gdottie

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1. Crusty old bat in new RN role..

   gdottie replied to TNurse4u's topic in Relations

   I had been at the position 2 days and they hadn't even met me. Your post was just plain ugly for no reason, but I see you at least sign your emails appropriately. SHE SAID SHE WAS PUSHED. I've precepted dozens of people and not once have I had the...

2. Crusty old bat in new RN role..

   gdottie replied to TNurse4u's topic in Relations

   I wish I could say this was isolated and would probably never happen again, but I've run into many situations similar. Starting in NICU, I ran into people who took eat their young to a whole new level. The second shift someone blatantly stated "I'm...

3. Crusty old bat in new RN role..

   gdottie replied to TNurse4u's topic in Relations

   What am I missing here? She PUSHED you? Oh hell no. I've dealt with many inexperience, insecure, bossy, rude, mean, and nurses with just no precepting skill at all; but it would be a cold day when someone pushed me. I don't think I've ever come ac...

4. How much is a normal raise

   gdottie replied to Sully64's topic in General Nursing

   We are always told everywhere it is against policy and you can be fired for discussing salaries. I'd like the data source on the comment that it is illegal. I think people SHOULD discuss compensation, and we wouldn't be such suckers....

5. Funniest thing you've heard in an interview

   gdottie replied to adventure_rn's topic in Humor

   OMG...I got the what kind of tree are you one. I said do you mean like a web document object model tree? I'd be the application interface I guess. Half of them were laughing, especially a guy on the end who was especially amused...but the woman wh...

6. What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

   gdottie replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

   AMEN! Great post! I'm so sick of the college I'm going to feeding students the line of BS that older nurses did what they were told and didn't question anything or use evidence based practice. If you say anything to argue that ADN nurses were prof...

7. Lied to in Interview

   gdottie replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

   I guess I'm kinda stunned you've been in nursing this long and never been lied to. I'm lied to quite frequently. Last position I was told I would have complete training for a new area. It consisted of less than two weeks of going through what need...

8. Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

   gdottie replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

   I'm old enough to remember hearing LPN's say the same thing. I worked with LPN's who did everything in ICU but IVP, now you almost never see one in an ICU. I watched nurses with decades of experience get demoted for not having a bsn after being tol...

9. Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

   gdottie replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

   The BSN in TEN law they were pushing grandfathered in those who are working in nursing already. My question is, if approx. 65 percent of nurses are associates....why do we have NO VOICE?

10. Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

    gdottie replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    My program took down my discussion post and gave me a 0 for not drinking the Kool Aid and saying bs that I'm soooo much better a nurse because of the degree change. The ANA is NOT my friend, this is all a money making racket. The lack of respect and ...

11. Being forced to stay at work. (West Virginia)

    gdottie replied to Sixtr's topic in General Nursing

    Actually...... the law states that a nurse can not be mandated to stay for 16 hour shifts etc UNLESS they work for the state. I guess the state considers their RN's chopped liver?