pgnurse79

I understand how you feel more than you know. I've hopped from hospital to hospital hoping to find a place where I can be happy. Then I learned something: agency nursing or school nursing takes one away from the management bureaucracy. With an agenc...

My advice: Continue being a tech until you find a job somewhere else as an RN. When you find an RN job elsewhere, QUIT! A tech who has the knowledge of an RN is cheaper for the hospital. Also, increases the level of care. A hospital spends a lot of ...

C difficile!

It appears that the honeymoon phase of nursing has passed. It scares me when I hear a nurse say they are "uncomfortable" with PICC lines or IV antibiotics or wound vacs. Why run away from a skill or task because you are uncomfortable with it? It thes...

Have you saved anything from prior jobs? 401k or life insurance? If necessary, you can tap into those although there is a heavy tax penalty. I hope things work out for you and your family.

Ok guys, so I'm a CM at a hospital. I have IDTs, insurance reviews (Medicaid and Com), discharge planning, family conferences etc. I've been offered a spectacular job with a major insurance company which pays more and appears, at least on paper, like...

I think the job market for new grad RNs are different from state to state. I say this because in Chicago, hospitals offer new grad RN programs where they partner you up with a preceptor.

Beware the orientation. I did a week of orientation at Kindred. Then one day, "Oh we're short staffed today, we're going to give you an assignment." And just that fast, orientation was over.

i currently work at a kindred in the midwest area. i was hired in 2008. i was a nurse on days (12hr shifts) for 2 years, before being promoted to case manager in 2010 then i worked that for 2yrs. and just 6 months ago, i resigned from that position a...

I currently work at a Kindred in the midwest area. I was hired in 2008. I was a nurse on days (12hr shifts) for 2 years, before being promoted to case manager in 2010 then I worked that for 2yrs. And just 6 months ago, I resigned from that position a...

This is so eerie but what you described was my shift last nite. If we aren't "hardened", nurses will have a nervous breakdown the way pt's and families treat us nowadays! I used to cry after my shift when I was a new grad.

applause!! well said....

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Life is too short when dealing with office politics. I go to work, put my head down and do my job, keep my mouth closed and go home. If this doesn't work, I find a new job. I've been bullied on the job and I quit that job. There's politics no matter ...

Regarding LPNs. They are nurses with a few exceptions. They cannot hang IVs on central lines. No blood transfusions either. An RN must cover for an LPN. Also, during shift change, an LPN cannot follow an LPN. A RN has at least one more year of schoo...

Why do you say that? I've been offered an utilization review job at an insurance company. Trying to find out what its all about....

I use a cheat sheet of snfs as well. I also try to get the MDs recommendation an look for a snf in the family's zip code. Many snfs come by to advertise their facility. So if I know of one who specializes in pain mgmt, for example, I will refer to a ...

It is true that RN Case Managers are hired directly off the floor. I heard a position was available in my hospital so I just expressed an interest to the director of case management. I learned on the job with no experience. I have an Associates in Nu...