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  1. South Florida RN salary???

    floridaRN38 replied to Gaby77's topic in Florida Nursing

    I am in the the exact area u r moving too. I would say the average hourly rate is around $30 an hour for your experience. I am also an ER

  2. What to do about coworker not pulling her weight

    floridaRN38 replied to guest947568's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well you can always email your supervisor and voice your concerns about patient safety and she is not pulling pts back. Sounds like she is a lazy and feels entitled to do whatever she wants. She...

  3. Charting

    floridaRN38 replied to floridaRN38's topic in General Nursing

    Well they said "you are a stupid f---King doctor nobody here knows anything and a f---king house fell on My head". Ended up discharging this princess with the help of our detail

  4. Charting

    floridaRN38 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in the ER. I was curious as to all nurses about how u document certain things. I had a pt screaming profanity. Now do you document word for word what they say?? And put it in quotes?? Last time...

  5. A Drive by, seriously!

    floridaRN38 replied to Bevp's topic in School

    WOW. That is crazy. I think u did the right thing by telling them where the nearest urgent care is. This day and age I'm surprised she didn't use her cell phone to find an urgent care. I mean maybe...

  6. Nurse pt ratio in the er

    floridaRN38 posted a topic in Emergency

    What is your ED like?? Our nurse pt ratio is 5:1. I can handle it. But sometimes u have 2 ICUs and three more pts. As long as u have a bed open they put a pt in there. All pts r triaged at bedside....

  7. Newish grad wanting to switch to ER

    floridaRN38 replied to Friskee's topic in Emergency

    pixie is right. They will pay for u to have the acls bls etc. I think the best way to get into an ER is find out when the hospitals have an open house. That is how I got a lot of my jobs. Good luck....

  8. Would you tell a coworker they're going to be demoted?

    floridaRN38 replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    Thought my boss was

  9. How do you do it?

    floridaRN38 replied to KStudentNurse123's topic in General Nursing

    It is tough. Especially when u r a new nurse. Don't give up. There are better opportunities for you. Just get 2 years under your belt. You will eventually meet people they may be able to help u will a...

  10. Nurse pt ratio in the er

    floridaRN38 replied to floridaRN38's topic in Emergency

    Thanks

  11. Nurses leaving the field?

    floridaRN38 replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    I knew someone that left it and became a

  12. Why Nursing Sucks...

    floridaRN38 replied to pixiern15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes the doc can be *******s. But that doesn't mean u have to take it! I don't. Give it right back to them. Or just tell them how they r acting. Put them in their place. Being a new nurse is

  13. How do you do it?

    floridaRN38 replied to KStudentNurse123's topic in General Nursing

    It is the same in my hospital. Your floor sounds like my ER. I've been a nurse for 9 years. I just see it getting worse and worse with pt abusing staff and management not caring. It sucks

  14. Unpaid Mandatory Meetings?

    floridaRN38 replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in General Nursing

    If it's mandatory u should be getting paid. I wouldn't go to work and not clock in for a

  15. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

    floridaRN38 replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

    We started the same thing at my hospital. I work in the ER. and the policy now is if the nurse on tele or med/surg doesn't take report on the first call we send transport. And it is the floors...

  16. Valuable life lessons from an ER nurse....

    floridaRN38 replied to Momma1RN's topic in Emergency

    Im calling the detail

  17. The politics of transferring units

    floridaRN38 replied to amzyRN's topic in General Nursing

    The manager will find out either way. I don't think it's a bad idea that u talk with them about. In my ER. There have been plenty of nurses that left on good terms to go to another unit. Then after a...

  18. The politics of transferring units

    floridaRN38 replied to amzyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work if when u apply online. The manager gets an email that u applied to another

  19. Snow, Where Are You?

    floridaRN38 replied to SnowyJ's topic in School

    No snow here!! In florida!! But we do have hurricane days. But none this past season

  20. new nurse thinking of leaving hospital job

    floridaRN38 replied to n1wgmp's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Can you go per diem at the hospital? And also work for the cardio?? Sounds like an awesome opportunity. If u keep thinking about it u should do

  21. If you had a reset button, would you choose nursing again?

    floridaRN38 replied to amazingme's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't change it. Been an ER nurse 8 years. It is like a love hate relationship I have with it

  22. Nursing student hair color change for more respect

    floridaRN38 replied to Vonqiqi's topic in General Students

    I had tons of blonde highlights back in the day when I was in nursing school. I graduated at the top of my class!! Stay blonde!!

  23. Travel nurse in south florida

    floridaRN38 posted a topic in Travel

    I work in Broward county now full time in a level one trauma center ER. Looking to do local travel. What companies r the best to sign upwith the first time. Also I want to stay in Florida. Like palm...

  24. IV clinics for hangovers

    floridaRN38 posted a topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I have seen this done in Las Vegas. You have a hangover and either they come to u or u go to their clinic. You get NS IV and zofran, etc I want to start my own company doing this Living in south...

  25. Questioning myself

    floridaRN38 replied to Cuppy86's topic in Emergency

    Just keep doing what ur doing. If you didn't feel nervous then I would think that is a little strange. Always ask questions. Even if they are dumb