Charlotte205

i can relate. i worked in a medsurg floor from hell. I am lucky I was able to get out after a year. I love my job now as a clinic nurse.

what made you decide to go from tele to psych. i work for the va too (in med surge) and thinking of transferring to psy.

Hello, I recently start working nights. My question is when is the best time for you to take melatonin supplement. I always try to sleep during the day, but it's always hard especially on my first shift. I tried benadryl but I always feel drugged and groggy, and I heard about melatonin. Do you take it early in the morning so you will sleep the whole day and ready for night work? Can you share your experiences about this supplement? thanks

Hey y'all. I work in a teaching hospital and we have many medical students who practice in our facility. Most of the time, I notice that the most rude doctors in our hospital are the interns (mostly female interns to be exact) while the residents and attendings are usually nice and respectful. One time there was an order to transfer a pt to ICU, so we prepared the patient in the gurney and he was ready to go, but had a diarrhea episode in the gurney. so we had to clean him up first before we sent him. When the intern came in and saw us cleaning the pt, she screamed and said that we were just wasting time. Then her attending came in and she told on us. Her attending told her (in front us) that it was nice of us to do that so the pt looked presentable and comfortable upon going to ICU. I have more stories about these interns. But my question is how do you respond to people who act this way? Somebody needs to put this people in place.

I forgot to add. that salary is for ASN with no experience. if you have a bsn new grad you get paid more.

If you have A LOT of PATIENCE, you can try applying to the VA hospital. It just takes a very long time to get hired there, but they are always hiring.

new grads with no experience at VA in southern california start at 64+K/annual.

The VA that I am in is only hiring in Medical Surgical floor. There are hiring freeze in other departments (ICU, tele ect).

The VA that I am in is only hiring in Medical Surgical. There are hiring freeze in other departments (ICU, tele ect).

I am a new VA RN. I love working with the vets. The benefits are awesome and the salary is pretty generous (a lot higher than most private and county hospitals!).

I got hired at good samaritan as a new grad but i turned it down because the salary is way too low for LA and among other things that I found out about the hospital.

I am a May 2008 grad too. Just started working in the VA hospital recently. I love it!

ITA. nurse recruiters have so much power these days. gone are the days when there was a huge shortage and recruiters were very accommodating and nice to applicants.

The VA is already understaffed. How could this be? BTW, I heard the VA gets a lot of their RNs from an agency, is this true?