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My wife and I are both RNs looking to move to FL. We cannot take MN winters any longer. I am an ER nurse and she's a Med/Surg nurse. I am looking for real world employee experiences for FL hospitals, specifically AdventHealth in Palm Coast, FL. A...

I know those people. We all take care of them. They usually die (or get disabled sick) about a year after they retire. They all say the same thing. "I should have traveled more, I should have spent more time with my friends and family. I should ...

I hold a license as a RN and as an Advanced Clinical Sonographer in Echocardiography. I hold part-time positions in both and I enjoy the fact I am not getting too burned out in either. Of course I'm recently debating on going full-time echo and cas...

Retire ASAP. For me, 55ish. I figure debt free and 2 million in liquid cash will allow me to live off of 80K a year. 1 million liquid cash will give me 40k a year. So 1.0 - 1.5 million and no debt. I'll be living the dream. Of course as a worki...

I've been an echocardiographer for almost 20 years now. Been a nurse for three. So not sure if it helps considering I went the other way. You do not need a bachelors degree in echocardiography. If you are specifically interested in echo, learn spec...

As a new RN grad I've been working hard at attaining all kinds of certifications and course completions. ACLS, PALS, ATLS, Rapid STEMI identification, Stroke assessment, with NRP, TNCC, and CCRN coming up soon. Thankfully as an echocardiographer I've...

So years later I'm finding a lot of the advice provided to me on this thread years ago is misguided if not even wrong. However it occurs to me many who responded are most likely large metro RNs who work on a specialized unit or have a are isolated to...

As someone who's been a charge nurse in a nursing home for some time now (as first RN job) I must admit that I was wrong and many on here have been wrong as well. The position is looked down upon but I can assure you there is a lot of critical think...

Trying to get a vacation as a new RN under a union regime is challenging at best. It's all seniority based. So the senior RNs can basically come and go as they choose. But that means the rest of us cannot be off (even though we don't cover each other...

So with the risk of an active shooter being real these days and all those darn "no firearms allowed" signs that don't do anything against a bad guy (but do put my job at risk if I carry on campus). We need other options. One of the ones I really lik...

I said the family is in higher healthcare management including hospital CEO. Doesn't mean I work at that facility.

Actually it is stated specifically in the union contract.

Now now. You are assuming.

Not sure how you guys can say there isn't a shortage when data indicates there will be an excessive shortage in a number of years. Not to mention major facilities out there have hundreds of open positions.

Women can be in high positions of authority to. Just saying.

That is one of the few things that union did that I agree with. They got rid of the pension and the employer contributes a flat 4.5% of my salary into my 401(k). So I can manage it as I see fit.

Why do you assume we get a pension?

An hour is a complete waste of time. I do not want to break it up. I want to go home a half hour earlier. I don't go to work because I like to. I go to work because I like to have money to play with. I mean honestly, if I have to take an hour. I mig...

I like to think I'd cross the line and go punch in.

I would be willing to work with others and negotiate with others. One of the major hurdles I see in my facility is the most senior nurse DOES NOT care what others wishes are and will take whatever days she wants. She takes every single day before and...

You guys are still going. Haha, that's great. I know I feel this way for a number of good reasons. Two of the many are listed below. I can tell you guys that I was non-union as an advanced clinical sonographer and echocardiographer. I had all the...

Alright guys. It's been fun but I'm putting the phone away for the day and spending time with my boys. Enjoy.

Oh no question. We should totally pay/reward poor people to breed more poor people.

You have to start somewhere. When I know people who are minimum wage part time and they are getting back more in taxes than myself (an upper middle class) has paid in. There is something wrong there.

Not at all. But when the union contract prevents my manager from approving a vacation in Sept 2017 because it's to far out a someone else may want time that week, I call BS.