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My original employer got rid of a lot of staff. Not many remain. I left because I knew I wasn't safe being staff that was there with way more years of service were sent packing. I see PRN openings and staffing agencies have contracts with them. It wasn't a good place to work prior and it would be a last resort to go back. I've had two companies turn me down because of 'no recent hospital experience.' Another was a generic email of 'not at this time' type thing.
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I have been an RN since 2010. I was in an acute care hospital, M/S speciality. My facility was downsizing so I took a position with a Home Care position, it was only offer at the time. It's been 10 months and I am being turned down for hospital positions because I don't have recent acute care experience. I am applying for jobs that are M/S which I have the bulk of my experience in. Suggestions?
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Update---- I got my pay for the suspension...the super was found to have acted based on emotions. There were several options available to resolve the situation but the super felt inclined to bully me instead. Turns out I wasn't the only one bullied that day...grant it the super has a history or it but apparently was on a roll that day.
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Sure is true! It's recommended all possesions be sent home with a family member or locked in a safe by security. Very few take advantage of this & items are lost/stolen all the time. We had a fella with a pen knife in his possession that his psyc room mate stole & threatened him with.....so the knife was not returned to the owner & the other guy was moved to a private room right next to where he was moved from. I'm at the point where I just want to safely collect my paycheck & not have patients threaten me or those that are there for real help.
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Supposidly one rep works at my facility. I've never seen her or met her. We've been told in the past to fax her concerns like nurse pt ratio issues but we never hear boo. I was all about the union trying to get people to rally with the issues I saw when I started. Everyone elses attitude was forget about it, union only collects dues. Yup, I too agree now. We had such issues with staffing & we would fax away. Never anything. Which at my place it's safe to have 2 nurses on a floor that can accept 40 pts. We did it with 3 nurses once since I've been there. I don't feel that's safe but again I have no outside experience. I know I nee to move on but it's like a bad relationship....it's familiar & I hate change! Awful haha
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The problem with my facility is....the nurse is the last to know. Policy is good for the moment. Everything is flexible. Smoking is okay for the cop in his own room but not okay for the drug addict that is sharing a room. I have to assume if the addict had his own room it would be okay for him too? New rules show up in the bathroom. No joke. While you sit & do your business you can read all about it. They threaten suspension to all when the upper eschilon has messed something up. Weapons are okay to have as long as you don't threaten anyone. When you do, you get your own room. Again, no joke. I work at a facility that caters to the system abusing population. I along with my co-workers, pay them for their abuse. My immediate manager doesn't tolerate us being abused but unfortunately she's not there 24/7. The union isn't welcome on the floors so they can't really see what we deal with & we honestly don't know he rules or our rights. We are all lost & ask one another what is okay & honestly wing it. And as far as this last incident...the super went through her stuff with security & theneft it in her room. They didn't check to see what & where she stashed stuff. And our security is a complete joke as well. They don't even look up from their phone orlaptop to see who's comin or going. Anyone can come at any time & never be acknowledged. I had a guy storm in to kick my butt because the doc took away his drug addict wife's iv diludid away & made it po. All I can say is that I would have never thought nursing meant abuse. It's very disheartening after a year & a half to want out. But I guess it's no surprise when I hear nurses that have been there for years that they would leave too if it wasn't so close to home.... And I wonder if it's just the hospital I work or is it like this everywhere???? It's my first and only job as a RN (18ish months)
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I was told to sign off on my patients & go home & not return tomorrow (today) & call HR on Monday. Here's a little on what lead to this. One of my pts was a Q15 while she waited for a bed at a rehab. She overdosed at home which brought her to the hosp for the 4th time. She was agitated from go & was having tantrums throughout the day. Whatever. Her husband comes in mid afternoon with a black heavy duty landscape bag & a shoulder tote full of personal belongings. Due to the fact that she's a q15 on a Med-Surg floor I told him she cannot have it bring it home. She pitches yet another fit & states she's keeping it, which she does, & her husband leaves. She starts squirreling stuff away throughout her side of the room. I'm watching all this as I'm calling for my supervisor. Long story short, supervisor says she can keep all her belongings, just not in her room. The kicker is, I have to check in all these belongings that I said she couldn't have...make-up, perfume, jewelry, toiletries, & a weeks worth of a high-maintenance wardrobe. I flat out refused. A little back ground on this supervisor...he had/has a habit or bullying. He was managing a unit that basically stood up & had him resign. Yes he's that bad. So in the place I work, that entitles a promotion. Whatever. I, like most, have had issues with him in the past as well but haven't written him up...just verbally vented to co-workers. I don't feel I was wrong in trying to maintain a safe & secure environment. There is no room to store her possessions & when you're in a hospital you wear a gown & scrub bottoms when appropriate. He reinforced to her that I don't matter & she can do what she wants. (btw he did that to another pt that told me to suck his ____ while calling me the 'C' word & told me he'd see me in the streets....super did nothing again of course....well no, he reinforced it was ok by not taking action, so yes, he did do something) I have a call out to a union rep regarding the matter but I would like some feedback from you guys too.
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My base pay as a new grad to the ED is $25.26 at Kimball. There is a $3 and a $5 differential but I haven't figured out what times those figures pick up yet. I think the $3 is after 330pm and the $5 may pick up after 1130pm...this is all an assumption because it was not explained to me. I did notice after my first paycheck though that there was some sort of differential happening at some point. After taxes and without benefits yet, I took a $500 hit for two weeks pay. I forget if I claimed 1 or 0. At this rate I will be bringing $36k home a year. Not much you can do with that in NJ. Now I see why so many nurses have several jobs. I though they just loved the income or were careless spenders. My view has certainly shifted.
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