kalevra BSN, RN

Congratulations, and welcome to the club. I respect your decision to place your family and health before others. It is a difficult decision to make, but at the end of the day, you must take care of your own first. Corporate healthcare is the face o...

LOL is the Original Poster serious?!?! Another, "Everyone else except me is a crappy nurse/cna". How many of these threads do we come across on a daily basis. OMG, hahahahahah You honestly cannot be serious? Watching this thread devolve into trolli...

Be careful of what you say, there are some in the nursing community that do not like the idea of having an Associate prepared nurse serve as a manager or director. Many academic faculty I have worked with in the past try to keep "lower" degree holder...

Try getting into the OR. Keep in mind there is bull-work no matter where you go. The level of bull-work in the OR is nothing compared to the level of bull-work found on the telemetry and med-surg floors. DO NOT stay on a floor you hate, it will only ...

Does your hospital or facility have a DNP that is in charge of policy and procedure? I ask because most of the senior leadership hold an RN license. Perhaps the RN leadership are not properly informed or not aware of the inconvenience these new "best...

Northern California, average low end of the start rate for new grads is $40. We hire a lot of travel nurses. I highly recommend getting your foot in the ER or ICU experience for 1 year. Get in with a travel company, pick up an assignment in Northern...

Being floated to different units, when one is contracted to work in one specific unit, is a really pain in many cases. It will all come down to you as an employee. I speak specifically of how much "crap" you are willing to take from managers. If you...

Are you talking about a geographic earning cap? I know in the West Coast, regular bedside staff nurses make $100,000 a year right out of school. I can tell you this from experience, our new hires start at $47.60 working 144 hour a month. Once you fac...

Hospitals are not paid in FULL in cash at the start of the ground breaking. There are loans, bonds donations etc. I am sure Unions like the National Nurse United with their 185,000 members all paying $40 in union dues every 2 weeks could muster up su...

I find it to be an interesting experiment. Maybe the unions could create a better example rather than the traditional model that most hospitals are built on today.

There appears to be a lot of pro-unionization responses on this discussion. There also appears to be a lot of anti-administration responses on this discussion, If Administration is the problem, why not propose the unions build a hospital from the gr...

The majority of current modern American Healthcare Industry is a for profit system. Even when hospitals report that they are a Not For Profit”, they still need to make a profit due to their inclusion in a multifaceted corporation that may or may no...

I do no think unions are necessary. I believe RNs can sit down with their managers and come to an amicable solution. As a profession, communication, negotiation and collaboration is key. I believe unions create very strict rules that prevent the crea...

I am a firm believer in getting paid for one's work. If you wish to NOT get paid, especially when you are entitled to compensation, that is your call. To each their own.

Ratios are a politically charged and sensitive area for many people. There are far reaching after effects of implementing a state or federally mandated ratio. For one, many nurses feel that unions are not necessary to practice their profession. In fa...

We have had RNs on staff who specialized in quality control and case management, who became CNLs taking on the role of policy review/implementation specialists. Advancement of education is a good thing for our profession. We should not dissuade one a...

Usually the Physician gets a very "stern talking" to and usually this kind of behavior stops. We have had doctors make unwanted "attentions".

Healthcare is centered on the patient especially in terms of morbidity, mortality and patient satisfaction. Communication breakdown is a common area in the workplace that can result in a lot of conflict and breakdown. I can understand their want to s...

I highly recommend not to post on any social media in regards to one's personal view on staff/workplace setting. These days, it is too easy to find someone on social media. A colleague once told me that every RN is linked to every other RN within 7 d...

So what happened? Did anyone try to go home?

We have had distraught family members in the ER bring in a gun and threaten to shoot staff. My advice to everyone is to NOT BE A HERO. It may seem "cool" to tackle the armed assailant or "judo-throw", "superman-punch", "flying-guillotine", but this i...

Exactly so! I must have not been clear enough in my definition of bedside. When I speak of bedside, I refer to the usual bedside responsibilities of staff nurses who are included in the count in terms of patient care and existing census. A CNL is not...

Met my wife

It is important to respects everyone. The facial hair may be due to Religious standards. Females can also wear a "buzzcut", as is socially acceptable in modern times.

Your hard work is greatly appreciated. Many nurses cant get their breaks and lunches. Think of it as a right of passage, getting indoctrinated into our profession.