SnowStar4

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1. Sign On Bonuses

   SnowStar4 replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

   I have experienced that high really sign on bonuses can be a sign of high turnover/ bad situations. I worked as an educator for a department that was basically all travellers because it was so toxic....

2. How do you get a chance in the OR?

   SnowStar4 replied to snowboardjunkkie's topic in Operating Room

   Detroit

3. pet peeves when nursing students arrive

   SnowStar4 replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

   Not introducing yourself to anyone, just showing up and stalking. Tell me your name, what level you are, and what you can do/any goals for the day. And certainly introduce yourself to the patient!...

4. How do you get a chance in the OR?

   SnowStar4 replied to snowboardjunkkie's topic in Operating Room

   My OR takes new grads, and they really like us to refer people. I would try to network as much as possible, and if you can get a hold of the contact info for nurse recruiters and call them. Other than...

5. the nursing identity

   SnowStar4 replied to violin9's topic in General Nursing

   Sometimes it comes out to plain old numbers. At my school you pretty much needed a straight 4.0 in the courses they looked at. I think I read that you had a 3.8 (forgive me if I forgot) which is an...

6. Question about biweekly nightshift paychecks

   SnowStar4 replied to felicity1188's topic in General Nursing

   From what I have seen it depends on the facility. I have seen it where the shift is split strictly by calender days, and also where a night shift counts as the day on which it starts. Best bet is to...

7. Question about nurses and prescriptions?

   SnowStar4 replied to rondo341's topic in General Nursing

   What need would a CRNA have to write a

8. Circulators-do you ENJOY your position?

   SnowStar4 replied to luvapug's topic in Operating Room

   I work in a very large OR that does pretty much every kind of surgery you can imagine, so I am never bored. I am always seeing interesing things that keep me going. The stuff I see amazes me. Are you...

9. what are these yellow gowns for?

   SnowStar4 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

   I would just ask them next time you see them! Also, I would want to know what was going on in case of an

10. photographic memory real??

    SnowStar4 replied to kitty222's topic in General Nursing

    We had an autistic kid with a photographic memory that joined our school in middle school. They wanted to mainstream him as much as possible (awesome since this was quite a while ago and the only...

11. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    SnowStar4 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Had a PCT (one trained and certified even) tell me that "it's going to be nice to have all the blood from her period go into the catheter bag so we don't have to clean it up" upon hearing that a...

12. Discrimination Against Relocaters

    SnowStar4 replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I know it's frustrating. I work in a unit that cannot keep new employees more than a year. They treat people very badly and so they leave in droves. The older employees that are staying resent the new...

13. Comfortable shoes? Do they exist?

    SnowStar4 replied to Double-Helix's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I use the Dr Scholls inserts with athletic shoes and they work well for me. They are expensive for inserts, but they give you your money back if you are not satisfied. It took a couple days to get...

14. What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    SnowStar4 replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a formal sit-down in the in the educators' office because "people can not tell when I'm thinking when they look at me". I guess it's my fault their ESP is off

15. Wrong site surgery - how to prevent

    SnowStar4 replied to Sunnyday2235's topic in Operating Room

    Same