Bezoars

Bezoars

Med Surg, Perinatal, Endoscopy, IVF Lab

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  1. Please share your "calling"

    Bezoars replied to Krzysztof's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't discover I wanted to be a nurse until I had my first child. It was my dream after that and I went back to school and got my RN. I have been a nurse for several years now and have done a LOT...

  2. How many different nursing positions have you had?

    Bezoars replied to LittleMissVixen410's topic in General Nursing

    1. 4 years 2. 2 Units (Med-Surg Float, Perinatal Float) 3. approximately 14 different areas of the

  3. Per diem RN's and scheduling in specialty area

    Bezoars replied to nursestacey62's topic in General Nursing

    I am a per diem RN. We have float pool per diem RN's and unit-based per diems as well. Per diem's here are at the bottom of the food chain. We have several pay levels of per diem and different...

  4. Most challenging nursing department

    Bezoars replied to rose89's topic in General Nursing

    I second the poster that said PICU. That is the LAST place I would work. There, you not only have critical care, but you have such a wide age range from 0-18. In one bed you have a 1 month'er and...

  5. Most challenging nursing department

    Bezoars replied to rose89's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked med/surg float and perinatal float. Med/Surg in general is pretty challenging. You have to be good at time management because you will have 6+ pts at any given time, with all different...

  6. Question for nurses

    Bezoars replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    Best part: Flexible scheduling and compressed work weeks. Money. Having time to advocate for and truly work with patients. Worst: Nurse patient ratios, PRESS GANEY and Joint Commission, and 90% of...

  7. Nursing Salary Survey 2014

    Bezoars replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    *Geographic location.....WV *Pay rate....$34/hr *In which area / specialty do you work?..... Perinatal Float Pool *What type of license do you have (RN or LPN)?....RN. *What type of degree and/or...

  8. Hospital will not hire smokers

    Bezoars replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    .... Plus, we extoll the dangers of smoking while state by state we are making marajuana legal....

  9. Hospital will not hire smokers

    Bezoars replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think it's crap. I'm not a smoker, nor have I ever been one. I think they will have lawsuits on their hands. Smoking is a legal activity. If you are going to go down that slippery slope of...

  10. Confidence in your RN skills

    Bezoars posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been an RN for four years now. The entire time, I have been in float pool... either a perinatal or a med-surg float pool. The same self doubt always creeps up to antagonize me. I always say...

  11. Do you think acute care nursing is becoming less safe?

    Bezoars replied to Emergent's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Acute care nursing is most definitely becoming more unsafe. Nurses are expected to do more and more with less and less... We're expected to chart and chart and sometimes double chart stuff... they...

  12. Confidence in your RN skills

    Bezoars replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    I think I'm more self critical then others. I was trying to do a female foley cath on a 15 yo the other day. Could. Not. Get. It. Now granted, she was wiggly and whiny.... but I was like "what the...

  13. What's the biggest mistake you've ever made as a nurse? What did you learn from it?

    Bezoars replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I have made insignificant errors along the way... but here's the worst. I was helping out our church by being the camp nurse for kid's camp one year. Lots of kids getting allergy meds and stuff...

  14. Just a bad shift...

    Bezoars replied to 0.adamantite's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, Nursing has become more about kissing their ass then saving it. I would be running down to the crashing person's room while yelling to call a rapid response, I would have sent the CNA in with...

  15. How did you change?

    Bezoars replied to openyourmind's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school I was mesmerized by OB. I just KNEW I wanted to do L&D but there were no jobs when I graduated so you took what you could get. I knew I DIDN'T want Peds or anything...

  16. Done it All.... Now THIS.

    Bezoars posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    So I have done everything in Med/Surg, IVF Lab, Endo, ER Overflow.... Now I'm in Perinatal Float and they are training me to the NICU. The staff there is well known through the hospital as "clique'y"...

  17. Pay Close Attention!

    Bezoars posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am an RN with just about 4 years of experience. I spent my first two years in a Med/Surg Float Pool and the last two years in a Perinatal Float Pool (where I work currently). Along with that (I'm...

  18. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    Bezoars replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

    1. WV 2. 3.5 years 3. Perinatal Float Pool 4. $35.00/hr per diem 5. No idea 6. Heck

  19. Career Advice?

    Bezoars posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for 3.5 years now. I have done Med-Surg and Perinatal. I feel like I'm called to geriatric nursing, but I'm not sure what is out there that works specifically with this group. I...

  20. Best Nursing Quotes

    Bezoars replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    My personal favorites are: "7:08 always comes around" and "I can do anything for twelve

  21. Any advice on IV insertion skills?

    Bezoars replied to Emma_H's topic in General Nursing

    I usually have to see a vein or I can't get it. That being said... I have stuck veins all over before, if there's a good one. I will do upper arm, arm to shoulder area, foot (with an order if they...

  22. So who do nurses marry or have as civil partners???

    Bezoars replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Hubby is with Federal Dept. of

  23. End of Per Diem?

    Bezoars replied to hdawnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Call it ignorance or lack of information all you want... but these hospitals have huge law teams on their service and manage money down to the last bandaid. I think if there was not a reason to...

  24. End of Per Diem?

    Bezoars replied to hdawnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital is talking about the same thing. We are in the southeast. They are saying it's due to Obamacare. Apparently the hospital will have to offer insurance to anyone working a certain number...

  25. Hourly Rounding

    Bezoars replied to arbldj1234's topic in General Nursing

    I think the hourly rounding and tracking monitors are a complete joke. I have worked Med/Surg and Perinatal and I have never seen a nurse actually round when they chart they do. Yes they round, yes...