atxnurse

Ditto! By the way, you have a great attitude!!!

I have worked union and non union hospitals; pros and cons for both. Depends on the contract.

Congratulations!

Filled out your survey....didn't take much time at all.

........I would be the good guy/gal, maybe bordering on the soldier.

There is a personality type of test called the "DICE" test that HR uses at some hospitals. We had to take it at a hospital orientation and everybody agreed with their outcome. I forget what all the letters stand for but I was a "D" I guess for Dominant personality. My second letter was "C" for Conformity I believe, and with it's description it said : rule follower, precise with details, etc. Everyone at the ICU table was a "C", the ER people were "D" and the I's had a mix of people from the IS dept and I think the "E" people mainly were OB. It was interesting and it was much more involved than this but that might help you find a direction in which department to go to or just more about your personality. Good luck!

It was a sad day when my best friend went to another unit at another hospital! I miss her all the time. Sometimes it's hard to tell work stories too and we work different shifts so we are a little disconnected. But I think it is the perfect job for her because she never liked what she was doing. It was only a matter of time.

(In Houston)Considering going agency but very nervous about what's out there. I work in an ER and ran into someone from Favorite Nurses, they spoke positively about the company but not too much on their website about pay, etc. I was looking at Intellistaff, NursesRX, I guess I am looking at anything due to the fact I don't even know what agencies are doing what and how reputable they are. Opinions Please!

Our hospital just installed some of those alcohol sanitizers on our unit and it instantly irritated my hands. I stopped using it, left my rings off and switched to Eucerin cream for hand lotion. I left a bottle at the nurses station and noticed a huge improvement in a few days.