replied to BizzieRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   I have offered to buy a tape recorder, a video recorder, and send one night shift representative to these meetings, but they are still mandatory. I guess I will try a professional letter next. My...

8. Mandatory daytime meetings for nightshift employees

   BizzieRN posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

   I have recently started working for a rapidly growing research company. I am the only full time RN on the night shift, and usually the only nurse for the facility on those nights. I have about 25...