Jon's sis

The Baylor nurses at the hospital I'm at work 2-12 hr day shifts(Sat/Sun) and get paid for 36 hrs. Management says it's a good recruiting tool. They can say in the interviews that a regular full time day position 7a-7p generally does not work any weekends. Good retention that way. I've been here 6 months and no one but the Baylor nurses work Sat/Sun on my floor. Nights are a little more tricky, because you have Fri/Sat/Sun to cover. At another major hospital in the area, they are supposed to phasing out Baylor to save money and scheduling nurses every other weekend or every third.

Coming to town with 5 years med/surg experience, offered $22.50/hr base, with med/surg bonus for a hospital in Columbia

I work in two different facilities--one that has that system and one that doesn't. You get used to them and they're nice, actually. A family member want to talk to their mom's nurse? Look on the screen, locate her, call into the room and let her know she's got a phone call. Ours also has an emmergency button that you can use to get help, it tells everyone what room you're in. At my other place of work, you end up peering into rooms and listening in the hallways for voices if you need someone specific. And god forbid, if you have an unhappy famiily that doesn't think mom had enough time spent with her, it can be pulled up (by someone in the company) and shown how many different people spent how much time and when in that specific room. And actually, ours doesn't specifically show anyone in the bathroom, it shows your out of range to be contacted.

prevacid, albuterol(respiratory), alphagan(eye gtts)

I still get a big thrill out of accessing a PICC line for blood work. It's just the coolest thing for me and the patient's always happy not to be poked.

In our ER, they use separate paperwork for ER notes/actions. We have a 23 hour observation section in the ER where the info gets charted on the med/surg charts, after that it's either to the floor to be continued or d/c.

Where I work , the management says no "depressing" colors. I think that just eliminates an entire black uniform, but other than taht, no one says anything. I like to wear different prints/colors. When the patients comment on any of them, it's always been a positive response, never negative

At the hospital I work at, they have a 4 bed section in the back for ED Observation. The patients are still ER patients, but are not admitted. I guess that way, if the docs are iffy on admitting them, they have the 23 hours to give antibiotics, see if the N/V stops or whatever, before deciding to send them to the floor.

Sorry, my location says Ohio, now--but I DID take the NCLEX in NC!

Hey glow_worm, did you call the number that the NCBON website says has more recent updates? I took my test on a Tuesday(in June) and by Friday was able to call the number and they at least could tell you whether you passed. you had to have a push button phone to key in your SSN and stuff. Not your new license number, but if they could find your name, you were good to go. Try that, maybe.