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If you are thinking of St. Joe's, ask them about their parking policy. I worked there for about 3 weeks approx 15 years ago and it sucked. You can not park on campus even if you pay for it. They bus you about 1/2 mile away and a bus comes Q 30 minute...

Yes, there are. I was recently hired PRN hourly in hospice. The hourly pay even includes drive time!

I highly doubt it. The wait has always been long to get in the nursing program. I don't think COVID will turn it around.

Yeah, me too. Another RN sat in the same room with me when I did my first start of care and then it was on me. I would say I really struggled for my first 20 hours of charting and then it gradually became easier.

Rattlesnakes do not like temps much over 95. They can't stand anything hotter and hang out in their holes. All bets are off if it rains though, they love the rain. I volunteer at a national monument in rattlesnake country in my spare time. I so...

Truthfully, I have not been at work since March 10. I am an organ transplant recipient of 20 years and do take immune suppressants. I am out on FMLA currently. I feel no job is worth my life. I do feel like I am letting down my coworkers by being out...

I worked as a surveyor for two years. There are some major cons to the job. - Extremely low pay. My state did not ever give salary increases either. I worked with some surveyors that had the position for 20 years and only had two raises in that time!...

Your new job sounds very similar to my current job. I work for the intake department for one of the largest county jails in the country. A large part of the job is triage. I assess the new prisoners/patients immediately after they are brought to jai...

Corrections: - No patient families - Tons of officers for security incase pt's misbehave in any way - No Press-Gainey surveys - If you don't feel like smiling you don't have to - If the patient is surly and uncooperative you can send them back to the...

Brownbook and Dexter'sDiciple, That is one of the main reasons I got out of ICU too. It seemed like I was torturing the pt's instead of helping them to recover. So many cases where recovery was never even possible but the doctors back out of telling ...

@qimenglan9 Did you take the job? How is it?

**And if I speak up about abuse at work will I be punished for it? Will I be working with providers who don't care about the health and safety of my patients?** Yes, you will be punished for it in an offhand way. The management might start looking ...

Atomic Fireballs candy work for me!

Your experience as an LPN will not matter much wherever you're applying for RN in hospital settings. If you are talking Maricopa County, the schedule is not flexible as an LPN. You will be doing heavy-duty med passes. I can't speak to any othe...

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Excellent article Safetynurse! 20 years ago I had a liver transplant and I got C. Diff. It is sheer misery.....I did a 90 day course of PO Vancomycin for the infection. It worked for me, but the drug is very expensive. Yes, I would pick a fecal tr...

Your facility can not let it slide. That is a federal standard - the facility must investigate any allegations of abuse. Additionally, you are not supposed to be in the facility until it is investigated. The result of the facility investigation is...

Pregnant heroin addicts - particularly ones that are nodding out when I am trying to get a history on them. ?

Here is a list of all Arizona trauma centers: https://www.azdhs.gov/documents/preparedness/emergency-medical-services-trauma-system/trauma/az-designated-trauma-centers.pdf I can't say any particular hospital system is better than another as far as a ...

As you get closer to retirement age (or early retirement age) this fact will be more important. 20K a year will make a difference in your life when you consider what you will make from social security. Check out the social security website online to...

Are any of the hospitals teaching hospitals? I really enjoy the environment of a teaching hospital. You could really pick up a lot of information from sticking close to the attending and residents while they are making rounds. It is a great learning ...

Do you have a CCRN certification? I know in my city that would make you a lot more marketable.

The pension plan requires you put 11% of your pre-tax pay into the plan. It is not optional. The benefits are wonderful. However, state nursing jobs do not give raises.........ever. County nursing jobs do.

I have never been an expert witness but I have been on a jury that has seen probably about 15 of them - almost all in the medical field. Last year I was on a jury for 7 months for a murder one case - the victim was a child. The case is adjudicated n...

The term has been used in a couple of hospitals I have worked in. I liked it, it made me feel part of the team. I have only heard it used in the ICU field - never in any other area.