buckgirl80

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1. Genetics testing in office

   buckgirl80 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm working in an outpatient setting and one of our MDs is suggesting we do genetics testing in our office. We already encounter a great deal of issues with this MDs population. We really do not have the staffing available to manage these already com...

2. Should I stay or should I go

   buckgirl80 replied to buckgirl80's topic in General Nursing

   The patients we are taking on are varying degrees of ICU level patients who would normally be cared for by pacu level nurses because they have general anesthesia. Our pacu is now declining most of these patients (and this is understandable) because t...

3. Should I stay or should I go

   buckgirl80 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I currently have a job at an outpatient area of my hospital taking care of patients who are undergoing a variety of diagnostic procedures and are also recovering from a variety of different procedures. With that being said, a lot has changed over th...

4. 2017 Nurse Salary

   buckgirl80 replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Nursing

   Location: An hour north of Atlanta, Ga Experience: 5yrs Specialty: cardiac outpatient pre-op unit 5day/wk Facility: 600+ bed hospital Pay: $27 base. Critical care diff $3, weekend diff $2 for inpatient units. COL: $1500 for 3br/2ba But my grocery b...