Rick68fl

I got hired by an HCA hospital on the gulf coast as a new grad and while there are some things that I don't particularly care for, it is not a bad place to work so far. Pay: $22 per hr plus $4.50 night diff. Ratios: 1:7 on nights. The only real negatives I can think of are equipment related. A lot of the equipment is old, beds don't always work right, we don't have COWS/WOWS, etc. All of the night staff are wonderful though. Everyone helps everyone. I'm not in any hurry to move on.

Hi Rod, I've been following your thread. What has changed? Getting tired of it? I have often thought about two places as well. Kind of like being a paid snowbird.

You might want to leave your phone in the car for the retest... Just sayin.'

Wow. If I owned that clinic, I would be spending the weekend figuring out a way to replace you with another nurse. We live in the era of direct deposit. Get it and you will get paid on time (or maybe even early). If you refuse to get it, don't expect everyone else to change their entire operation to get you a check when you (through no fault of theirs) don't make it in to pick up your check when you know it will be ready.

Oohh, I like that. Sucking on a Halls cough drop under a mask works great too. I've heard about the Vicks thing, and it makes sense. I have just never gotten around to buying any.

I got a bedpan filled with urine dumped on my foot yesterday, does that count? Seriously though, you will get splashed. Count on it happening. If you anticipate it happening, wear a mask, gown, eye shield, booties, etc. When it happens unexpectedly, get grossed out a little, go wash it off, and get back to work like the rest of us do. :icon_roll

Sounds like you need to go to the director of nursing. If that doesn't get you a response, go to whoever is responsible for risk management.

Too funny! Vomit is one of the least offensive things we have to clean up on a regular basis.

Yup! I'm with the majority.

^^^ I wish I could like that one more than once. ^^^ (And this is coming from a former smoker)

Even if there was not such a policy, having a cigarette right before your interview may very well prevent you from being hired also, just because of the smell.

When will you actually start clinicals?

If this was the way it happened and you were never convicted of anything then you shouldn't have anything to worry about. However, if you were booked into the system, there is a disposition of some sort. Whether that disposition is a conviction, a dismissal, a nolle prosequi, whatever. There is a disposition. You need to get a copy of a background check on yourself and see what it actually says. Then you will know what to do.

I would recommend it to anyone who wants to hear better. You hear everything better, whether heart sounds, lung sounds, abd sounds - whatever. It is a little bit heavier, but not enough to worry about. I like it better than my other one, I just think it is too fancy for my med surg floor, so I carry the other one.