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  1. Question about PRN nurse pay differential

    lavenderskies posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just started a new position and found out after I started that the administration had discontinued PRN differential (even though it was still listed as a benefit on the company web page when I...

  2. Question about PRN nurse pay differential

    lavenderskies replied to lavenderskies's topic in General Nursing

    Do they require you to pick up a certain number of shifts/weekends/holidays? If so do they pay you differentials for

  3. Question about PRN nurse pay differential

    lavenderskies replied to lavenderskies's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah that’s not happening out west at least in the places I’ve been and have peers at. Minimum shifts to pick up are increasing more and more. They are to be met monthly. There’s a significant...

  4. Question about PRN nurse pay differential

    lavenderskies replied to lavenderskies's topic in General Nursing

    At the last two facilities I’ve been PRN and I make the same exact hourly wage as my peers which is dependent on experience. I have zero benefits and my only compensation is a perdiem pay so I can...

  5. 3 Couplets, too much?

    lavenderskies replied to xoxJanexoxDoexox's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can only tell you what our M/B does. They take 3-4 couplets. But....they have aids/tech/care assists for maternal vs/infant baths, answering call lights, a charge nurse that helps with lights and...

  6. Preparing for a job in post partum

    lavenderskies replied to ama3t's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Heres my assessment highlight tool from school lol BUBBLE HE B-reasts (soft/tender/nipple shape/blisters/cracks/pt knowledgeable about manual expression/latch, breastfeeding progress, need lactation...

  7. Not Sure if L&D is where I want to be! Help Please

    lavenderskies replied to Lanap313's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's a nasty move by the provider and clearly was trying to make a less than optimal delivery look like someone's fault other than their own. An intervention like a vacuum is not the fault of the...

  8. Help! New Grad RN Looking for Work in Bremerton/Silverdale, WA

    lavenderskies replied to svgustaf16's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say if you are here you'd stand equal chance as a resident. I'm not sure about applying long distance but it can't hurt. I don't know about the hospital on Bainbridge. :) I would consider St...

  9. new grad dissatisfied with first job. advice??

    lavenderskies replied to gmorelle's topic in Nursing Career

    I'd have to say that none of what you say sounds good or safe.....but it's likely not uncommon. Try to do your best for a year and then move

  10. I Love My First Job

    lavenderskies replied to PennNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Unless you have an electric car.....just the fuel costs alone and vehicle wear and tear could put a big dent in the pay difference between hospitals. With that said...you could not pay me enough to...

  11. Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    lavenderskies replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Once (back in the heparin lock, pre needle-less system days) I sat down next to my patients bed to start her IV and place a Heparin lock. I placed the catheter and the cap. Uncapped my Heparin flush...

  12. Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    lavenderskies replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Wait.... You didn't notice you'd impaled yourself until after as pirating and injecting?! You must have had massive stage

  13. IV catheter styles...what one is safer?

    lavenderskies replied to AmandaC83's topic in General Nursing

    I've used both. I prefer the simpler one with the white click retractor button. The other one is fine but it's harder the retract the needle....operator

  14. ACLS & circulating

    lavenderskies replied to Surfandnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work at a 300-400 del/mo facility. We are required to cross train to all areas except NICU. We circulate for sections. We have a transition RN come to the OR w/RT. We train to scrub in and scrub in...

  15. New Process Admitting Couplets... HELP!!!

    lavenderskies replied to puddles11's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We do about 300-400 births a month. Our L&D is separate from MB. We do 1:1 L&D care and have a transition nurse for baby...ideally for the 2 hr recovery/transition period. If it's crazy we...

  16. Not Sure if L&D is where I want to be! Help Please

    lavenderskies replied to Lanap313's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ditto everything Ruby said. If I could talk to my new grad self this would be my advice. At work you are learning how to nurse. Your second job right now is learning how to take care of the nurse....

  17. Being Managed By Someone Younger

    lavenderskies replied to Apple-Core's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I could not care less about a charge or manager being younger. I'm just glad someone wants to do those jobs :) As long as they are good at it and professional I'm all for

  18. What made you want to be a nurse?

    lavenderskies replied to MollyM99's topic in General Nursing

    1. Flexibility (both educational paths and areas of specialization) 2. The ability to move pretty much anywhere and be able to find work. 3. The fact that if I became bored with a specific job there...

  19. Help with Senior project topic

    lavenderskies replied to shelby77's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What are the parameters you've been

  20. Anyone have nightmares?

    lavenderskies replied to dec2007's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I just had one like this...I lost my patients in a super mall. How weird is

  21. Former Veterinary Technicians?

    lavenderskies replied to CCJ21016's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Someone doesn't really have much knowledge of what nurses do these days does she? That said....I love my fur babies vet techs....I hope they don't view me with the superiority that this gal

  22. Diversion in California-please help!

    lavenderskies replied to roxy77's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I have zero experience with this....but I wouldn't put diversion on my history for that. I'd talk to a lawyer

  23. Nursing Schools that accept felony history

    lavenderskies replied to PattersonS's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I would contact your state Board of Nursing and ask them if it would prevent you from qualifying for licensure. If so there's no point. You will have to pass background checks for clinicals and for...

  24. Do you ever wish you were a doctor?

    lavenderskies replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I don't recall having ever been asked that. I've NEVER wanted to be an MD either....maybe I ooze that vibe. People have asked me if I've ever wanted to become a midwife tho.

  25. So excited!! After 5 years away from the bedside...

    lavenderskies replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Awesome! Welcome back! I came back this last year after a loooooong break.