cb_rn

cb_rn

CT stepdown, hospice, psych, ortho

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  1. Can they make you work full time and not pay you benefits?

    cb_rn replied to jxRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to say once, at this tiny hospital, I switched to per diem and got a whopping raise of....$1 an hour. Some premium, huh? but I had a job, so I will not

  2. XPost, Admins/Mgr please answer written interview

    cb_rn replied to cb_rn's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I'm not at all trying to junk up your section of the forum so please don't take it as such. I browsed around and found a this part of the forum that reads LTC: Directors nursing and Assistant...

  3. XPost, Admins/Mgr please answer written interview

    cb_rn posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    would some of you kind infection control nurses be kind enough to answer these questions for me? they are for an rn-bsn class and i can't get started on the final paper until i have completed these...

  4. Made to float, when I know I will sink.

    cb_rn replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be interested in knowing other's opinions on this: Public whistleblowing. What would happen if someone took the issue to the newspaper? How would the community feel about being cared for about...

  5. Made to float, when I know I will sink.

    cb_rn replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps you're right but I couldn't, in good conscience, not attempt to do something. I don't know what the answer is but doing/attempting nothing, changes nothing. Maybe someone on the other end of...

  6. XPost Educators please answer written "interview"

    cb_rn posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    would some of you kind infection control nurses be kind enough to answer these questions for me? they are for an rn-bsn class and i can't get started on the final paper until i have completed these...

  7. Made to float, when I know I will sink.

    cb_rn replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I'm just inflamed at the moment from thinking about a nurse with no training in pediatrics being sent to take care of my ill child but I wouldn't wait around to see what link on your hospital's...

  8. 6 mos pregnant and offered new grad position

    cb_rn replied to avroman13's topic in General Nursing

    OP I am so glad that worked out for you. :) It will be a little challenging to go out for 6 weeks and then have to pick back up but you can do

  9. So what is the deal with nursing.....

    cb_rn replied to spacemom1's topic in General Nursing

    The short answer is there is a nursing shortage for experienced nurses in certain specialties in certain areas. OR, ICU and L&D tend to be in demand. For the new grad, the world is no longer your...

  10. patient choked after taking pills..

    cb_rn replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is slightly off topic but sort of related to aspiration/choking I once got my you know what reamed for continuing the practice of giving pills with applesauce for a patient on thickened liquids....

  11. Jobs, No Jobs, Career Options

    cb_rn replied to OldMareLPN's topic in General Nursing

    it is a rigorous occupation. you still have to pass the physical fitness tests each year and be fit for service. and the nurses get deployed to areas like guantanamo bay where you are working with the...

  12. Any kind souls willing to answer thoughtful 12 question written interview for me?

    cb_rn replied to cb_rn's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I really appreciate you taking the time to answer. I always enjoy reading your posts on the forum. I read a thread where you an llg were talking about CNS vs NP and it really influenced my decision...

  13. Interviewing for Telehealth nurse position...questions

    cb_rn replied to BrooklynRN26's topic in General Nursing

    This is your first nursing job? It could be difficult without a background in nursing assessment other than clinicals to base it on. I did some telehealth in conjunction with my home health and...

  14. Cross post - kind souls in specialties willing to answer 12 question writtens?

    cb_rn posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    this is a cross post. i'm finishing up my bsn and as one of my very last classes i need to collect "interviews" on certain specialties for a paper. i did not write these questions, they are the...

  15. "practice what you preach"..am I only one who gets this?

    cb_rn replied to Shanlee79's topic in General Nursing

    Uh. Does cereal suddenly become unnutritious if it is consumed at the "wrong" time of the day? Unless you're like my kids and love the stuff that's nothing but crunchy

  16. What's your favorite computer charting program?

    cb_rn replied to TDCHIM's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely agree. Meditech uses F keys...use your imagination and come up with what you want based on that tidbit of information. It is the most unfriendly program and the mouse is hardly ever

  17. Caught a big med error!

    cb_rn replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    Reminds me of the time one of the excellent nurses on the unit accidently hung a second bag of heparin instead of milrinone. Yep. 2 hep drips, no milrinone running in the PICC. Nobody did the 2 nurse...

  18. Apical Pulse Rate

    cb_rn replied to healthstar's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of the hand method either. Is that an offical technique or was she just having you take an apical and she was verifying you got it right? In which case, you'd have thought she'd use...

  19. Wow the doors are all closing, when will one open?

    cb_rn replied to Destiny12's topic in General Nursing

    No advice for you but you're in my thoughts. Praying for the right door to open for you

  20. 6 mos pregnant and offered new grad position

    cb_rn replied to avroman13's topic in General Nursing

    If she can't afford to delay her start date and the employer is willing for her to start, then that is what she should do providing it its necessary for her situation. However, I still don't think its...

  21. will i be able to get a job in a hospital as a graduate nurse or cna?

    cb_rn replied to kimesha101's topic in General Nursing

    I know of instances where this happened sort of. Neither had a license yet but they were both graduates from RN programs. Without the license the hospital felt they were walking time bombs for doing...

  22. Workplace violence

    cb_rn replied to CNL2B's topic in General Nursing

    I just did a very interesting project on workplace violence. Bullying is "overt and covert non physical hostility such as criticism, sabatoge, undermining, infighting, scapegoating, and bickering"...

  23. 6 mos pregnant and offered new grad position

    cb_rn replied to avroman13's topic in General Nursing

    Ask them to delay your start date. I did this for my first real nursing job (the one I took AFTER a super scary totally unsafe situation in my first, first job) and the manager was happy to delay the...

  24. Embarrassing/Clumsy Moments!

    cb_rn replied to BKCinNOLA's topic in Nursing Humor

    That's

  25. Does Nursing School teach you what you can and can't say to patients?

    cb_rn replied to Cathylady's topic in General Students

    Lets differentiate between upfront about a health or safety issue and saying something stupid about something with no bearing on their care. There are plenty of times lots of people in healthcare say...