FloridaBeagle

FloridaBeagle

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  1. Centralized Scheduling SUCKS

    FloridaBeagle replied to sanfran1234's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    My unit claims to do self-scheduling, but it's a joke because the old nurses are grandfathered into a sweet schedule (they have set days they work, and never have to work weekends or holidays). This...

  2. Resume Tips: Perfecting Nursing Resume, Cover Letter, Online Job Applications

    FloridaBeagle replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I've done that. I've literally applied to 200 jobs since graduation, and that's bound to happen eventually. Also, when applying to multiple jobs with the same hospital, I try to upload a new cover...

  3. Jobs at Sarasota Memorial in Florida

    FloridaBeagle replied to J&B-RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    They just became a trauma 2 center about a month or so ago, so they're going through a bumpy transition to trauma. Now's the time to get hired in their ICU because trauma's bringing in lots of...

  4. Tampa/St. Pete's Pay

    FloridaBeagle replied to ssczesny's topic in Florida Nursing

    I'm in the Tampa area and applying like crazy up north to get out of here. TGH is decent. No hospitals in St Pete are good for nurses. I had some clinicals at Bayfront and they're pretty awful. Lousy...

  5. Tampa area

    FloridaBeagle replied to laurah1976's topic in Florida Nursing

    Evening dif more like $2, nights $5, base pay might be a bit higher since new grads make about

  6. Thinking of switching from nurse to elementary teacher. Bad idea?

    FloridaBeagle replied to Skips's topic in Nursing Career

    Summer for teachers is only 5-6 weeks long (since teachers get out later than the kids and return a week sooner) and most teachers spend it doing coursework for licensing, required training or prep...

  7. "I have an ethical problem"

    FloridaBeagle replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    That reminds me of a homeless patient that was stunned that we were dc'ing him back to the street. I guess he thought we'd buy him a condominium or something. He stated to his nurse, "You're sending...

  8. Always the Instructor's Fault......

    FloridaBeagle replied to MFaf's topic in General Students

    At my school when professors were out sick or weather happened, they would post a recorded lecture on powerpoint. In 2015, there's no excuse not to have a lecture. Students are paying for an...

  9. How to Answer "What's Your Greatest Weakness?"

    FloridaBeagle replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm having a hard time coming up with honest answers to this one. The truth is that I'm quiet and not much of a chit-chatter. I'm trying to think of how to spin that in a positive way, but in these...

  10. Thinking of switching from nurse to elementary teacher. Bad idea?

    FloridaBeagle replied to Skips's topic in Nursing Career

    I did the exact opposite, I was a kindergarten teacher and decided I'd had enough with the low pay and long hours and left for nursing school. You need to be a sub first. You need to realize you will...

  11. New grad RN mayo clinic

    FloridaBeagle replied to NurseRebe2015's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad to see they do skype interviews. I'm stunned at the price of a flight to

  12. Patients family in the medical field

    FloridaBeagle replied to dreamer30's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You must not live in FL. I've had 3 Dr's as patients. 1 was fine, the other 2 were awful. We almost threw one dr in a

  13. Upstate jobs? Where?

    FloridaBeagle replied to FloridaBeagle's topic in New York Nursing

    Thanks everyone. Buffalo's a little too far for me. I'm looking for jobs at Mid Hudson Regional. I'm also applying at Thompson in Canandaigua and Cayuga in Ithaca. Does anyone have any networking...

  14. How many patients do you have on average?

    FloridaBeagle replied to Jm0136's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Be careful about deciding a good ratio based on numbers alone, OP. A good ratio highly depends on your patients. If they're the sleep-through-the-night type who actually want to heal and live, 6 is...

  15. New Nurse Grad Blues.... : (

    FloridaBeagle replied to FLNurseGuy's topic in Florida Nursing

    Thanks for the update on your story. That hospital sounds crazy. I think she was pulling stuff out of her butt because she doesn't want to hire you for some other reason. I'm working at a level 2...

  16. Would I make a good OR nurse?

    FloridaBeagle posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi, I'm a neuro acute care RN at the moment. I wonder if OR is right for me. I observed the OR multiple times in nursing school, and rather enjoyed it, but OR jobs aren't really out there for new...

  17. The Honest NCLEX Exam

    FloridaBeagle replied to caroladybelle's topic in General Nursing

    Inside the pantry, you find there is no Sprite, but there is a sprite-like knock off. You deliver the knock-off to the stranger, who says she doesn't want it, she asked for Sprite damn it. Are you...

  18. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

    FloridaBeagle replied to SummitRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Well, it wasn't me pushing for MA's and "techs". It's foolhardy to delegate away all of our work. Pretty soon we won't need RN's and it'll be our own fault. BTW: I have nothing against paramedics. I...

  19. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

    FloridaBeagle replied to SummitRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Well, with MA's and multi-skilled techs doing much of what used to be nursing work, we RN's were told not to worry, because we're the ones who assess and do the critical thinking. Our jobs are still...

  20. Sarasota nurses...

    FloridaBeagle replied to jk14h's topic in Florida Nursing

    SMH makes you sign a 2 year contract and you must pay $5,000 to break it if you want to quit. It's possible to drop to part-time without penalty if you manager approves it. Residency program itself...