grifton66 BSN

grifton66 has 8 years experience as a BSN and specializes in RN-BC, CHPN, Hospice, Med/Surg.

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1. Care Manager vs Inpatient Hospice

   grifton66 replied to principessaGG's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Update...I left the case manager position and went back to the IPU/hospital environment, and I am so much happier. I go home at night, and while I may wonder how my pts are doing, I'm not anxious or...

2. Care Manager vs Inpatient Hospice

   grifton66 replied to principessaGG's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   I left an IPU in a large metropolitan hospital for a home hospice case manager position earlier this year. I miss the hospital. Being a case manager seems like a lot less hands-on nursing and a lot...

3. Coronavirus and Pay

   grifton66 replied to Marianna5's topic in Disaster Preparation

   No idea of the total number, only know how it has affected the units I get information about. And sure, job shifting is totally normal, but when it's draining the nurses out of some hospitals and...

4. Coronavirus and Pay

   grifton66 replied to Marianna5's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Except when your nurses are taking jobs elsewhere that do pay more. My facility has had a ton of nurses leave and take jobs that are offering much higher pay, far more than that have called out

5. Coronavirus and Pay

   grifton66 replied to Marianna5's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Seems foolish to not offer financial incentives to your existing nurses...if they aren't there, you're gonna be spending a ton more on travel nurses. The hospital system at which I work says there...

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

   grifton66 replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

   Towards the end of three shifts in a row a coworker caught me knocking on the door of a patient's room...to leave the room, not

7. Is 46 Too Old for Nursing School?

   grifton66 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

   Graduated with my BSN at 47, had three job offers at graduation. I'm working on a med/surg floor at our state's best hospital and gaining tremendous experience. My age has been an asset in all ways...