happycamper

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1. How much $ do RNs start out at?

   happycamper replied to Doug85's topic in General Nursing

   New grads start out pretty decently in the midlands of SC, considering AM or 7A positions can be pretty hard to comeby. Here the start is generally $19-22 w/shift differential, weekend differential, holiday differential, on call pay, call back pay, ...

2. Why aren't we unionized?

   happycamper replied to leslieanne's topic in General Nursing

   I wish I knew. Is it the nurse with a husband/wife and four children? Is it the single mom/dad? Is it the hospital who continually operates in the red? I have been in nursing for quite a while and did not see salaries significantly rise until men ent...

3. Why aren't we unionized?

   happycamper replied to leslieanne's topic in General Nursing

   What is "fair"? Who decides? A union? Do you think they really have your best interest as their primary focus? Then, why do they push so hard for payroll deduction of union dues? Why are their executives paid such exorbitant salaries? And why did org...

4. Why aren't we unionized?

   happycamper replied to leslieanne's topic in General Nursing

   I agree to a lot of what you say. However....the hospitals don't despise unions for the loss of total control over the nurses' lives but over the loss of control of what happens inside their walls. Nurses need to face a few hard facts also. If you're...

5. Your perception of student nurses when they visit your hospital?

   happycamper replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

   Who are we to blame if a student does not have a good clinical rotation or if the unit does not have a good experience with the student? Well....let's start with the nurse manager and the instructor. What kind of relationship do they have. My unit ge...

6. Pre-clinical dread (why I hate Sunday)

   happycamper replied to kellyo's topic in General Students

   Try The Nursing Diagnoses Reference Manual by Sheila Sparks. Can be purchased online, new or used, from Amazon.com. Hope it helps.

7. Pre-clinical dread (why I hate Sunday)

   happycamper replied to kellyo's topic in General Students

   #1 There are many books on the market that practically spoon feed you care plans for any diagnoses condition. #2 Haven't you heard of networking. A group begins doing drug cards and then supply each other with the drug card for their day. Pretty ...

8. Nurses leaving in droves...

   happycamper replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know where your plans will take you or which hospitals you have investigated but things are pretty good here in South Carolina. Maybe the salaries may not be comparable but the cost of living may not be either. If you would like to hear more...

9. Why aren't we unionized?

   happycamper replied to leslieanne's topic in General Nursing

   No wonder we cannot unite! No wonder we are viewed as "eating our young." If you cannot agree to disagree on some issues as responsible, intelligent professionals then we do not deserve to be treated differently than we are now. Maybe in some areas ...

10. Why aren't we unionized?

    happycamper replied to leslieanne's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your response and your independence. I dislike having an outside entity "calling the shots" for me, telling me I have to leave my patient's beside to go on strike, ridiculing my colleagues for having to cross picket lines to support the...

11. ICU is it a place for me????

    happycamper replied to moliuchick's topic in Career Support

    Sounds like you are on the right track. OR can be exciting but dangerous as well, back injuries, blood/body fluid contact, accidents with equiment. The hours are good except when nurses call in and you can't leave your room, when your case goes on fo...

12. Why aren't we unionized?

    happycamper replied to leslieanne's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, we follow the national standards recommended by our organizations, i.e AWHONN for unit. Our hospital South Carolina didn't need a legislature or union to tell us that we get better patient outcomes by a 1:5-6 nurse patient ratio. Our ...

13. Your perception of student nurses when they visit your hospital?

    happycamper replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

    What better way to ensure the success and love of future nursing than by nurturing, mentoring and teaching those bright smiling faces of the future. I think that if we as nurses foster self-confidence in students by teaching then the tasks we do ever...

14. Why aren't we unionized?

    happycamper replied to leslieanne's topic in General Nursing

    Please let me clarify. I am not a physician, did not attend four years of medical school, did not spend 5 years residency, have student loans that are comparable to the national debt, and will never try to fathom why a physician becomes a physician. ...

15. ICU is it a place for me????

    happycamper replied to moliuchick's topic in Career Support

    I worked the OR for ten years, trauma surgery, open heart team, intraop transfusionist, etc. If you are a new graduate take at least a year to operationalize you assessment skills and to learn the daily routines of patient care and the emergency rout...