ErnBlz

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1. Overworked Home health RN

   ErnBlz replied to jeepluv818's topic in Home Health

   I suggest you go somewhere else. If the RN managers aren't willing to go out there and help by doing oasis admits and discharges and supervisory visits, then they are just using you to be more...

2. Requiring paperwork after I left

   ErnBlz posted a topic in Home Health

   I recently quit my home health job because the work load was crazy and they were basically expecting us to work off the clock. We also had call 24 hours a day for a week every other week. I have some...

3. Staffing agencies: the good, the bad, what do you think?

   ErnBlz replied to ErnBlz's topic in Agency Nurses

   All of that is good to know. Thanks for letting me know what your experience was. I am officially now an employee of Pulse but still have a full time job. I'm hoping to pick up weekend shifts soon. My...

4. Staffing agencies: the good, the bad, what do you think?

   ErnBlz posted a topic in Agency Nurses

   I work full time for Advantage Nursing in Columbia, Missouri. I wanted to pick up some extra PRN shifts so I started working for DaVinci Staffing here. Big mistake! I found DaVinci's recruiter to be...

5. Accidentally told my coworker what I make, BIG ISSUES NOW

   ErnBlz replied to newrn93's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I don't agree that salary is taboo. If salaries are secretive, it can lead to nurses being taken advantage of and paid low wages on management whim. Hourly employees should not have to hide their pay....

6. NP salary too low?

   ErnBlz replied to abcdefg's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Why would anyone become a nurse practitioner with these low salaries? The hospitals are stealing from Nurse Practitioners. My experience in working with NPs is they do everything a physician does...

7. August 2015 Caption Contest. Win $100!

   ErnBlz replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

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8. PAY FOR NEW GRADUATE RN's FOR COLUMBIA/ST LOUIS MISSOURI AREA

   ErnBlz replied to omoolaa's topic in General Nursing

   This is a year old thread but wanted to put my 2 cents in. I graduated the same time (May 2014). My first job was at Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center in Fulton Missouri. The evening shift pay...

9. 16 hr weekend shifts

   ErnBlz replied to jmitchell-85's topic in General Nursing

   Our facility just changed to mandatory 16 hour shifts with 2 12 hour shifts. After those three days I was absolutely exhausted to the point I wasn't sure I could drive home. I met with our DON to see...