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  1. Attention all 50 states: what is your nursing ratio? please post!

    Lily79 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in Texas, I worked med/surg, and we would usually have a 1:9 ratio on nights. Days was usually 1:7. It was insane. I'm in Michigan now as a float nurse. On med/surg floors I have had...

  2. Orders you wish you could have written in the chart...

    Lily79 replied to NurseKatie08's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ignore the BP and don't call me again unless she's coding. I just said "Alright, I'll just chart that verbatim." and hung

  3. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    Lily79 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    I remember as a new grad walking around the unit singing "Everyone knows I'm in over my head, over my head..." Then after leaving Covenant Health System (Lubbock, TX)... "Happiness is Lubbock, TX in...

  4. Covenant or UMC???

    Lily79 replied to CandiceMarie's topic in Texas Nursing

    Please avoid Covenant like the plague! I graduated from Covenant SON and feel like I got an amazing education there (great clinical training too!) However - I made the mistake of hiring on at...

  5. what is a buffalo cap?

    Lily79 replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    This is so funny because I was just talking to a coworker the other day about this. She is from Colorado, and they called them "buffalo caps" there. I'm in Michigan now, and when someone was talking...

  6. On-call pay...standard or not?

    Lily79 replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    We receive $2/hr while on call, and time and a half if called