LostButMakinGoodTime

LostButMakinGoodTime

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  1. Futile care

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    See it all the time. Add in ECMO/LVAD/RVAD/Nitric/etc. for even more

  2. Do you keep your rn shoes in the car after a shift?

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to fsv1024's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My nurse shoes stay in my locker at the hospital

  3. what are the best mens scrubs you have found?

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to Buckyxj's topic in Men in Nursing

    For guys, especially tall ones, Aviator scrubs are the bomb . They last forever, and just keep getting better as you wear them. Buy a few sets of Aviators and some Danskos, and spend your uniform...

  4. Have you ever been mistaken for a doctor?

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Men in Nursing

    At 51 years of age, I have plenty of gray hair . Add ceil blue surgical scrubs, and our white lab coats, and I'm mistaken for a surgeon ALL the time. Not always a bad thing, I have no problems being...

  5. Male Nurses in Crocs?

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to j_tay1981's topic in Men in Nursing

    +1 . My Danskos have 5 years of 12 hour ICU shifts on them, and they still feel great. They LOOK awful, but that just makes me appear more

  6. please educate me Should I get a position in union vs nonunion facility?

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    If you are considering working in a union facility, make certain you are actually represented by a union, and not just paying dues to an organization like the SEIU. My facility is represented by the...

  7. Question about Pittsburgh Hospitals

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to Bethany_RN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I work for WPAHS. A good portion of my colleagues (nurses AND physicians) used to work for the Evil Empire. 'Nuff

  8. Pittsburgh area...LTC to acute setting

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    They sent OB and neonate to West Penn. Don't know how long they will remain there, as the hospital is struggling to remain open. Magnet status doesn't pay the bills

  9. Nursing shortage?

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to unjustlysweet's topic in General Nursing

    We have a nursing glut in western PA. Lots of nursing programs producing lots of new graduates, plus one of the areas health systems failing and laying off RNs equals no nursing shortage in this

  10. UPMC reinstates benefits

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to ghillbert's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    The job market for nurses in Pittsburgh will be horrible for years to come. Nursing schools continue to pour out new grads even as health systems cut back. WPAHS has closed Suburban General in...

  11. nurse market in Pennsylvania

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to lilyli's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    The job market for RNs in western PA will be getting much worse, as hundreds of experienced RNs will be losing jobs due to the consolidation of West Penn Hospital and Allegheny General Hospital. Lousy...

  12. Pittsburgh area...LTC to acute setting

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    The already tight job market for nurses in western PA. may be tightening up some more. We were told at a staff meeting last week that WPAHS plans on moving the burn unit, CT surgery, OB, and...

  13. how do raises work at your hospital??

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to doglvr's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    You test for certification when you finish ACLS and PALS. They issue a card after you pass the

  14. how do raises work at your hospital??

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to doglvr's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Most community colleges with an EMS program have ACLS, PALS, and phlebotomy programs. Here is western PA, CCAC (Allegheny County) and BCCC (Butler County) have them. I'm sure others do as

  15. how do raises work at your hospital??

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to doglvr's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I agree . I have a BSN, ACLS, PALS, getting ready to test for CCRN. We also scrub and circulate for open chest procedures on our unit, as well as respond to codes and MET calls with the house arrest...

  16. how do raises work at your hospital??

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to doglvr's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Four years experience on an SICU in a 800 bed teaching hospital...22.43 per hour. My younger brother drives a garbage truck and makes over

  17. how do raises work at your hospital??

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to doglvr's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Raise? What's a raise? Our union negotiates EXTREMELY modest raises for us, but due to the new staff starting at a higher rate of pay, after 4 years in the ICU I have some new nurses making MORE than...

  18. Decertifying a union

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to LostButMakinGoodTime's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Oddly enough, not many copies of the constitution floating around. The local "organizers" have been asked for one, they are "working" on

  19. Decertifying a union

    LostButMakinGoodTime posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Could someone please shed some light on how staff would go about ridding themselves of a union that does nothing but suck funds from their paychecks? We are represented by the SEIU Local 1199P. These...

  20. Decertifying a union

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to LostButMakinGoodTime's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    We don't have meetings. We have asked the SEIU to give us an accounting of what they spend our dues money on, as they collect 80K per month, and pay no salaries to our officers. The membership would...

  21. Decertifying a union

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to LostButMakinGoodTime's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    We are not giving up representation and protection. We have very little to none from the SEIU. The SEIU is nothing but a political fundraising arm. The staff needs representation from a professional...

  22. Decertifying a union

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to LostButMakinGoodTime's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Thank you for the

  23. Nursing BURN OUT!!

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the kind thoughts and wishes :). No, I didn't realize that nursing wasn't for me while I was in school. I finished most of my BSN, and passed my CCRN as well before I finally reached the...

  24. Nursing BURN OUT!!

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks

  25. Nursing BURN OUT!!

    LostButMakinGoodTime replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    It probably is a great resource. I'm beyond that. I hope to be out of nursing soon...my license is up for renewal in October, I won't be renewing