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1. Nurse Manager fabricated report

   ptrad replied to ptrad's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your feedback. To follow up - I met w/the DON once more to report more targeting. The DON did speak w/the nurse manager. The manager is resigning. I don't know what went on behind closed doors, but the letter was removed from my fil...

2. Nurse Manager fabricated report

   ptrad replied to ptrad's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your reply. I was going to let the incident go, but a co-worker who has had negative encounters w/this newly appointed nurse manager, encouraged me to meet w/DON even though a month had passed. Do you suggest going to HR? My past ex...

3. Nurse Manager fabricated report

   ptrad posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was in a situation recently w/a co worker (who does not do share of work, but bemoans and groans the whole shift) and confronted this individual to pick up her load. The nurse manager pursued a witness and concocted and embellished a story stating...

4. Stressed at snf/nursing home

   ptrad replied to Vernie08's topic in Geriatric

   Good luck!

5. Struggling in First Nursing Job

   ptrad replied to etuttle1's topic in New Nurse

   I empathize w/your situation. I am an older new grad w/a background in sports medicine & I found 12 weeks orientation to not be enough. Unfortunately, the unit in which I began did not agree & so the cycle began. I went to another hospital...

6. Terminated at end of orientation.

   ptrad replied to Flatlander's topic in New Nurse

   Dear Flatlander Thank you for sharing. My experience with this local hospital was fairly recent. I am still seeking employment and determining how to sell my skills and abilities despite this bad personal experience in that particular setting. Rec...

7. Terminated at end of orientation.

   ptrad replied to Flatlander's topic in New Nurse

   QuaT - I had similar experience w/similar background - 2nd career, and am wondering the same. It's a struggle to remain positive and seek work. And it is sad when the environment is so hostile. I hope you are well and all the best to you. Know yo...

8. Win $100! June 2015 Caption Contest

   ptrad replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

   INDUSTRIAL look! Not MEDICAL!

9. New-Hire Orientation Peer Review Topic

   ptrad replied to bendyprissy's topic in Professionalism

   Peer Review is in place to hopefully protect the RN, promote patient safety and to cut down on errors. However, in my experience, I have found it to be more like being thrown under a bus by my peers. The floor I last worked on tended to report any...

10. Has anyone made a medication error and *not* get fired for it?

    ptrad replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Medications

    I am a new grad recently working in a very new area. I went from telemetry to intermediate Med/Surge Post Op patients in a different organization and was expected to be completely trained and ready to work independently nights w/in 2 weeks. During ...