MultipurposeRN

I do about as well salaried as I did hourly, except when I was doing In house registry at premium pay. Of course, I was PRN for years so didn't usually work full time, either. If I went back to bedside I would definitely want hourly. But the salaried job I have now is great in terms of hours and flexibility so I don't plan to give it up while I'm a single parent w/ a child still at home. It actually pays better per hour than being on the floor as a staff nurse.

Forgive me, I haven't read very many posts. In regards to this proposed law, our hospital has a disproportionate share of charity as it is.

Where are the instructors in these situations? When I had students I tried to put them with nurses who didn't mind students and also nurses that could teach them a lot. I was pretty fortunate in finding staff who fit both criteria. I figured they weren't going to learn as much from a staff member who wasn't keen on them, though I couldn't always avoid it. Then I just had to tell the youngns that there were people who didn't care for students and we'd just deal with it the best we could. I was a pretty visible and available instructor, though. I know not all programs were able to have instructors stay on one floor most of the time.

how old are these kids, anyhow?

LOL, Helllo! I like your terminology and vote that we make it official! :rotfl:

Nice to see a positive post about nursing. I still believe nursing is a great career, no matter what it's flaws may be. What other job gives you so many different kinds of areas you can work in? How many other jobs can you moonlight in a different area to see if you would like it or not while keeping your fulltime position? I used to teach nursing clinicals and loved every minute of it...I wouldn't have done that if I hadn't still believed nursing is a great career choice.

I hate to see, "Patient complaining of _____" Makes it sound like they're all just whiny and gripey.

I keep reading on the report 'child' this and 'child' that. But a 16 year old who's having a baby is no longer a child. My daughter had my granddaughter at 15 and signed all her own consents. I couldn't have even looked at her chart without permission had I wanted to do so. That doesn't make this any less a tragedy, of course.

Well, you could say most patients w/ obesity, diabetes, heart disease, etc who have lived an unhealthy lifestyle and diet have brought their problems on themselves, but they are still entitled to the best care that is available out there. No less should a drug abuser get the appropriate care for their injury. Not to mention that it's possible the physician, staff, and hospital could be found liable if one of these patients were to sue and it was proved that they were deliberately undermedicated. There have been lawsuits over patients having inadequate pain control.

My youngest son's dad worked 7 12 hr nights in a row then would have 7 nights off. Sounded good, but after a few years he was terribly stressed and run down. I would say your hubby might do ok for awhile, but eventually it will wear him down then the quality time w/ you and the kids won't be there because he'll be tired and irritable. Believe me, it can totally change someone's personality. Plus, I would have to wonder if his liability would go up...being more fatigued does lead to more errors, and that's an additional stressor. Would it be possible for you do just work prn a day a week and him to work a 4 day week then a 3 day? Your expenses should be quite a bit lower if you're a SAHM, so maybe he wouldn't need to consistently work 5 days a week. Can you downsize your lifestyle a bit, maybe? Get a cheaper car or cut back to one, or stay away from a big home mortgage? I don't know what your situation is, but it's possibly a way you could have the best of both worlds.

People complain about spending money on the war in Iraq, but have no problem w/ the millions if not billions of dollars spent on the useless 'war on drugs' that has cost countless lives. It hasn't worked, it will never work, and it's costing a fortune to keep trying to treat something as a crime that should be treated as an addiction problem or a vice. If we must spend a huge fortune on fighting drug abuse, find a method that works and quit wasting money. That's dollars that could have gone to treatment programs or healthcare, for sure. I'm wondering also about infant mortality rate. Are they including high risk mothers? Do we in the US have a higher percentage of women who are high risk to begin with trying to have babies when maybe they shouldn't? Do we have a higher rate of fertility treatments resulting in multiple births? I'd be interested to know.

The main reason I won't join the ANA or the state association is because they are too political. That's fine for them, but I'm a nurse, not a politician. And I almost never like the candidates they endorse. The Democrats will be just like the Republicans and like every other politician/lawyer. They'll be good for themselves first and foremost.

have they thought about getting a psyche eval for this guy? Have you thought of filing stalking charges?

My most recent resignation letter had the reason, that personal and work responsibilities had increased and I felt it best to cut back to just one job, I enjoyed my experience at X hospital and the people I worked with and for, blah, blah. I was quitting a prn job, not my primary. There should be a more tactful way to put your reason for resigning instead of just saying, hey, they're offering more money so I'm out the door. You might say you found a position that offered unique opportunities for personal growth or something like that. Anyhow, good luck w/ your new job!

We just had an LPN retire after 58 years of working for our hospital. She always wore her cap. She did wear white uniforms but was modern enough to wear pants. Now we only have one RN in the hospital who still wears her cap. We had another on the same floor, but she has retired as well. Don't think we'll be seeing anymore cap wearers anytime soon. I and my classmates hated ours with a passion and couldn't wait to get rid of them. I graduated in 1990.