If it sounds too good to be true........
Registered Nurse (RN) - (City withheld for privacy), Kansas, United States
1. If they offer you a bonus, get it in writing.
2. If you're the first person they have hired, since taking over, RUN!
3. If they keep telling you, things will get better, just hang in there, RUN!
4. If they the never keep their promises of training, follow-up meetings, communication, RUN!
5. If management makes excuses for others' unprofessional behavior, RUN!
6. If coworkers have complete disregard for P&P and verbally say they don't care, RUN!
7. If anyone says they are there to just do thei...
If you think your underpaid, trust your instinct.
Registered Nurse (RN) - (City withheld for privacy), Florida, United States
I have been in nursing for 16yrs and my daughter
has been in for 3yrs. She went right through college and graduated with BSN, no experience and I went from CNA, LPN to RN, paying my own way one class at a time gathering experience on the job, as well as time in class. However, she obtained a
job in a highly skilled, critical care area with no experience earning what my base salary was at same hospital. Where as my base wages stayed the same. I don't want put my daughter in a bad light, however y...
The Direction of Health Care
Registered Nurse (RN) - (City withheld for privacy), Mississippi, United States
As most of us know Health Care is about numbers and money. Loyalty doesn't have a place in the corporate world. Nurses work from the heart. If we didn't we wouldn't be good at our jobs. Regardless of education, length of employment, loyalty and ethics, nurses are still considered a liability on the "balance sheets". We cost companies money. Where do companies cut costs? Reduce employees. This is a never ending cycle. One that cost our patients the care they deserve. Heavier patient loads, more p...