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  1. Will LPN's ever be utilized the way they used to be?

    wjf00 replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

    You should refer to your states laws on 'scope of practice'. I know in California that LVN's collect data, only an RN can assess. LVN's in California can not use the nursing process like RN's. In an...

  2. Documentation Time

    wjf00 replied to TR_DocBox's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry for my cynical nature. But I imagine data like this being collected by someone with no sense of clinical realities, and then by "Workplace redesign' suddenly a non-medical person decrees...

  3. Ugh... Chicken Scratch

    wjf00 replied to Crimsonking's topic in General Nursing

    We go to computer entry next year. In the meantime I work nights, nothing like a 3:00AM call to 'clarify' orders to inspire a Dr. to employ a little neater

  4. charge rn differential?

    wjf00 replied to timdmb's topic in General Nursing

    5% of base pay plus shift

  5. Am I Just Bein a Baby or should i quit ???

    wjf00 replied to traumajunkiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    And if you simply refused call what happens? It's not as if they can replace you. Dictate your terms and tell them take it or leave it. Abuse needs a

  6. Risk to RN license and liability issue of non compliance with California laws

    wjf00 replied to nicurn001's topic in California Nursing

    If your manager tells you to violate the ratio laws you should file an ADO (assignment despite objection) now the manager assumes the

  7. Slow Nurse Recruters

    wjf00 replied to rplnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Often it is the background check. Hospitals tend to send that work out, to cover themselves if someone lies on the

  8. Wife is RN had med incident...wondering if going to loose license?

    wjf00 replied to paparazzi's topic in General Nursing

    Did she file an ADO(assignment despite objection)? An ADO will substantiate any claims she makes as to the innappropriateness of her assignment. If she filed an ADO it might well save her

  9. MRSA/gowns and gloves

    wjf00 replied to BABY--RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The staff was swabbed? That's outrageous. I would never submit to that. And what the heck would happen when you come up positive? MRSA is so prevalent in the community now (70% are infected by one...

  10. Do you take call?

    wjf00 replied to debthern's topic in General Nursing

    Call should always be voluntary. Mandatory call is NOT an

  11. Why have 2 20-hour positions rather than one 40?

    wjf00 replied to Guitar_Heroine's topic in General Nursing

    I know precisely why to have 2 20 hour positions. When you are short who the heck are you going to call to work extra? The 40 hour nurses? Per diems? (they tend to have other benefited jobs). It makes...

  12. 10 Hour Shifts

    wjf00 replied to ecat81's topic in Emergency

    I dont work in an ER. But we have 10 hour shifts. The 10 hour shifts start earlier and provide break relief, they don't usually have an

  13. Hospital won't give part time positions...but

    wjf00 replied to shortstuff31117's topic in General Nursing

    If you have a union, you have a contract. Most contracts spell out precisly the mix of part time/full time/per diem

  14. Sierra Nevada Hospital-info please....

    wjf00 replied to Neferet's topic in California Nursing

    Total care, no aides. Huge turnover on nights so I

  15. Low census?

    wjf00 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Low census doesn't matter much where I work. We have 'no cancellation' in our union contract. They pay me if there isn't a single patient. I have been the 2nd or third 'break relief' nurse on...

  16. Kaiser LVNs Anyone?

    wjf00 replied to nursecrickett's topic in California Nursing

    I am not sure about your area, but Kaiser in N. CA is getting rid of LVN's. They are being moved out of the hospitals and being offered other positions ie: OR tech etc. Kaiser is going to all RN...

  17. Need to vent about my horrible night!! UGGG long

    wjf00 replied to txspadequeenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am sure I will be roundly ripped for this. But I have to ask. Why would you call the Doctor without assessing the patient yourself? In California, CNA's can't assess, so it is contingent on the RN...

  18. What kind of error puts a license at risk?

    wjf00 replied to MelodyRNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I remember as a nursing student we went to open BRN hearings as a class. In one case a nurse was floated to well baby nursery. She claimed she had not been oriented, but went anyways. She lost her...

  19. Specimen Mislabeling- Help!

    wjf00 replied to sumas8's topic in Emergency

    Have you considered that the problem may not be with the nurses? Had a similar problem where I worked before, with lab saying our CBC's were all clotting. Problems got worse and worse despite policy...

  20. time management woes

    wjf00 replied to jamonit's topic in General Nursing

    If you actually have free time as a new grad (not likely), you should look up when you see an experienced nurse and Dr. running. Stick your nose in there any time you see a learning

  21. Roseville

    wjf00 replied to LadyNASDAQ's topic in California Nursing

    I work at Kaiser in Sac. Most everyone is 8 hours except the ICU which is mostly all 12 hour

  22. Confused why salaries for new grads are not higher?

    wjf00 replied to YoungWiseWoman's topic in California Nursing

    Hate to be so blunt, but new grad pay is low because frankly, no wants to hire you unless it is a last resort. California has seen a lessening of the nursing shortage. So new grads no longer have the...

  23. Any San Diego RNs out there??

    wjf00 replied to scallisto's topic in California Nursing

    I love San Diego... That's why I moved. When I lived(err.. subsisted) there, I worked ALL THE TIME. And still never got ahead. Now I live Near Sacramento... make nearly twice as much, and spend more...

  24. 8 hr shifts vs. 12 hr shift

    wjf00 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I Like 12's as well, but I will be damned if I will work over 8 hours for straight time. I work 12 only when I FEEL LIKE IT. And I get time and a half to do

  25. "The last place I worked, we did things differently!" (and correctly)

    wjf00 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I always ask the rational for doing things differently. As we strive to use evidence based practice, I want to hear the evidence. If I can confirm the evidence is sound I ask them to bring the...