MaryB7

MaryB7 BSN

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  1. How does your unit determine who floats?

    MaryB7 replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked at around 20 hospitals now and I can tell you that you may never find a facility where you get equitable treatment. Many managers are poorly trained, have no interpersonal skills, were...

  2. How does your unit determine who floats?

    MaryB7 replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    I was permanent staff at a hospital in Texas for many years. I was floated the entire Spring of 2014. I took it as a hint. I left and started travel nursing. Now it is seven years later. I contracted...

  3. "Thank you for your service"

    MaryB7 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This comment makes me want to move to the UK. And yes, who our society values and pays is so screwed up it is completely beyond

  4. "Thank you for your service"

    MaryB7 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I am former military as well, a travel nurse, and I’m old. We didn’t get any respect at the end of the Vietnam era. In fact it was quite the opposite. If you flew in uniform as you were required...

  5. I GOT ACCEPTED INTO NUSING SCHOOL!!!

    MaryB7 replied to NurseK523's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    All of the nurses I have ever worked with that were CNAs first were great nurses. You have already been exposed to so much already, if you still want to be a nurse after seeing what the job is really...

  6. The worst job you had before becoming a Nurse?

    MaryB7 replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as a cleanup person at a facility that trained dogs. And yes, it was as bad as it sounds. What was worse was that I had previously worked as an electronic tech making 4 times the money but at...