Germanicus3767

Germanicus3767 has 31 years experience.

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1. Why I'm leaving nursing

   Germanicus3767 replied to UK nurse88's topic in General Nursing

   I too left nursing 16 years ago after 15 years working in different hospital settings. The combination of unreasonable patient assignments, escalating paperwork, indifferent or, mostly, incompetent managers and daily abuse from patients and families ...

2. No pain meds in ER??

   Germanicus3767 replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Emergency

   I was working in urgent care and my clinic had a number of drug seekers coming in with bogus complaints. Bumping up hydrocodone to a schedule II drug eliminated a lot of them since the clinic was staffed by NPs and we couldn't prescribe over schedule...

3. CRAZY / GROSS / NASTY

   Germanicus3767 replied to kvn813's topic in General Nursing

   I had an ICU patient with a ruptured esophageal varice that was projectile vomiting huge amounts of blood and clots as long as my arm. Blood was literally running off the walls. Some time later, in the same room, a post CABG patient had a complicatio...

4. Tainted by corrections work?

   Germanicus3767 replied to Germanicus3767's topic in NP

   I would say go to NP school. Its more money along with more responsibility. I didn't feel I lost any clinical skills working in corrections. If anything working there made me keep them sharp because you never knew what was going to come through the d...

5. Tainted by corrections work?

   Germanicus3767 replied to Germanicus3767's topic in NP

   I live in the Atlanta area. Relocation isn't an option but thanks for the tip.

6. Tainted by corrections work?

   Germanicus3767 posted a topic in NP

   I'm a man, 55 years old. I've been an NP for 14 years and spent the last 8 working in corrections. I have been trying to find a job outside of corrections for a year now and have applied for a number of jobs but I have not received even a callback on...