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  1. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    frodo-dog replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

    My step daughter works at USAA, the insurance company, as a call center rep. She barely graduated high school, yet earns $22/hour and gets $10K bonus each year. She gets full benefits, vacation,...

  2. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    frodo-dog replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

    Peter Fine of Banner Health is reported to have a 2012 base salary that translates to

  3. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    frodo-dog replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

    1. Phoenix AZ 2. 2 3. Med Surg, overloaded ratios. 4. $26 5. N/A 6. Non Union? Just left floor nursing, became an RN Case manager $72,000. LOVE

  4. Corrective Action or Bullying???

    frodo-dog replied to qaqueen's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Just had the same thing happen: I got called in to the managers office and 'written up". The whole write up was total fiction. I proved that by going through the charting. Their response was that I...

  5. Transplant RN Job Opportunity

    frodo-dog replied to GaMommy81's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi GaMommy81, our floor was split between a pseudo ICU and the "specialty med surg", so the nurses were simply assigned to either. The fresh livers went to the pseudo ICU, but our pseudo ICU didnt...

  6. Transplant RN Job Opportunity

    frodo-dog replied to GaMommy81's topic in MICU, SICU

    I did liver kidney transplant for a year. People left the floor to go to med surg to get real experience and a step closer to ICU. The tasks on a transplant floor are pretty much the same every day...

  7. Oregon RN needing ideas for nursing practice hours

    frodo-dog replied to mimartinrn's topic in Nursing Career

    How do you "prove" practice hours? Can you "practice" in another state? Could you do home health for the hours and return to your telemetry? That is a lot. I was looking at getting an OR license and...

  8. Stop complaining about your job - It could be worse.

    frodo-dog replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    The Magnet hospital I work at has not given nurses' a pay rise in 3 years, yet the doctors sit around and gloat about their big bonuses they get each year. But at least they still provide benefits for...

  9. The Patient Who Receives No Visits

    frodo-dog replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How sad, you live your life bearing the burden of being unable to have children, then get judged by nurses for not having visitors in old

  10. I got my first job!!! But I am worried...

    frodo-dog replied to Bunny99's topic in Home Health

    I did the same thing in Phoenix AZ, but got paid $22/hour to start. They had a "new grad" program and you shadowed the existing RN until you were comfortable on your own. You detail that there is...

  11. Why Do People Bully Me?

    frodo-dog replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is me to a tee! I get bullied everywhere I work. I just got written up at work, I was stunned. They showed me a list of lies that the two bullies had run into management with and management had...

  12. CNA pay

    frodo-dog replied to pj10's topic in General Nursing

    In the Arizona Phoenix hospital that I work in, CNA's makes

  13. What did I get myself into??!! I'm scared!!!

    frodo-dog replied to RN_Mommy_2_3's topic in Home Health

    I graduated from school and went straight to home visits. This is different from home health: home visits you visit for 1 hour with a client for a specific reason, and usually fill out OASIS...

  14. Please quit wasting my time: Interview Advice from Hiring Manager

    frodo-dog replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Re Job hopping: I am a new grad and a second career nurse. Prior to nursing I was an IT management contractor; I took 6 month contracts, resolved issues in corporations and moved to the next...

  15. Is it possible to change your enrollment counselor at GCU?

    frodo-dog replied to Alibaba's topic in School, College Programs

    GCU is horrible. Run while you can. I had signed up for GCU, they charged me $1900, I started school, then at the end of the first week, they pulled me out and told me that I could only attend their...

  16. If my goal is Home Health, where should I do preceptorship?

    frodo-dog replied to emptyboxcars's topic in Home Health

    I started in HH straight after graduating. A lot of HH agencies will take a new grad and have seen the light with regard to having a tailored new grad programs. I went to Loving Care Agency that has...

  17. Did you keep your nursing books?

    frodo-dog replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I Love Craigslist: I took my NCLEX, drove home like a madman, put all books on craigslist. They outdate so fast. If needed, I will repurchase an outdated version for

  18. What jobs did you do before nursing?

    frodo-dog replied to nursefrances's topic in General Nursing

    Research engineer (Mechanical and production) Computer programmer systems analyst Project manager for

  19. Mayo Clinic New Grad Program AZ

    frodo-dog replied to AshleyDiane6's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I think mine and "someone elses" were Med/surg. They asked what dept I wanted, there was telemetry, obstetrics, cancer, organ transplant. the "someone else" got the call. I

  20. Mayo Clinic New Grad Program AZ

    frodo-dog replied to AshleyDiane6's topic in Arizona Nursing

    To be honest, I have no idea... I apply for 5 jobs a day and have given up actually hearing anything back from any of them. Hence I dont keep track. 4 months out, hundreds of applications and only 1...

  21. Mayo Clinic New Grad Program AZ

    frodo-dog replied to AshleyDiane6's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I would rather just get an E-Mail, too humiliating to have to talk to them. 4 months out, hundreds of applications and nothing. That was my first and only shot at an interview, if I was still in...

  22. Mayo Clinic New Grad Program AZ

    frodo-dog replied to AshleyDiane6's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Calls went out this morning, I didnt get one. :-( Pretty much giving up on ever getting a

  23. Conflicted about interview with fancy hospital

    frodo-dog replied to lisa333's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Its only an interview. You may or may not get the job, so if you went for the interview, the decision may be made for you. Also, you may get there and either love the place based on the interview or...

  24. Job applications requiring SSN and credit reporting

    frodo-dog posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I am concerned about application packaged software that requests your SSN, permission to pull credit reports (hitting my credit history), driver's license, residences etc. Most hiring companies never...

  25. Arizona Mayo New Grad Program

    frodo-dog replied to BmaeGHSU's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I have an interview at Mayo next week. This is my first interview and I have no idea what to expect. People have written that it is really tough. From all my applications, this is the first and only...