ANH_RN

hey all! haven't posted on here in a while. I have been doing some job searching and I came across a couple positions at a hospice facility. I have been doing med-surg for over 4.5 years and I feel like this is my calling. I don't really have any clo...

thank you so much! To be honest I really do not know what the position is like. On the site it just says staff RN, nothing about CM. I was anticipating it to be more of an inpt unit, which is what I kind of had in mind. How do those positions usual...

hey all! haven't posted on here in a while. I have been doing some job searching and I came across a couple positions at a hospice facility. I have been doing med-surg for over 4.5 years and I feel like this is my calling. I don't really have any ...

Just press down on the arm a little harder next time. I normally have to put a lot of pressure on the arm above the catheter insertion site to keep it from gushing out. Usually it works long enough for me to wipe it with an alcohol pad or a gauze ar...

In our facility the standard is if the patient suddenly complains of chest pain we call a 'rapid response' and a couple ICU RN's come over and that automatically gives us the right to obtain an EKG. Then according to how the rapid action response go...

I probably would have dropped the oxygen down just a touch but I wouldn't have worried too much if I hadn't, either. It's not like he was on 10 liters and was being blasted away with oxygen. Generally if he's not a chronic oxygen user they do like ...

:rotfl: Sometimes I seriously wonder if people I work with have this same belief. It is so sad to see that there are actually nurses who are taking care of human beings and their lives that present themselves as being incompetent. Nursing really is...

presumably I would think this is how it works. the whole increase doesn't happen too often in my dept in my hospital though. We've gotten 2 raises and I've been there 3 years now. The second raise they gave us as a courtesy (I firmly believe for ...

Before our hospital joined another company we were paid $4 7p-7am. Now that someone else has kind of taken over we get 15% of our base pay which I took a pay cut by now only receiving $3.30 an hour. If I only received 0.75 cents an hour more workin...

I just have to get something off of my chest.. I have been guilty of talking about other people behind their back but I am downright shocked at the amount of bad mouthing that goes on in my hospital on my floor. Is it like this everywhere? Seems like...

I had already planned on handling it just how you 'told me' to. Thanks.

I think of bullying as putting down a person on a personal level not just how they do their job. They also act out their aggression to their face and are not polite. I see that as being a bully. And it's not always just that one person, it's a lot ...

I think that says it best.

I haven't posted on here in a while! But I am currently a full time RN at a local hospital med/surg/tele unit. We were recently bought out/joined to a certain health network and I am now making .70 cents less an hour (because their shift differentia...

Update: I had the interview and I think it went great but the person I spoke to said that they didn't know if they would want to put so much effort into hiring and orienting someone that is only going to work 2 days a month (what?!?!?).. I asked he...

So apparently giving meds and monitoring the reactions of those meds and assessing the pts and how they are progressing and having the skill to know when the pt is not doing well is not considered 'care'??

Hah, I had never heard of charge nurses NOT having a full pt load until someone mentioned it a few months ago. At our hospital, on our floor, we each take 4-5 starting out. A bad night we'll end up with 6 pts. Charge nurse usually starts off with ...

Thanks GM, I can't imagine being hired to two jobs at the same time! I just hope they are flexible with the orientation because I believe I would be a great addition to their staff if they work with me.. and I assume that most prn people have other ...

I am just wondering for your PRN people with other jobs... how did you go about orienting to the facility?? Do they orient you once a week or part time like twice a week for so many weeks?

We have a float pool and I would say 2-3 people get VCD's every other day (voluntary call day for low census)... and they do NOT want us to stay later than 7:30 AM because they are crazy about money... I have actually picked up a 4 hour shift because...

haha if I could get just any PT job other than nursing then my husband would be working extra not me. The only reason we're resorting to PRN work is because he is having a hard time finding a little part time job that will work with my ever changing...

Also how do they do orientation for just prn nurses?? Do you normally orient once a week for so many weeks or what? I'm assuming most people they hire prn have either part time or full time work already..

Thanks for the comments! so far I am feeling confident...

Baptized in fire... what a true yet wonderful choice of words! No one became a great nurse floating on clouds. It's hard to remember that sometimes, but we must keep reminding each other of it!

My first night out of orientation on my own was the worst night of my life. The family of a patient that I admitted even told my manager the next day that she didn't anymore new nurses. It was that bad. I am almost a year and a half in and I have p...