SoaringOwl

SoaringOwl

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  1. Most used NICU meds?

    SoaringOwl posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi everyone. I have two interviews for NICU, and I'm not experienced in it. I'm wondering what meds you use most often so I can brush up.

  2. Being let go during orientation in ICU

    SoaringOwl replied to hyed's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, ICU is such a hard place to start. I admire anyone who has the courage to try to tackle that at any point in their career, much less from day 1. hyed, I also can't see something once and memorize...

  3. Two weeks in, and I need a vacation!

    SoaringOwl posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Holy cow. I'm in my second week of orientation and new grad residency, and I need a vacation already! They've got me working 4 12's in the next 5 days, in addition to homework assignments that are due...

  4. Two weeks in, and I need a vacation!

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

    I live in FL. Everyone who isn't a millionaire gets treated like trash down here. Once I get that precious one year of acute care under my belt I'm so outta here... Edited to add: I sent an e-mail to...

  5. Two weeks in, and I need a vacation!

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

    So I talked to me educator about it this morning. She said we were provided time during orientation to do the training, which is true, so they're saying it's my fault for not getting them done. I had...

  6. Declining a position after accepting it.

    SoaringOwl replied to movingforwardRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Most decent apartments won't rent to you unless you're making 3X the rent. I was offered a job I really wanted, but the pay was $20 an hour. All the 1b/1b apartments were $1200-1800 a month in safe...

  7. Keeping up the RN license

    SoaringOwl posted a topic in Florida Nursing

    Hi, Can someone clue me in to what we need to do to keep up our licence? I have been meaning to ask my nurse educator, but I rarely see her. Do we just keep copies of CEU's and turn them in when due,...

  8. Two weeks in, and I need a vacation!

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

    That is so unreasonable. I can't believe it! Well, I mean I can believe it, but I don't want to. Just despicable! My hospital offers internships as well, but they're paid at the standard

  9. Two weeks in, and I need a vacation!

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

    Thanks. That's what I thought. I've got my latest homework assignment sitting here, and it's due tomorrow. I feel like going to the hospital and clocking in, doing it, and clocking out. I wish I knew...

  10. Keeping up the RN license

    SoaringOwl replied to SoaringOwl's topic in Florida Nursing

    Ouch, the jab wasn't needed. I'm brand-new at this. My last career kept track of our credits for us and we had meetings about what is required for certification and where we could go to get free...

  11. When did it become OK to treat your nurse like poo?

    SoaringOwl replied to paramed1's topic in Emergency

    Or take a phone call when I'm trying to assess them and expect me to wait while they chat??? What the f?? People, my time is limited. Call them back later. Cell phone blockers should be legal in...

  12. USF BSN & ABSN Hopefuls Summer 2015

    SoaringOwl replied to sallyMSW's topic in Florida Nursing

    We had that too. They've been talking about spreading ms 1 and ms 2 out into different semesters forever. I guess they still haven't figured it out yet. I felt a little discombobulated that semester,...

  13. TGH or St. Joseph's? Which is better?

    SoaringOwl replied to mike23's topic in Florida Nursing

    My friend is at TGH in the acute care residency. She loves seeing the different units and trying them on for size for a few weeks and being able to choose her final unit. That's pretty awesome. Her...

  14. Two weeks in, and I need a vacation!

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

    I'd rather be at work on Christmas, making time and a half, than a homework assignment that pays nothing. I'm thinking of jumping ship and going to another job I was offered. I really don't want to do...

  15. Patient satisfaction or patient dissatisfaction

    SoaringOwl replied to Brian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Like the patient I recently had who wanted a free ambulance to the hospital 65 miles away, simply because he didn't like our terrible, no good, very bad hospital. Sorry, it doesn't work like that pal!...

  16. Patient satisfaction or patient dissatisfaction

    SoaringOwl replied to Brian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hate the waitress mentality we're teaching the patients and their families to have. My last hospital expected nurses and aides to make coffee for the patients and their families. I was dumbfounded...

  17. What are the softest scrubs?

    SoaringOwl replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm in love with my wonderwink. They're longer than many other tops, and are so soft I feel like I'm wearing nothing at all. I also have Landau, and they feel like cardboard in comparison, although I...

  18. USF BSN & ABSN Hopefuls Summer 2015

    SoaringOwl replied to sallyMSW's topic in Florida Nursing

    Aren't the clinical hours are the same for both programs? They were for me, I graduated August 2014. When I applied for my job, my manager was impressed with the clinical hours we had in final...

  19. Unpaid overtime - is this the norm?

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

    Me too. Our clock-out system asks us if we were able to take an uninterrupted 30 minute meal break. If we answer no, we get paid for it. If we clock out late, we enter a code about why: late admit,...

  20. Michigan Religious Freedom Restoration Act

    SoaringOwl replied to MoonlightIdle's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Yeah, but there's also the burn the witches, stone the gays, stone the non-virgin female parts, too. People seem to pick the parts of their holy books they like, and throw out the rest. But it's all...

  21. Nursing school is not a back up plan!

    SoaringOwl replied to happyinmyheart's topic in General Students

    Be glad you didn't do dental hygiene. I went to nursing school with some hygienists who said dentist won't hire full-time, so they have to work for multiple dentists and can't get insurance benefits,...

  22. sick (pardon the pun) of teachers

    SoaringOwl replied to mycsm's topic in School

    As a former teacher, please remember that teachers need to CYA. We need to be able to say to parents or the principal that we did try something to resolve a situation. I've sent kids to the nurse...

  23. New grad=no job=work anywhere even not nursing?

    SoaringOwl replied to Summers3's topic in General Students

    You could work in the schools as a substitute RN, substitute clinic health aide or try to get full-time positions. I subbed in schools and met many school nurses who gave me great advice and...

  24. Don't think my marriage will survive night shift

    SoaringOwl replied to adpiRN's topic in General Nursing

    He sounds like a selfish jerk. If I were you, I'd suggest hiring a nanny, and see if the loss of $$$ evokes a change in his attitude. How can you work all night and not be given time to sleep the next...

  25. BSN Required or Not? Share your job search experience please

    SoaringOwl replied to Lurdes777's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    What part of FL? This isn't true for the Tampa