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  1. Nurses forced to work as aides

    NewYorkerGirl posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I am frustrated with my hospital. We have a shortage of aides, and no wonder because they have a hard, backbreaking job for measly pay. As a result, sometimes when we nurses show up to work, we're...

  2. MorUniversity: the scrubs from hades

    NewYorkerGirl posted a topic in General Students

    Ugh! I have to vent! My university makes me buy these way overpriced scrubs! They charge $49.00 for a top, $49.00 for bottoms, tax and over $12 to ship! One uniform costs $119!!!!!! I am so outraged!...

  3. WA Nclex results?

    NewYorkerGirl posted a topic in Washington Nursing

    Does anyone know how long it takes for WA to post your license after NCLEX? I called, and they have everything they need except NCLEX, which I took today. Merci

  4. Seattle Children's/Evergreen/UW residency?

    NewYorkerGirl posted a topic in Pediatric

    Hello, I will graduate (BSN) this August, and will apply at Seattle Children's or Evergreen for the pediatric nurse residency. I'm also interested in UW, but I'm not sure if they have a pediatric...

  5. Thinking of Portland/Bangor

    NewYorkerGirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm working on the golden year of acute care experience right now. I'm hoping to move to Maine in December and looking for my final home. I'm tired of the rat-race and want to live somewhere laid...

  6. Penn State Residency: Hershey Medical Center 2015

    NewYorkerGirl posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Hey Everyone, I don't see a thread for 2015 yet, so I thought I'd start one. I'm just beginning the application process, and the clinical narrative is killing me. I precepted in trauma at a trauma...

  7. Doctors Orders

    NewYorkerGirl replied to NGYSUN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Well finally, Joint Commission did something to help nurses out. Our Docs are lazy, too, and don't want to touch a computer. It's good to hear JC frowns on

  8. North Carolina vs Tennessee

    NewYorkerGirl replied to tallynurse's topic in Travel

    Pick TN: no income taxes. Visit NC on your off

  9. Do you like working in neuro?

    NewYorkerGirl replied to J.Hirsch's topic in Neurological

    It depends. In one hospital, I spent a lot of clincals in school in neuro and loved it. It was a lot of seizure/Parkinson's/neuro trauma injuries, etc. Very interesting. At my current hospital, neuro...

  10. RN never feels guilty when calling out

    NewYorkerGirl replied to Sasha100's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't feel guilty calling out because if the floor can't find someone to cover for me, they'll close the floor 6 patients earlier than they usually would. No

  11. Orlando vs. Tampa career for new grad?

    NewYorkerGirl replied to IndecisiveInMiami's topic in Florida Nursing

    I have also heard great things about Lakeland

  12. Uncensored Thoughts of a Nurse Interviewer

    NewYorkerGirl replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nursing Career

    So what you're saying in this article is... shy introverts stand no chance. Got

  13. What is "burnout" and how do you cope?

    NewYorkerGirl replied to nunnurse1's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Simple: they want nurses to quit before they are around very long to demand high salaries and better working conditions. The same thing is happening in many fields of work. Employers want young, cheap...

  14. Nursing Specialties with a Slower Pace and Less Patient/Family Interaction

    NewYorkerGirl replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    I had a professor in nursing school who said working oncology nursing at a cancer center was slow-paced. I have no oncology experience, so I don't know

  15. Florida Hospital Orlando Now Offering INcentive Bonus for Overtime

    NewYorkerGirl replied to Preeps's topic in Florida Nursing

    Stupid. Hospitals in my area are offering double-pay and triple-pay on high census days. No contract. No rules. What is it with the damn contracts these days? You can't just work and get paid...

  16. 50 Things New Nurses Need to Know About Calling Doctors and Other Providers

    NewYorkerGirl replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Also, learn WHO to call. I never bother calling Dr. IDontCare for pain medication. I will wait until that doc goes home and call the on-call

  17. So Sick Of This Nurses Eat The Young Crap

    NewYorkerGirl replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't see any attitude whatsoever in my last profession, public school teaching. A profession full of women, by the way, so I know the NETY attitude ain't from being

  18. Do the elderly even have bowel sounds?

    NewYorkerGirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi. New nurse here. My population is mostly geriatric, occasionally I get a young adult or middle aged patient. I've noticed I want to chart hypo bowels on all the elderly because I barely hear...

  19. Nurses forced to work as aides

    NewYorkerGirl replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I know that. But I still don't want to do it for 12 hours a day. It's not what I signed up for. Time to enroll in NP school I guess, even sooner than I

  20. Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

    NewYorkerGirl replied to JBudd's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Funny, this is MY pet peeve. If you run a 1000 bag at 1000 (ours don't have an extra 50), then the line runs dry and I have to disconnect, prime it again and reconnect. This is a waste of time and...

  21. Nebraska joins ranks of states with independent NP practice

    NewYorkerGirl replied to Corey Narry's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Woo-hoo! I wondered which states were the other 18, and found this: AANP - State Practice Environment SOOOO disappointed in my home state of

  22. Job outlook in Western Wa

    NewYorkerGirl replied to tokmom's topic in Washington Nursing

    Seemed really tight to me. I sent my resume almost everywhere last fall in Seattle and Spokane. Only had one interview with Franciscan in Federal Way, but already had another job by then so didn't...

  23. Another RN wanting to come to Florida

    NewYorkerGirl replied to njc2rn's topic in Florida Nursing

    There's not much I can add that hasn't already been said. I'm in one of the better hospitals in FL, and it's still rough. Pt ratios are too much, dangerously so, because no one cares about acuity...

  24. Is Nursing the hardest job out there?

    NewYorkerGirl replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    THANK YOU! I quit public school teaching for nursing. People can't believe it when they hear that: why give up weekends/holidays/summers off and such an easy job? Because the workload in teaching is...

  25. Burlington Vermont Nurses!

    NewYorkerGirl replied to J&B-RN's topic in General Nursing

    How can you guys afford to live there? I considered working in VT, but the cost of living scared me