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  1. What kind of holiday bonus do you get?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

    I think this thread would be one that the hospitals/other places of employment wouldn't want to exist because it shows the huge difference of how nurses are treated at different

  2. vent for those who work midnights

    DizzyLizzyNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    WHY WHY WHY can't people be more understanding of those of us who work midnights????? This is a small incident but apparently it's the straw that broke the camel's back. My friend "L" and I were on...

  3. Calling in sick...what are your facilities policies?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to maxcat's topic in General Nursing

    I once puked on the shoes of my jerky supervisor who wouldn't let me go home after I'd vomited like 5 times in 15 minutes. I didn't do it on purpose, but it couldn't have been timed more perfectly....

  4. What kind of holiday bonus do you get?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

    That's actually an average of 8 days off a month....two days off a week...I work 5 days a week so I guess I do get 100 days off a year! (I also teasing

  5. Health care reform: what it means

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to mscranton's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I live on the NY/Canada border and there are many Canadians who come here for the quicker care and for specialized

  6. What kind of holiday bonus do you get?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

    We get something green with our workplace's name....we've had watches, small folding tables, sweatshirts, coolers, stuff like that. Time and a half for working, even though we have to work a part of...

  7. vent for those who work midnights

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I keep a schedule because it is just too hard to keep switching it. I try to explain it to people this way: you know how bad jet lag feels? That's how you are asking me to feel when you wake me up,...

  8. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say Brandon's right if and only if you get a decent orientation. Otherwise just say

  9. vent for those who work midnights

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah work tries to call me during the day, they also tried to scheduled in services and we refused to show up for them. When I lived with my now ex bf, his sister (my now former friend who is my age...

  10. Calling in sick...what are your facilities policies?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to maxcat's topic in General Nursing

    Wow I feel lucky. We get 75 hours a year (10 days) of sick time. We can't use sick time the last work day before or after a vacation. And whatever we don't use, twice a year we get a check for it....

  11. Calling in sick...what are your facilities policies?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to maxcat's topic in General Nursing

    Meh. Don't worry so much what others will think. If you call in very infrequently, that will speak for

  12. Calling in sick...what are your facilities policies?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to maxcat's topic in General Nursing

    I earn my sick time and don't feel guilty using it when I need it. I rarely call in so I don't feel bad when I do. Especially, like you said, when others call in for nothing and all the

  13. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    The ICU I just did a rotation in for school has a 6 month orientation, whether you're a veteran or new grad. Can you trust this unit clerk? It just seems weird that you heard this from a unit clerk...

  14. Does your specialty fit your personality?/Why did you choose your specialty?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Katherine25's topic in General Nursing

    How do you get into making high end glass chandeliers for hotels? That sounds

  15. PLEASE HELP I need Brutal Honesty!!!!

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Wyllowdaemon's topic in General Nursing

    I was a CNA, then an LPN. Going from the physically harder job to the less physical job made me put on a few lbs. Then I went off afternoons and to midnights where I sit a lot because I do a lot of...

  16. Not sure what to do.....

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank

  17. Not sure what to do.....

    DizzyLizzyNurse posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hey. I've been an LPN for 6 years. I've worked at the same nursing home for 9 years. I worked for 2 days at another nursing home that was part of a large health care system that consists of a bunch...

  18. High contact sports and nursing?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to mochamonster's topic in General Nursing

    It's not immoral to play a sport...unless you hurt someone on

  19. Happy Thanksgiving to all! Reason to be thankful: I am not a nurse anymore!

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    You don't seem like a very "happy" paramedic

  20. Not sure what to do.....

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in Nursing Career

    Yeah that's what I normally do. The difference is that the nursing home and hospitals are part of the same group....I also have a very unusual name so since even the application part of the website...

  21. What would you do?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to carolmaccas66's topic in General Nursing

    We do the Heimlich Maneuver, only if someone can't breath, speak, or cough. I was taught to never pound someone on the back because it can make it slip farther down. You only pat a baby's back while...

  22. Advice on how to return to workplace after traumatic experience?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to ROSYJO11's topic in General Nursing

    My deepest condolences, Learn2Nurse and ROSYJO11. I can't even imagine.

  23. New grad L&D interview help?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to sweetER's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'd be interested

  24. Should I go back to school

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Ennis08's topic in General Nursing

    Where in upstate NY are there jobs???? I live in Buffalo and there's waiting lists for all the hospitals here. (Unless you have experience.) There are no LPN or RN jobs in my nursing home. So...

  25. dealing with confused patients

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to sprintin08's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just wanted to say be careful! I had an 80 year old resident who wanted me to dial the phone so she could call her mother and I thought she was confused. Turns out her mother was 100 and living in a...