LovingLife123

LovingLife123

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  1. ADN vs BSN Nurses' Competency

    LovingLife123 replied to StudentNurseMNUS's topic in General Nursing

    I know that. I still graduated with my ASN

  2. ADN vs BSN Nurses' Competency

    LovingLife123 replied to StudentNurseMNUS's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm, pot stirring? These students I’m guessing are very bored with no school or clinical s right now. First of all, it’s an ASN. An Associates In SCIENCE. Unless you want to call a BSN an BDN....

  3. Finding a job with pending accusation

    LovingLife123 replied to aspirationpneumonia's topic in General Nursing

    Well, maybe understanding why you have a pending accusation can help you obtain another job and how to talk to the BON. Just a thought.....

  4. If the US started a system like the NHS in the UK should nurses expect a cut in pay

    LovingLife123 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    But, I was responding to the OPs original question and it went off on tangents. The question was should we here in the US expect our pay to go down with a single payer system. I responded yes. I...

  5. Finding a job with pending accusation

    LovingLife123 replied to aspirationpneumonia's topic in General Nursing

    You are misunderstanding. I’m not in Psych. I’m in an ICU in a hospital. Restraints are renewed every 24 hours and documented on every hour. I could not imagine renewing every hour. I’m...

  6. If the US started a system like the NHS in the UK should nurses expect a cut in pay

    LovingLife123 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I understand all of this. I think many of you in these other countries are not at all understanding what I am saying as it pertains to the US. I’m not talking about if I moved to the UK or a...

  7. Finding a job with pending accusation

    LovingLife123 replied to aspirationpneumonia's topic in General Nursing

    Not in the hospital. I often have 2 patients in restraints and we never order a sitter for someone being in

  8. Bachelor`s in Psychology Struggling to Get into RN

    LovingLife123 replied to implathszombie9's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A 68% NCLEX rate is terrible. Why would you consider this school? And why are you going for an LVN at this time? What is your end goal with nursing? Why don’t you consider an ABSN program? If you...

  9. Finding a job with pending accusation

    LovingLife123 replied to aspirationpneumonia's topic in General Nursing

    It seems you were given a restraint order before bipap was placed. You absolutely cannot have a patient who is on bipap in restraints. The reason being if they vomit, they cannot take the mask off...

  10. If the US started a system like the NHS in the UK should nurses expect a cut in pay

    LovingLife123 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I stated I don’t know what the COLA is in other countries. The original question was that if we here is the US, went to a single payer system, would the nurses expect lower wages. I could not...

  11. If the US started a system like the NHS in the UK should nurses expect a cut in pay

    LovingLife123 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I also get close to 5 weeks of PTO a year. I use it for vacation, sick time, and low census pay. Yes I pay for my healthcare from each paycheck. It comes to $300/month for my whole family. My...

  12. If the US started a system like the NHS in the UK should nurses expect a cut in pay

    LovingLife123 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I don’t know the cost of living in these other countries. I was saying that here in the US, if we went to a single payer system, and nurses pay rate decreased to that amount, I couldn’t make it....

  13. If the US started a system like the NHS in the UK should nurses expect a cut in pay

    LovingLife123 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I also couldn’t survive in the US on 15-16/hr. Right now, I have a two income household to afford life. I live in a major metropolitan area raising 3 children. I’d have to take two jobs working...

  14. If the US started a system like the NHS in the UK should nurses expect a cut in pay

    LovingLife123 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I’m just going off of what I saw a UK ICU nurse

  15. PTO

    LovingLife123 replied to snickers17's topic in General Nursing

    I just calculated mine. It’s .11 per hour I think. But we also get 8 hours for each holiday. I think I actually get 8 holidays. Is this also your sick days and vacation? And do you have to use...

  16. If the US started a system like the NHS in the UK should nurses expect a cut in pay

    LovingLife123 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    They get paid much less. I know if an ICU nurse in the UK who posted her pay. It was the equivalent of $15.73 an hour here. And yes, if we went to a single payer system, nurses would get paid...

  17. RN fired from ICU and not offered transfer to another floor.

    LovingLife123 replied to HansRN's topic in General Nursing

    So there was a patient on an insulin gtt with blood sugars still above 350 the entire previous shift? That’s an incident report to me. Where I’m at, you check sugar, put it in the computer, and...

  18. is it doable to work night shift after having a baby?

    LovingLife123 replied to juviasama's topic in General Nursing

    You would still have to put the baby in daycare so you could sleep. You can’t work all night and take care of a baby all day. Yes, babies nap, but not long enough for you to get any type of sleep....

  19. RN fired from ICU and not offered transfer to another floor.

    LovingLife123 replied to HansRN's topic in General Nursing

    That’s an odd way to do an insulin gtt. So, are you saying the night shift nurse had all her blood sugars greater than 350 and was still checking every two hours? And my point about the sat was,...

  20. RN fired from ICU and not offered transfer to another floor.

    LovingLife123 replied to HansRN's topic in General Nursing

    All the things you mention are concerning. And the fact that after you were told about not answering alarms and beeps you started reminding other nurses, did not bode well for you. As a newbie, you...

  21. Phentermine/Drug Test

    LovingLife123 replied to yazmin's topic in General Nursing

    The MRO simply asks for proof of a current script. You send a pic of a current bottle. It’s

  22. Certifications for new grads going into the ICU?

    LovingLife123 replied to soontobenewgrad2020's topic in General Nursing

    Because you push meds in the mega code. Each person has to take their turn in the mega code. That’s always been my experience. We all took turns in the roles. I work in a Trauma ICU. Our...

  23. Certifications for new grads going into the ICU?

    LovingLife123 replied to soontobenewgrad2020's topic in General Nursing

    You really don’t need those certifications to get into the ICU. I’m surprised you could even get ACLS. You legally can’t push meds yet so how did you do the mega code? Many of those...

  24. Blood administration

    LovingLife123 replied to Serotonin2's topic in General Nursing

    I always prime my line with saline. It reduces the possibility of losing any of that blood. I don’t even want to lose a drop. Second, I have never seen blood ordered any other way except by...

  25. Thoughts on Charge RN

    LovingLife123 replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in Critical Care

    Do places often hire charge nurses from outside their own unit? I’ve never seen that. And I honestly couldn’t imagine my charge nurse not having critical care experience. On our unit, the...