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The easiest way would be to look for a job at a new hospital that offers loan repayment as a sign on bonus. Sadly most hospitals offer better options to new hires than they are willing to offer their existing staff. Congratulations on completing your...

As a foreign educated nurse you will need to do the entire CGFNS nightmare every time you endorse to a new state. Try applying for a multi state license from a state that doesn't require undergraduate OB.

This is a troubling sign of what an awful work environment many of us are in. I have personally gone and grabbed nurses/ aides who I knew weren't feeling well and had gone to take a small break, I always went and got them prior to the am shift arrivi...

This is one of the shadiest things I've heard in a very long time. As I'm not licensed in Florida I'd advise you to contact your BON asap and ask for clarification. I know it's a NO where I'm currently licensed, RNs can't push propofol. A p...

Easy. Have the floor nurse do it before they come to the OR. Or have the scrub tech or circulator do it prior to starting anesthesia

Wait 24 more hours and pay for the quick results. There really isn't much else you can do other than call a friend and make a plan to do something today to help take your mind off this.

Normally just the culture of the hospital. Having worked at several private hospitals, think patients with $$$ and OK with paying $$$ we never took a gown off while the patient was awake. Patients were covered from chin to toe while awake. At a...

One charming facility I worked at had a policy that zero leave was authorized during the period of your notice. If you had leave already book it had to be cancelled or your "notice" period had to start in full after the leave, you couldn't work it on...

My thoughts on this have evolved a lot on this over the years. Lets just go with we would never tell someone who presented to the ER with a paper cut, a dental cavity or because they had driven the dental cavity patient and figured they could get a q...

OMG. Well that takes the cake. No. I think there is zero chance you will loose your license for getting an EKG on a patient with chest pain! Frankly in a lot of units it is a standing order and you more likely to be in hot water if you didn't get one...

I not sure I understand this post. If you have already given notice and completed your final shift I don't see how you could possibly be put on a corrective action plan. Having said that if your previous manager is of the opinion that you viola...

Creepy. I think we worked at the same hospital. I quit and took a position at a non -affiliated hospital, less than a year before it all hit the fan. DON and CEO both tried to talk me out of resigning and mentioned that the rumors of hospital closure...

You are human. You got busy doing an incredibly busy job and forgot something. All the back and forth aside, this one comment here from you should have been the end of this. You made a mistake. We all make them (if we are willing to be honest). Own i...

That drama is so messy I wouldn't be drawn into commenting at all if I were you. I have years of PACU experience and feel like I'm doing you a favor by answering "no comment".

Random question, is your unit over staffed or are you paid significantly more than your co-workers?

This is the answer right here. There are processes in place to protect patients from abuse but they also serve to protect staff from unfounded allegations that can be very damaging to their reputation and career. If the patient wishes to make a...

Your unit really should have a policy on this. As you'r new to PACU you may want to review the unit specific policies. If you have an order that only allows 1 dose which is unusual in PACU. Pull the vial, draw up the 25mcg and immediately discar...

Let me put it this way. If for some reason like ......poor management or network merger they decided they were over staffed and no longer needed you / wanted to cut a NP role do you think they would fire you with no notice or do you think they would ...

With the poor weather predicted your manager is probably aware that you are at risk of not arriving for your shift due to driving conditions. From their point of view it's probably easier to swap the shift in advance for someone who lives closer/ has...

With all due respect every nurse should be refusing to take 10 extra patients. 1 nurse to 39 patients is a wildly unfair / unsafe ratio. The problem here isn't the nurses refusing to split the extra patients. The real problem is that any nu...

I'm really sorry to hear that and frankly very surprised. I've witnessed at lot worse with a lot less consequence. The suspension seems like a wild over reaction. It may be best to consider your options (new job) regardless of what your current emplo...

That situation sure escalated quickly. I'm sorry this got so out of hand so quickly and hopefully it's a storm in a tea cup that will just quietly go away but it's probably a good idea to review the situation as a personal opportunity for improvement...

If they are telling you it is 1 or 2 nurses to 40 residents you can be sure you will routinely have 40 patients. You mention the assisted living has no PEG tubes or IV treatments, I assume that means the nursing home does?? That is crazy. Who exactly...

I have done it in the past... but Call In's lasted maybe 2 hours (OR) and were really well paid, they had a huge problem staffing their on-call so doubled the pay rates. I was also in my 20's and could easily manage on very little sleep. I woul...

In all honesty and given your back ground, yes they should have told you at the interview that they have a core of staff who do the trauma rooms and short of them leaving you are very unlikely to be assigned there any time this decade. I'm assum...