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  1. Please be honest!

    fungez replied to kalinka's topic in General Nursing

    I do it for the salary. I think I'm paid adequately, but the lack of respect, or downright disrespect we get from admininstration kills any job satisfaction I get. And it's just get worse with...

  2. "Not a good fit" - or what?!

    fungez replied to DeLana_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I leave it blank, as I think they would frown on writing "job sucked" or "I want more money" or "I hated my boss" which would be my honest

  3. Advice needed on job offers

    fungez replied to Cranberrygirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Teaching hospitals are wonderful. You will learn so much. And I've never worked LTC, but I have worked Rehab, and it not comparable to the hospital experience. BUT there is no way I would commute 2...

  4. How much of a yearly increase in pay do you see?

    fungez replied to missie988's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, you must work for HCA

  5. Quit My Job Today

    fungez replied to diane227's topic in General Nursing

    Google "how hospitals don't learn from their mistakes" by Anita L. Tucker. Talks extensively about how nurses who bring up problems in the hospital setting are considered whiny, mouthy, not team...

  6. On the call light like a Jeopardy buzzer

    fungez replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    But if we do the Studer hourly rounds, we won't have people on the their call lights! For patients who are always hitting their lights, I take my time going in there. Rushing in evertime they hit...

  7. How Do I Follow Up After an Online Application?

    fungez replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    Go up the unit, in scubs, resume in hand, and tell the manager, "here I am, I am ready to work today." Tell her you applied online but you wanted to follow up in person. If I had to rely on nurse...

  8. Burnt out on bedside nursing

    fungez replied to jlbic's topic in General Nursing

    How did you crendential yourself to get this HIM job? Or was it something you lucked

  9. Burnt out on bedside nursing

    fungez replied to jlbic's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I can relate. I can't speak for correctional but I have heard the prisoners are very respectful. I I've worked in hospitals awhile now and the work is very difficult and stressful but to a...

  10. Taking a pay cut to work PRN

    fungez posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've always assumed that PRN staff makes more, usually base plus another 15%. Well, you know what they say about assuming. In the HCA owned hospital in Austin, I took a $2.50 pay CUT to go from...

  11. Gave My Notice, Now Told it Wasn't Enough

    fungez replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

    I used to worry about burning bridges and not leaving on a bad note in case I wanted to go back. Trust me, you will not want to go back. In fact, once you get some time and distance behind you...

  12. NEVER say we are short staffed.

    fungez replied to TipitiwichitRN's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I'd rather know my nurse was overworked than wonder if she was incompetent or

  13. NEVER say we are short staffed.

    fungez replied to TipitiwichitRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I first heard we were NEVER to say we were short-staffed my mouth dropped open. What we were supposed to tell the patient when his tray was two hours late, or it took me 30 minutes to bring in...

  14. Turn every two hours

    fungez replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Not turning a comatose patient is horrible nursing care. I've never encountered it in my

  15. Hourly rounding signoff sheet

    fungez replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    I don't sign them either. I "forget." And if we all forgot, they'd have to dispense with

  16. Best article ever written on the nursing experience

    fungez posted a topic in General Nursing

    Awhile ago I stumbled across an article written entitled "Why Hospitals Don't Learn From Failures" by Anita L. Tucker, a Harvard Business Professor. I'm not going to link it because I'm computer...

  17. Best article ever written on the nursing experience

    fungez replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I put it in my manager's box. Still no clean

  18. Best article ever written on the nursing experience

    fungez replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the link. I will check that

  19. switching from nights to days - experiences?

    fungez replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    You're worrying too much. I'm a worrier too so I can relate. And most of the time the stuff I worry about doesn't happen or is minimal. Of course, once in a while it's way worse than I worried...

  20. Best article ever written on the nursing experience

    fungez replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! thank you, you are a computer

  21. Hourly rounding signoff sheet

    fungez replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Who is JC? I thought this was a Quint Studer

  22. Where does the public get the idea that nurses make a ton of money?

    fungez replied to edogs334's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Holy cannolli, where do you work? When I was nursing school everyone talked about how much money they'd soon be making. They must have working for min. wage prior to make GN salaries look good. I...

  23. Hourly rounding signoff sheet

    fungez replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't that nice. If tracers were tracking you what's the point of signing the sheet except to make extra, unnecessary

  24. Disciplinary action?? Really?

    fungez replied to traumaQN's topic in General Nursing

    If you do not know the number of your ex's new skank, then you cannot have texted her. Therefore, they are colluding to get you fired by falsifying information. They are harassing you. Get a...

  25. Hypersomnia - any experiences?

    fungez replied to Meraki's topic in Health, Stress Management

    My teen daughter had a very severe case of hypersomnia, in conjunction with gettingonmynervesitis. When I worked nights I could never sleep during the day. Towards the end I'd get two good hours...