beachlover

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1. LTC Residents and Workers Face Tragedy

   beachlover replied to J.Adderton's topic in COVID

   I find it appalling. I worked in an LTC when the pandemic hit. The "powers that be" decided that with new admissions, they would place them on 7 days "isolation". We had ample empty rooms. They placed new admissions in the same room with other new ad...

2. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

   beachlover replied to Tirednurseandmomma14's topic in COVID

   I am having a real hard time with this. I had to step away from nursing in the beginning of March, and being a volunteer EMT, due to COVID because I am immunosuppressed, and per Drs orders. Now my Dr is saying, well, if you want to go back, you can -...

3. orientation issues!!

   beachlover replied to akint19's topic in New Nurse

   Completely sounds like my first RN position. I had worked at the same hospital for 3 years prior as a unit secy and Er na. By the end of my first week, I had 4 patients, unsupervised. Then it got real- my preceptor didn't want to train me, was not av...

4. Terminated During Probationary Period

   beachlover replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I too was terminated during probation on a Telemetry unit. My preceptor wanted me to do things that were completely unsafe and against regulations and I questioned her on these issues.(i.e., she gave meds to my pt but never clicked off on it and want...

5. Terminated During Probationary Period

   beachlover replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

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6. Fired during orientation/7 weeks in

   beachlover replied to beachlover's topic in New Nurse

   She showed me where to find the information for a discharge, in case we had one. (we didn't). It wasn't one incidence. It continued to happen. I listened to her the first time, walking out of the room with filled syringe and vial in hand, knowing I s...

7. Fired during orientation/7 weeks in

   beachlover replied to beachlover's topic in New Nurse

   I understand what you are saying by my tuning her out, but would you ask your new preceptee to stop in the middle of drawing up heparin to come out of the room to show her something insignificant? (i.e., where to find discharge instructions just in c...

8. Fired during orientation/7 weeks in

   beachlover replied to beachlover's topic in New Nurse

   That is what is so bizarre and weird about the whole thing. This one preceptor made my life a living hell from day one. I would be drawing up meds for a patient, and she would want me to put everything down (needle and all) and come out to the hallwa...

9. Fired during orientation/7 weeks in

   beachlover posted a topic in New Nurse

   I worked at a hospital for 2 1/2 years as an NA with no issues/writeups/problems. Once I received my RN, I was hired on a floor. On the last day with one of my preceptors, I was told to do things that were unethical and illegal. (giving meds witho...