9 days within a calendar year for 12 hour shift nurses. Occurs as soon as you start. Can accrue up to 3 months worth of sick time before you can't get anymore & have to use in order to accumulate...
JoeyGirlRNNYC replied to JoeyGirlRNNYC's topic in General Nursing
@ Katie5 --> Yeah, I have, as I said earlier: Of course not everyone on here is going to understand where I'm coming from. If our manager is saying that our charge nurses need to help us out...
I don't understand how a charge nurse can be lazy. At my job, there are permanent charge nurse positions. Charge nurses don't take patients (except for one charge nurse who does, who has won awards...
One year of nursing went by FAST. I can honestly say that the anxiety of not knowing what to expect prior to each shift has vanished. I never thought it would. Took a while but it went away. I've had...
JoeyGirlRNNYC replied to hearts895, RN BSN's topic in General Nursing
I work on a specialty med surg floor and I've only been a nurse for six months. For some reason I've been getting a few psych patients each shift for the past month. Some of these patients are fine....
Where are you moving from? The market here is very locked up. A lot of competition here. As long as you know someone or you are EXTREMELY persistent, you'll find a job. I would really stress that you...
I hear you. Usually when I'm drowning, I will ask my patients questions about their breathing, pain, positioning, and ANY other issues they are having after their vitals and while I'm doing their...
And with snacks, I eat them while PC charting and after report. I just put them in one of my massive pockets. I had one cute, elderly woman patient look in my pockets and say "Gee, you have a lot of...
Thank you so much BugOut, kimima01, and jorjaRN for your suggestions. I really appreciate them. Good news, things have gotten better. Not as worried about fitting in and now, and I'm SO much more...
JoeyGirlRNNYC replied to wanderlust99's topic in New York Nursing
Getmethisnownurse, I dont know where you are from, but you can demand a good paying salary with the experience you have. Research, paystubs, and all Bklynbaby is right on it with the salary amounts...
I'm a new nurse. 3 months and counting. I am at a great hospital but I don't like the way I feel. So these are my issues: I hate that I'm new and that I'm trying to fit in at my workplace. Most...
1.what kind of floor are you working on? ortho 2.where are you from? ny 3.how did you get that job?-- did you have connections?, work there previously, application process, follow-up process,...
JoeyGirlRNNYC replied to JoeyGirlRNNYC's topic in New York Nursing
moge001, It takes a while. I didn't hear anything for about 3 weeks to a month, then I had interviews. I hope that something comes around. Please let me
Which company are you with? You can PM me. I'm surprised that they didn't follow up with you. The same thing happened to me with a HHC company. I gave them clinical instructors and professional...