LovedRN BSN, RN

Well I went from correctional to surgery. That's like apple and orange. Totally different. I learned everything new. Nursing school can't teach you that either. Here is how I got in: 1. I know someone in the surgery department. 2. OR manager was lo...

If you know someone from the inside. That's how I got into the hospital after correctional facility. Talk to your old nursing school friends, etc.

LA county stands by pay just went up this year to $5/hr! Yeah. ?

I am working as an OR RN and if I have to choose between ST and RT. I say go for RT. There are days that I just want to walk away and don't go back.

You have union? Talk to the union if you have it. Supervisors/managers will do something about it when it comes to the union. Good luck.

If you really need to switch, I say go for pre procedural. Does pre procedural needs to be on call? My guess would be no. The distance would be the same. But new set of people. PACU needs to be on call too. So that would not change much except people...

I am a new grad RN (ADN) and want to be a scrub nurse. There is no opening at all for RN new grad to be accepted into the hospital (any floor) therefore can't be train to be a scrub nurse. I am thinking taking surgical tech certification course. Wha...

Easy to be named in the law suit but a little bit hard to lose one. Except if you are at fault. Inmates sue the correction faculty often. Every nurses who came into their contact will be named. If the claim is more than $3000 your name got send to t...

My is bad but not as your.

I mentioned the high turnover rate because I wanted to let you know that you can try it out and if you don't like it you can quit.

LTC is my first job too and I don't have any experience. I am sure they will hire you. You can quit any time you want. LTC has a high turnover rate. At my LTC there are only a few people who were there before me.

I have all the keys. But when I opened the supply room, I couldn't find what I need. I asked and the answer was that they haven't order the supply yet.

I know what you are talking about. I work night shift and I have 95 patients. (one LVN to help me, though).

If it is normal, you don't call MD, fax it, and put it in the chart. Write on the nursing note what you did. On the lab paper write date and time when you faxed it with NNO. If it is abnormal, you call the MD. If no one is answering the phone, you le...

I have only worked at my LTC for 4 mths. There are only a few people who were there before me (by a few month). My LTC sounds like yours. I will leave if I got other job.

Congrad!!! When I read you post, I was going to suggest that you try to apply for small surgery center position. But you got the OR job. Congrad again.

Good luck!

Ha! I just answered a phone call today, on my day off. They wanted me to work tonight but I said no.

I hope you will find a better job soon. I am looking for one too. Good luck.

OMG. Police? Please. This happened at my LTC too. My supervisor and another nurse just signed that it was wasted. Didn't even ask one question. It is not that big of a deal. But of course, missing pill does not happen everyday.

You will find ways to do things faster. I have worked in a nursing home for a month now and still skip lunch. I do not eat breakfast because it's too early and only eat finger food for lunch. I lost weight!!! I have to stay after hours to finish my b...

I m working in LTC and hate it as well. Nurses here stay 2 hrs or more after the shift ended to finish the paper work without pay. How about finding a nursing job that is not in LTC? Good luck. I am trying to get out of LTC. Too bad there is no nurs...

Sound like my LTC. They even told me on the first day it is a norm that nurses stay 2-3 hrs after their 8 hrs shift without pay. You will never get OT here. One nurse I know works like crazy and stays after hrs. He is a good nurse. I hope he can work...

A job.

Glendale free clinic is only open on Tuesday from 5-ish pm until we are done. May be 8-9 pm. You can go home before that if you want. It is nice if you don't want to volunteer everyday.