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  1. Detox in Jail?

    delilas replied to Glycerine82's topic in Correctional

    I worked corrections, albeit prison and not jail. In my prison, opiate users don't get any special treatment for detox except for perhaps an infirmary stay for a couple days through the worst of it....

  2. Another reason unions suck!

    delilas replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I'm going to ignore all the backbiting about taxes and post to the original topic. I'm union, and while ours go by seniority, our managers weigh in, also. Everyone gets to make two requests for...

  3. Started a new faculty job...[rant/need advice]

    delilas posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I just hired in to be a full time faculty member in a school of nursing. I am on my second day of orientation and already wondering if I should be looking to jump ship. My first big red flag was that...

  4. Started a new faculty job...[rant/need advice]

    delilas replied to delilas's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Yes. Even so, they had a relatively good rep until the last few years, apparently. They were purchased by a large national for-profit at some

  5. Columbus - in need of a community health preceptor

    delilas posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

    I am working on finishing my RN-BSN, and to do so, I need to find a BSN prepared preceptor in a "community health" setting - more or less any setting but inpatient hospital care qualifies. I moved...

  6. Columbus - in need of a community health preceptor

    delilas replied to delilas's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Yes, I've tried reaching out to a few, as well as a couple of traveling outreach clinics, and I'm not getting replies. When I call, I tend to hear that "So and so will call you back if there's...

  7. Hospital staff/no weekends/holidays

    delilas replied to finallyRN7's topic in General Nursing

    I float system-wide for four hospitals. I don't have to work weekends, holidays, or essentially any day I don't want to work, and I get a higher base rate, but I don't get benefits or

  8. discovered and reported falsification of VS

    delilas replied to traumaRNdrama's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That isn't an excuse to make it up. I just admitted a patient today who still hasn't recovered from taking her labetalol and having a major hypotensive episode. We're talking about the potential to...

  9. Nursing Salary Survey 2014

    delilas replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Geographic location: Central Ohio Pay rate: 40/hour In which area / specialty do you work?I flex for Stepdown units across 4 different hospitals in one health system. What type of license do you have...

  10. Don't go into nursing school if_____

    delilas replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in General Students

    + If you think you'll ever be too good to scrub down a patient in a good old fashioned bed bath. + If rectal foleys don't make you happy. + If you can't treat nursing school like a full time job. + If...

  11. The Zoll Defibrillator for dummies: explain this thing!

    delilas replied to myuasurion's topic in General Nursing

    On a unit I was a charge nurse for, we'd occasionally pull people aside as we checked our crash carts each morning and run them through it. "How do you pace? how do you change the joules?" etc, and...

  12. are fluids and electrolytes really THAT bad?

    delilas replied to TarheelGirlx3's topic in General Students

    It's a million times easier to understand in practice than in the classroom. The classroom tends to be rote memorization of signs/symptoms and normal levels. While thats certainly necessary to some...

  13. Catch 22 to get certified or get a job in Oncology

    delilas posted a topic in Oncology

    I've been interested in Oncology from the beginning; I've been looking at the jobs, and most require one type of certification or another from ONCC - I knew this and am not surprised. I've been...

  14. new grad with first rn job at correctional facility... advice on what to study?

    delilas replied to Ozzarozz's topic in Correctional

    I hated wearing 60 pounds of gear and running alone to emergencies across a 3/4 mile wide spanse. My facility was built in 1918 and now consists of 11 different buildings, any of which I could be...

  15. Obs Unit?

    delilas replied to jeangarc18's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I've seen plenty of obs units that are extensions of the ED - usually patients who may not meet criteria for admission but the doc doesnt want discharged yet (often chest pains, SOB, etc). I've never...

  16. new grad with first rn job at correctional facility... advice on what to study?

    delilas replied to Ozzarozz's topic in Correctional

    Ohhh, I got lots of it. Correctional Nursing is definitely a niche. I loved it and hated it at the same time. I've moved on to hospital work since then, but I continue to PRN at the prison to keep my...

  17. Note from a new nurse to all the preceptors out there

    delilas replied to nikkole318's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are definitely preceptors who like to eat their young still, but you also have to understand, that a good chunk of the people we precept are lazy, know-it-all, unappreciative, and argumentative....

  18. Top 10 Reasons We Get Fired! - Social Media

    delilas replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Don't friend your boss, either, and be very wary of even what coworkers you friend. One of my jobs has a policy to not be friends with anyone in a leadership or management position over you, and my...

  19. To The RN's Who Worked With LPN's In The Hospital..

    delilas replied to pookyp's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I still work with LPNs at one of my hospital jobs. Most of the time I don't mind, but days they are assigned patients with lots of IVP meds, or for oversight reasons given patients with CVCs and...

  20. FORTIS college columbus ohio?

    delilas replied to studentstudent's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Either way, fortis is not a reputable school. They've gone through multiple name changes in the last 10 years because they kept getting in trouble; they were reprimanded just in 2011 for having an RN...

  21. New Grad BSN..looking for job in Columbus...There's Hope.

    delilas replied to DelleRN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    OSU doesn't require you go through new grad residency, at least, not for the position I interviewed for recently - I was interviewed along with a brand new grad. I could've had the position, but it...

  22. BSN vs ADN in Cleveland/Akron Area

    delilas replied to musaafirah's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Ohio as a whole is going for "BSN in 10" and trying to get as many nurses as possible BSN prepared. Regardless, BSN is the way to go. I did my nursing in 3 steps (LPN, RN, BSN), so either way you go...

  23. [Rant] Not hireable because of a VOLUNTARY accreditation

    delilas posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been interviewing over the last couple weeks for a great position at a large research and teaching hospital near me. I was really excited because I the interviews went excellent, the benefits...

  24. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    delilas replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

    1. Ohio 2. 3 3. PCU 4. Hourly pay: 24.40 5. Nightshift diff = 5.00/hour, Weekend diff = 3.00/hour 6. Union?

  25. How long do you generally have to stay past the end of your shift?

    delilas replied to jenik1978's topic in General Nursing

    In 10 months at this particular hospital, I can count on one hand the number of times I have gotten out "on time" -that is to say, within a half hour of the time Im SUPPOSED to be clocked out. We are...