angiefaye

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1. How does the recession affect your job?

   angiefaye replied to fulzgold's topic in General Nursing

   i was recently hired and overheard some of the nurses discussing the changes including: no cost of living raise anymore annual raise lowered to 2.5% from 3.5% increase in cost of cafeteria food decrease discount on cafeteria food strict NO OVERTIME p...

2. i need support with my bad experience as a new nurse...

   angiefaye replied to angiefaye's topic in General Nursing

   that's not acceptable! i truely believe that some preceptors do the job solely for the perks...at my institution they earn points where they can exchange them for items. I was lucky with my preceptor...she was good but we just didn't happen to get to...

3. need advice

   angiefaye replied to Hubby's girl's topic in General Nursing

   If no one told you, how were you supposed to know? That's not your fault. You can't take care of something if you're unaware of the situation! I wonder if the patient fell, was able to get back up, and just happen to mention the incident to their fam...

4. i need support with my bad experience as a new nurse...

   angiefaye replied to angiefaye's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for everyone's advice. I may go back and peek at that assignment sheet so i can have more insight as to why i may have received that assignment. I do understand that sometimes nurses just have bad nights...but i also feel like it wasn't safe f...

5. i need support with my bad experience as a new nurse...

   angiefaye replied to angiefaye's topic in General Nursing

   i work 7p-7a...i know that is a slower shift but it's still rough!

6. i need support with my bad experience as a new nurse...

   angiefaye replied to angiefaye's topic in General Nursing

   i guess another issue i had is that if we clock out more than 5 minutes after our shift ends...they send a nasty-gram and then if it happens again we are sent into corrective action!! i guess i should have taken a few minutes even if it took some tim...

7. i need support with my bad experience as a new nurse...

   angiefaye posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a new grad; I graduated in November 08 and started orientation for my new job in January. I just came off my 8 week orientation period with my preceptor on a cardiac/telemetry floor. I have had two days on my own so far. Last night I had the wor...