8781RN

8781RN

Acute cardiac care, Psych., Med-Surg, CM

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  1. advice on refreshing knowledge

    8781RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello! I have been out of the hospital setting for 3 years. I'm going back and am excited! I've got all kinds of nursing books that I've kept, and even dug up my school notes from 8 years ago to...

  2. advice on refreshing knowledge

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in General Nursing

    Haha! Ok thanks! I did get a job and will be working in med-surg LTAC. I decided to focus on meds, and some of the practical hands on things, and chronic

  3. advice on changing jobs

    8781RN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hello, I need some advice on a decision I need to make. I will try to make this short. First here's my background: I've been a nurse for 8 years. I have been away from the hospital setting for about 3...

  4. advice on refreshing knowledge

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh great, yea I feel a lot calmer now! I have a BSN and I haven't been out of nursing, just out of the hospital setting. Anyone have any

  5. advice on changing jobs

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Nursing Career

    I learned some more about the unit i'm going to. It does truly sound like a med-surg LTAC. It is a specialty hospital, the vents and the critical things will of course be on ICU, then there is a step...

  6. advice on changing jobs

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes they have aides. Well I didn't go for regular med surg because I always hated starting out with 6 pt.'s, discharging them all, then getting 6 more. I used to do Cardiac Acute care but we had the...

  7. advice on changing jobs

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Nursing Career

    No I haven't. I do understand they are very complex patients. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:6 there. The LTAC hospital has an ICU, a Step-down unit, and a med surg floor. They have a Mon-Fri wound...

  8. help!

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Nursing Career

    Wow that's great advice. I'm going to sit down tonight and evaluate everything and do the Risk Budget! My daughter is almost 4 now. If i'm going to have 4 days off a week, i think working some...

  9. help!

    8781RN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hello, I need some advice on a decision I need to make. I will try to make this short. First here's my background: I've been a nurse for 8 years. I have been away from the hospital setting for about 3...

  10. my first agency assignment....freaking out

    8781RN posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    Hello, I'm a BSN with 7 yrs experience. All telemetry, a little psych, and the last 2 yrs I have been in case management at a long term care facility. Well, my ACLS has expired so I will only be sent...

  11. 1st day working agency, advise please!

    8781RN posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    Hi! All of my past jobs have been acute care in hospitals. I'm a little rusty since I've been doing case management for the last 2 years. I went to an LTAC facility today, my 1st time working agency....

  12. 1st day working agency, advise please!

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Agency Nurses

    Oh.... it was LTAC not

  13. 1st day working agency, advise please!

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Agency Nurses

    Yea, that's exactly why I'm worried and felt the need to post. But I'm not so dumb that I didn't know to go ask someone to go back to their room. If you read the whole post, I know its long....it says...

  14. dream job vs. paycut

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Excuse me? You don't know our financial situation, that was a totally ignorant comment on your part, aside from being flat out rude. You know absolutely nothing other than that I'm ambivalent about...

  15. dream job vs. paycut

    8781RN posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    but I'm a BSN with 7 yrs experience. 1 yr. Intermediate care, 6 months of psych, 3 yrs. Acute cardiac, abd almost 2 yrs in case management (long term care). I desparately want out of my current job. I...

  16. dream job vs. paycut

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I mean its 470 less

  17. dream job vs. paycut

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Well....the 281 is what I calulated for take home so it is after tax. Pre tax its 370$ less. Its a state job so in addition to the 20% taken out....and extra 6.4% is taken out. Well, you have good...

  18. 1st day working agency, advise please!

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Agency Nurses

    I circled my initials and documented pt. Was in dayroom most of the day. All I could think to say...because the three times or so I would go to their room they were in the dayroom with

  19. dream job vs. paycut

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    A month. But, I turned it down and so they are going to make it a senior nurse position, repost the position and have me apply. This way I will be taking a 281$ monthly cut. The director said she...

  20. my first agency assignment....freaking out

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Agency Nurses

    Thank

  21. dream job vs. paycut

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I just got the offer today for the coumadin clinic which will be 437$ less. I did factor in benefits . Maybe I will get the offer for RN case manager and they can offer more. I signed up for agency...