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  1. Who's leaving nursing?

    uscstu4lfe replied to tinderbox's topic in General Nursing

    i'm a new grad. i would like to leave but i have no other skills. i also have a hefty car payment to make. where else am i going to get paid $30+ an hour for a 2 year degree? i enjoyed being a...

  2. Missing narcs returned to med cart...sorry long

    uscstu4lfe replied to OklaLPN's topic in General Nursing

    totally unrelated... but why do so many nurses call them narcs??? is it really that hard to say narcotics?

  3. question of ethics

    uscstu4lfe replied to hopefornursing's topic in General Nursing

    oh lord no. this is one area where nurses have no business being in. we are nurses - they are doctors. let's stick to the nursing stuff and leave the doctor stuff up to

  4. Is it hard to get a job at Hoag Hospital?

    uscstu4lfe replied to luv2shopp85's topic in California Nursing

    This is totally unrelated to the original post, but Hoag hospital is in an absolutely beautiful location! Oh my god, overlooking the harbor and Pacific ocean... talk about paradise at work! I was just...

  5. New RN looking for a job!! I am desperate!!

    uscstu4lfe replied to cubangirl's topic in General Nursing

    In southern California, where I am from, basically every hospital is hiring. However, new grads are only hired at special times of the year (I think it's 1 or 2 times a year) so that you can be...

  6. crushing medications

    uscstu4lfe replied to file03's topic in General Nursing

    oh my god. i sometimes will have like 12 different crushed meds to be given through the G tube. i can not, for the life of me, imagine giving them each separately. lordy that would take all day! i mix...

  7. Interprete Lab/Tests resutls to patients

    uscstu4lfe replied to seriousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    i was always taught that interpreting lab results, etc was considered medicine and not nursing. so i always say "that's something that the doctor will

  8. what about these sign on bonuses???

    uscstu4lfe replied to rnnursesandy's topic in General Nursing

    someone mentioned being taxed on the bonus. i forgot to mention, our bonus is taxed - but they work it out to where you still receive the 5,000 in your paycheck. so they end up paying more so that you...

  9. what about these sign on bonuses???

    uscstu4lfe replied to rnnursesandy's topic in General Nursing

    my sign on bonus was 5,000 paid over 3 increments. my hospital has a high retention rate of nurses and a lot of people apply, so i'm not sure why they offer the bonus. it is kind of in a ghetto area,...

  10. As a new grad, expect to stay late?

    uscstu4lfe replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    i would not stay late as a new grad (this is/looks like a red flag to management). your preceptor should be getting you out on time. of course staying a few minutes past your shift is ok, just don't...

  11. License question

    uscstu4lfe replied to NurseinTX21's topic in General Nursing

    i don't think you'll be reported to the board for this. honestly, it doesn't really make much sense. you removed tape too rough and scrubbed the arm too hard?? that's really weird that this is...

  12. Cafeteria for Night Shift

    uscstu4lfe replied to TylerTXRN's topic in General Nursing

    i think ours is a 400 bed hospital... they open from 10pm until 1:30am for the night

  13. Condom Catheter Crisis

    uscstu4lfe replied to abbaking's topic in Men in Nursing

    this is hilarious, because I had an incident with this just today! i was helping a new nurse (weird, because i am still new) straight cath a quadraplegic. he can't move his extremeties for anything....

  14. Well, it finally happened after 2.5 years...

    uscstu4lfe replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    hmm, i think that's borderline verbal abuse, and i would have reported her. no time for ghetto people. i was taking care of a total knee patient, and when i walked in and asked if she was in any pain,...

  15. Floating to other units...

    uscstu4lfe replied to owensmommy's topic in General Nursing

    new grads at our hospital are not allowed to float until after 6 months of employment on the same floor. but i agree with the other poster here, they don't treat floaters very nicely (since you're...

  16. Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

    uscstu4lfe replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    a question for you all: for your end-of-life patients, does the doctor write a very "inprecise" prescription for morphine (or something similiar)? We have a few physicians that will write a range for...

  17. just a vent about a nurse brown noser!

    uscstu4lfe posted a topic in General Nursing

    i work with this male RN on my floor, and he totally kisses all of the doctors butts. he's sort of grumpy in his normal state to everyone else, but completely changes anytime a doctor comes around....

  18. I'm starting to get concerned about salary...

    uscstu4lfe replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    pack your bags and move honey!! i made 34 and change as a new grad. i have a question for you guys. of course i get paid more because im in a populated area, cost of living, etc. however, are cars...

  19. a question about the good samaritan law

    uscstu4lfe posted a topic in General Nursing

    i'm from california does anyone know if nurses are REQUIRED to stop at the scene of an accident (or anyone needing help for that matter)? i was talking to someone today, and she said that RNs HAVE to...

  20. After A Year of Nursing...I Still Feel Like I'm Dieing

    uscstu4lfe replied to actress8503's topic in General Nursing

    that really sucks. it seems like the team oriented atmosphere is non-existant. perhaps you should give it a shot at another hospital? i work in a unit where we can all ask each other questions and...

  21. tracking nursing movements

    uscstu4lfe replied to candycane267's topic in General Nursing

    ugh, i know! it's such crap. management comes in and gives us some BS story about how it helps us keep track of each other so that we can be located for phone calls, when a doctor is looking for us,...

  22. Would you ask a patient's child to dress his or her parent?

    uscstu4lfe replied to ThatPoshGirl's topic in General Nursing

    hmm, well i'm not sure about your particular situation (although i think that the nurse went out to get so your father could be discharged, not solely that you could help get him dressed), but i find...

  23. Are Student Nurses Prepared for "Real Life?'

    uscstu4lfe replied to paperdreams's topic in General Nursing

    well said, connientx! that's what i wanted to say, but couldn't think of the words, lol. Let's all remember how scary it is to be student! instead of scolding, reporting, etc, let's teach them...

  24. Are Student Nurses Prepared for "Real Life?'

    uscstu4lfe replied to paperdreams's topic in General Nursing

    it may be the nerves of being a new nurse in a new setting with all those scary vials of drugs that is causing them to "blank out". take a little time to politely remind them of the correct thing to...

  25. tracking nursing movements

    uscstu4lfe replied to candycane267's topic in General Nursing

    This is not illegal, and the hospital where I am already has them. It's a little device that's attached to your nametag that basically records second by second, where you currently are and where you...