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  1. "Fired for NO Reason"

    sunnycalifRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    ruby, thanks for your original post and for sticking with this thread. to your original point, i, too, have seen the "just don't get it" type of new grads and understand the anguish that you're...

  2. 6 weeks of vacation to start as an RN :D

    sunnycalifRN replied to Iggy123's topic in General Nursing

    Wow!! That's awesome! I get 208 hrs vacation per year but that's only 5.2 weeks. Enjoy your new job and your vacation

  3. Do I need to volunteer in a health care setting to make sure i get in?

    sunnycalifRN replied to NurseBanana's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's pretty clear from all the comments, that it IS a good idea to volunteer, both to give your app an edge and to see if nursing is what you think it is. What I'm seeing some unemployed new...

  4. Do you think this is fair compensation for orientation?

    sunnycalifRN replied to lvnjden4ever, R.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    Couldn't have said it better, so I'll quote it. If you let this first one go, next thing you know, they'll change your hourly rate. I work in the SF Bay area also, and I'm kind of surprised that...

  5. Respiratory to RN

    sunnycalifRN replied to litebrightgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I would agree that she should not go into the RT program as a "holding pattern", waiting for acceptance into a nursing program. But, if she completes the program and works as an RRT, experience as an...

  6. Is It Just Me...

    sunnycalifRN replied to kbm318's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP, I never ask nursing students or new grads why they wanted to become a nurse. For the thousands of RN's on this website, there are thousand of reasons they went into nursing, some were...

  7. nursing career

    sunnycalifRN replied to umphlettm's topic in General Nursing

    yes, most of your colleagues will be women but, where I work, they definitely appreciate their male colleagues, especially our "upper body strength" for the heavy lifting. I haven't found any issue...

  8. Respiratory to RN

    sunnycalifRN replied to litebrightgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I can answer this one from experience. I tried to get into nursing first, but only got onto the "wait list". So, I did the respiratory therapy program and worked as an RRT for 10 yrs. I...

  9. New to ICU!

    sunnycalifRN replied to ONCRN84's topic in MICU, SICU

    excellent advice! Congratulations, you will have a blast in ICU. A great reference is The ICU Book by Marino and a great basic website is

  10. Drug incompatibility in ICU

    sunnycalifRN replied to myra r.n's topic in Critical Care

    Wow, that IS slow! Ours takes only

  11. How to Show Others You Are Happy While Working...

    sunnycalifRN replied to abundantjoy07's topic in General Nursing

    by George, I think that's it . . . you need to wear at least ten pieces of "flair" . . . one happy face, one "I luv nursing" , one "Hug a nurse", one "I luv being your nurse", one "resuscitate with...

  12. texting at work

    sunnycalifRN replied to questionsforall's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Wow, didn't realize that texting was such a big deal. Personally, I don't even carry my cell phone with me when I work; it's turned off in my locker. My wife has the unit's phone number and can and...

  13. Is This a HIPPA Violation?

    sunnycalifRN replied to TeleNurse30's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about a HIPAA violation but I do know that one must be very careful about "snooping". Case in point, one time, one of of our RN's, an asthmatic, was hospitalized for an acute...

  14. You know your shift is going to be INSANELY busy when...

    sunnycalifRN replied to abbaking's topic in Nursing Humor

    as you and your fellow RN's walk into the unit at start of shift, and all of night shift starts

  15. Professions before nursing

    sunnycalifRN replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    factory worker (rubber, aerospace), computer/high tech, respiratory

  16. Starting Salary

    sunnycalifRN replied to mindystl's topic in General Nursing

    All depends. If they are new RN's, they're most likely renting but if they've been RN's for a long time, they probably bought their home when home prices were

  17. Hospital Romances

    sunnycalifRN replied to 2bnursejacksonrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Agreed. Those shows are soaps, nothing more . . . and nurses are nonexistent in them; that's cuz the docs do everything, start IV's, hang piggybacks, give meds, ambulate patients, do CT scans, do...

  18. Hospital Romances

    sunnycalifRN replied to 2bnursejacksonrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work at a teaching hospital and the young interns and residents all look like Dugie Howser to me; very young . . . but I'm 58, married and very boring to my younger female colleagues. But, I do...

  19. texting at work

    sunnycalifRN replied to questionsforall's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't think it's a joke. Unfortunately, there are a few iPhone text'ers in our ICU, too. And, here's the icing on the cake, these texting RN's will tell the family members who try to use their...

  20. Starting Salary

    sunnycalifRN replied to mindystl's topic in General Nursing

    So, true. It takes two RN salaries to be able to buy a house in the SF Bay area . . . and that was before the banks became strict about lending. I bought my house way back in the day . . . I could...

  21. Quit after first day of orientation!

    sunnycalifRN replied to FLg8r's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what to say. Didn't you notice the physical aspects of the job during your clinical rotations? I've heard of RN's crying after their first day . . . but to quit . .

  22. Oscillating ventilation

    sunnycalifRN replied to putmetosleep's topic in MICU, SICU

    It's been a long time since I've seen HFOV. Years ago as an RT in NICU and at that time the oscillator looked like a large speaker (maybe 12-16" diameter) and the circuit was heavy plastic tubing, to...

  23. Starting Salary

    sunnycalifRN replied to mindystl's topic in General Nursing

    however, if mindystl is just starting her schooling, maybe the economy will have turned around by the time she's in the job market (3-4 yrs) and there will be plenty of nursing

  24. Feeling like giving up my nursing career.....

    sunnycalifRN replied to NancyN's topic in General Nursing

    having that much stress at work is unhealthy, but you know what the job market is like right now . . . maybe clinic nursings, or one of the procedure

  25. Oscillating ventilation

    sunnycalifRN replied to putmetosleep's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks for setting me straight. Just one more question, are you using the SensorMedics oscillator? It's the only one I could find. I want to put together some info to give to our ICU