cgw5364 ADN

cgw5364 has 40 years experience as a ADN and specializes in Maternal Newborn and Denials Management.

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1. Precepting After 4 Months Off Orientation

   cgw5364 replied to MDelainy's topic in General Nursing

   I think precepting would be a great opportunity for you and your preceptee. 1) you will have help with your patient load. 2) You both can brainstorm together. 3) If you don't know how to do something your charge nurse, unit educator or manager could ...

2. Twelve Hour Nights or M-F

   cgw5364 replied to Lynn1230's topic in General Nursing

   I am currently working M-F 8-5 job and have done this for the last 11 years. I did take a $5.00 pay cut in addition to shift diff/holiday pay when I left the bedside 11 years ago. I feel like the pay cut was an even trade not to have to ruin my healt...

3. Age Discrimination in Nursing

   cgw5364 replied to MNRN22's topic in General Nursing

   I understand why the person over the fellowship program made this statement" It is not a good fit for someone approaching retirement age and looking to take it easier.". Fellowships are generally programs that provide extensive long-term training. Th...

4. Is there a place for slower nurses?

   cgw5364 replied to Brownelfin's topic in General Nursing

   My entire bedside nursing career which was over 20 years from the age of 22-mid 50's I used a small portfolio notebook kept in my pocket with everything I was required to do that shift. As I did things, I checked them off. At the end of my shift, I p...

5. Please Share Your PTO Accrual Rate

   cgw5364 replied to _kay's topic in General Nursing

   28 years at my facility. I accrue 10.2 hours every pay period. Max number of hours anyone can accrue is 420.

6. Phasing Out ADN?

   cgw5364 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

   One of the best nurses I ever worked with was an LPN. She taught me, a new ADN nurse working Oncology how to function as a nurse.

7. Phasing Out ADN?

   cgw5364 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

   Hospital in my area only hires BSN and LPN. I am an ADN nurse with over 30 years' experience and a certified Mother-Baby nurse. Thankfully I did not have to find a job when I moved because my remote non-bedside nursing job came with me!

8. Nurses Fired For Viral TikTok Video

   cgw5364 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Appalling behavior! In 30 years of nursing, I never "mocked" a patient. Have I complained about a patient? Sure, to my co-workers in our breakroom or after work as probably every nurse has done. The nurses who did this have something seriously lackin...

9. Wrong Department?

   cgw5364 replied to NNF2015's topic in General Nursing

   I am a nurse of 30 years and have precepted quite a few nurses-those with experience and those fresh out of school. Every preceptee I oriented had a list of skills that were to be observed by me the preceptor. As a preceptor I never assumed someone k...

10. The Healthcare Hero Paradox and the Alleged Nursing Shortage

    cgw5364 replied to AM408's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for 30 years. I left the bedside 10 years ago to work in medical review/denials management. I still liked my bedside nursing job in mother/baby but was tired of being on call and working 12-hour shifts. I worked on mother/baby fo...

11. War on Nurses

    cgw5364 replied to dareese's topic in COVID

    I have 30 years nursing experience. I worked with some wonderful LPN's in my career including one that showed me how to be a nurse as a new grad. I have also experienced being the only RN on a floor with LPN's. I was not only responsible for my patie...

12. Patient going to complain against me?

    cgw5364 replied to Bella345's topic in General Nursing

    I am a nurse with 30 years of experience. In that 30 years I have taken care of many patients with intractable pain due to cancer, chronic pain due to pinched nerves, Sickle Cell Crisis, intractable migraine, acute post-surgical pain and many more. I...

13. Personal Deathbed Vision Stories?

    cgw5364 replied to poppyboo's topic in Spirituality

    In the week before my mother died she would at times raise both of her arms up reaching toward the ceiling and say "James (my deceased father) take me on the boat, I am ready". I had worked on oncology for a couple of years and patient's talking abou...

14. Preceptor Made Me Feel Like I Should Leave Nursing

    cgw5364 replied to Nurse12390's topic in General Nursing

    I had a similar experience working in a Level lll NICU. I was not a new grad and had experience working in L&D and Special Care Nursery. My preceptor was nice and everything seemed to go well on orientation. Then I was placed on night shift after...

15. Leaving Your Job Due to Mandate

    cgw5364 replied to jive turkey's topic in COVID

    Since the virus has a treatment and a 99 percent survival rate without any medical treatment AND the so called vaccine is unproven, not really a vaccine, and killing people( see openvaers.com), I would say goodbye and not look back. I know several h...