OUxPhys

OUxPhys BSN, RN

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  1. Offensive Raise Structure

    I worked for a well known hospital and they determined it was better financially to keep hiring new grads than to pay people who stayed longer. And people wonder why us millenials keep job
  2. Random Question

    Hello! I am thinking go moving out of state down the line. I have family in Colorado but a family friend's father loves Utah. I could see myself in northern Utah. However, I am curious. Is Utah safe...
  3. Need Your Advice: OR or ICU Ltac

    You will get a much longer orientation (more like a residency) in the OR as well as a much better work/life balance. LTAC....there is a reason why the money is better. Much higher
  4. VA offering me RN 1 but I have BSN??

    You do get cost of living increases and then any other raise if Congress/President approves
  5. New specialty bullying?

    Yet every ER hires new grads now LOL. Same with the ICUs. I've met my fair share of ER and ICU nurses who were less than stellar yet had the gall to call out someone else. You are right though. Those...
  6. New specialty bullying?

    Floor nurses always get disrespected by ER and ICU nurses (may not be all the nurses that work in those areas but there are always some). It's an inferiority complex. Just keep working your tail off....
  7. Nurse 3/Step 11

    Congrats!
  8. I Don't Want To Be A Nurse

    You could try OR. Personally, if I had to do it all over again, id do an associates program for RT (radiation tech), Nuclear med tech, radiation therapist. Those jobs all make really good money and...
  9. Something Fishy Going On With My Recruiter!

    Recruiters and HR are not your
  10. Dilaudid

    My biggest issue wasn't with the dilaudid pt's but the pt's who set alarms on their phones to let them know when they were due pain meds next. That really burned my biscuits. Glad I don't have to deal...
  11. Calculating Gov RN Pay Scale

    Before the pandemic by VA paid significantly more than the local private hospitals. That gap has narrowed somewhat due to the private hospitals increasing pay and incentives while my VA hasn't. We...
  12. VA Incentive Pay

    Long story but our department was not included for a retention bonus (10%) so we wrote a letter to upper management and we were told nursing salaries and incentives were currently being evaluated for...
  13. Healthcare Workers Still Love Their Jobs

    I love my job now that Im away from
  14. One More Week Until I Leave Bedside…Forever

    Congrats! I started in the cath/ep lab a few months ago and I love it. I do not miss bedside nursing or the BS that comes with
  15. It's not just health benefits but benefits in general. You used to get rewarded with a pension for your loyalty. Now those are garbage too along with the health
  16. RNs Replacing Registered Respiratory Therapists?

    My first job was cardiac stepdown at a large hospital system. They had RT's for us to give breathing treatments like nebulizers and inhalers. When I left there to go to VA the floors handle the...
  17. New to cardiology

    Rhythms, medications. Are you ACLS certified? If not make sure you get that as well. Understand the procedures they will be doing. It sounds like you should already know some of this though if you...
  18. Cath lab duties

    My lab the nurses can scrub in, although usually the RT will scrub in. RN's will mainly circulate, give meds,
  19. PCU questions

    PCU is a little different from MS/Tele. PCU is another name for a "Step-down". You're basically taking patients that no longer need ICU level care but can't go to a MS/Tele floor. Usually with PCU you...
  20. Are you a Nurse just for the money or do you do it from your heart?

    Money and job security mostly. I wish I had gone into nursing right out of high school but back in 2004 nursing wasn't really talked about as a career for men. Had it I would have done Air Force ROTC...
  21. It's a typical double standard but luckily it was dismissed a few days later. Had it not it would have created a dangerous precedent. It's why I'm against the 2-week notice. If they don't give you a...
  22. Wisconsin Hospital Sues To Keep Employees

    It's
  23. New Nurses - DON'T TRAVEL

    On the flipside my hospital has plenty of travelers that have experience and they are still
  24. I wouldn't encourage anyone to be a nurse now because you are not properly compensated and you don't work in a safe
  25. Joint Commission never had any credibility to begin