NotYourMamasRN

NotYourMamasRN

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  1. Rn-bsn new grad.pay per hour 2016

    NotYourMamasRN replied to Pleasestop's topic in First Year After Licensure

    New grad pay for all new grads, when I graduated was about $23 an hour in the Virginia Beach, VA area. I know that at all of the facilities I worked at, there was no extra pay for BSN. At my current...

  2. Move to FL, Agency the Way to Go?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in Agency Nurses

    Hi, When I move there I will do floor nursing with an agency until I find a hospital and position I want for a long term job. I will be looking into case management or healthcare policy and auditor...

  3. anyone know of any other jobs

    NotYourMamasRN replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    Government

  4. Worst/Best thing a nursing instructor ever said to you?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in General Nursing

    We must have had the same professor!!!! LOL, same situation for me! She was the one professor that got a standing ovation from students at

  5. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, It has depended on the setting I am working in. Right now on a Tele floor I am 6 to 1. In the ER I was 4 to 1. In the ICU usually 2 to 1 but sometimes the house sup would give us a few Tele holds....

  6. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am so posting this on my locker! LOL, will use it to motivate the

  7. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! I feel that way and these nurses are truly rockstars! The amount of pressure, acuity, discharges/admissions, doctors, special testing, etc. is out of control. I definitely look up to them...

  8. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much! I would be honored to work alongside such an insightful and experienced nurse! I think you are right, more self reflection is required on my part as to WHY I feel the way I do. I...

  9. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    That is why professional nursing has to continue to advocate for the impact we have on healthcare. In many settings, nursing functions are billed for. For example, when I worked in an ED Observation...

  10. BSN and Associate Nurses Are Neck and Neck. Will This Change?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to allnurses's topic in General Students

    I think for the relevance and growth of nursing as both a profession and academic discipline, growth toward more BSN will be necessary. Nursing has been around forever, but as far as an actual...

  11. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am actually writing a paper on this right as we speak! There is a TON of peer reviewed research and articles indicating that nurses actually have one of the biggest impacts on the bottom line....

  12. Taking a year off after Graduation

    NotYourMamasRN replied to Nursestudent103.2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have an anxiety disorder and a fine tremor, I know your

  13. Short staffing incentive ideas???

    NotYourMamasRN replied to kms6417's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I had any good ideas. I know that on my days off, especially after a few trying shifts, I don't think I would even come in for triple time. I hate that I feel that way, but it just takes so...

  14. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, one day we might be able to get safe, acuity based

  15. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    You hit the nail on the head. Nurses are always expected to know the answers, right off the top of their head, what to do, how to fix this, how to get that done, etc. Doctors, patients, society, our...

  16. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much. This is certainly an area I need to improve in and I like to see that other people do not view it as a sign of weakness to ask for help. During my last shift, I called the charge RN...

  17. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you very much! I hate asking for help, it makes me nervous just to think of it. I remember when I was an ER tech, certain nurses rode me like a horse ALL. Day. Long. I just hate to be perceived...

  18. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    My preceptor told me to do that too, to make sure I chart at least my assessment right away. So I keep trying to do it right after seeing a patient in the am, but crud ALWAYS hits the fan for me in...

  19. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Very true! I definitely need to work on my time management where charting is concerned. I wish I could figure out a way to type the same thing in 100 different required forms, at the same time!

  20. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh man, that is a bad night!

  21. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Me too!!!

  22. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    We definitely look at things in a similar fashion. It doesn't make me feel good by any means, but it does make me feel better to know I am not alone in how I feel. I am also interested in the...

  23. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you both! Definitely something I need to improve upon is what you touched on, thinking about what I could have done better in a productive fashion instead of just beating myself up after every...

  24. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much, that is so kind of you to say and really brings a smile to my face. I never thought of it like that, that actually makes my week! Thank you so very much. PS- We all have our...

  25. Ever Feel Inadequate?

    NotYourMamasRN replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, yes I have had those days too where I am like... 'But did you