shamrokks ADN, ASN, RN

shamrokks has 14 years experience as a ADN, ASN, RN and specializes in HIV, Psych, GI, Hepatology, Research.

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   Pay in Tampa/St Pete/Clearwater?

   shamrokks replied to Swellz's topic in Florida Nursing

   Apply at Baycare. Work mobile pool if you can. It’s $45/hour. Night shift is $5 more shift differential for any nurse. You can easily make $35+/hour dayshift with experience. It depends on...
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   Work From Home: Nurse Case Manager

   shamrokks replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Case Management

   I transitioned from the floor into case management in March 2018. It is a lot different but I like it more and more as I go along. I work from home 4 days and in the office 1 day a week. It is a...
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   Case Management -Humana

   shamrokks replied to rnrn08's topic in Case Management

   Let us know how you like
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   Nurse's Week Gifts from Employers

   shamrokks replied to twss2323's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Events, contests, cookies, ice cream, lunch bags, steak dinner, Greek dinner, a year of CE direct...first time ever working somewhere that did this
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   no more than 4 shifts in a row

   shamrokks replied to Surfandnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I think my hospital would let us work every night if we
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   Any Psych NP's with advice???

   shamrokks replied to elbumphis02's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I was thinking the same
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   StaRN internship program?

   shamrokks replied to vettechgrl's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I've heard of it here in Florida with HCA hospitals. The pay is low until you're on the floor in your assumed position but then it goes to their base rate pay. A nurse I graduated with went into a CCU...
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   Dosage answer on nclex 0.1 or .1?

   shamrokks replied to cptforge.gil's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   Always put the 0 before the decimal point ... Prevents a med
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   High amounts of flatulence in Psych

   shamrokks replied to funnypharm's topic in Psychiatric

   I notice it too but a lot of ours are homeless or basically always institutionalize do and seem to eat a lot and almost hoard food if they can so maybe a mix of that and the meds??? Some rooms hit me...
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    Problems with q15 rounds

    shamrokks replied to AustinPower's topic in Psychiatric

    I'd leave. My techs always do their rounds as scheduled and it's never an issue. If I remind anyone they aren't vengeful and admin backs this up wholeheartedly. Patient and staff safety are a...
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    Nurse-Patient Ratio Adult Unit

    shamrokks replied to pennie4n6's topic in Psychiatric

    Dayshift and nightshift differs but for adult we have up to 1:16 at night with 2 techs ... On days they get 2:16 with 2-3 techs depending on acuity ... Geriatric is 1:8 with 2 techs day or night and...
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    Galen January 2013 LPN to RN role call...??

    shamrokks replied to shamrokks's topic in LPN to RN

    They are sticklers for time so try to get your employer to work with you regarding timing of classes. All of my clinicals were 6:30am-6:30pm so it had to be on a day off. I did work full time but...
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    Galen January 2013 LPN to RN role call...??

    shamrokks replied to shamrokks's topic in LPN to RN

    On quizlet I searched hesi and
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    Florida RN Salaries

    shamrokks replied to whd13b's topic in General Nursing

    I've thought about Urgent Care, especially maybe PRN. I didn't know they paid well but it seems they do. I'm in psych now but don't want to get stuck as a "psych
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    Would you ever ask another nurse to give your pt a suppository?

    shamrokks replied to iluvgusgus's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This was the option I was looking