Nurses-give BSN, RN

Nurses-give has 27 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Director of Nursing.

Nurse for thirty years, worked in every clinical area possible including nursing instructor for 6 years in ICU, ER, Med/Surg, LTC, Oncolgy, Ortho, pediatric. I will never eat the young, I welcome them with open arms. 

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   starting pay rate for new grad with no experience for nursing homes

   Nurses-give replied to nvang93's topic in California

   Less drama
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   starting pay rate for new grad with no experience for nursing homes

   Nurses-give replied to nvang93's topic in California

   As a nurse with 20 plus years of experience and now going back to the floor I’m being started at 27.00 an hour with shift diff of 2.50. New grads starting at same rate. Makes me sad to think there is no regard for experience and your degree. You get ...
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   How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

   Nurses-give replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

   Patients don’t know what it means anyway. But you earned it! I never had mine put on their until I got into management. When I was teaching in colleges I had to have it on my badge. But even if you are a floor nurse don’t let anyone take what you ear...
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   How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

   Nurses-give replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

   Because others who don’t have it, can’t handle you having it. So they form their opinions as to why you think it means anything. We don’t think we are better than others(at least I don’t) obviously the place you work at doesn’t think that either. We ...
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   How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

   Nurses-give replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

   Your so right about the name badges. I have been at my job now for 2 months and can’t even get a name badge. After asking 5 times. They can sure print the tiny things up for the staff that got hired after me but will not give me one?? The patients ca...
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   How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

   Nurses-give replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

   We worked hard for that degree, get no extra compensation for it, most places could care less if you have it and or it means nothing to them. We rack up student loan debt ( mine is 60,000) for what? And they don’t even let you put it on your name bad...
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   Trying to understand Director of Nursing turn over rate

   Nurses-give replied to Nurses-give's topic in LTC Directors

   It’s called broken finger trying to type, lol
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   Bedside Nurses: Undervalued, Poorly Retained and What Experts Say

   Nurses-give replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

   It’s all about management! Your staff needs to know they are appreciated. If they only hear from the director or nurse manager when they have did something wrong, made a mistake, or just negative interactions, they will never appreciate you. Thank go...
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   DON on cart

   Nurses-give replied to arainh20's topic in LTC Directors

   The best DIrectors get out on the floor, they don’t just sit in their office. But on the other hand they are bogged down with important paper work that must be done. They still make time to ask the nurses “how are you doing?”, letting them now when t...
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    Trying to understand Director of Nursing turn over rate

    Nurses-give posted a topic in LTC Directors

    Becoming a Director of Nursing was something I have always wanted to do. I wanted to make things better for ..Fisrt- the residents, staff, facility and every person who cared for the elderly. I don’t judge anyone, I first put myself in that persons s...
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    New Director of nursing

    Nurses-give replied to shellyoo's topic in LTC Directors

    I gave it my all. I worked myself to basically destroying my life outside of work. I made it through the tags they received. And was reminded before I decided to leave- by the administrator “ Do you understand what you have accomplished? You helped...
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    missing clonazepam set up please help asap

    Nurses-give posted a topic in General Nursing

    Missing clonazepam from narc box.. I was set up by ADON