April1rn

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1. Oh boy......I ticked off the charge nurse

   April1rn replied to newish nurse's topic in General Nursing

   See that's where differing opinions make the world go around. More hospitals should shell out the money to help nurses and students enjoy the mentor/mentored relationship better if need be. That way those same SN whom had good experiences will rememb...

2. Oh boy......I ticked off the charge nurse

   April1rn replied to newish nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I hope your not suggesting that I slammed you at any point? I think I refrained from that even though it took much willpower; but I'm also not going to sit back and let you twist my words to suite you. I know my first goal is to take care of the pt's...

3. Oh boy......I ticked off the charge nurse

   April1rn replied to newish nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I won't repeat myself as you can read my post on pg 8 that I directed to another friendly nurse such as yourself. By the way at my facility we do get paid more to preceptor students. We also go to an all day class to learn how to be good preceptors. ...

4. Oh boy......I ticked off the charge nurse

   April1rn replied to newish nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Honestly, it's people like you that make me not want to post to boards. I'm pretty sure everyone knows the first and most important job of a nurse is to take care of pt's but thank you for pointing that out. Now I know what I haven't been doing all d...

5. Oh boy......I ticked off the charge nurse

   April1rn replied to newish nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I was thinking the same thing. Of course I have to say though that I would not want this nurse to be my preceptor if I was a new nurse. Slam the OP a little harder next time, I think you might have left a few things out.

6. Oh boy......I ticked off the charge nurse

   April1rn replied to newish nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I see you have received many replies to your post but of course I want to get my 2 cents into it...lol. I hate that so curt reply that every student or new nurse will receive a thousand times, "look it up." If it's a drug by all means you should be l...

7. Terminated? Do I get paid for unused paid time off?

   April1rn replied to GooeyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Get in touch with your local Labor board and get there take on this situation after reading the facility's employee handbook. The whole thing sounds fishy to me. You should get your accrued time off from them at least. This depends on facility or emp...

8. Lack of daycare or neglect?

   April1rn replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Ok seriously that's just crazy. You have to wonder about some people and judging by the picture in the article you posted I don't have to wonder to hard...lol. A friend and I went to the local library when I was still in nursing school in the middle ...

9. Amiodorone info?

   April1rn replied to pyppi28's topic in General Nursing

   I can't tell you a whole bunch but I have taken care of Pt's with Amiodarone toxicity. I actually had one about 2 weeks ago and he passed away, so this is serious stuff and he needs to check it out. He also had diabetes II, and presented with symptom...

10. How Did We Survive?

    April1rn replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking about this not long ago because a friend of mine is pregnant. I told her don't read all the baby books or you will just drive yourself insane...lol. When I had my son, I read them all and man I had every safety device you could buy. Lo...

11. Daily??? Newer nurses need "stand up" help!

    April1rn replied to onconurseRT's topic in General Nursing

    Don't let this situation get anymore out of hand, take a stand. If not for yourself then think about all the 'newbie' nurses that will come after you. I can promise you this nurse has been getting away with this behavior for years and it probably all...

12. Safe nurse/pt ratios on cardiac unit?

    April1rn posted a topic in Safety

    I work in a cardiac unit on night shift, we also seem to get more than our fair share of med/surg overflow. Our main pt's consist of new MI's, dysrhythmias, active CP, CHF, CVA's, with the odd assortment of pnuemonia, dementia pt, etoh withdrawal, an...