Rottie1

Rottie1 specializes in Surgery.

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1. How much vacation or PTO time for years worked in the USA for RNs?

   Rottie1 replied to 2monkeys's topic in General Nursing

   I am also wanting to see how other hospitals handle sick and vacation time. We are wanting to bring this up to our board of managers, and I was hoping to gather some info from other parts of the...

2. Comparing Wages in the OR setting

   Rottie1 replied to dmclung's topic in Operating Room

   Well, yesterday we (director, clinical coordinator, 5 area specialists) had a talk with the head of the OR. We told him all about how we are unhappy with the measly call pay ($1.50/hr), too much time...

3. Comparing Wages in the OR setting

   Rottie1 replied to dmclung's topic in Operating Room

   Stevierae, Exactly! We do elective cases on saturday (supposedly only on saturday), and there have been times when an emergency comes in whether it is an appy or a crani, at that point we call in the...

4. Comparing Wages in the OR setting

   Rottie1 replied to dmclung's topic in Operating Room

   I have been in the OR for 4 years now, getting $19.86 an hour with $1.50/hr for call, which can range from 1 night a week to 4 nights a week, we average 1 1/2 weekends in a six week period. Our call...

5. Comparing Wages in the OR setting

   Rottie1 replied to dmclung's topic in Operating Room

   I work in the OR in Oklahoma City, I have only been there 4 years, start pay (for all newnurses) was 14. and change 4 years ago since then I have had several pay raises due to the hospital upgrading...

6. my back hurts.......does yours?

   Rottie1 replied to micro's topic in General Nursing

   I have had occasional back strains while on the job, but they have always seemed to work themselves out, with a little help from ibu and hot baths. But now it seems that my back is always achy and...

7. Gotta good "poop" story? I do.

   Rottie1 replied to st4304's topic in General Nursing

   Good Grief! I can't believe how much I have been laughing reading all of these poop stories! I am holding my breath as if I were there doing all the clean up myself! One memorable poop story was...

8. Has A Surgeon Ever Thrown An Instrument At You?

   Rottie1 replied to TravelerAdvisor's topic in Operating Room

   I have never witnessed a surgeon throwing anything at anyone, but we had one surgeon bustining on another room to whine about some instruments he wanted for his case. It was a very uncomfortable...

9. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

   Rottie1 replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

   This problem is not unique to nursing, before nursing I was in the military as an aircraft mechanic, and it was the same thing. It isn't just a night shift thing either. Every shift seems to believe...