beachloverRN

To any of you starting with Humana I will be at the orientation starting the 8 th in San Antionio, would love to meet you in person!!!! My name is Barbara from New Mexico...see you there!!!

When do you actually start with Humana? Are you orienting in Tampa by any chance?????? Starting the 8th???

Hi...I am working for Humana as of today....what is your status??

don't think you do have what it takes to be a nurse.....sorry....the "dirty work" is what nursing is............its helping people who are sick and can't help vomiting every where or losing control of their bowels. Caring enough to lower yourself to do the "dirty work"... to HELP people who might be your mom or dad or grandma or grandpa...you picked the wrong people to make a remark like that too. shame on you!!!!!

I work on a Med/Surg Unit in NM. We have 7-8 patients with 1-2 techs for 24 patients. I use to work Tele and we had 5 max, but even that has changed. I had the worst day today and find myself wondering what we as nurses can do to get Administration to let us do our jobs safely and actually give good patient care. They staff our hospital on numbers not acuity and I think that is a problem. I am orienting (HAHA) and had 4 patients today, one went for a heart cath, one needed 3 units of PRBC's after surgery for a hip and humerous fx she obtained in our facility getting up the the bathroom cuz they brought her up at change of shift and she got up alone--WOW__and the other two were busy patients too. With all my experience I was running like mad.....then of course the CNO came up and did surprise rounds. Told our charge who also had 7 patients they would write him up if we had our EMU's unlocked in the hall. This is NUTSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! Now the charge is going to transfer off the unit, too much responsibility can't do the job well under the current working conditions. Me with my big mouth keeps telling everyone we need to unite...oh well I am babbling sorry just needed to unload....tx for listening and good luck...

I think the key is what feels right in your heart. I have been an RN for 15 years, just went back to med/surg unit at a local hospital....geezzzz!!! I was doing HH before, income was not stable but I loved it. I went back to the inpatient setting to get stable income, it is nuts. I am nuts...but it feels right in my heart. NOT MY HEAD THOUGH THATS FOR SURE!!!!!! Good luck to you..we are lucky in that there is so much diversity in nursing.