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I work every weekend at my current job. We call it the weekender program but Baylor program is the ususal term. I do have to work every weekend. I get 2 weekends off per year, two paid and two unpaid. PTO accurs very slowly. I am allowed sick pay as ...

Has anyone attended Viterbo University BSN completion program? Is the program any good? Is it very expensive? I am trying to decide where to apply to obtain my BSN. I attended College of St. Catherine-MPLS graduating with my ADN December 2002. So ...

Attended College of St. Catherine-Mpls campus 1999-2001. Minneapolis, MN Really great school with a really good rep. The instructors were very good at helping each student and answering questions.

I love working 12 hours. I work at a hospital 45 minuites from home for this very reason, not only becaue of the 12 hour shifts but also because I work weekends only. Friday and Saturday 7p-7a. I love it. I have the whole week off with my kids to he...

Hands down for me are the detox patients. Keeping them drugged up so they can sleep off their hang over, makes me scared. You have to spend a lot of time in my opinion worried about over sedation. And I always feels as if my assessments of these peop...

I am just curious, about what other nurses see or do concerning good body mechanics. I have done agency nursing at 3 hospitals where I live and I currently work at one of the hospitals that recruited me. Well here is what I have noticed. 1) I have ha...

NURSINGAGAINSTDAODDS, those are good one's and really funny. Advice taken. thanks for the reply.

Never pull out your NG tube and state " don't need that any more" and proceed to state "this is the worse doctors office I have ever been in" when you have been told several times that you are in a hospital and why you have the NG in the first place....

To NIGHTMARE, I hope I did not offend you with the seasoned nurse thing or any other nurse for that matter. I am referring ONLY to the seasoned nurses at the hospital I currently work at. My mother has been a nurse for 30 years and is now 55 years ...

Here in Madison, Wisconsin starting pay just went up to $29.75/hr. This is pretty good, especially for the cost of living here. Housing is very expensive and the taxes are high. But the schools are good, so ya get what ya pay for. But the funny thing...

I travel 45 minutes each way about 35 miles. I work only weekends 12 hour nights, I get paid for 36 hours though. And unfortunately I drive an SUV, Nissan Xterra. But with my pay I make up the gas after about The road is all rural, I am talking cows...

As we were taught in nursing school, if it's not documented then it wasn't done. Document, Document, Document. :typing

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I have been doing per diem nursing assigments with Intelistaf and they have been bought by Medical Staffing Network. Does any traveler or nurses in genral have any opinion of Medical Staffing Network. So far the per diem work with intelistaf has been...

I don't know how it is in every state I can only speak for the state I originally got my nursing license in. Minnesota it is true the big envelope means plain and simply you fialed and there will be info of your performance and info on how soon you c...

Working in a hospital is way more money, I was making $30/hour working nights in illinois. Now I work in a clinic office internal medicine and make 22.00 per hour. But not to be judgemental if you work for a clinic for a particular hospital some pay...

I am looking to relocate to madison and am not sure if it would be a good move or not. I lived in minnesota for ten years and have moved back to Illinois to save money. I am not happy with the nursing situation here. I work nights right now and most ...

I have been a nurse for three years and spent the first year and a half on a med-surg/oncology unit. All life is precious and valuable. When there is an anminal suffering, in agonizing pain, nothing can be done, and the medications does not allow fo...

As far as I know you can give 1/2 a dose of any medication as long as it is documented that you gave 1/2 a dose.You can get a MD order but I don't believe it is necessary. When a patient wants to take a med at a differnt time within you 1 hour window...

I can totally relate to all that has been said at this post. I have been wanting to open such a post for a while. The hospital I work at is very shot staffed. I work 12 hour nights and we usually have 2 RN's and 1CNA down each hall. 10 patients a pie...

I work 12 hour nights and love it. I work three days a week and have 3-4 days off. Right now a I have the next three days off and I will go back to work thur/fri, then off sat/sun/mon. When I first started my job I worked full time 8's and It was te...

I personally do not prefer to be called an African-American only because I am not from Africa. I am a Negro/Black-Amercian. My ethinic background is of an African desecnt. But for me personally I am an American plan and simply put, I just happen to...

Everyone has made very professional, compassionate and valide points. I greatly appreciate all of your inputs and feel very proud to be a nurse among you guys. I just want to add and point out that when I mention peaceful passing via euthanzie, I sp...

Thanks undediced7 good point. I have found in my three years that family is allowed to override the living will wishes of a patient. This really disturbed me. My thought that I brought to my charge nurse is why even have a living will if family is a...

My mom has been a nurse for thirty years and I just loved science and how the body works as a kid. I use to read all of her medical nursing books and as all of us as nurses are I am a very caring individual and give 150% to my patients. When I d...