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  1. What is the night differential for RN (BSN) at Saint Luke's Hospital?

    listener replied to Jo2016's topic in General Nursing

    Just for context if it helps, here are the differentials for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Note: I believe that they haven't gone up in over a decade!! When you factor in inflation, night and evening...

  2. 2017 Hourly differentials? Eve, Night, Weekend...

    listener posted a topic in General Nursing

    Please follow format if you can, then add comments. Thank you! Location: St. Louis, MO Facility: Large Teaching Hospital Role: Staff-Nurse Evenings: $2.40 (Defined as 5pm-11pm) Nights:...

  3. Night shift and health issues

    listener replied to shelw067's topic in Health, Stress Management

    My suggestions include the following: Try to schedule all you week's shifts in a row (3?) and then do nothing but eat, sleep and work for those 3 shifts. Have pre-cooked (frozen?) meals all ready at...

  4. Starting pay new ADN in St. Louis?

    listener replied to STLCCSTUDENT's topic in General Nursing

  5. NCSBN 2011 New Nurse Survey "Thank you" Letters

    listener replied to listener's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I'm sure they do have good motivations and probably are able to make use of some of the info. Still, there were a fair number of multiple choice questions that were so vague or simply not...

  6. NCSBN 2011 New Nurse Survey "Thank you" Letters

    listener posted a topic in General Nursing

    After passing NCLEX, I received a NCSBN survey in the mail "on the practice of newly licensed RNs". It was long and tedious, and a lot of the questions seemed a little poorly or generically worded...

  7. SSM or BJC ?

    listener replied to rkrs6673's topic in General Nursing

    Old thread, but timeless issue. I worked at BJC (Barnes-Jewish Hospital) for several years but now work for SSM (DePaul). They both have wonderful things going for each of them. But my comment is...

  8. PAY FOR NEW GRADUATE RN's FOR ST. LOUIS AREA

    listener replied to tigerrose's topic in General Nursing

    I will graduate this month (Dec, 2010) from STLCC and will start in January at SSM/DePaul @

  9. Compact Status Confusion

    listener replied to nevergivingup83's topic in General Nursing

    Check out these 2 pages. I think you might find the answers there. If not, maybe search out the Illinois state BON webpage. http://www.pr.mo.gov/nursing-nlc.asp https://www.ncsbn.org/nlc.htm Good...

  10. Definition of Medical Floor in St. Louis

    listener replied to honeycalifornia's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still a nrsg student but i've been a tech on an acute care gen med floor for 2 years. I think if you subtract the the surgery patients from med-surg, that should give you a pretty good idea of...

  11. Job as New Grad?

    listener replied to Jess_Missouri_RN's topic in General Nursing

    That's great to hear, about the fellowships for ADN's - I was wrong. Can you say anything more about them? What facilities? What kind of fellowships? Are these places that these students were...

  12. Job as New Grad?

    listener replied to Jess_Missouri_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Gee... I'm in my 3rd semester at Forest Park (1 to go!) but they've been talking to us about applying for jobs since the beginning. They've gotten us to finish resumes already and they've emphasized...

  13. Any other new grads concerned about finding a job??

    listener replied to TeleNurse2010's topic in General Nursing

    Way to go -

  14. PAY FOR NEW GRADUATE RN's FOR ST. LOUIS AREA

    listener replied to tigerrose's topic in General Nursing

    There sure is at BJH! I was in a clinicals group in Fall '09 which had a presentation from BJH human resources and they said as much. I can't remember the amount, but I think the BSN premium over...

  15. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    listener replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I'm reacting to various posts I've seen emphasizing nursing's perspective (vs. medicine's) and how the advanced degrees (NP, DNP) further learning and the science of the nursing perspective. I...

  16. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    listener replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    A NP, or Nurse Practitioner = A Nurse that practices a little medicine. No? It's not simply a nurse that practices a little more nursing than a nurse, is

  17. St. Louis area nursing homes

    listener replied to meatballexperience's topic in General Nursing

    What is your logic for not working for a hospital? It would be a much better experience for you educationally as well as for getting a job once you graduate. BJH is constantly looking for NS...

  18. anyone know how many students STLCC takes each year?

    listener replied to Ziggie06's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I'm at Forest Park and it's been 48 for the last year or so. Let's see, that makes: 60 + 2(40) + 2(48) = 236 students per year Wow, that's a lot of new nurses every year! Actually, I'm not...

  19. PCA/PCT

    listener replied to k&k'z mom's topic in General Nursing

    Starting hourly wage for a PCT at BJH is about $9.80, not including difs. Of course the experience is priceless.

  20. Barnes Accelerated BSN Feedback

    listener replied to tcameron921's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto!

  21. Barnes Accelerated BSN Feedback

    listener replied to tcameron921's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with your comments on your A&P teacher, a dedicated and challenging professor, although I understand he is a Dr. of Chiropractic. He has also been a professor of anatomy at Logan College...

  22. A question for BJC employees

    listener replied to meatballexperience's topic in General Nursing

    ha! 3 hours a day for half the school year!! i think you're ready :) Good

  23. A question for BJC employees

    listener replied to meatballexperience's topic in General Nursing

    In a word, "Yes!", go to the hospital's human resources dept. Regardless of who you speak with first, security guard, receptionist, whatever, the question/statement is "I'd like to find out about...

  24. Barnes Jewish College

    listener replied to 2bNurseNik's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused - Did you still make it through Barnes' ASN program? What program will you be joining at U of

  25. Flo Valley or Forest Park?

    listener replied to k&k'z mom's topic in General Nursing