burnay76

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1. Written Up.....what is your take?

   burnay76 replied to burnay76's topic in General Nursing

   I've decided to tender my resignation. I really suspect they are trying to build a case to show I somehow lack competence in order to implicate me in the patients death. They can't implicate me directly, but a civil court only needs to show that it i...

2. Written Up.....what is your take?

   burnay76 replied to burnay76's topic in General Nursing

   Did I mean that the way it sounded? Not sure what you mean. What I mean is that I am generally given an LPN to assist in nursing functions. Management has and plans to continue to staff me on occasion without the LPN and no replacement..... potential...

3. Written Up.....what is your take?

   burnay76 replied to burnay76's topic in General Nursing

   Am I naive in believing they don't want to "hang me out to dry"? I think they will if it comes down to it, but I don't think they will seek to do so if they can ultimately sweep the whole thing under the rug. This is a Magnet facility....fairly decen...

4. Written Up.....what is your take?

   burnay76 replied to burnay76's topic in General Nursing

   What baffles me is that these occurrences are completely unrelated to the death of the patient! The paranoid part of me suspect they are attempting to establish a pattern of negligent behavior in case this ever comes to court. They can find no staff ...

5. Written Up.....what is your take?

   burnay76 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in an emergency psych program that recently suffered the death of a patient (first death on site in over a decade....so it is a BIG deal). In the aftermath I received a written warning citing me for not assigning rounds to the counselor (there...

6. What do you think?

   burnay76 replied to casperx875x's topic in General Nursing

   This is a tough one. The current trend towards customer service can conflict with "conventional wisdom". I would be concerned about liability issues. If the patient became ill on soup brought from the nurses home (or it could be construed the soup ha...

7. Advanced Practice Program @ SUNY Upstate

   burnay76 posted a topic in New York

   I'm looking at applying to the MS in nursing (Family Mental Health/Psychiatric Nurse practitioner) program at SUNY Upstate. They have an established FNP program and are planning to start the psych NP program next year. I was wondering is anybody is c...

8. bachelor's degree question

   burnay76 replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in General Nursing

   tough.... I just took the community focused nursing exam today and got a "C". I read both texts cover to cover (1500 pages in all). It's a pass, but I'll need to do much better on the others to downplay this one.

9. bachelor's degree question

   burnay76 replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, we are way off topic but....... The link you have isn't the correct one. The program is not the RN-MSN. With a Bachelors in another field and an RN one may go directly into the MS program. See these two links: http://www.upstate.edu/con/rn_with_...

10. bachelor's degree question

    burnay76 replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in General Nursing

    No, I'm actually saying the program I am looking at does not require the completion of BSN classes. You need to take the excelsior BSN level tests for nursing management, nursing research, and community focused nursing. That's significantly less than...

11. bachelor's degree question

    burnay76 replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in General Nursing

    The school I am applying to is SUNY Upstate Medical University (http://www.upstate.edu) they have a program for RN's with Bachelor degrees in another field. It might be a pretty unique program.

12. bachelor's degree question

    burnay76 replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in General Nursing

    I think everyone is right... bottom line you won't get any better a nursing job with a BS in anything but nursing. However, there are numerous options for an RN with a Bachelors degree in another field. For example, I am applying to get into an MS Nu...

13. ER Nurse requirements by state

    burnay76 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What are the requirements in your state to move into an ER Nurse position? I am in new york and they require that you have one year acute care experience (ICU/CCU is usually preferred) or are in an approved year long ER Nurse training program. I know...

14. Restraint and seclusion in psych setting

    burnay76 posted a topic in Safety

    I worked in the private sector in a psych facility for four years prior to my currect position in a state psych facility in NY State. In the private hospital the use of seclusion was always preferrable to use of mechanical restraints (although brief ...

15. What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

    burnay76 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm a relatively new nurse myself and I have certainly been a pain in the rear I am sure. I am a strong proponent of evidenced based practice and this leads me to a lot of "why" questions. I know experienced nurses become really frustrated with t...