HiddencatBSN

HiddencatBSN BSN

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  1. Over $300k in student loans - help.

    HiddencatBSN replied to friendlyskies's topic in General Nursing

    Good health and solid employment are essential assumptions in the “pay down the debt before focusing on retirement” plan too. Should the OP face an unexpected financial hardship or change in...

  2. Ratios?

    HiddencatBSN replied to Jayba's topic in New York Nursing

    I had a travel job at Montefiore’s Children’s ER in the Bronx and we routinely had 10-15 patients at a time. I hope that has changed- I know patient ratios was one of the big points in the near...

  3. Unionized Hospital in Pennsylvania

    HiddencatBSN replied to Tiffhair12's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Pottstown was unionized last I heard although since they were bought by Reading/Tower Health (which is incredibly antiunion) I’m sure there’s been a ton of pressure there. Same with St....

  4. What's the dumbest thing you've done that you got written up for?

    HiddencatBSN replied to The0Walrus's topic in General Nursing

    Not written up, but on my second to last day at a job that required navy scrubs I decided to wear kid-friendly printed scrubs since it was also the grand opening of the peds er where I worked. The...

  5. Over $300k in student loans - help.

    HiddencatBSN replied to friendlyskies's topic in General Nursing

    I don’t know the OP’s particulars but missing out on 10ish years of compound interest in retirement savings is a big deal and not easily replicable. Not to mention that pretax retirement savings...

  6. I HATE THE ER

    HiddencatBSN replied to EDNURSE20's topic in General Nursing

    Start applying for other jobs. Sometimes it’s worth sticking things out but I’ve left jobs after I’ve decided I’m just

  7. PDN *forced* to document off the clock

    HiddencatBSN replied to RenaissanceNurse's topic in General Nursing

    It’s nice of them to put in writing that they’re making you work off the clock. I’d send that to your state’s labor board with a formal complaint. This job sounds sketchy as heck and I...

  8. getting bodily fluids on scrubs

    HiddencatBSN replied to sami rognlie's topic in General Nursing

    A little splash I don’t worry about, if I’m majorly soaked we can request scrubs from the OR but if that’s not an option at your facility bringing a spare set is a good

  9. Natural Hair - Maintenance

    HiddencatBSN replied to MSN Abraham's topic in General Nursing

    Another vote for covering your hair at work. In normal times it’s not necessary but with COVID it just seems prudent to wear a hair covering when you don’t plan to wash your hair after every...

  10. Over $300k in student loans - help.

    HiddencatBSN replied to friendlyskies's topic in General Nursing

    But that’s the thing, with 300k in debt on a 60k salary, the best question actually might not be how do I pay all of this off faster but rather how do I make the most of what I have so that I’m...

  11. What should I wear to pick up paperwork on my day off?

    HiddencatBSN replied to medapop's topic in General Nursing

    My kids have been patients where I work, and I wear what I wear on those occasions. I’m not putting on business casual to impress other parents in the er when my kid is in respiratory distress in...

  12. Working weekends

    HiddencatBSN replied to Loveishope1970's topic in General Nursing

    No weekend differential plus PTO being denied plus your manager not being willing to work with you sounds like a bad environment and I would be considering exit strategies. Are there openings within...

  13. Quit While in Orientation (New grad)

    HiddencatBSN replied to SillyFever's topic in General Nursing

    At places I’ve worked with specialty float pools, an ICU float would float to different ICUs. Same with ED float: be assigned to different ERs in the system. They wouldn’t have a home unit but...

  14. Quit While in Orientation (New grad)

    HiddencatBSN replied to SillyFever's topic in General Nursing

    They probably didn’t think the commute would be that hard. I did the opposite: bought a house a further commute out, which turned out to be a lot harder to manage than I thought it would be. I...

  15. What should I wear to pick up paperwork on my day off?

    HiddencatBSN replied to medapop's topic in General Nursing

    I’d wear whatever I’m already wearing that

  16. Unfairness at work

    HiddencatBSN replied to Loveishope1970's topic in General Nursing

    You just call in

  17. New Grad Needs Advice! ED or M/S?

    HiddencatBSN replied to Candykens's topic in General Nursing

    $20 an hour is a huge difference. What do the orientations look like? The ER offer, what does their new grad retention rate look like? How do benefits compare? Can you support yourself on the lower...

  18. Quit While in Orientation (New grad)

    HiddencatBSN replied to SillyFever's topic in General Nursing

    Because with the right orientation, it’s possible to do great in these specialties as a new grad, and if you know you have the aptitude and affinity for the specialty it’s good to be able to start...

  19. Pediatric vaccine gone wrong

    HiddencatBSN replied to Kazed's topic in General Nursing

    Whoa now. My point was that this isn’t about me and what works for me, or you and what works for you, but what is best for the patients we’re caring

  20. Pediatric vaccine gone wrong

    HiddencatBSN replied to Kazed's topic in General Nursing

    It’s not about what works for me but about what reduces trauma for the patient best. I’ve used them in the past. If one doesn’t have the resources I currently have at my facility they are useful...

  21. Pediatric vaccine gone wrong

    HiddencatBSN replied to Kazed's topic in General Nursing

    We don’t have them at my current hospital and I find I don’t miss them at all. In the absence of papoose boards, we use comfort holds more frequently, use much more distraction, use things like...

  22. Nazi-esque Black Lives Matter Protesters

    HiddencatBSN replied to guest416560's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Human innovation isn’t limited to capitalism, otherwise we wouldn’t have anything as capitalism hasn’t always existed. If you don’t like BLM why don’t you just move to a country where...

  23. Nazi-esque Black Lives Matter Protesters

    HiddencatBSN replied to guest416560's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Goodness. If the right aren’t making excuses for him they’re denying his very clearly expressed political

  24. Pediatric vaccine gone wrong

    HiddencatBSN replied to Kazed's topic in General Nursing

    They can definitely increase the anxiety and trauma of a painful

  25. Nazi-esque Black Lives Matter Protesters

    HiddencatBSN replied to guest416560's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    No one is banning freedom of speech, of course you’re upset that statues celebrating white supremacy are being removed, capitalism is rightly identified as a source of inequity and injustice, and...