FloridaGatorRN

In my hospital we do not suture lines anymore. We exclusively use stat-locks. FloridaGatorRN Sent from my iPhone using allnurses

Oh ok, and yes it's 45 days from your test date. I wish you the best of luck! FloridaGatorRN Sent from my iPhone using allnurses

Have you received an official notification of your failure? If not then don't worry about that until it happens. Sending positive thoughts your way. FloridaGatorRN Sent from my iPhone using allnurses

Dear... Just move on... Some people are rude. Keep your chin up. ✌️😉

We have to actually sign our 3/4 ID (username) and password for each narcotic/pca drip hang, iv insulin, and iv heparin.

Thanks all for the advice. Basically what wound up happening is they gave me someone else's employee ID number. We were both clocking in with the same ID number. So basically the hours were reflecting two people's 36 hour work weeks so we both got over paid for overtime. However bad for the other person is that they didn't report that their paycheck was over so now they have some splaining to do. Alas it pays to be honest my friends.

They were very innapropriate as is her treatment of you. I would address it up the chain of command at your school. You deserve an environment that is conducive to the learning experience.

So my first check with my new company I know i was overpayed by about $1500+ and so of course I immediatley reported it to my director who said go-ahead and deposit it we will follow up with it on Monday. I repeatedly followed up with them regarding it i was eventually told by my director that she nor HR found any error. Well fast forward two weeks and i just got my next paycheck and ive been i overpaid by about $1000. Ive looked at my pay stubs and they are reflecting hours i did not work. Im at a loss of what to do. Ive reported it and yet i feel again I've been overpaid. I feel like ive done my due diligence in reporting it. What else can i do? TIA for any advice.

So I have been working in a rehab facility for a few weeks, however I just got a call for a hospital job. I crush MOST meds on my unit because they all have gtubes, and one more than one occasion I have accidentally inhaled dust from the pills, which have included narcs. I am now fearful that for some reason I will not pass my pre-employment drug screen. Is this a completely irrational fear or do I have some rational thought behind this. Thanks!

I got a call from the director of HR offering me the position.

TheCommuter, Thanks so much for the prompt reply! I completely understand what you mean however the job interview I had I was directly told he would be forwarding my name for hire, and we discussed scheduling and orientation. I do know that this is a difficult economy, however I do truly believe that I have a job lined up.

Hello fellow nurses. I have a conundrum. I graduated from nursing school in May 2013, and passed my RN boards in June 2013! I desperately searched for a hospital position, but none were to be found. I had to start a job as soon as possible so I took a position on a Rehab unit in a LTC/Rehab mix facility. I have absolutely dreaded my decision since I started, and I have been working their for approx. 3 weeks. I received 5 days of orientation, 2 of which I technically was working on my own with another nurse with their own patients to ask questions of. The people I am caring for are referrals from a local trauma center so they are all very sick people, I saw healthier people on the medical-surgical floor during clinical. They mostly all either have a central line, trachs, G-tubes, or some other complication. However I am still given the same number of patients (Up to 24) as the LTC LPN's. I am so distraught, I come to work everyday fearful that I am going to loose my license, this place is a NIGHTMARE!!!! There are days I simply do not get meds done, charting done, or follow-up on labs or meds done. I receive very little support from the administration, they are all kind but it is mostly just "keep you chin up skipper, you willl get the hang of it." The day before yesterday I finally got a call from a nurse manager and he wanted to set up an interview for a cardiac telemetry position (happy dance!!), well I came in the next day and he loved me and I loved the unit (I had done clinical there during nursing school) he said that he would be recommending me to HR for hire, and we spent the rest of the interview discussing his vision for the unit, orientation schedule, and about their schedule buddy system. Well needless to say I was on cloud nine! However I went to work last night and a patient could have almost died because I was not able to respond in as prompt of a manner as I would have liked (he is a glottis ca pt with trach and vent) he suddenly started desaturating on me and was coughing up large chunks of what looked like cancer IMHO. I was so flustered almost to the point of tears that the patient could have died on me and it would have been on me, while the other nurses simply had a good chuckle about it and halfheartedly helped me get his transfer to the ED complete. I am two seconds away from just calling the DON and submitting my resignation IMMEDIATELY, I worked so hard for my license and I genuinely feel in my gut that I am eventually going to be the subject of either a malpractice suit or lose my license. However I do not know whether to really believe that I got the hospital position. I am just stuck and I do not know what to do!!! I honestly can say beyond a shadow of a doubt I do not EVER EVER EVER want to step foot back on that unit again, but I just do not want to leave without serving a two week notice or shoot myself in the foot and be without a job in case the hospital job does not come through. I would also like to add that my employment is considered "at-will" and my handbook states that at any time myself or the company may terminate my employment with or without reason. Any advice? Sorry for the long post!

Where I live, 60-70% of nurses are ADN and Diploma nurses. BSN's are mostly managers and what not. We have PLENTY of openings also, we have a large nursing shortage.

As a Tech I expect to be told, and as I nurse I will tell my aides. Mutual respect. We both have a need to know to provide the best care possible, period.

Thank you all so much!