mermer_rn BSN

So I asked about interpreting new managers behavior on this forum a few months ago (if any of you may remember ?) and took the hint and went PRN while I explored other jobs. I am in the process of applying for a job I'm really excited about, and went...

Unfortunately the federal law is that they only have to disclose my employment and the details of my employment if federally mandated such as for tax audit, etc. There are no actual laws stipulating that they must verify this information to anyone e...

Yes, they definitely deserve an award. I have been around the block with hospitals and this caught me by surprise. I have had managers who would only verify employment or forward a standard form, but to have the entire hospital system to include HR...

exactly! They are professionals in walking that thin line of following "federal mandates" while simultaneously demonstrating poor etiquette. They take advantage of other's generosity and then are themselves stingy! Yes, HR has also been un...

I am taking a federal position....I guess this just how they have always and currently do things. The woman working on my file said she has been verifying references, etc for 15 years and has never dealt with such bad behavior from a hospital. I su...

Yes, this information is my understanding as well, although I have known several supervisors and managers who have left with plenty of references so it is not being strictly followed. I did give them HR contact, who also refused to validate. I was ...

My unit has it's 3 rd director in not quite 2 years. We are still reeling and recovering from all the COVID chaos and are no longer serving as the designated COVID unit. The hospital restricted many things and became for profit. Took away shift diffs...

Yeah, we have not gotten raises in the 2 years I have worked here. It wouldn't be a big deal to be asked to pick up holidays and to decline because of lack of holiday pay, bit to be told that I am GOING to be working holidays with no holiday pay real...

Checking the laws was the first I did when that email went out....no luck. The state I live in does not have many laws protecting employees ☹️ Yes, supposedly they "almost had to close the doors" and that is why they went for profit...but they d...

I think so...I think my gut is telling me this since I squirm in her presence and if I've learned anything from nursing it's to trust that gut feeling even if you can't put a name to it. My personality is the rat (my lucky year and the year of the n...

I wish. They shut that down quick and even have an entire policy about Unionization that includes that you may be reprimanded and even dismissed for talking about, recruiting or organizing a union during "company time" aka when you're clocked it. Sup...

I live in a fire at will, do pretty much whatever you want to your employees state and unless you work for a federal employer you do not have to be paid holiday pay or shift diff or anything else ? When I went OPT the requirement was 2 shifts per mon...

That makes sense, no she is not a team player, at least not on our team! I just have a difficult time understanding that...but I think I need to stop wondering what her motivations are and just take it for what it is: the writing on the wall ?

I think you are correct. I always try to stick it out, analyze and find a way to work peacefully with everyone....but hind sight of many of those times: I should've left right away.

My work-life has been turned upside down. I went PRN in my position and have found myself floating all over, largely to COVID units. My state, like many others, has a large and frightening uptick in cases and hospitalizations. Last shift one of my pa...

Thank you. I need to look into support or some of the free counseling services. My hospital has quickly and quietly gone for profit and most of the few benefits as a PRN employee I had access to are gone...including holiday pay, weekend rate pay and ...

Have any of you worked in an Infusion center/ IV nutrition/ IV spa type setting. I am thinking about trying it part time one shift a week. I have a background in massage therapy, so working in an environment that has that feel and alternative, elec...

agreed. Assumptions and reprove...critical and skeptical is different.

Thank you, that's kind of what I was thinking...I'm not prescribing and they do not offer things like turmeric drips or apitherapy injections, etc. I hope my IV skills are good...I've worked a lot of jobs where people do not have good veins (acute ...

I am OPT at a hospital (I was full time for a year) and I had asked for ACLS as well as MedSurg certification classes. They would not approve either for me, stating that these are only for charge nurses and since I am not full time, I will not be a ...

I think we all have similar dreams...my old recurring dream is finding out that I had a class that I completely forgot about and had not been attending and it's almost the end of semester and I have to figure out how to pass it but I'm wandering arou...

My facility has now implemented a "no complaining policy" and have hung up signs that say "no complaining zone" and the like. They furloughed a ton of staff and took away the yearly extra shift bonuses that the nurses worked their butts off to earn ...

I sat down and did some research, as I should have to begin with, and you are correct. It is written in their contract that you sign upon employment, that you are not to discuss salaries, but it's not enforceable. However, I live in an "at will" st...