cazreye

Day shift supported their fellow nurses, knowing that there was nothing else to do to bring attention to the issue. Now that this has gotten publicity, the criminally incompetent management might do something about it. This hospital serves the poor in the worst part of Detroit. They are the one hospital that has refused to release numbers for covid patients. They have gotten away with short staffing and have recently had layoffs too. They are terrible.

My hospital has 2 covid icus and 2 covid medsurgs. Multiple codes, multiple deaths, some people getting better. I haven’t worked on my cardiac Telly floor for 2 weeks, been working as a runner for ICU. They started out being very hard core not allowing us to wear masks in hallways or patient rooms unless in precautions. They threatened to walk people out for inappropriate use of ppe. Lots of us (including me) were exposed at this time. Now all RN get an n95, good for 4 days of wear (yeah, right, I know.) We can wear home made masks over droplet masks. We can wear p100 if we buy our own. I feel much better about ppe and my hospital now.

I have no intention of putting my life on the line to save others. Especially when the risk to my life is due to poor planning and greed by those In hospital boardrooms. I didn’t sign up to go to a war torn country or work on an aircraft carrier. I got a job in my local hospital, who agreed to keep me safe by providing all ppe as required by osha. This same hospital that expects so much sacrifice from me is the same one who puts ‘points’ on me for such infractions as being one minute late and forgetting my badge. Points lead to reprimands from managers and dismissals. They are the same ones who treat nurses like they are narc fiends and write us up if we don’t give a narc within one hour of pulling it. But these same petty bastards want me to risk my life and my children’s lives? When anyone starts waving flags and playing on emotions, making nurses feel guilty, I always remind them this is a job. The same job that will reprimand and fire you for any number of inconsequential things. If you die they will just hire another nurse. The guy that runs your hospital doesn’t even know your name.

I live in an area with a lot of different hospitals and all the nurses are sharing information. What is frightening is one icu actually ramped up ppe to p100 masks while others only offer droplet mask and face shield. If I have to work with covid patients, I would want to go where the personal protection is greatest, even if the commute is longer. In this age of the internet It’s practically impossible for administration to keep us uninformed. Personally I will weigh the options when the time comes for me to take care of covid patients. I work at the worst hospital (yes, the droplet mask and face shield). My hospital also has displaced Or nurses roaming the halls and reporting any associate seen wearing a mask. Management will then come and walk them out for the day. Other area hospitals are requiring paper mask to be worn at all times, everywhere in the hospital, since associates have to get within 6 feet of each other in the course of work. It’s crazy how different they are all in the same metro area.

WOW!. Oregon nurses you have just entered the category of indentured servitude. You don’t have any say or voice on how you are protected at work - according to the letter they don’t even have to follow the WHO or CDC unless they decide to.

I saw a great quote from a physician. He said that the cdc didn’t lower ppe standards because droplet masks were actually safe for healthcare workers. They lowered them in order to allow us to keep taking care of the public in the face of a shortage. Increased risk to healthcare workers was a risk they were willing to accept. Quite a few of the nurses in local hospitals have been reporting their employers to OSHA and the state. This has resulted in some of these places changing policies. One hospital has purchased all nurses p100 respirators for covid patients. Only one hospital so far- but I hope more will follow.

It appears now that anyone wearing a mask anywhere but in a precautions room will be ‘walked out’. I hear the whole ER will wear masks tonight. this has become absurd.

My hospital will give 2 weeks of paid time off IF you test positive. If you can’t get tested (and you have it - probably from wearing a surgical mask per cdc recs) you will use your own cto for your time off. Lawd.

Yeah I absolutely believe U.S. nurses are being thrown under the bus. I do not believe that paper surgical masks are protective against airborne virus, which this is. I plan to bring my own N95 to work. If I’m asked to take care of a c-19 I’m gonna wear it under the surgical mask. If my manager doesn’t like that I’m gonna ask for my union rep and they can send me home. They’re offering $90 an hour hazard pay with good ppe for crisis positions. In other hospitals. I’m not planning on letting some admins decision infect me and my fam. Nurses are dedicated and selfless and that is being used against us. The work from home administrators aren’t going in those rooms with paper masks.

I just graduated with an adn in Michigan. Its a great market for new grads here. I got a job a few weeks before graduation. You just have to be persistent and maybe go outside your preferred area. Im going to be driving 45 mins. to my job, and working nights.

I did take the Beaumont job even though it was less money. The preceptorship was 3 weeks longer and the nurse patient ratio better too! St joe also had 1 tech for 15 pts at night. That is pushing it in my opinion.

I am a new grad (ADN) in Metro Detroit, MI looking for a job. I graduated from Oakland community college in May. I have had interviews at 2 hospitals, so I have the info about what they are currently paying new grads: Beaumont Health - 26.04, 2.50 for nights, 2.00 for weekend plus 2000 for education per year St. Joseph Oakland - 27.45, 10% for nights (2.75) and 1.50 for weekend plus 1000 for education per year. Anybody have any other offers, know any more? I am curious how the different hospitals stack up as far as new grad pay goes. Please reply if you have any info! Thanks! Cazreye

Well, theory is one day a week, usually for 3.5 hours. Lab is one day a week, also usually for 3.5 hours. Lab may be in Southfield or Waterford, its completely random where they send you. Some people got lab and theory on the same day, but I never did. You need to schedule some time to practice skills in the lab not during class time. When clinical kicks in, (I think after 5-7 weeks) it will be two days a week for 9 hours. So essentially it will be two half-days and two full days per week. Second year there is no more lab, so that helps.

I am about to graduate from that program. They have a mentorship program, where they pair new students with senior students to help them and answer their questions about what is to come.

Thanks for this useful info.

Thanks! I applied for one of them, and got the call.for an in person interview today. I feel like I am actually very well prepared for an externship, no bs needed. Whoo!

Hi, I need some advice... I am trying to get a nurse externship for this summer. I am waiting for a callback from a manager (passed the phone interview) for an externship at a suburban hospital. Its been 4 days since I talked to hr and they passed me on to the manager, which i have to figure is a bad sign. It is for a regular med/surg floor. They just posted 4 externships at the same hospital, but the downtown location. They look really interesting - svicu, transplant, nephrology, surgical specialty. The hospital shares the same career management site for all locations. I don't want to look desperate, but I really want to snag an externship! Would it look bad to apply to one of these? To all of these? What would be the best thing for me to do? Thanks!

It was new for this year and very minimal. Only the math and english sections. In my estimation it weeded out those who could not pass 9th grade math and english - it was a non factor, except for $60 out of my pocket.

That can be a hard decision. I was faced with a similar choice - to either go with the ADN or BSN in nursing. I decided to go with the ADN. The cost saving was significant for me, and that tipped the balance. There is no guarantee of getting a job with either degree, and with OCC I can be done in 2 years with 0 debt. I am looking forward to getting my Pharmacology class assignment, how about all of you?