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I've gotten >5% raise every year that I have been there. I got my first raise after ~ 6 months as a new RN because the GN rate went up. When the GN rate went up, everyone got a bump. Then in October we got our annual performance increase.

Yes you probably are making it harder on yourself. I'm sure in NS they're teaching you to figure out drip rates (i.e. how many drips per ml - I think). We don't do that in real life. Since, I'm sure as a student you won't be allowed to call pharmac...

I worked full time while in NS. I had to for my family. If you can work part time, than work part time. Some students require more study time than others. Only you know what type of student you are. Here's the thing if you move in with your frien...

Yeah, what everyone else said... RUN! Do not walk from this place. SCARY!!!

As Tweety said at least 1 year experience. As a matter of fact, agencies around here (PA) and many travel companies require 2 years exp. and its not a bad idea.

This happens to EVERYONE who receives report from someone, whether you work in the ER, floor, or ICU.

Good post. I agree that delays from the floor can be a big problem. My hospital has solved that problem by requiring no delay report. Meaning if I'm up to my elbows in poop and can't take report (for trauma alerts where its phone report) patient c...

Obviously, we can all site instances in both the ER and the floors of nurses that just don't care or are incompetent. ER nurses I empathize with you the best I can (never having worked ER) to the pressures that you have to move patients. My origin...

What does this have to do with patients' arriving with no report/notice? It is a policy in my hospital that patients' that require q1h VS& Neuro checks go to the unit and rightly so. I'm sure you were never late on a q1h neuro check in all you...

Got it, that sounds reasonable. :)

Oh my gosh, I think I had that pt. Same dx. Doors to our unit opened.... OMG, the stench! This thing turned out to be a knock down drag out fight btw. us and bed management. Pt. wasn't ordered contact isolation and was obviously grossly infectious...

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I think we're cut from the same cloth. :rotfl:

That sounds like a floor nurses dream, but your ED must fill to overflowing.

O.k. so let me get this straight. You get a pt. at night, send to floor with NO orders and don't take telephone orders. So WHY is the pt. in the hosptial? Do they have to wait until morning for pain meds, diet, and activity orders? Why don't you ...

I'm speechless and that never happens! Ask my co-workers! So, what does the ED do at that place exactly? Oh wait, you don't know 'cause you can't access their records. :selfbonk: SCARY!!!

Hi Brian, They've been re-telling that story for years! True/Untrue, exaggerated, who knows. We have nice docs, rude docs, smart docs and ***** docs. Mostly, though we have pretty nice residents. I think I'll be seeing you in phase 2 of the CC co...

LVH is a lovely place to work. We ain't perfect though. Our doctors are not perfect. We are a teaching hospital. Our R1's are making big decisions with little experience. You must be on your toes in a teaching hospital. But problems with reside...

Yeah, that's how its supposed to work... Trauma alert supposed to be phone report, 'cause they use paper in the trauma bay. Traum consult or other service ED admission is T-system report, that we print ourselves by accessing the T-system report scr...

It's been going so well. The summer and we were really busy this summer, it rarely happened. But lately, things are going downhill. They just got a new director downstairs and I'm wondering if that's the problem. Lately, mip's aren't getting done....

You,re comparing the weekend rate to the New Grad rate. LVH gives very nice raises to RN's. I've always gotten >5% -- based on performance and I am a character Still a pretty big difference though.

Actually, 4 weekends off per year is only one option and that one is 2x12's not 3 per weekend. I work the 3/4 weekends a month. I work Fri, Sat, Sun nights and get $41/hour. I also get free health insurance and all other benefits except... NO SICK...

Wow! That seems like a bad combination. So you're tele or you're step down. Do you have drips? I can't imagine mixing heads with drips. I work trauma step down. We have one 4 bed observation room 4:1. And then we have 26 med/surg trauma pts. C...

Good question! I work in a transitional trauma unit in a level 1 TC. We have 4 low level cc beds and 26 trauma/tele. I make the move to CC in November. I'm excited and anxious at the same time.

I agree! Get a lawyer. You were wrongfully fired. Xanax & Restoril work differently. Don't think I would give it everyday but there are patients that would need that & more to calm down. I'm so sorry you're going through this. You've g...