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  1. Nursing Department Orientations

    cbreezen482 replied to kcondran's topic in Illinois Nursing

    To put it bluntly, my orientation to the Med/Surg unit I just left sucked! They hired 5 of us as new grads, all to work nights. They were in such a bind to get us on the floor due to being short...

  2. Salary to expect as a new grad nurse

    cbreezen482 replied to ashfost's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Southeastern IL, the hospital I started at, base pay for new grads was 14.77 an hour, $1 for shift differential for nights 7p-7a. Got a whooping $.34 cent raise after 6 months! Moving to the...

  3. How does your unit handle new graduates?

    cbreezen482 replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Fortunately, yes, we do have night clinical supervisors who are there to help us or answer questions. Another advantage we have is that all of the new grads on my night shift (including myself) all...

  4. How does your unit handle new graduates?

    cbreezen482 replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    As a new RN (graduated in May), I really look up to the "older" nurses in my facility. They don't make us feel stupid for asking questions or wanting a little guidance the first time we do a...

  5. Whats your typical pt load?

    cbreezen482 replied to hospicemom's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I also live in a rural area and typically have between 6-9 patients per nurse on nights. Often we don't have an aide on nights either, sometimes 1 aide if we're lucky. Time management and organization...

  6. How to handle cussing nurses?

    cbreezen482 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I agree with you NurseBee....I work nights 7-7 and we are constantly busy! Usually between 7-11 we're all running around like chickens with our heads cut off, many nights without aide's and...

  7. Advice For The New Nurse Entering Med-Surg

    cbreezen482 replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    something else that I didn't see mentioned (which doesn't mean it wasn't listed, but workin 7p-7a in the dark is takin a toll on my eyes! hehe) but... Don't be afraid to stand up for yourself...to...

  8. Just how many nurses from IL do we have here at allnurses?

    cbreezen482 replied to jadednurse's topic in Illinois Nursing

    East Central here...Newton/Olney area to be exact!! Hi Olney