Dayannight

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1. Survey: Has your facility implemented nurse to patient ratios?

   Dayannight replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   The new CA law has made for better nurse/pt ratios. On our med and surg floors the ratio is now 5:1 days and 6:1 nights, and the charge nurses do take pt assignments. The down side to this is now...

2. Straight pay for 12 hour shifts?

   Dayannight replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

   Non-union hospital - straight pay for 12 hr shifts. NOCs gets differential of .75 first four hours, and $1.50 last eight. OT after 40 hrs. W/E differential is 10% of hourly

3. Bonus for extra shifts: what are your facilities doing for you?

   Dayannight replied to timonrn's topic in General Nursing

   At the hospital where I work RN's and LVN's earn time and a half for coming in to work an extra shift. CNA's earn a $5/hr bonus for working an extra shift. We work 12 hr shifts; anything over 12 hrs...

4. All Lpn's Please Read

   Dayannight replied to RNforLongTime's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I'm an LVN and work in a acute hospital in northern California. We take the same patient load as an RN which is usually 6 to 7 on nights for the med/surg floors. We take and note orders, do our own...

5. How much do you make?

   Dayannight replied to Navy Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   LVN 3 yrs SNF, M/S $15.18 hr, plus .75/hr for 7-11p then $1.50/hr for 11p-07a also, 10% more of...

6. Anyone allowed to nap on their breaks?

   Dayannight replied to dawngloves's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I work nights 7p to 7a and most of us use our lunch break to take a nap. When it's "quiet", we sometimes give each other an extra 15 minutes. It's just a given that when it's "busy", we'll have the...