Woopsadaisy

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1. 22,000 Nurses Refuse *Mandatory* Vaccinations

   Woopsadaisy replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your objectivity, balance, and ability to attempt to see this issue for the genuinely scary thing it is, and not the sensationalism over whether or not the flu vax is necessary, safe, or effective. Mandating anything medical, to anyone...

2. That's MY JOB!

   Woopsadaisy replied to %D#2's topic in General Nursing

   I believe and I live by the motto: Patients Over Profits"!!! You did good. Don't sweat the admin/bottom liners. They have a different job to do. Just my 2 cents.

3. Struggling/new OR RN.

   Woopsadaisy replied to Woopsadaisy's topic in Operating Room

   Hi Everyone, Well, they let me go today. I just read all of your words of encouragement here and I feel pretty awful. I haven't cried, but I might later on. They want me to work in PACU and Scopes and the Pain clinic. At least its a job. I just feel...

4. New to the operating room!

   Woopsadaisy replied to born2circulateRN's topic in Operating Room

   how is it going, Shanshan? This is what I want to know too. we are to be commended for leaving our comfort zone and stepping up to fulfill an ambition! And I am being eaten alive-- don't know about you, but the nurses where I work are not digging ha...

5. Struggling/new OR RN.

   Woopsadaisy posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hi all-- thank you for reading this, if you are. I am new to the OR, started the day after Memorial Day for a 6 month orientation. I came to the OR after 6 years of step-down/telemetry unit. Sometimes I miss working the floor... and then I think I mu...

6. Hired as an OR nurse! a few questions for you...

   Woopsadaisy replied to trauma_lama's topic in Operating Room

   I have found that as long as I don't wear the same pair of shoes every day, that my feet don't get so fatigued. I alternate a pair of danskos with a pair of trail runners, and sometimes a pair of cheap knock off tennis shoes. I wear Ted hose in the ...

7. How to get a position in the O.R.

   Woopsadaisy replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Operating Room

   I Am becoming an OR nurse.... I starts after Memorial Day! I was hired in from PACU and Scopes (with float to pain clinic). I do have floor experience and ED experience, but from what I can tell, I will be going to the OR as the only nurse who has ha...

8. What's REALLY with the hospitals using Magnet as a cover for wanting BSN only nurses?

   Woopsadaisy replied to foreverLaur's topic in ADN/BSN

   Speaking as someone with a bachelors AND a masters that are not in nursing, I isimply cannot afford to go back for a second bachelors degree. I would get one if there were some help in paying for it, and/or if it would pay for itself.... But it is no...

9. Looking for options

   Woopsadaisy replied to Evy_Lenore's topic in New Nurse

   Hey, you didn't say where you work now, or what sort of facility you are in, so it's kinda hard to make a suggestion.But I will say that having been around a few years now, that there are a plethora of nursing jobs that are not stressful, or AS stres...

10. New here, at a standstill

    Woopsadaisy replied to Woopsadaisy's topic in Career Support

    Woops-- I mean CAH. Not CAW!

11. New here, at a standstill

    Woopsadaisy posted a topic in Career Support

    Hello-- I joined this forum because I am starting to not like my job. Period. And I want to nip this in the bud before I become an unhappy camper. I started my nursing career at a CAW, and loved it. It was 50 miles away tho, and rents too $$ to mov...

12. "Forced Out"

    Woopsadaisy replied to ICUenthusiast's topic in Career Support

    I don't think this is about what you said or did "wrong", or what they said or did wrong. This is about the company culture, and it not being a good fit for you. I work in an environment a lot like this one- bullying happens a lot here, good nurses g...

13. Why do hiring managers say they will call and don't???

    Woopsadaisy replied to Marshall1's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught that after an interview I should fill out a thank you card addressed to the interviewers, and pop it in the mail either as I was leaving the facility, or 3 days later. Then give them a week. It doesn't matter what THEY say. What matters ...