dionnedillon

rehab over med surge? Thats a no brainer, I say unless you are a new grad getting needed experience, always avoid med surg. The stress and work load is way too much and you get paid the same thing as nurses in much less stressful areas.

given this patients hx, i would side with my fellow nurse first unless diverting is proven,,

hospital nursing sucks, you are over worked like crazy and all your managers care about is if you r getting high customer service ratings and steadily trying to increase the nurse patient ratios and cuting your cna's any chance they get. I have been a nurse for many years and we all run around like chickens with our heads cut off b/c the work load is just too much.

i don't think its petty at all, as with every aspect of nursing it is the floor nurse who works the hardest and gets the least respect and consideration.

with the 17 lb wt. gain, i am thinking chf, have you all drawn a bnp on her?

would not choose nsg if i had to do it all over again

i think it is so sad that management makes all these promises to patients and family members at the nurses expense. No one ever talks about lower nurse patient ratios.

cmc union in monroe, nc

since u only worked a year there, i would go into the next job acting like a new nurse with no experience. Dont list that job as a reference if they ask what u have been doing for the last year, say u were at home taking care of your new baby. Its worth a shot

i had a similar experience, i hit it off with the charge nurse interviewing me, she called HR in my presence and told them to have me come in and fill out needed paper work so that i could start the job, about 2 weeks went by and i heard nothing back, i called the nurse recruiter, she basically said they were still interviewing but the job had been removed from their website. So what i did was get the email from the card the interviewer gave me, i reminded her who i was and i pasted a copy of my resume' b/c i felt like it was the nurse recruiter who let things fall through the cracks. About a week later, i got a call from the recruiter offering me the position, which i took. Try contacting the floor leadership

i would just say that if i had it to do all over again, i wouldn't:sniff:

i wish i had made the same decision years ago

great concept

i think this is unsafe especially for a new grad, if this is only offer especially in this job market, take it and keep applying elsewhere when u get another offer, run don't walk

try applying at the smaller community hospitals, may be about a 30-45 minute drive, i live in north carolina and got offers from the smaller hospitals, beats nothing