fnp2b369

fnp2b369 has 17 years experience and specializes in OR.

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1. Unpaid Mandatory Meetings?

   fnp2b369 replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in General Nursing

   i think it's wonderful that you took your concerns to your manager and that she agreed to adjust the start time so that the mandatory meetings would be on-the-clock, paid time. That's the way it should be, IMO (and according to the labor board, state...

2. Unpaid Mandatory Meetings?

   fnp2b369 replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in General Nursing

   i think it's wonderful that you took your concerns to your manager and that she agreed to adjust the start time so that the mandatory meetings would be on-the-clock, paid time. That's the way it should be, IMO (and according to the labor board, state...

3. Unpaid Mandatory Meetings?

   fnp2b369 replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in General Nursing

   I am not at work for "everyone," I am at work for me and my patients. You are attempting to guilt your co-workers into attending unpaid meetings which is manipulative behavior. I could care less how my attendance affects anyone else's paycheck. If ...

4. I don't want to clean poop

   fnp2b369 replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

   Very true, sarose611!! As an OR nurse I work with CRNA's all the time and they specifically do NOT have the legal authority to furnish, only to administer drugs during surgery, as well as immediately before and after. NP's on the other hand have th...

5. I don't want to clean poop

   fnp2b369 replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

   It sounds like you might have some serious issues with psych nurses. If you had a mentally ill loved one wouldn't you want he or she taken care of by a caring and competent psych RN? Mental illness is real and psych nursing is real nursing. I start...

6. I don't want to clean poop

   fnp2b369 replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much Purple_Roses, you hit the nail on the head!! I'm not an angel, just an ordinary human being who needs to be able to use and enjoy the little bit of free time I have. And I have stayed over many, many times to accommodate critical/u...

7. I don't want to clean poop

   fnp2b369 replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

8. I don't want to clean poop

   fnp2b369 replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

   I'm glad that you work for a good bunch of docs and that the pay is good. That must make for a pleasant, do-able job which is so important. It's too bad however that despite all that you are subjected to mandatory overtime on occasion. I don't have ...

9. I don't want to clean poop

   fnp2b369 replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

   Actually hardly ever. I work in a union hospital so my breaks, meals and shift times are strictly enforced per contract. Also I now work in an ASU so there's no PM shift to relieve me if a case goes over. If I can see that a case won't finish on time...

10. I don't want to clean poop

    fnp2b369 replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an OR nurse and I work Monday through Friday, 9:00-5:30.

11. Seven Hells: Vent

    fnp2b369 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in New Nurse

    Thanks, I appreciate that. I like to think I am a good OR nurse. Yes, I know more about the OR than you do. That doesn't mean you know less than I do. Conversely you know more about ICU than I do, but that doesn't mean I know less than you do. ...

12. Seven Hells: Vent

    fnp2b369 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in New Nurse

    Really? I beg to differ. I went directly into the OR after I completed my ADN program and passed boards. I've spent nearly 20 years there-I've never worked a day on my license that wasn't in the OR-and I've never felt I knew less than another RN or ...

13. Seven Hells: Vent

    fnp2b369 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in New Nurse

    Landing your dream job and going to grad school have almost nothing to do with each other. If you want to go to grad school then just go. I am working FT and am about to start grad school FT, an FNP program. My life will SUCK HARD for the next 20 mon...

14. Seven Hells: Vent

    fnp2b369 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in New Nurse

    I had no idea the VA had a mechanism in place whereby techs could earn their RN. This is very interesting, could you tell us how that works? Also, I thought all VA RN's had to have their BSN???

15. Seven Hells: Vent

    fnp2b369 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in New Nurse

    Hmmm, I have to disagree with you there. All this "put your time in the trenches" is nothing more than a sign of the times, IMO. When I graduated from my ADN program in '97 I swore on stacks of bibles I would be a direct entry into the OR and I made ...