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    RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    Twinmom06 replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

    so I changed jobs on 9/8….so my salary has increased from $22.16 an hour (rural hospital) to $26.05 per hour (large teaching hospital system) with $1.50 for noc's and $3.50 for float pool…so I'll...
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    I feel truly sorry for new grads

    Twinmom06 replied to Concerto_in_C's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    while I feel for new grads who are reporting the inability to get jobs, if you are young and not tied down, then move…I'm in NE PA - I had 2 job offers before I graduated and got a 3rd in the...
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    Are nurses allowed to have facial piercings?

    Twinmom06 replied to cascadingbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    if you can't find the clear studs one of my classmates just put a clear round bandaid on the side of her nose for
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    Water

    Twinmom06 replied to C-lion's topic in General Nursing

    ROFL!!!
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    Water

    Twinmom06 replied to C-lion's topic in General Nursing

    depends - dayshift nope, 3-11 only if the mgr isn't there, and nights - well anything
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    Are we tyrants?

    Twinmom06 replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    to those of you who are decrying Bortaz and Esme et. al. I ask you this - have you ever in your career held a neonate that weighs 500 gms, has skin you can see every pulsing vein and artery through...
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    Need help how to submit my resignation a week after orientation

    Twinmom06 replied to snowi123's topic in Nursing Career

    I just had that happen to me as well - I was nearly off orientation when I got an offer from another hospital (it was a $7 an hour raise plus the commute dropped from 40 miles to 10 miles) - I gave a...
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    RN License plate

    Twinmom06 replied to esrun00's topic in General Nursing

    Pennsylvania doesn't have specific RN plates - so I got vanity plates for my car that says ARR ENN…along with the Penn State nursing sticker - I've never had anyone come up to me and ask me any...
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    Checking A Patient's Blood Glucose In His Earlobe?

    Twinmom06 replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

    I had a pt that had dextrose all over his hands and I stuck his toe to get an accurate reading…why didn't they do a lab draw if it was so critically
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    Charting Bloopers

    Twinmom06 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    had a pt with an admitting diagnosis of constipation....apparently the fact that her Hgb was 6.8 and she needed 2 units was irrelevant to the fact that she couldn't
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    Discharging Patients on Holidays?

    Twinmom06 replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    we had this issue last week (although it wasn't a holiday the insurance company was dragging their feet on PA for a specific med that one of our orthopedists uses exclusively) and the hospital...
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    Length of orientation

    Twinmom06 replied to funkyRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    close to 12 weeks (new grad program) with part of that being classroom and simulation time, as well as 2 days of ACLS and 3 days of EKG reading. We started 6/24 and I'll be getting off orientation...
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    RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    Twinmom06 replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

    1. NE PA 2. New Grad 3. Med/Surge/Telemetry 4. $22.16 5. Differential $1.60 for nightshift 6. Union -
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Twinmom06 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    you saw that on FB too didn't you *giggles* had a GI bleed in a shlake last week....OMG the entire FLOOR stunk! The guard that was with him (he was from a corrections facility) nearly threw up!...
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    How old were you when you started Nursing School?

    Twinmom06 replied to NursingStudentMomof3's topic in General Students

    started in 2011 when I was 37 and graduated this past May at 39 - husband and 7 year old twins (they were 5 and on their way to K when I
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    ACLS help please my work just sprung this on me

    Twinmom06 replied to abells's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't study at all and had no issues passing and doing the
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    Employee Health nurse tells me MANY nurses have Hep. C....

    Twinmom06 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    universal precautions - same in both hospitals I worked at and both I did clinical
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    Well there goes the neighborhood...

    Twinmom06 replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    our Penn State Campus is canning the ADN program - the Fall 2014 class will be the last ADN class - after that it will be BSN only due to the demands of hospitals wanting BSN nurses... they still will...
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    From CCU to MedSurg?

    Twinmom06 replied to BusyRN00's topic in Medical-Surgical

    what I've heard from several ICU RN's that either floated to MedSurge or went due to a short staffing crisis is that when you're used to 2 pts (even though they may be critically ill) that taking 7...
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    Finding a Job as New Grad in PA

    Twinmom06 replied to rnswife's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    quite a few RN's from the Philly area come up here to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for the coveted "year of experience"...there are plenty of hospitals and nursing homes around here - more than half my class...
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    How Do Alegria Shoe Sizes Run?????

    Twinmom06 replied to OB-nurse2013's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    if you wear a 39 in Danskos then I'd buy a 39 in Alegrias - the European sizes run a bit
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    Best Burn Centers in US??

    Twinmom06 replied to guest454229's topic in Burn

    Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown is a fantastic burn
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    Float Pool

    Twinmom06 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure many of you experienced nurses have started or at some point worked float pool - what's it like? Is it really
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    Float Pool

    Twinmom06 replied to Twinmom06's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for your input...for me its sort of a means to an end - it gets me back into the hospital I want to work in - I'm on orientation in another hospital but the commute is brutal - I'll take just...
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    Manifesting job offer by ordering new scrubs.

    Twinmom06 replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in General Nursing

    hmmm...I interviewed for a position in a hospital with a strict navy/white dress code...perhaps I should