renatanada

renatanada

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  1. Feeling Lost As An NP

    renatanada replied to plantmom4lyfe's topic in Advanced Practice

    Some of us want the responsibility. And there's not enough money in the world to go back to the thankless, back-breaking world of bedside nursing. Let me repeat for you: Sounds like you need a new...

  2. Feeling Lost As An NP

    renatanada replied to plantmom4lyfe's topic in Advanced Practice

    I'm shocked how unsupportive people are here. "Go back to being an RN the pay is really good nowadays." GET. A. CLUE. Not all of us are in it for the money. A lot of us wanted to get away from nurses...

  3. I'm Done

    renatanada replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Diabetics, obese, drug addicts, etc. aren't HURTING OTHERS with their poor decisions. There's a big difference. Nurses are allowed to not agree with or even like their patients. But nobody here is...

  4. If you didn't have to bite your tongue?

    renatanada replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Put the sandwich/meth pipe/bottle down and get a

  5. My boyfriend is still unvaccinated

    renatanada replied to vio's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Red flag(s). Dump

  6. Assigning Admissions Among Nursing Staff

    renatanada replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Is this a NCLEX prioritization question? Good grief. Patient comfort (especially in a hospice patient!) should be the No. 1 priority. Weight? Who cares. Guess--and do not say that we haven't all done...

  7. I Am Absolutely Miserable Because I Hate Being A Nurse

    renatanada replied to PerkyWallflower10's topic in General Nursing

    My advice to you is to find a different career path in nursing. Public health? Research? Occupational health? Insurance? I hear you that you are at your wit's end right now, but please understand that...

  8. Preceptor Made Me Feel Like I Should Leave Nursing

    renatanada replied to Nurse12390's topic in General Nursing

    I started out as a new grad NICU nurse. I had a great preceptor. But quickly discovered that this is not the place for me. I found that, on the whole, NICU nurses don't really want to be nurses. They...

  9. Unsatisfied Patient

    renatanada replied to summertx's topic in General Nursing

    I don't get it... this is what nurses do. Call and ask the provider for a pain med order. Day or night. No, it's not the last shift's responsibility. No, you can't control if the provider answers your...

  10. Did I Do The Right Thing?

    renatanada replied to Anon1423's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It is a sad situation. But hospitals are for acutely ill patients, not people whose families are at their wits end... Too many times hospitals are dumping grounds when families would rather spend...

  11. Fast-Food Ads Target Minority Youth

    renatanada replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    Nobody is forcing fast food on any group of people. Advertisers target the people who purchase the product. That is their job. Nurses tend to forget that there is such a thing as personal...

  12. Anything wrong with speaking out about staffing issues at work?

    renatanada replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    To nursing managers, no it's not the responsibility of bedside nurses to recruit staff, ever. And please expect everyone's fake smiles to wither when short staffing continues ad infinitum. If you want...

  13. How Has Covid Affected Your Job as a Nurse?

    renatanada replied to dareese's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I felt obligated to help by going back to hospital bedside nursing during the pandemic. I lasted exactly one year, to the day. I was rewarded by a hospital system that did not protect me=one (1)...

  14. Time Management

    renatanada replied to harvestmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds exactly like the progressive care unit I work on. My last shift is coming up. It's unsafe. Hate it. There are so many better nursing jobs out there. Don't believe the "hero" rhetoric. Get out!...

  15. Total Number of Nurse Practitioners Hits 325,000

    renatanada replied to MentalKlarity's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Um, that’s quite a leap. I only said I’d take whatever job I can get assuming there won’t be much demand for an inexperienced NP. That doesn’t mean I’ll work for nothing—but I’m not...

  16. Total Number of Nurse Practitioners Hits 325,000

    renatanada replied to MentalKlarity's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I’m in NP school because RNs are treated like medication administering monkeys. I am actually interested in having more knowledge and having more power to help people. NPs who are in it for the...

  17. My Experience with Cliques and Bullies and How I Learned to Deal with Them

    renatanada replied to TheNursingdoll's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am an older nurse who went back to hospital work during COVID. I was relentlessly bullied by my coworkers. They made all kinds of nasty comments about how I was incompetent and didn't have time...

  18. The golden first year?

    renatanada replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    I went back to hospital nursing because of lack of PPE in the beginning of the COVID crisis. What an eye-opener! I've been a nurse for 15 years and I can tell you that hospital nursing has DEVOLVED...

  19. Leaving Work / Nurse Duties Incomplete Passing To Night Shift

    renatanada replied to coffeeandvendingmachines's topic in General Nursing

    Night shift versus day shift=One more reason to become an

  20. So Sick Of Rudeness At Work

    renatanada replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Nursing

    Just because someone is sitting at a computer doesn't mean they aren't working. In order to SURVIVE, I let call bells ring when I need to get some documentation done. In my hospital it takes a good...

  21. Med Surg nurse being given Tele Patients

    renatanada replied to Morning Glory's topic in General Nursing

    Many times MDs put patients on tele as a CYA. And it will be a nurse thrown under the bus if something goes astray. I work in a PCU. We have tele patients but there are no monitors in patient rooms....

  22. Floated to ICU with no experience

    renatanada replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital only cares about staffing a nurse body in the ICU. You are responsible for your license and scope. Never ever (ever) assume that anyone is looking out for you or going to help you. If it...