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  1. Leaving NYP

    seconddegreebsn replied to auchiepie's topic in New York Nursing

    It's funny because I work at the ER of a not terribly well regarded hospital in NYC, and lots of the nurses I work with have come from these big name fancy hospitals to my dinky little one and they...

  2. Leaving NYP

    seconddegreebsn replied to auchiepie's topic in New York Nursing

    " How can we put patients first if we aren't practicing safe nursing care?" I don't think that's a problem endemic only to NYP. Ratios and patient safety are a major problem at every hospital in NYC...

  3. Ny methodist hospital

    seconddegreebsn replied to caroline88's topic in New York Nursing

    I second all this, and was shocked how badly we were treated by leadership, especially in situations where violent situations arose it was impossible to get leadership and security to the floor. I...

  4. Patient Ratio

    seconddegreebsn replied to ERpinup's topic in New York Nursing

    There is no max. I have a minimum of 10, that's on the acute side. Subacute it's closer to 15-20. The only thing you can do is protest your assignment with the

  5. Spice Spice Baby

    seconddegreebsn replied to joyful_wanderer's topic in Emergency

    NYC finally banned it....in 2016! Don't know what the hold up is. We were seeing a lot this summer. Down to one a week now, mostly older men 50-70, homeless (won't show up in pee test for shelters)....

  6. NYP Acquiring NY Methodist? Any insight?

    seconddegreebsn replied to bethanysinger's topic in New York Nursing

    This has been a rumor for a while, at least a year plus. I wouldn't hold your breath, it isn't likely happening any time soon.... As for more nurses, they're always churning and burning through...

  7. ER NURSE PEEVES

    seconddegreebsn replied to wojoRN's topic in Emergency

    Someone who was in for intoxication complaining about "all the sick people keeping (me) from getting some rest!" Sorry that old lady's vent is bothering your precious sleep,

  8. Is it me (with no experience) or the NYC job market still sucks?

    seconddegreebsn replied to CP1983's topic in New York Nursing

    Is this really true though? I've worked at three hospitals in Brooklyn and all three are packed to the gills, admitting a huge chunk of people coming into the ER and very long wait times for beds. The...

  9. Ambulatory to hospital PACU?

    seconddegreebsn posted a topic in PACU

    I'm starting a new job working in ambulatory surgery (after 9 months of med surg on a terribly dysfunctional floor) working as a circulating and PACU nurse for a small in-office surgical center. I'll...

  10. I Love Night Shift

    seconddegreebsn replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I could have gotten my sleep scheduled sorted out - it KILLED me. I mean, I could not sleep more than an hour or two during the day time and that going on for weeks drove me to the brink. But...

  11. Ambulatory to hospital PACU?

    seconddegreebsn replied to seconddegreebsn's topic in PACU

    Plastic and derm - your garden variety of plastic and reconstructive procedures (face lifts, breasts, lipo, tummy tucks) and some derm (mohs). I think I will join AORN, thanks for the

  12. 9 months in, quitting to work private practice

    seconddegreebsn posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been doing nights in med surg with all of the usual complaints - extreme short staffing (we are often two nurses short), high ratios of acutely ill patients, bad management. When I had started...

  13. Certification exam tomorrow!!!

    seconddegreebsn replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Good

  14. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    seconddegreebsn replied to fangirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Can you get all the nurses to line up so I can pick one of the pretty ones. I don't want to have some fatty touching me." Unattractive, middle aged man. Sir, I think you've mistaken us with a...

  15. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    seconddegreebsn replied to fangirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "I hope your husband regrets marrying such a stupid whore!" after seeing my wedding ring. Well, he bought it so he's stuck with it, stupid or

  16. 9 months in, quitting to work private practice

    seconddegreebsn replied to seconddegreebsn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you so much everyone for your input - I accepted a new position today that offers a lot of autonomy and I will need to quickly bring myself up to speed, but it seems like a good challenge. I'm...

  17. New York City RNs Hold Strike Vote

    seconddegreebsn replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I don't clock out they just refuse to pay me for that time (which is catching up on charting) because I'm supposed to have finished my work in a given time frame, even if that time frame includes...

  18. 9 months in, quitting to work private practice

    seconddegreebsn replied to seconddegreebsn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Unfortunately blocking transfers is the only way she can stop staff from bleeding (more like hemorrhaging) from the department, and there seems to be a fresh batch of new grads constantly flowing in....

  19. Please Critique My Resume - Applying to Dream Job and Trying to Move Out of Med Surg

    seconddegreebsn posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm a new grad nurse applying to my dream job doing primary care in student health. I have med surg experience (8 months) but I'm trying to bridge into this new position since the hours and...

  20. New York City RNs Hold Strike Vote

    seconddegreebsn replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Yeah, I'm at one of those facilities who are claiming that - we routinely have 8 fresh postoperative patients and outcomes are not so great. A lot of hospital stays that end up transferred to critical...

  21. NY Med - a great reminder about social media and nursing

    seconddegreebsn posted a topic in General Students

    Not sure if anyone else watches NY Med, but on last night's episode, a staff nurse was fired for instagramming a photo of what a trauma room looks like after a patient has been treated. Many people...

  22. New York City RNs Hold Strike Vote

    seconddegreebsn replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I would really like to see this effect some sort of REAL change, like staffing ratios in California brought here. Maybe I'm being optimistic, but we work in violation of the ratios set by our contract...

  23. NYSNA Strike Authorization Vote

    seconddegreebsn posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    New York State Nurses Association Threatens To Strike « CBS New York "NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The union representing 18,000 nurses at 14 private hospitals in New York City says its...

  24. Threatened by patient

    seconddegreebsn replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So let's say I did call the police, against the advice of security and nursing management. The patient hasn't actually touched me yet, he's just threatening to do so (both in the present and in the...

  25. Threatened by patient

    seconddegreebsn replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah, we threatened to call the police and that didn't deter him at all. I still cannot believe he was allowed to stay after threatening staff, but you know...customer service and whatever. Looking...