ClassOf2004 BSN

ClassOf2004 has 21 years experience as a BSN.

Latest Activity

1. NOVA- Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs

   ClassOf2004 posted a topic in Government, Military

   Has anyone joined NOVA? Just curious if being a member is beneficial if I'm already part of the union at the VA. I was reading the website (https://www.vanurse.org/) and don't see much of a benefit...

2. VA Proficiency Nurse I to II Assistance

   ClassOf2004 replied to nursy20's topic in Government, Military

   New VA hire here trying to get through the whole onboarding process. Can anyone share a copy of the proficiency with me please? Thank you. I swear this shouldn't be so complicated and I feel...

3. VA pay scale

   ClassOf2004 posted a topic in Nursing Career

   Can someone explain the VA pay scale to me? I applied for a job and this is what they emailed me: Pay Plan/Series/Grade: VN-0610-00. What does that mean in the Chicago area for a BSN with 16+ years of...

4. Mandatory Staff Pictures In Patient Rooms

   ClassOf2004 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've been an RN in Illinois since 2004 and have been at my current (non union) employer for almost 10 years. A few weeks ago we were all told that the hospital had a "great" way for us to engage with...

5. Can they force me to do it?

   ClassOf2004 replied to ClassOf2004's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   She said that by me refusing to take care of the patient and calling in sick that I abandoned the patients (who weren't even patients on MY unit). So then with that reasoning aren't we all abandoning...

6. Can they force me to do it?

   ClassOf2004 replied to ClassOf2004's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   It was my night to work but she called me 90 minutes before my shift started to tell me that I was floating to L&D and taking care of 2 patients. One of the patients was on continuous monitoring....

7. Can they force me to do it?

   ClassOf2004 replied to ClassOf2004's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I'm in IL and I don't know what our Safe Harbor laws are. I was not on call. My clinical leader (who knew how upset I was at work last week Weds and Thurs when I was forced to float to that unit and...

8. Can they force me to do it?

   ClassOf2004 replied to ClassOf2004's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Forgot to add that I got a final written warning today at the meeting. Not sure why it was a final one because I have never been disciplined before today. Oh well, guess managament really doesn't care...

9. Can they force me to do it?

   ClassOf2004 replied to ClassOf2004's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Met with my manager today and she wrote me up for refusing to go to L&D to take care of a patient I am not properly trained to take care of. She then informed me that I will not get my yearly...

10. Can they force me to do it?

    ClassOf2004 replied to ClassOf2004's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thank you all for your great responses!! I am meeting with my manager tomorrow (I'm sure I will be written up for refusing to go to L&D the other night even though I was at home when I got the...

11. Can they force me to do it?

    ClassOf2004 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've been a mother baby nurse since graduation. At my current hospital they have 25+ nurses who work on my shift and 7 of us float to L&D to take care of their antepartum patients. I am completely...

12. Do you have a union? Should nurses strike?

    ClassOf2004 replied to glenwood's topic in General Nursing

    **Totally stupid question here** I live and work in Illinois in a non union hospital. Does anyone know how a hospital can become a union hospital? I e-mailed the Illinois Nurses Association and have...

13. Gift for Antepartum unit

    ClassOf2004 replied to DeLySh's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am TERRIBLY sorry for your loss. I think it is wonderful that in your time of mourning you want to show your appreciation to the nurses who cared for you. As much as I hate to sound greedy or...

14. Cmv+

    ClassOf2004 replied to ClassOf2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    She delivered this morning via c-section. She ruptured at 0225, she was contracting, and they took her to L&D where she delivered 2 baby boys. One is doing great, the other has

15. Cmv+

    ClassOf2004 replied to ClassOf2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am also pregnant and I work night shift whereas the other RN works day shift. Therefore I wouldn't and couldn't have volunteered to take on the patient for