Ekaye

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1. Associate vs Bachelor's Degrees

   Ekaye replied to mihi's topic in General Nursing

   I've been a RN for 24 years. I got in to the ADN program because the LPN program was full(Back then what did I know, I thought I dwasn't smart enough to be a RN). This has proved to be the best thing that happened to me. I was over 30 at the time a...

2. Any infor on Interim Health Care?

   Ekaye replied to BadBird's topic in Agency

   Hi Badbird, I've worked for Interim in Louisville Ky,(Home Health),Tulsa Okla, and St Louis Mo, for hospital staffing. I think they are a good company to work for. The pay isn't always on top of the scale but this is one reason they can keep nurses...

3. Treatment of Agency Staff

   Ekaye replied to nightingale's topic in Agency

   I voted that I'm usually treated like staff. Of course if I'm not I don't bother them by going back! I was sent to a LTC in Oklahoma. When I got there, I was to be Charge Nurse to the whole place, search for replacements if any one called off for ...

4. Why Whites ?

   Ekaye replied to Bertha Seda's topic in General Nursing

   I am an agency nurse. Since I go to different hospitals with different dress codes, I find it easier to wear white. I've walked out of a room after introducing myself, to hear someone comment on my whites. Yes they are harder to clean and show sta...

5. Need help quick

   Ekaye replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

   I have to agree with huganurse. 6 years is along time. How has the company been able to bill this. I know this isn't the problem you asked about but if your name is on the papers, this is something important to know. It could be fraud. As for you...

6. HCA - Creates Own Temp Staffing - Allstaffing Agency

   Ekaye replied to nightingale's topic in Agency

   I worked for a HCA hospital in the 80's and they were ahead of the time in good treatment of nurses. Having said that--I would not trust them, to be fair to agency nurses. I don't want benefits. I want to work for a trusted company with very good ...

7. Associate degree or BSN

   Ekaye replied to WAGofGAGF's topic in General Nursing

   Pammie, I totally agree with you. The choice of ADN or BSN needs to be made by knowing where you want to go in nursing. My nursing school tought the Mildred Montag nursing theory. ADN"s were meant to be bedside nurses. Also because it was a two ye...

8. Survey: Would you encourage your child to become a nurse?

   Ekaye replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I would never encourage a child to become a nurse. They deserve a working enviorment that is relatively safe from diseases such as HIV and Hep B & C. If they are good at what they do they deserve respect. They need a salery that will enable the...

9. Help on Med Surg from OB dept.

   Ekaye posted a topic in Safety

   I work in a 30 bed hospital. We also have a 4 bed OB unit. Many times we are running all shift to care for 5 to 9 pts. per nurse. The OB nurses may have 1 mom or no pts. at all but come in because they need the pay. They refuse to come and take pts ...