montinurse

Hello! Can you tell me what private duty pediatric nurses make in your area? I'm a BSN working in ped home health in AZ, also a medical mama. Of course we have a shortage of night nurses. I think it's to do with pay rate. I think for new RNs, they're starting at less than $30/hr. Not much more for experienced BSNs though! Thanks for your input.

Is it blanking out like that right around the time of an alarm? I think ours does this. I know this is an old thread-hopefully you got it figured out. I haven't been on this site for awhile! Good on you for paying such close attention to the numbers.

Hello friends! What is your pediatric home health nurse pay for AZ? (Not visiting, private duty) I'm a BSN, but also a medical mama-I now work as a pediatric nurse, but want to compare home health pay for private duty pediatric nurses. Thank you!

Check out agency nursing. I'm currently supplementing through Medely.

Been a nurse for close to 16 years. Started as an LPN, ADN, then BSN hoping it would get better. I've worked in many different settings. There's nothing wrong with you-many of us feel this way. Talking to someone will help, then plan your exit. Do whatever you need to find satisfaction with life. Take advantage of your benefits first. Someone mentioned the greed of the hospital, the rude patients and even worse co-workers and managers. It's true and real and I can't tolerate it anymore. You only have control over your own feelings. Find something to look forward to and take advantage of the pay for now. Then get out :) I personally, am tired of looking for my niche. I don't think it was ever nursing...

What's amazing is the salary of these women on The View, for sitting around talking about others, as many talk show hosts do. Not the noblest of professions. I don't get it.

Some good advice here. ICU isn't easy. I float in a hospital that doesn't use CNA's or transporters in the ER and ICU. The ICU doesn't have a unit secretary so the charge nurse picks up as much as she can, which isn't usually much bc she's dealing with admissions, transfers, discharges, staffing, etc. Usually everyone burns out quickly. It's a shame, administration knows the problems but refuses to fix them. It's all about learning to balance your personal life so you can let it go after you leave work. I still take a day or two to recover when I work a 12 hour shift in ICU!

Would that much air to gravity (even 10-12cc's) run through the IV catheter filter? I'm sorry, I've never considered it. I'm fairly new to the ER, most of my background is in ICU where EVERYTHING is run on a pump. Recently, I've started floating in ER and cath lab. Different worlds!! Working in ER offers so much insight. Each is different and stressful in their own ways. AND I admit I cannot stand taking care of kids in the ER. bah! Luckily, we aren't a pediatric hospital, so if they're critical we ship 'em out! But, I'd rather pop up the tubing and run the bag to gravity, I have to admit! Pumps should be stationed to each room, and not removed. Chin up, thanks for the thread and reminder to pay attention to the tubing!

But who has the right to take personal offense to her original post?

Goodness, I think she was just wanting input from other nurses that may have knowledge of the research.

I like that someone is asking this. I've often wondered about the EB behind the gel rule. Frankly, I don't feel like getting my nails pretty to go work in ER or ICU, but I wonder about them actually harboring bacteria. My nails feel more strong and healthy WITH the gel polish.

Wonderful replies-welcome to nursing :) I've had different times in my career (especially the first in the hospital) that I've felt that way. The previous posters were so right. My first med/surg job (I lasted 9 months) was awful, it was a small, clicky hospital. For some reason, they hated me and I hated them, no matter how nice I tried to be. In the stressful world of nursing, you may need to search inside of yourself, meditate, take a break, read about other specialties to help understand what you're feeling. Don't focus on the negative. Put that energy to positive thinking, you can and will get through it. Believe me, I've worked on both sides, office and hospital, and I'd much rather do bedside hospital nursing. 12 hours, you're done. In the office, it's stress in a whole new way, all day, every day, and much lower pay. Have you considered a different part of the hospital? I'm an ICU nurse who's taken care of MANY "step-down" patients, and I can empathize with you, they can be royal pains in the rear. It's frustrating. What you feel is normal. I've felt that I couldn't possibly do one more day of patient care, try to educate someone who refuses to take care of themselves, have felt inadequate for not being able to pass all my meds on time, chart all that nursing care I've given, missed replacing lytes and the night shift is grouchy at shift change, etc You need a good release. Try going to GomerBlog - Earth's Finest Medical Satire News Site for a little sarcastic medical humor. We all don't love what we do all the time. That means you're human :) Good luck and feel better soon!

I was going to comment that I've seen it done with their tongue, but someone already has. Frustrating and irritating when I'm trying to keep them on the least amount of sedation as possible, but it happens to us all!

That sounds normal to me, especially if she's been there for so long and knows the individual doctor's expectations....

My advice is to not be so hard on yourself! You sound like you did everything you could to keep your head above water. Being a nurse is so demanding, and we are notorious at feeling responsible for a 91 year old coding. I hope the nurse manager that called you was not trying to point fingers. That's what's so frustrating about hospital nursing. So much we're expected to take care of, and being blamed when something doesn't go right. Chin up!