catlady

catlady BSN, RN

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  1. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    catlady replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    I delegate to RNs all the time. Being their supervisor doesn't mean I have more responsibility and that they do more work. We each have unique responsibilities, and we all work. You said that LPNs...

  2. Drop Rate for Nursing School

    catlady replied to angelina02_21's topic in General Nursing

    Hair

  3. Your honest opinions please....

    catlady replied to wasted-enough-time's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, it's known as the "opportunity cost." If you wait or go into a longer program, you have to factor in the money you didn't earn by going to school sooner or finishing sooner. Any chance you...

  4. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    catlady replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    I taught LPNs in a one-year private school program. It has nothing to do with the amount of practical experience. The graduates earn the right to take the NCLEX-PN for licensure, not a vocational...

  5. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    catlady replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    It's not a calling for me; it's a job. A job that I can't believe has turned into a career. I always wanted to be a lawyer, but then, I'm not a creative person and I thought college was for...

  6. Maricopa

    catlady replied to nursebear168's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Good luck, but if you decide you don't like Casa Grande Medical Center, your options are going to be limited. There isn't much else out

  7. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    catlady replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that nurses (including me!) have been horrendously underpaid; however, consider that while being underpaid will probably make you dislike your job, being well paid won't make you like your...

  8. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    catlady replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah...I was quoting what I made as a new grad...in 1985. And that was gross, not net.

  9. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    catlady replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, you want to know how it was when we finished nursing school. In that case: 1) Surgical floor nurse 2) 40 and then some 3) New grad, of course! 4) 10 hr night shift, for a whopping 10%...

  10. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    catlady replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you want to

  11. How to get info about family members who are in hospital

    catlady replied to vastudent's topic in General Nursing

    The patient can be asked to think up a unique passcode and provide it to the staff. Then he has to share the code with the family members he wants to know about his condition. If the family member...

  12. Condition H

    catlady replied to LaNorteBellaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Heaven help the nurses at Shadyside, and anywhere else that implements this dreadful policy. "Families Gone Wild"--the video--will be coming out soon. Did no one think about how this will translate...

  13. Moving, need help please

    catlady replied to twiceaslucky's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I don't think the extra lanes/highways are going to make a speck of difference, because they just keep building more houses, so there are always going to be more people using the roads. The new 202...

  14. Problem...Should I Go Back Or Not

    catlady replied to HannasMom's topic in General Nursing

    You made the right decision, and you won't be unemployed for long. Take a break and then go fresh into whatever new job you find. I've been out of work for five weeks, and it's a good thing I start...

  15. Any bedside nurses making over 100K ?

    catlady replied to EveMJRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the link. Almost enough to make me want to California. Almost. By trailer, I meant mobile home. A permanent address, more or less, for between travel assignments. Not an RV. I wonder...

  16. Do I need a suit???

    catlady replied to maledi's topic in General Nursing

    But I'll bet she didn't wear that to her interview.

  17. Any bedside nurses making over 100K ?

    catlady replied to EveMJRN's topic in General Nursing

    No. A 1 BR apt probably goes for $800 or so. So that's a $700 difference, or about $4.50 per hour for a full-time nurse. Not even close to being enough to justify such a huge difference in pay....

  18. Do I need a suit???

    catlady replied to maledi's topic in General Nursing

    Little rule I've heard is that you should dress for your boss's job. IOW, one step better than you think you need to be. I compromise here in the land of 110 degrees by wearing a short-sleeved suit...

  19. Millionaires on nursing salaries

    catlady replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be more impressed with the idea of "nurses can become millionaires" if they'd started out as nurses, but it looks like they did most of their financial planning before they finished nursing...

  20. Any bedside nurses making over 100K ?

    catlady replied to EveMJRN's topic in General Nursing

    My rent here in AZ is $1400, and I'll never approach $46/hr as a staff nurse, although I've been an RN for 21 years. I moved here last year from CT, a very high COL state, and never made even $30/hr...

  21. Celexa issues?

    catlady replied to rhapsodyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I never had any physical problems when I was on Celexa, but everyone's response to medication is, of course, totally individualized. Have you called the doctor? I was once on Desyrel and had the...

  22. RN LTC 3rd shift payrate

    catlady replied to adrn03's topic in General Nursing

    I made $25/hr as a manager in LTC in

  23. Jefferson State community college/AL

    catlady replied to soundasleep's topic in General Nursing

    This is such a local question to go out to a global network. Have you called the admissions office at this college to ask your question? Seems like you could get an answer pretty

  24. Do RN's work in Dermatology offices??

    catlady replied to caligirl2's topic in General Nursing

    No, no, not at all. What I was saying is that at first glance I read caligirl as callgirl....I can be a real doofus.

  25. RN experience/salary/state you reside in

    catlady replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in General Nursing

    1. AZ 2. Nowhere right now. I have an offer to work telemetry, but I want to go back to ICU. 3. 21 4. I'll let you know when I get there. 5. I worked there in the 1980s. I liked it. I'm sure...