Hourly certainly! Most places only offer salary in my area for full time RNCM's. When I was working as full time CM I rarely clocked under 40 hours and often was in 42-44 hour range per week not...
I started a PRN job a hospice in April, I've been full time since (we lost a few nurses, so I've been filling in until new ones are trained and before that covering vacations). But I didn't have to...
I graduated from my BSN program in 2010. BSN programs have more of a focus on nursing leadership and broader scope of nursing practice. We did community assessment and projects to address needs of...
I hear ya. I worked full time eves at a LTC/rehab. I was suppose to be working 8's but often was over shift (2-3 hours) to do all my documentation that I couldn't even start on with the multiple...
besides the things other posters mentioned, you are also paying for the people that come into the hospital and don't pay and don't have insurance and for all things that medicare or medicaid don't...
I'm the only nurse from 2-10 pm on a busy 20 bed rehab unit. I always clock out no break because there is no other nurse who can assume my duties to allow me to even take a break. Regardless of how...
I would like to mentin that it's not just hospital nursing. Also LTC and skilled nursing (and probably sub-acutes as well, but I haven't worked at one). When census is down we can manage to get...
I got about 9 days of orientation for the skilled unit I work on. I was also offered two days of orientation initially, but I refuse to take the job without more orientation (my first job
EMP, RN replied to afteralltheseyears's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I don't know how people would find time to do it. Our ratio isn't bad 20 patients to 1 nurse at a skilled facility but depending on our census and how sick or confused the patients are it can be...
I went home crying the first night at the skilled facility I work at. I was so overwhelmed and thought there was no way I could do this job. Yet here I am, still working there and for the most part...
I'm still in my first month of working as a RN and feel unsure myself. I have the phone numbers of some of the other nurses working at my facility on my cell. I have their permission to call them...
It all depends on the facility. Night shift nurses don't do skin checks on residents at my facility. They basically assist the CNA's with call bells, prepare paperwork for the next day/week. Go...
Yes, it is difficult. There are only so many openings in residency programs. And many of the hospitals I almost got hired at for a position where they were willing to train new grads, got taken by...