RD_Congo

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1. UHS - Universal Health Services RN nursing working conditions

   RD_Congo replied to RD_Congo's topic in Psychiatric

   Couple of more points I never mentioned in my initial posting: I quit after starting this thread, by the way, and never went back to that most-stressful, most-dangerous of situations. (1) After I...

2. UHS - Universal Health Services RN nursing working conditions

   RD_Congo replied to RD_Congo's topic in Psychiatric

   How do I edit the title on this thread? I just realized I wrote the wrong name for the company. The correct name is "Universal Health Services". Maybe a moderator could fix this for me?

3. UHS - Universal Health Services RN nursing working conditions

   RD_Congo posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I felt a moral need to say something about working as an RN for UHS. Specifically, I have been working in the intake department of a freestanding psychiatric hospital in the Southeast region. I have...

4. People continue to come up with stories that strain my ability to believe them

   RD_Congo replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

   i know this post is two years old, but why did you have to tell "your side of the story"? why didn't you just shut the door and go about your

5. Just took random drug test

   RD_Congo replied to learninglessons12's topic in Nurses Recovery

   And we all know that laws never change, right? That's why we still have alcohol prohibition and the gangsters that go along with that black market, right? The largest state in the U.S. is probably...

6. Just took random drug test

   RD_Congo replied to learninglessons12's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Let's just remember that alcohol is much more dangerous than cannabis. To take only one point, it is quite easy to drink too much and die. It is impossible to smoke too much and die. So I hope...

7. NM - Albuquerque - Pay with One Year Experience

   RD_Congo posted a topic in General Nursing

   Could anyone give me a ball park figure - What would be the hourly pay for an RN with one year of psych and med-surg experience? THANK

8. New Mexico Shortage???

   RD_Congo replied to Mzjez's topic in General Nursing

   There seems to be some disagreement about whether or not there is still a nursing shortage in NM. Another poster recently mentioned that recruiters are getting hundreds of applications a day....

9. No nursing shortage in Central VA

   RD_Congo replied to CherryBlonde's topic in Virginia Nursing

   I'm not quite sure where some of the previous posters are getting their information. Lynchburg is an easy place for an RN to get a job. Centra Health has a long list of RN job openings. New Grads...

10. Salary in Australia

    RD_Congo replied to akosijas22's topic in International Nursing

    I'm assuming that the dollars you are citing are Australia dollars, not US dollars? So $60,000 AUD is actually US 39,000

11. Nurse Licensure Compact for COUNTRIES?

    RD_Congo replied to RD_Congo's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks for the info. The Virginia BON site is pretty weak and some of the links are broken. Does anyone know what a U.S. nurse has to do to work in New Zealand? I know they pay very little, but I'm...

12. Nurse Licensure Compact for COUNTRIES?

    RD_Congo posted a topic in International Nursing

    While applying for licensure in Virginia, I was surprised to see that Canadian nurses (outside of Quebec) automatically can become RNs in Virginia. Here's my question: where can U.S. nurses go and...

13. Negotiating for Higher Pay as a New Grad

    RD_Congo posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Looking for some advice... Yesterday I interviewed at a hospital in a smaller city in the southwest U.S. that is fairly desperate for nurses. Before I left, the nursing manager said that I got the...

14. Patient with maggots in head

    RD_Congo replied to RD_Congo's topic in General Nursing

    I just saw this other video of tiny worms supposedly coming out of a man's face. I don't have any good reason to think the video is a fake, except that I have no idea what condition would cause this....

15. Job Offered... Now What

    RD_Congo replied to RD_Congo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Had you already signed the employment contract at the second-choice place? If so, did the contract have some stipulations which made it hard to