Blue Crab Lover

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  1. Lets get a current salary thread going for 09/10

    Blue Crab Lover replied to Finallydidit's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    RN raleigh area 36.15 weekend Sat/Sun with full time benefits for 2 days a week. 12 yrs experience. Base pay is 24.16. time and half on weekend days. time and 2/3 weekend nights. Another hospital...

  2. Charting every 2 hours?

    Blue Crab Lover replied to UMBstudent's topic in Emergency

    I had to chart at least every hour on stable patients and q5-15 on unstable critical

  3. bad mgmt + bad decisions=burnout?

    Blue Crab Lover replied to sasha2lady's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Try working in a doctor's office. It may be less stressful. I don't think things will change until nurses stand up and we don't. When we get into management we seem to forget the plight of the...

  4. Frequency of Nursing Assessment

    Blue Crab Lover replied to LinC's topic in General Nursing

    I work on tele unit and we also do step down pts. Regular tele q8. Step down q4 and focus

  5. Drug-Seekers

    Blue Crab Lover replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    All of us in the profession know that nurses and doctors are some of the biggest abusers out

  6. Drug-Seekers

    Blue Crab Lover replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    I don't know where Nurse Gloria works but I can assure you, ER nurses have serious BS radar. Yes there are some people who tell you a detailed story for diagnosis purpose but when they are in the ER...

  7. understaffed and dangers to license?

    Blue Crab Lover replied to lpn2b2006's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at this one hospital and it was a ortho surgical unit. I was tired of coming in and having 8 patients. Very dangerous. I came in one night, looked at the assignment and took my happy self...

  8. how much time did you study a day in nursing school?

    Blue Crab Lover replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    I studied 2-4 hours per day. I never studied the night before a test. I figured "If I don't know it by now, I won't know it by tomorrow." No cramming for me ever. I would chill out and watch a...

  9. If you speak your mind will you get a bad assignment? Come on..come clean!

    Blue Crab Lover replied to Airbrushguy's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above statement totally. No one is that special they will not get a bad assignment. We all must share the bad assignments. I am frequently charge nurse on my unit and there is this...

  10. Drug-Seekers

    Blue Crab Lover replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    I worked in the ER for 7 years. It is a battle that will never be won. It is a war on drugs. I give the meds and get them out. They are going to get it anyway so I don't get upset. I'd rather have a...

  11. Abusive Doctors!

    Blue Crab Lover replied to new_oldRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A large majority of the doctors need to be on the meds they prescribe. When a doctor gets on my nerve, I ignore them as I would my 5 year old. I don't offer any