shamrokks ADN, ASN, RN

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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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    Galen January 2013 LPN to RN role call...??

    shamrokks posted a topic in LPN to RN

    I just got accepted to Galen Tampa, FL for their evening/online LPN to RN bridge and I'm trying to see if anyone else is going to be starting then that is on this forum. It would be nice to get to...
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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
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    HCA New Grad Program (StaRN) at Kendall Regional (Miami, FL)

    shamrokks replied to RNMPCR's topic in Florida Nursing

    Just an FYI in case it hasn't been mentioned - the StaRN positions have been posted again for HCA. I seen it listed on Indeed.com. I was looking in Florida and seen it listed for Largo Medical Center...
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    10 Worst Employee Excuses For Missing Work

    shamrokks replied to sharpeimom's topic in Nursing Humor

    ME
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    Need some comic relief from all this Ebola-ness?

    shamrokks replied to 1KoolRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    This is great. I love that we can laugh no matter what the issue. Life is too
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    Galen January 2013 LPN to RN role call...??

    shamrokks replied to shamrokks's topic in LPN to RN

    marshandaly - to study for NUR 280 comprehensive exams and the HESI exit exams I used the nclex study guide that is going around the internet and can be found on this page...
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    Returning Lpn student in late 30's, married with teenage kids..

    shamrokks replied to Gog3tter's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Also: one of my patients today said she's a 57 y/o student working at a children's hospital and getting her tuition paid to be a speech pathologist ... Never too
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    Bedside not for me. Any success stories doing something else?

    shamrokks replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Also surgery centers... You get iv experience as well as other skills but a smaller setting and a little more laid
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    Returning Lpn student in late 30's, married with teenage kids..

    shamrokks replied to Gog3tter's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I'm 39, just got my RN, was a LPN for 2 years prior, 3 kids 8,10&13 and I worked full time through school. It was rough but I survived. My support system rocks!! Good
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    Bedside not for me. Any success stories doing something else?

    shamrokks replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Clinics or doctors offices, specialty satellite offices of hospitals, psych nursing, home health, telephonic nursing positions... They do exist. I don't want to do bedside nursing either. I was a LPN...
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    Galen January 2013 LPN to RN role call...??

    shamrokks replied to shamrokks's topic in LPN to RN

    Thank you! And it's official! My license showed up in the Florida dept of health 48 hours later