Zee_RN

Zee_RN BSN, RN

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  1. Straight pay for 12 hour shifts?

    Zee_RN replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    Straight time for 12-hr shifts. Shift differentials kick in if "more than 50% of your shift" is spent on the "off-shift." So 7A-7P does not include any shift differential (unless it is on the...

  2. New Grad Rates for RN's

    Zee_RN replied to JMP's topic in General Nursing

    Pittsburgh, PA...Community hospital. $17.10 with a relatively low cost of living. Shift differentials aren't much: $0.75 for evenings/nights, $0.50 for weekends (combination for an...

  3. What Freaks You Out?

    Zee_RN replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    OMG!!!! I just LOVE nursing! Where else can you have this much

  4. Back to the Bedside!

    Zee_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK, I'm going BACK to the bedside. A little reversal in the trend, I know, but hey...I just had to do it! Last October I went from being a staff nurse in ICU to being the nurse recruiter for our...

  5. Back to the Bedside!

    Zee_RN replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Good idea, Jenny! Thanks for all the support, my fellow nurses! Yes, a few people I've talked to think I'm nuts but man, I can't wait to get out of this. May 26th is my "release"

  6. For those that have left bedside nursing.

    Zee_RN replied to PhantomRN's topic in General Nursing

    I left bedside nursing in November. I'm the nurse recruiter for my facility now. I really miss bedside nursing. Still deciding if I'm going to continue in my non-bedside role. Of course, part of...

  7. "Big city" hospitals vs smaller community-based facilities?

    Zee_RN replied to pebbles's topic in General Nursing

    All depends on what you're looking for. I work community hospital in the suburbs but it's a relatively big community hospital (350 beds). There are 1400 employees. We are just on the outskirts of...

  8. Suctioning vent patients

    Zee_RN replied to willie2001's topic in General Nursing

    I would never page respiratory to suction a ventilated patient. That's just silly. If they need suctioned, I suction them. I will also NT suction a patient if necessary, although it's certainly not...

  9. Suctioning vent patients

    Zee_RN replied to willie2001's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely AS NEEDED. I don want to traumatize a patient by suctioning more than is needed; it sucks up 02 and is just plain nasty for them. Some patients may need it every 2 hours; some are DRY. I...

  10. Nurses that change their jobs often. Is that common?

    Zee_RN replied to 25yearsrn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Been at my facility 6 years. Expect to stay. Grass is not always greener on the other side. It's just different

  11. Inadequate ICU orientation? And, how to address it?

    Zee_RN replied to grouchy's topic in General Nursing

    I went from Med-Surg to ICU. I had already taken the Critical Care Course so I didn't have to coordinate class time with clinical time. I got 12 WEEKS orientation. A Telemetry RN would probably not...

  12. Cell phone use in hospitals

    Zee_RN replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Found it... Cellular Telephones May Interfere With Medical Devices January 19, 2001 Mayo Clinic Proceedings/MedscapeWire...

  13. Cell phone use in hospitals

    Zee_RN replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    We had 1/2 of a hallway's monitors in our telemetry unit shut down and they told us it was due to cellphone usage. True? I don't know but we had to move a mess of people... I did read an article a...

  14. Night Shift Differential

    Zee_RN replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    This is great info, guys! Thanks...will be printing this all out and taking it to management! As for not rotating shifts...all the hospitals around here do it. I guess there are not enough people to...

  15. Quick?? on TPN..

    Zee_RN replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies, guys; I appreciate it. As it turns out, the TPN tubing has an in-line filter. The other filter was indeed for the lipids but it is a MACRO filter, not a microfilter like the...

  16. Bonus for extra shifts: what are your facilities doing for you?

    Zee_RN replied to timonrn's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital revamped its Nothing-Nada policy. They now pay an extra $5 per hour when you work 4 or more hours beyond your normally scheduled

  17. ICU nursing vs Floor nursing

    Zee_RN replied to nurs4kids's topic in General Nursing

    Our ICU does not have an MD sleeping down the hallway. Have a resident from 7-3 about 3-4 days week; 7-12noon the other 2-3 days; Sundays off. And the opposite occurs of the patient who was bumped...

  18. ICU nursing vs Floor nursing

    Zee_RN replied to nurs4kids's topic in General Nursing

    Been a floor nurse; been an ICU nurse--about equal times each (3 yrs floor; 2.5 yrs ICU). You're comparing apples and oranges. They are BOTH DIFFICULT...in different ways. A floor nurse's hell day...

  19. Taping IV Catheters

    Zee_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    We currently have a debate at our institution concerning the taping of peripheral IV catheters. Our institution uses IV catheters with 'wings' and we commonly place tape under and over the wings to...

  20. Can anyone give me pointers?

    Zee_RN replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Me either. Respiratory does all our ABGs, unless a femoral is required and then the physician or resident does it. While I sometimes feel like I missing out on learning a critical nursing skill, I...

  21. Priapism!!!

    Zee_RN replied to ERNurse752's topic in General Nursing

    The patient we had never admitted to using any kind of drugs. In his report, it was completely 'spontaneous.' We all, of course, figured there was something he wasn't telling us. Moot point by...

  22. Priapism!!!

    Zee_RN replied to ERNurse752's topic in General Nursing

    A couple years ago we had an 36-year-old man admitted to ICU with a priapism. He was on a fentanyl epidural drip and could have morphine IV every 5 minutes. This patient got more attention than ANY...

  23. Is this a violation of the new whistleblower law?

    Zee_RN replied to fiestynurse's topic in General Nursing

    And be sure to email "Self" back and let them know just how many nurses will now be buying the November issue! I plan on buying the issue and bringing into work (gee, maybe I'll put a copy out in the...

  24. Is this a violation of the new whistleblower law?

    Zee_RN replied to fiestynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I too am in favor of contacting the magazine and letting them know how this has impacted you. It does not look good for the hospital. While it is not a whistleblower issue, it certainly is a freedom...

  25. Cerebrex/cerebyx

    Zee_RN replied to aimeee's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah, these are fun.... Cerebyx, Celebrex, Celexa..... (seizures, arthritis, depression) Mix vigorously with a dollop of illegible physician's handwriting and you've got the recipe for mass...