Buckaroo93

I live in Georgia so I'm familiar with the 110% humidity!

It is at the main RMC campus. Not sure which specific unit but I'm a Med/Surg Tele RN.

Looking at possibly accepting a contract at NE Alabama RMC in Anniston. Reviews? Feedback? Opinions?

And the same goes for you!

Yes. I accepted the offer. I'll be working the GISO floor.

Any experience/advice as a travel nurse at UAB- Birmingham? Looking at accepting a M/S offer.

Thanks for the input. Anyone else?

I've recently started the next step of my career as the Health and Wellness Director (DON) at an AL/ALH community. Would it be appropriate to wear a white lab coat (over business casual attire) while walking among the staff? I think it gives an air of authority and respect. Or am I delusional and pompous? ?

Confusing title I know but curious of the cost and time difference?

I am 49 yrs old with a B.B.A. in Management (1992) and currently an A.D.N. RN with almost 4 yrs experience (med/surg, home health, hospice, GI Lab (current)). I am looking to advance my career and I am looking at the M.B.A. in Healthcare Management vs M.S. in Integrated Healthcare Management. What REALLY is the difference between the two? What direction would you go? Maybe even M.S.N.? I am torn.

I have a resume "content" dilemma. I worked for Employer A as a Med/Surg RN for 15 months and left in March '15 for Employer B. I was with Employer B for about 3 months and resigned (job wasn't as described and I wasn't on the shift I was told). I was rehired by Employer A but in a different department. I have been in this department for almost 4 months. I enjoy the nursing aspect of this position very much but the daily productivity pressure to perform is unrelenting and I am miserable. Plus I may not be retained because of productivity issue. The question I have is should I omit Employer B on my resume and if asked, simply state I left Employer A for personal reasons and was rehired by Employer A later? I don't want it to look like that I will leave a new employer after 3-4 months because I don't plan on it.

This came from the Wage and Hour Division of http://www.dol.gov: The Act applies on a workweek basis. An employee's workweek is a fixed and regularly recurring period of 168 hours — seven consecutive 24-hour periods. It need not coincide with the calendar week, but may begin on any day and at any hour of the day. Different workweeks may be established for different employees or groups of employees. Averaging of hours over two or more weeks is not permitted. Normally, overtime pay earned in a particular workweek must be paid on the regular pay day for the pay period in which the wages were earned.

Why is this different for the VA? When I worked in the private sector, I worked 36/48 and the 8 hours was OT so therefore any hours worked over 40 PER WEEK regardless of pay period was considered OT. As far as I know, this is the law under the FLSA.

Why does the VA only pay overtime for hours worked over 80 per 2-week pay period? I work 36/44 but will not get the 4 hours OT. How do they get away with that?

Can anyone elaborate on their experience working at a VA Community Living Center or even the VA in general?