BizzieRN

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1. Nurse's Discretion Dilemma

   BizzieRN replied to BizzieRN's topic in Safety

   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 phone at 0300. Working in research is sometimes no...

2. Associate Degree RN as Nurse Manager

   BizzieRN posted a topic in 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 5 months. there are also two other nurse's that ar...

3. Nurse's Discretion Dilemma

   BizzieRN posted a topic in Safety

   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 subject to administered 35 units of Humalog with a BS ...

4. My Leave Keeps Getting Denied!

   BizzieRN posted a topic in Career Support

   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 letter from my nurse manager saying she couldnt grant...

5. Would you work 5 nights a week?

   BizzieRN replied to BwayDani's topic in Career Support

   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 during the weekdays. I have found that having that ...

6. Mandatory daytime meetings for nightshift employees

   BizzieRN replied to BizzieRN's topic in Activism

   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 be two meetings. One at 1400 and one at 2030! I hav...

7. Mandatory daytime meetings for nightshift employees

   BizzieRN replied to BizzieRN's topic in Activism

   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 managers put on our evals how many meetings we missed....

8. Mandatory daytime meetings for nightshift employees

   BizzieRN posted a topic in Activism

   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 patients in house every night. In addition to my full ...