RNdynamic

RNdynamic

Critical Care, Float Pool Nursing

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  1. New grad RN, hate nursing?

    RNdynamic replied to alwayslearning55's topic in General Nursing

    I felt like you did in my first med-surg job. Some floors are VERY bad to work in. I moved to a different med-surg unit in a different hospital and it was much better. So don't condemn nursing; it...

  2. Should I stay or go? 1st Year RN wanting to quit without another job in place.

    RNdynamic replied to pthelper777's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Go on medical leave, and while on medical leave look for another job and interview around. That's what I did -- twice. Just go on medical

  3. Nurse residency programs--be aware!!

    RNdynamic replied to LexiRN6's topic in General Students

    I don't think hospitals should be able to call these new grad programs "residencies." Medical residencies are called residencies because they are steeped in a tradition in which the physicians were...

  4. Nurse residency programs--be aware!!

    RNdynamic replied to LexiRN6's topic in General Students

    The sad thing is, we have people on this forum who read threads like these and would call the OP a "job hopper" and "giving new nurses a bad name" because the OP isn't willing to put up with shoddy...

  5. Nurse residency programs--be aware!!

    RNdynamic replied to LexiRN6's topic in General Students

    That is crazy! 12.38 an hour? It's good to know that Mass General, which is a nationally recognized hospital, stoops to this level. Despicable. Thank you for disclosing the name of the hospital --...

  6. Anyone ever gotten off monitoring early?

    RNdynamic replied to RNismydream's topic in Nurses Recovery

    HAVEN, CT's monitoring program, will shorten your contract if you are doing "beautifully" as they call it -- no screw

  7. Breaking contract and its consequences

    RNdynamic replied to RRRRS808's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How would one use an SSN to find out whether you have experience, exactly? The IRS does not share your tax information, even with other government

  8. Two CVICU nurses singing about ACLS!

    RNdynamic replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Ergh.

  9. Breaking contract and its consequences

    RNdynamic replied to RRRRS808's topic in First Year After Licensure

    LOL they can't report you to the nursing board. It isn't an issue for the board. They also probably will not take you to court. These sorts of contracts are difficult to enforce -- it would cost...

  10. do you have to take seperate classes to be certified as a nurse out your state

    RNdynamic replied to MaWlaRN's topic in General Nursing

    In Alaska you actually have to work for free for a certain number of hours each year in order to be licensed. It's pretty

  11. Tennessee Hospital Performed Procedure on Wrong Baby

    RNdynamic replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

    Definitely. The woman is looking to get paid, nothing more. Why else would she go to PEOPLE magazine with

  12. Tennessee Hospital Performed Procedure on Wrong Baby

    RNdynamic replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

    Wow, I read that article and at first I sympathized a little with the mom but after reading her quotations, she's clearly just a gold digger looking to profit after a mistake. She's sensationalizing...

  13. Tennessee Hospital Performed Procedure on Wrong Baby

    RNdynamic replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

    I have to agree. This wasn't a major surgery... although a grave and inexcusable mistake, the event should not be a financial windfall to this mother. Why should she profit from this horrible...

  14. The Fifth Vital Sign

    RNdynamic replied to bgxyrnf's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately the USA is a culture of pain. The amount of narcotic scripts per capita is the highest in the world, scores higher than any other first world country. Legions of Americans have an...

  15. The Fifth Vital Sign

    RNdynamic replied to bgxyrnf's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that pain is not a vital sign. Vital signs are objective, not subjective, and they are values that indicate how well or poorly someone's body is functioning. I agree pain needs to be given...

  16. How much does monitoring cost you?

    RNdynamic posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    This thread is designed to keep track of how much nurses pay for monitoring in the country. This includes the cost of drug tests and monthly fees for starting and being in the monitoring program....

  17. Cutting

    RNdynamic replied to ruralSchoolRN's topic in School

    What is the new black? Just curious what the expression

  18. PNAP / drug testing

    RNdynamic replied to EDPHRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    There is genetic testing -- testing the urine to make sure its DNA is yours. However, it is over 1000 dollars I'm told and my monitoring program has you perform it at your expense, if you request

  19. We shall not regret the past ......

    RNdynamic replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Its sad that employers don't believe in second chances and go to these extreme

  20. African American patients - a cultural question

    RNdynamic replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yea, I've seen this. Never could figure it out. But I've had black patients who will either shut their eyes and not respond to questions or just sort of glare at me. I do sense that it is because...

  21. BREAKS?????? You've gotta be kidding!

    RNdynamic replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yeah, I have to be honest. I really hate this comic. Forgoing your break (working for free) is nothing to be proud

  22. BREAKS?????? You've gotta be kidding!

    RNdynamic replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Nothing personal, but that sort of mentality is extremely flawed. Not taking a break (or lunch) is not a rite of passage. EVERYONE is entitled to a break, not just senior nurses. It's also federal...

  23. failed drug test by First Lab

    RNdynamic replied to brownimr's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I didn't know EtG was so dodgy. Why are monitoring programs allowed to use it as if it were an absolute indicator of a relapse. I know that if I came up with a positive EtG, they wouldn't take ANY...

  24. Is it tacky/disrespectful to do this?

    RNdynamic replied to Molly.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Negative. I know what employers need as far as Pre-employment screening. A drug test which is 60 bucks and titers which is less than 120. That article labels that "lab" which is a joke. That makes...

  25. Is it tacky/disrespectful to do this?

    RNdynamic replied to Molly.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I dont know what I'm talking about? Because you just changed your story from having 3 months of classroom training (ridiculous) to now 2 months -- which for dialysis I still don't believe. 2 months...