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Oh girl, can I relate . I'm an older (48 y/o) and have only been in nursing 3 years. My first year was medical. I actually liked it, I was learning and I worked with some really nice people. But I moved away, took a job at another hospital on the...

OK, here is a very honest reply. I will not tell you rather this is for you or not but I will give you something to think about. In this last year, I had to leave work for foot surgery...was out for 5 months. This week, my husband underwent a tot...

Hi dphrn. I start Nov 8th, a start date we agreed upon so that I would not have to reschedule doctors appts I had prior to accepting the position. I would love to keep you posted of how it goes. In the meantime, I would like to ask you 2 questions...

I am in negotiations regarding salary in taking a position as an RN for a private (group of surgeons) outpatient surgery center. I will be cross training for pre-op, circulating in OR, and PACU. It is M-F, holidays off, 401K and profit sharing, med...

I just left a small hospital b/c they continue to find money for directors, keep inventing new positions for their family members (in magmt positions, of course), and this last year, made supervisor positions, then put them in offices (away from the ...

Dear dphrn, I want to thank you for all of your responses,they have been very honest and helpful. You asked to me let you know my decision. Here it is. I am accepting the position. I do, plan to ask if there will be an opportunity to renegotiate...

It sound like you are being stretched to learn to many areas med/surg/tele, etc. I would suggest if you are that unhappy, to not give up nursing. Instead, maybe you need to be looking at another area of nursing, or another facility that won't be ...

thank you for your response. May I also ask what type of outpt surgery yours is? I plan to talk to them on start day about the possibility of a pay incentive once I become trained in the OR. I think that what be a fair question. Yes the hours do...

I am curious as to how many years experience you have in nursing...I have 3 years experience,and with their offer at 21.00, I am hoping that you are a more seasoned nurse and that your part of Texas is paying you 28.00 to compensate you for that. I ...

OK. I have 3 years med/surg background in the hospital. As a new outpatient surgical nurse, the responsibilities are for pre-op, which I can do, I will be crosstrained as circulating nurse and for post op. So, yes, there is some training to take p...

Well, I was 42 when I entered nursing school. I graduated 2 years later, top in my class. I will tell you that I found it very hard and time consuming. Have you heard the saying "get a life", well, as long as you are willing to "not have a life", ...

I feel bad that some people would refer to an LVN as not really being a nurse. I am an RN myself, and I have worked along side many a LVN that d/t a lot of bedside care years is very quick at noting changes in a pts status. Let me give you the insi...

Oh yea, I forgot to put in my previous note, when you start your note, Pt received semi fowlers, I forgot to also say, with rails x2 and bed in low position, pt able to voice needs........It is important to address those bed rails and position of bed...

I would have charted something like this: Shift report received from J. Doe, RN. Pt received in semi fowlers position, a&o x 3, is able to voice needs ( or write needs, or shake head yes/no, etc), VS (fill in #'s), with resp even and nonlabore...

Hello, I have recently interviewed for an outpatient surgery facility and it looks pretty good that I may get this position. I'd like to chat with someone "in the know" to get some info prior to accepting or declining position. Anyone available? ...

You are very fortunate to have only 5 pts. I thought CA was going to lower their ratios to 1:4. Is this not the case. I liked med/surg when I was at one facility but moved and when I worked for another, I got burned out in just a year.

So glad you are not from my state...for a moment I thought we were competing for the same job...just kidding. See my earlier post. I am curious, though, have they discussed pay with you. I'm trying to find any info about outpatient RN hourly pay? ...

I worked in on a medical floor at one facility and loved it...had a great TEAMwork of nurses and resources. Then I went to another small facility to the surgical floor. Overworked, underappreciated, understaffed, RAN RAN RAN my feet off until I had...

Definitely but a Littman. If money is an issue coming out of school then just buy the best you can afford...just don't waste your money of a Sprague, or others. If you get the master cardiac, be sure to read the instructions so you will know how to...

I am so sorry that you have been treated badly. Let me give you a story of mine. I went to work for a surgical floor. I was promised x amount of hours per pay period. I was offered a full time position from the then prn position I had, and when I...

I live in Texas too, but in East Texas. I never heard of Group One before. I quickly went to their web site and looked up the employers who are currently on file with them. It appears they are all in the DFW area...thank goodness for that...becaus...

Two things. You didn't say if you were under contract. If so, you must fulfill the obligations of that contract. Second, you said you are scheduled for the next 2 weeks. If it a regular rotation during that two weeks, then it would prutent for yo...

If it is an elderly pt. I always tell family I need one person who is most familiar with pts meds, routine, etc to stay in the room during data gathering and ask family members to wait in the waiting area and that it may take approx an hour for us to...