Lovely_RN

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  1. Name the hospital and its Starting Salary!!!

    Lovely_RN replied to amadime1's topic in New York Nursing

    Beth Israel Medical Center ADN on day shift 66,500. Some positions are NYSNA but this one is 1199 SEIU. You also receive 100% tution reimbursement after 6 months on the job to any school. The salary...

  2. For Burned out nurses who are leaving the profession...

    Lovely_RN replied to GaMBA's topic in General Nursing

    My honest feeling about bedside nursing is that it's like a bad relationship that everyone makes you feel guilty about wanting to leave. I love the nursing part of nursing but that's not enough to...

  3. Licensed Nursing Home Administrator

    Lovely_RN replied to Aviationurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That sounds like the worst facility ever. Thank the good Lord that you got a HH job. How does a place like that manage to remain

  4. New Grad LPN causing problems

    Lovely_RN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is pretty long because I've got some things on my chest and I've had a very rough shift today. I tried to talk to my spouse but of course he isn't a nurse and just doesn't get it so I am venting...

  5. Getting a Job in Hospital now

    Lovely_RN replied to BigBoy75's topic in New York Nursing

    Who knows when hospitals will start hiring again? I have heard rumors that hospitals will start hiring anywhere from January 2010 to maybe three years from now but these are just rumors. I haven't...

  6. I just heard they will remove all LVN/LPN?

    Lovely_RN replied to Prado's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    LPNs are more cost effiecient for bedside care than RNS in an LTC setting. You don't need an RN to do wound care, medication administration, or IV therapy with peripheral lines. When we have residents...

  7. Getting a Job in Hospital now

    Lovely_RN replied to BigBoy75's topic in New York Nursing

    January '09 grads are turning down any decent RN position? They must be nuts...they need to be reminded that Spring '09 grads are still looking and guess what? Dec '09 and Jan '10 grads are about to...

  8. New grads over 30, are you having trouble getting interviews?

    Lovely_RN replied to freeflowchi's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm 34 and I always wanted to work in L&D with a goal of becoming a CNM eventually. I've only gotten one call back from an acute care setting and it was for ortho. The hospital decided to go with...

  9. Silly SNF/Subacute Question

    Lovely_RN replied to Angeljho's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Where I work we have two sub acute units that are staffed by all RNs or an RN/LPN team with the RN being in charge. One of our sub-acute units consist entirely of vented (those who not good candidates...

  10. is being aggressive the only way to find a RN job now?!

    Lovely_RN replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the tips are good and some are silly. I didn't find the suggestion of going to a facility or calling the unit managers to be helpful in my search. You can't even find a direct number to most...

  11. 89.90! 1 tenth from an A :(

    Lovely_RN replied to superramvette's topic in General Students

    That happened to me in Med surg...I was tenths of a point away from an A and had to settle for a B+. I was burning up mad about it but my classmates that failed and were dropped from the program...

  12. I just heard they will remove all LVN/LPN?

    Lovely_RN replied to Prado's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'll believe it when I see it. My mother was told to not become an LPN in the 80s because they were going to eliminate the title soon. She got her LPN and retired last fall after 20+ years as an...

  13. Does having LPN experience count????

    Lovely_RN replied to soladylike1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am starting my first RN job in January and I am getting the new grad pay rate despite having 2 years LPN experience. I don't mind though because I wouldn't have gotten the job at all if I didn't...

  14. Why do many nurses look down on LTC?

    Lovely_RN replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think the attitude of some nurses is that any nursing position that doesn't involve direct patient care in an acute care hospital is subpar. I think that clinic nurses, mental health nurses, and...

  15. International editions of textbooks

    Lovely_RN replied to happyinillinois's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I got an International version of my microbiology book. It was the soft cover version sold in the UK and it saved me

  16. I advise you guys NOT to....

    Lovely_RN replied to CharlotteDarcy's topic in General Students

    Is it too late to change majors? People have become docs for years with no prior healthcare experience. I don't think it's necessary for you to be a nurse if you know you want to go to med school....

  17. What's it like working in ltc nursing?

    Lovely_RN replied to studentenurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It depends on the facility. The one where I have worked at for almost two years has a little bit of just about everything. We have the demented, psych, MS, TBI, rehab, hospice, vented and the list...

  18. Stable Vent Patients in LTC

    Lovely_RN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Commuter, how did it work out with the vent

  19. New grad RN finds job at ltc, but getiing paid as LPN

    Lovely_RN replied to newbiehere's topic in General Nursing

    You CANNOT take this job!!! You don't have an LPN license so you cannot work as an LPN. It's as simple as that and if you take the job and the state finds out about it you will be in just as much...

  20. New grad RN finds job at ltc, but getiing paid as LPN

    Lovely_RN replied to newbiehere's topic in General Nursing

    That said ^^^ the fact that she graduated 7 months ago doesn't negate the fact that $21/hour is a rip off wage and it won't go far in NYC. Sigh, I know...I know the OP needs experience so what else...

  21. New grad RN finds job at ltc, but getiing paid as LPN

    Lovely_RN replied to newbiehere's topic in General Nursing

    I almost choked when I read this thread. I know that $21/hour sounds good to people living in low COL states but it's a rip off wage for an RN in New York. I make more as an LPN on day shift and even...

  22. Crazy Work Environment

    Lovely_RN replied to carbaminohemoglobin's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Stick around and you may not have a license by June. One brief per shift and no linens at night? What happens when residents soil themselves or their bedding; in particular during the night

  23. RN Boom to bust in california

    Lovely_RN replied to tim101's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, a lot of baby boomers are going to have to keep working until they just can't

  24. RN Boom to bust in california

    Lovely_RN replied to tim101's topic in General Nursing

    I think things on the East coast are equally bad. I hear of new grads having greatdifficulty finding jobs in the New England states, Jersey, and New York too. I passed boards in June but I didn't...

  25. LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

    Lovely_RN replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ^^^ good stuff lamaze teacher. i acknowledge my role in the "game" as well. yes, i've played victim, rescuer, and perpetrator at different times. i can make excuses and say well it's because they...