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  1. Sign-on Bonus contract terms

    ZootRN replied to Keshet's topic in General Nursing

    I was offered $3,000 sign on bonus once for one year commitment, after 3 months of orientation. Not too bad of a deal, but place was so bad, I left after four months without taking a

  2. what are risks of PSA blood test?

    ZootRN replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    It's a blood test, so I can't really think of any other risks other that those related to venipuncture. False-positive is not really a "risk", just a need for further

  3. Help! Is this a nursing diagnosis??

    ZootRN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    They were telling us in nursing school we cannot use medical diagnosis for "related to" part. So instead of Alzheimer should be something like "altered mental status" or something like that, evidenced...

  4. RN Overtime Hours

    ZootRN replied to bigtimer225's topic in General Nursing

    I do not work OT anymore. Use to pick up shift her and there, when they would pay premium bonus for that, but not anymore - enrolled in BSN, too much to do on my days

  5. Colleges are full?

    ZootRN replied to G to The P's topic in General Nursing

    That's not about people changing their mind, but about grave realities of modern version of bedside nursing. Ivory-tower nursing schools do not prepare you for that, and many people are panicking...

  6. Being called "Nurse".

    ZootRN replied to PsychRN-Kris's topic in General Nursing

    I am quire proud of my title, and don't mind being called "nurse" by the patient. Doctors never call me like that, only by first name. It irritates me when they introduce themselves "Dr Soandso", and...

  7. Can a patient fall for a nurse?

    ZootRN replied to Spanky99's topic in General Nursing

    Patient can fall for a nurse, and it happens all the time. However, I don't know how nurse can fall for a patient. I've seen some cute young males that I would have found interesting otherwise, but...

  8. Contacted Oprah Show About Nursing Issues

    ZootRN replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    After reading the article, this woman scares me. What if in her next show she will order her couch-bound followers to worship nurses? We'll have to make our way to work through mobs of 60 millions...

  9. HELP,.might have been scammed!!!!

    ZootRN replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Call you credit card company and put a charge on hold until the issue will be

  10. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    ZootRN replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient's wife saying to me that it's been a few years since she is out of nursing. On my question, is she a nurse, she answered she is medical assistant. What's up with the idea that everyone...

  11. Contacted Oprah Show About Nursing Issues

    ZootRN replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    If you wait for someone to come and magically fix the problems plaguing our profession for centuries, you are wasting your time. We are the only people who able to help themselves, and there are no...

  12. Would you recommend nursing to your daughter?

    ZootRN replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    No, I would not. There are better things to do for a bright articulate female, than struggle in submissive occupation, called to please everyone. I can't believe some things that I have to listen to,...

  13. Looking down on those who take lunch breaks???

    ZootRN replied to mismissy69's topic in General Nursing

    I take my lunch break every single day. I may take it late, but I will never go for 12 hours without it. Those who are looking down on me (and there are some who do so) can kiss my

  14. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    ZootRN replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    Nice doctor brought in a box of donuts today, saying that's for us, special people. That was the only good thing in my horrible day at

  15. Contracts with sign-on bonuses

    ZootRN replied to texascowgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of the hospital making sure nurses get breaks. It is your responsibility to organize your day in a way that will allow for breaks (which many of us found to be impossible with current...

  16. Did anyone lose weight AFTER becoming a nurse?

    ZootRN replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

    Um..you guys gonna laugh..gained 5 pounds while in school, lost them immediately after plus 3 more, and my weight hasn't changed since

  17. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    ZootRN replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Where do you work? I'd move in a heart beat for this nurses

  18. What are the pros and cons of working in CCU?

    ZootRN replied to Katydidit34's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    By the time people are done with Med Surg and tele, they may want to move out of

  19. Sleeping during nightshift!!

    ZootRN replied to helpinghands's topic in General Nursing

    Not many years ago in different country, I was in the hospital as patient, receiving antibiotics IM around the clock. One of the dose was at midnight. As a patient, you supposed to get out of bed at...

  20. Will I need a female RN with me every time????

    ZootRN replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Once I was asked to be present in a room by male ECG tech doing ECG on female patient. I did it for him because I was not busy at the moment, but if all of them would ask me every time they do it, I...

  21. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    ZootRN replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Where the $11 comes from? Why not $10 or $12? I've seen LPN's recently making $12 an hour. And the only difference with RN's was that RN had to sign off on their care plans. It was an interesting...

  22. why should doctors be paid higher

    ZootRN replied to etinosa's topic in General Nursing

    Doctors are paid more because they bill insurance companies for their services. If it would a fee-for-service business and people would be paying out of pocket (as they always have throughout the...

  23. Question... are we supposed to help? Good Samaritan.

    ZootRN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    My understanding of Good Samaritan law is that you cannot be held legally responsible for not stopping and helping. If you choose to stop and help, you have to perform at the expected level of medical...

  24. Why do so many of you hate working med/surg?

    ZootRN replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    I hated it because of intolerable and unsafe patient load. I enjoyed it on days when staffing ratios were adequate and I actually was able to provide the care that patients needed, not just run the...

  25. Just where do our services end?

    ZootRN replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    I had family members demanding that I will call a doctor because they want to talk to him. I can imagine going thru the answering service and paging doc, so they can tell him that their mom is...