emmy27

emmy27

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  1. What's your triage protocol?

    emmy27 replied to MedicFireRN's topic in Emergency

    We have been using the method you describe at my current ER for a while now. It's not usually a huge issue, because the techs place them on the monitors and get the initial vital set for the receiving...

  2. Are ASNs worthless?

    emmy27 replied to georgiapeach27's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The tide is definitely turning, in some areas (especially larger urban ones) it seems to have completely turned- for hospital jobs. If you dream of working in an elite hospital with a robust new grad...

  3. Transferring a RN license

    emmy27 replied to RN-ASN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you get a new license and number in each state, and you can maintain as many as you choose to pay for (and continue to meet renewal requirements for). The only exception is if you live in a...

  4. Confused about PTO

    emmy27 replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you basically have to cash out your end-of-year PTO, which sort of sucks. Most places I've worked have let you roll over at least a certain amount. Otherwise anyone wishing to travel or...

  5. How is it fair to put PRN nurses on call?

    emmy27 replied to sarabear44's topic in General Nursing

    In theory PRN is first called off at my primary facility, but this has only ever actually happened to me once, when they accidentally over-scheduled that shift and I arrived to find out I wasn't...

  6. Do RNs do a lot of heavy lifting?

    emmy27 replied to TimTamJimJam's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, lots of lifting in acute care. There are probably settings (I'd imagine mostly LTC) where there is just one RN and many CNAs/LPNs and so the RN is kept busy with administrative tasks, but in the...

  7. Mobile IV infusions... for hangovers

    emmy27 replied to Dogen's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't want to work at one of these places because a. I imagine there might be a tendency towards a certain attitude/age/entitlement level among the clientele and b. I would really worry about...

  8. Emetophobia and Nursing

    emmy27 replied to A&Pfreak's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Anything that you deal with frequently you gradually desensitize to, although if you're starting from the level of true phobia, some sessions with a cognitive-behavioral therapist who specializes in...

  9. Suspended without pay for expired TB requirement?

    emmy27 replied to lsvalliant's topic in General Nursing

    Your recourse is "get a TB test." You get that's what they want, right? For you to go get the test? Suspension without pay over failure to meet mandatory requirements isn't a punishment, it's...

  10. Private Grumbling but NO Open Discussion!

    emmy27 replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    An insanely bad policy was implemented a few months ago at my workplace. It was CRAZY bad, it involved a workflow that improved numbers on paper by shuffling patients around in ways that wasted time,...

  11. Finding employment in OKC, OK LPN with Theft misdimeanor charge

    emmy27 replied to ns405's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    You will have to include your school and graduation dates on a resume and most job applications, so it won't even take a background check for them to know that it's been a while. I would strongly...

  12. Seven Hells: Vent

    emmy27 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Everybody else has given great advice, but I only saw one other person mention this and I think it bears repeating: DON'T LEAVE RIGHT BEFORE YOU'RE VESTED! That's cutting off your nose to spite your...

  13. What did you do to get an RN job though without experience?

    emmy27 replied to kh2488's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Most hospitals will only hire to new grads to new grad-specific slots or residency programs- it takes much longer and costs more to train a new grad, so mass-applying to jobs that say they require...

  14. IS THERE A DEMAND FOR LPN'S AND RN's

    emmy27 replied to wwdahn's topic in General Nursing

    As the previous posters said, highly variable. I graduated six years ago and struggled to find a new grad job (along with most of my classmates) due to an excess of nursing schools in the area- there...

  15. For Profit vs. Non-profit: Do YOU notice a difference?

    emmy27 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked at several non-profit and one for-profit hospital. The best hospital was non-profit but the for-profit was second best. The worst, by a mile, was non-profit. For-profit does, obviously,...

  16. Having a family member as a patient

    emmy27 replied to NurseQT's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would be incredibly uncomfortable being the primary nurse to a family member- I'm on excellent terms with my family, but I would second-guess my ability to be focused and objective about all of my...

  17. 4 months pregnant New grad RN about to start oreintation

    emmy27 replied to lss2829's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    With either of the options you're likely to have a problem with getting maternity leave unless your employer is unusually generous and progressive- you won't qualify for FMLA with either of these...

  18. MD's treat male nurses with more respect?

    emmy27 replied to Bluebolt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Has it occurred to you that part of the frustration your female colleagues experience over conflict that may reduce them to tears is their awareness that "fighting back" often backfires for women, as...

  19. Pay Difference Between Full Time and PRN?

    emmy27 replied to Zyprexa_Ho's topic in General Nursing

    Usually PRN makes more- often significantly more. I make about 20% more than base pay for my experience level as a PRN employee at my current facility, and similar at my last. I have heard of places...

  20. MD's treat male nurses with more respect?

    emmy27 replied to Bluebolt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't doubt that you've observed this, but I think on some level this is probably in part due to the fact that the same behavior from men and women is often received very differently- what's seen as...

  21. MD's treat male nurses with more respect?

    emmy27 replied to Bluebolt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The majority of doctors I've worked with have been respectful and collaborative. I have had the misfortune to meet a few bad apples, and at one facility with a very unprofessional medical director who...

  22. Documentation

    emmy27 replied to nurse4sale's topic in General Nursing

    The only time I really use "noted" is to highlight when my own observations don't mesh with the patient's report ("Patient complains of "severe red rash to entire body and constant vomiting," no...

  23. What's your side job?

    emmy27 replied to thejetsetnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I work PRN in the ER and do freelance writing on the side. I also just got hired for a PRN research job so I'm excited to see how that goes. It seems like most of my ER coworkers work full time there...

  24. Job offer in NC

    emmy27 replied to Imran1234's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in that region in the past and that is roughly in line with the pay scale I encountered. The entire southeast has relatively low

  25. How was your first code blue? What role did you have?

    emmy27 replied to journey2success's topic in General Nursing

    I was a tech on a med-surg floor and had only been there a few days. One of the nurses who knew I was a nursing student pulled me in the room to watch- I didn't actually participate in the code. It...