RN4NICU

RN4NICU LPN, LVN

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  1. Need to complete a paper -need nurses to complete a questionaire

    RN4NICU replied to UKPedsRN's topic in General Nursing

    You can PM me if you would

  2. On call for free?

    RN4NICU replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    glasgow is correct, there are no federal requirements regarding breaks. Each state has its own laws and I am aware of at least a couple of states that exempt health care workers from the requirements...

  3. On call for free?

    RN4NICU replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I would let my feet do the talking for me as they carried me to find another job. I say this because, as you pointed out, the hospital is well within their legal rights to set these kinds...

  4. Nursing Shortage Where YOU work?

    RN4NICU replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, no shortage where I am. Our area nursing schools crank out RNs like mad - every 6 months we have our pick of the graduating classes. Hospitals don't compete for nurses here, nurses compete for...

  5. Admits after 6:00 pm? Does your hospital do this?

    RN4NICU replied to PickMePlze's topic in General Nursing

    This is why there are two (or three) shifts. Babies/patients come when they come - whatever point in the shift that may be. If I get an admit at the end of my shift, I tell the oncoming RN in report...

  6. This has been really getting on my nerves lately...

    RN4NICU replied to GregRN's topic in General Nursing

    Supposably is a word http://m-w.com/dictionary/supposably Nitch, however, is not a word. The word is niche - I see this one a

  7. Want to be a nurse, but have to eat.

    RN4NICU replied to mslinzyann's topic in General Nursing

    You have to realize that some nurses choose not to take their breaks. Some nurses (no - not every nurse that misses a break, but let's face it - we've all encountered them) seem to think that the...

  8. Want to be a nurse, but have to eat.

    RN4NICU replied to mslinzyann's topic in General Nursing

    Then EAT!! Seriously, who told you that you can't? Who says nurses are SUPPOSED to skip all their breaks? I don't. Many others don't. Why should you? I eat a little something every 3-4 hours or...

  9. Are registered nurses considered First Responders?

    RN4NICU replied to wordstew's topic in General Nursing

    No need to be sorry (unless you were saying that to be sarcastic - then maybe you should be). I KNOW what a PA is and what a PA can do - but where I am, things are different. Here, PAs do not have...

  10. Pick up Malpractice! They went after my license.

    RN4NICU replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Another thing to keep in mind - for those who may still be holding out on getting their own insurance policy - is that if the facility fires you (as happened in Suesquatch's case), the facility's...

  11. Finanial Aid, Marital Status

    RN4NICU replied to mvanz9999's topic in Post Graduate Students

    You are correct, Berkeley - no free money for Graduate/Professional

  12. level of difficulty 2nd degree BSN program vs ADN

    RN4NICU replied to Dino's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Not all schools work this way. Many (most?) ADN programs are NOT set up for students to take NCLEX-PN after the first year. Even if the school is set up this way, it is just an option, you do not...

  13. Are registered nurses considered First Responders?

    RN4NICU replied to wordstew's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I am sure about that. If you are working in A HEALTHCARE CAPACITY (does that work better for you), you are held to your highest standard of practice (in this case, your RN license). An RN is not...

  14. career change and questions about nursing

    RN4NICU replied to hushpupgrl's topic in General Nursing

    I feel that universal health care is a disaster waiting to happen, but I don't think nurses are going to take a pay cut. See the "would you be an RN for $11/hr" thread. The majority of us feel...

  15. Online BSN

    RN4NICU replied to 12breakfree's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I took pathophysiology and pharmacology during the program and I took the required US/WY Constitutions course. I also took one upper-division elective so I would have enough credits through the school...

  16. Online BSN

    RN4NICU replied to 12breakfree's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I did RN to BSN online through the University of Wyoming. It took me 4 semesters (Spring-Summer-Fall-Spring). Total cost was probably around $5000. They have changed their requirements since I...

  17. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    RN4NICU replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, well I didn't exactly care for "dysfunctional", "codependent" or "masochistic" either (see post 50). I am a nurse and I am none of those things. I am sure I am not the only

  18. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    RN4NICU replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    Please do not lump all nurses in with your little tirade. I am neither pathetic nor dysfunctional. I am certainly not codependent, nor am I an angel or a martyr. Nursing is a career to me - the way...

  19. Are registered nurses considered First Responders?

    RN4NICU replied to wordstew's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, you would still be held to the standard of an RN - you are always held to the standard of the highest license you hold, regardless of what your role is at the

  20. where do old nurses go?

    RN4NICU replied to insightful's topic in General Nursing

    I was in up until this part - I wouldn't want to take chance that everybody else would get all my ativan and I would get stuck with colace and viagra. Nah, I'd want to keep my own little pharmacy...

  21. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    RN4NICU replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I can understand where the question came from (although it was probably not the OP's intent). I, too, have wanted to ask a question like this to all the Martyr Marys out there who criticize nurses...

  22. patient family and nursing documentation

    RN4NICU replied to shilohmae's topic in General Nursing

    No. The medical record is the property of the hospital. Even the patient has to go through the proper channels to review it. Neither patients nor their family members can just review the medical...

  23. "The last place I worked, we did things differently!" (and correctly)

    RN4NICU replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe they moved. Maybe the other place doesn't pay as well. Maybe they wanted a shorter commute. That doesn't mean that the other place may not have had better ways of doing some things. Perhaps...

  24. Scripting Nurses?

    RN4NICU replied to Cindylufus's topic in General Nursing

    They tried that Stepford Nurse scripting BS where I work as well. It lasted maybe 3 days. No one went along with it and eventually it was just forgotten about. Good riddance to it. It was one of...

  25. Update from my story, med error could cost my job

    RN4NICU replied to dmwRNpa's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't blast you, but I am curious as to why you returned to