NewRN'16

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  1. What is your minimum base pay on Covid-19 unit???

    NewRN'16 replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We have 1:15 + patients plus tech on my C unit. Mostly total care , peg tubes etc. I:2 C + patients would be a dream . It will never happen where I work. I wish I was in the position to do that. I'm...

  2. What is your minimum base pay on Covid-19 unit???

    NewRN'16 replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you so much for your reply. I know this is not an appropriate place to pour your heart out (which I did) but I was feeling so overwhelmed and anything I said to anyone close to me fell on deaf...

  3. Asthmatic and forced to Covid unit

    NewRN'16 replied to BsnBull's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have asthma as well and I am working on the same type of unit. We are not allowed to opt out. Have you tried talking to your unit manager though? You never know what they may say., they may...

  4. How are your Covid patients treated in your Covid/ICU unit?

    NewRN'16 posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    I feel as my patients are being neglected. The PCT stand by staring at the floor, not donning PPE and responding to call lights. I feel overwhelmed. I am off today, but here we go again tomorrow. I...

  5. What is your minimum base pay on Covid-19 unit???

    NewRN'16 replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Same people who threatened to fire me for taking time off when my cat Roxy passed. They wrote me up. I could barely breath, she was my baby x my best friend. This is my Roxy The DON said : go gave...

  6. What is your minimum base pay on Covid-19 unit???

    NewRN'16 replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If I die of Covid -19 please don't let them get away with it!!

  7. Is anyone else holy crap concerned?

    NewRN'16 replied to ladycody's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I started having panic attacks. I can't work Covid 19 on 23 base pay plus $5 an hour hazard pay anymore My life is worth more than $5 an hour. Why are they not appreciating us??? I am not disposable...

  8. What is your minimum base pay on Covid-19 unit???

    NewRN'16 replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My wage increase from 22 to 23 dollars in 3 years . You get paid what you ask for I guess . But this time the pay is more than just

  9. What is your minimum base pay on Covid-19 unit???

    NewRN'16 replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm in FL. They give a few dollars over , but that's my base pay. I can't work like this .

  10. What is your minimum base pay on Covid-19 unit???

    NewRN'16 replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    On edit : yhey pay is a few dollars more an hour. But I still feel as they don't appreciate us. Why so little , when I am 8/16 hours in direct pt contact??? I sorry

  11. What is your minimum base pay on Covid-19 unit???

    NewRN'16 replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We get exposed to the virus all out shift, and every other shift beyond. I don't think my life is worth 23$ an hour. Yes that much they pay me as an RN ? I want to help, but not for this anymore ..I...

  12. How Does This End?

    NewRN'16 replied to MeganMN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't think this will end well..I am appalled at how our government, federal and local, is dealing with this. I am also appalled at the ignorance of humanity, thinking the virus is a "hoax" and...

  13. Do you have a set protocol on your Covid-19 units?

    NewRN'16 posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Or you have a base line protocol, with adjustments from pt to pt. ? I won't disclose ours (who knows what rules /laws I might be breaking). But I can say it doesn't include any of the experimental...

  14. What has the ANA done for you during Covid 19?

    NewRN'16 replied to londonflo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    ANA has done nothing for me personal in regard to Covid. Aside from their webinars I really don't get much else. I don't even know why I am a member

  15. Being sent to sister hospital

    NewRN'16 replied to BsnBull's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I work in a Covid unit and I'm scared too. I know that the disease can be deadly if exposed to a large viral load, even if you are a very healthy person. I really don't know what to tell you. I have...

  16. How bad will it get in the fall/Winter time?

    NewRN'16 replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you so much for your reply ❤️ If any of you have never seen what covid 19 does to someone you are lucky. The suffering is horrible, and you as a nurse feel hopeless. There is a Tx* protocol...

  17. How bad will it get in the fall/Winter time?

    NewRN'16 replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    For 300 million Americans , plus the rest of the world? How

  18. How bad will it get in the fall/Winter time?

    NewRN'16 replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Sadly this is what is coming down to. I grew up in East Europe, no electricity in Winter times. We made do. Can we implement proactive plans before this hits us smack down ?? Where is the orange one...

  19. Nursing in the Age of Social Media: Paging Dr. Google

    NewRN'16 replied to BostonFNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    When you page the provider 3 hours ago, and no response? I once had a new admit who had same class meds sent twice on one med req!! Same class meds , different brands , on same med req. Thank God I...

  20. No Scott Toilet Paper?

    NewRN'16 replied to Emergent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I would be happy with with my patients breathing without distress. Toilet paper brands?

  21. Study: Immunity To Coronavirus May Fade Away Within Weeks

    NewRN'16 replied to NurseBlaq's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I agree. This virus and its effects against human body is still to be studied, as it is all over the place. Speaking of which, this is not the time to open up Universal , Disney World and SCHOOLS!...

  22. Preventing patients from leaving AMA, legally covered?

    NewRN'16 replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    My 2 cents: no , you don't have a clear order to keep the patient in. But you also don't have a discharge order either. Someone suggested risk management, do get in touch with them and go from there....

  23. Study: Immunity To Coronavirus May Fade Away Within Weeks

    NewRN'16 replied to NurseBlaq's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank you ❤️,I hope so as well. We are extremely short staffed, I need to be at work. But we shall

  24. Study: Immunity To Coronavirus May Fade Away Within Weeks

    NewRN'16 replied to NurseBlaq's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes , I think it's true. I will tell you from personal experience, although non medically verified. I think I might have had Covid19 at the end of January. I live in central FL and had traveled to...

  25. Now this....the crazy just keeps getting crazier

    NewRN'16 replied to ladycody's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    This is becoming scary. So basically the orange one decided, out of sight, out of mind??? You can't make this up, not even Hollywood would have wrote this in a script, as it appears surreal. And his...