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  1. Applying to new grad RN program but currently employed at a snf

    ponderingDNP replied to RN23C's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. You are a new grad and had to take what was offered. They all know this. Your current employer doesn't know when you applied for the new opportunity and probably doesn't even care....they needed...

  2. Dropping to PRN

    ponderingDNP replied to aga2012's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I wouldn't care about the length of their hiring process (or even whether or not they hire someone). They will use that to keep you in the position if you allow it. The question is whether...

  3. Discrimination in assigning clinicals

    ponderingDNP replied to HypoCarboCrasho's topic in General Students

    The time to speak up was during the discrimination. They can easily deny it now because the evidence (you) is no longer there. When I was met with discrimination in nursing school years ago, I...

  4. Nurse Lunch Break Survey

    ponderingDNP replied to esrun2015's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked acute care, primary care, and geriatric care and lunch breaks have been extremely few and far between. In acute care, the whole team is drowning for most of the shift between multiple...

  5. Nurse coworker won't help with patient care

    ponderingDNP replied to thenursebabe25's topic in General Nursing

    I am one to work with everyone if I have the time, especially in the morning, so that we all can leave on time. I don't care what the job is, I've even been known to grab a broom from the housekeeper....

  6. Has anyone gotten email from nursys e-notify?

    ponderingDNP replied to migichan's topic in General Nursing

    When I get emails like this, IF indeed I have an account, I never click any links embedded in the email. I just go to the website and look into what was stated in the email. I update my information in...

  7. Is there a place for me?

    ponderingDNP replied to Shannonv5's topic in General Nursing

    I just saw a job announcement for that very thing on usajobs.gov (Registered Nurse-social work). Not sure if the location or where you live, but the job itself does

  8. accused of plagiarism

    ponderingDNP replied to megan morin's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes, in long term care environments, whether you enter the same note verbatim or copy and paste it, the only thing that changes is the date and time on this stable population. I will be so happy...

  9. EKG order

    ponderingDNP replied to cepr4's topic in General Nursing

    B-?! The initials BS(n) can have more than one meaning...now you know. You won't even lose your job unless Mario is traveling up and down the complexes and charging your hospital by the

  10. Nursing Guilt

    ponderingDNP replied to MoLo's topic in General Nursing

    awwwwww......poor thing. Thirteen years is a long time....one of the

  11. Nursing Guilt

    ponderingDNP replied to MoLo's topic in General Nursing

    I would have bid my fairwells to that animal and made surgical incisions on the affected areas of contact on

  12. Any night LPNs here???

    ponderingDNP replied to PizzaNurse2023's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Chances are that you have become familiar with the routine. The honeymoon is

  13. Is it still worth it to become an RN?

    ponderingDNP replied to nursingcand's topic in General Nursing

    ?This is where you are mistaken...if you work as a nurse.? Even when fully staffed on paper, call-outs happen; vacations happen; retirements happen. So try not to think along the lines of what you...

  14. Signs of hospital closing?

    ponderingDNP replied to slauren's topic in General Nursing

    In recent years, quite a few critical access hospitals closed their doors in disbelief of having to close. Chances are that you were told not to worry because if you and others quit, it would expedite...

  15. Thoughts on nurses who became physicians

    ponderingDNP replied to NurseMcMuffin's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly! Jealousy written all over that...and/or a little bit of an inferiority complex. What busy RN has a problem with anybody of equal or higher qualifications stabilizing a patient of his or hers?...

  16. What is the toughest part of nursing?

    ponderingDNP replied to MoLo's topic in General Nursing

    The toughest part of nursing for me is showing up. I am just NOT a people person. But I do nurse oh so well....and I am NEVER late to work. Go

  17. What should I do if I feel like I can never get a job outside of the SNF

    ponderingDNP replied to dsaprog's topic in General Nursing

    With the negatives included in the OP's post (NCLEX failures, lapse between graduating and the NCLEX, and the statement of possibly not graduating at all had it not been for the pandemic), a med-surg...

  18. Fired after verbal abuse from patient's family member

    ponderingDNP replied to msbukki's topic in General Nursing

    You move on and believe with all your heart that this was not the position that was intended for you. If it was, you'd still be there. Managers like this will always do you a favor at some point in...

  19. Did I make a mistake by accepting this job offer?

    ponderingDNP replied to Sweetpea04's topic in General Nursing

    Reapply elsewhere first. It may take longer than expected to find another position. During the wait, things may turn around for you with your current position; you may have a change of heart and get...

  20. Capella DNP FlexPath option

    ponderingDNP replied to ponderingDNP's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Well, here's the update. I started my first course on January 8th and completed it on January 15th. It took a lot out of me because of a recent job transfer and trying to adapt to changes in my work...

  21. Pandemic Experience

    ponderingDNP replied to MoLo's topic in General Nursing

    This may sound sarcastic, but I assure you there is no sarcasm intended. I have gone to work everyday of my extensive acute care nursing career treating people as if I was in the middle of some sort...

  22. 7 years since I passed the NCLEX and only 6 months of "Experience"

    ponderingDNP replied to Jell11220's topic in General Nursing

    Just to clarify, you applied to local nursing homes and only "looked at the CLCs". If this is correct about the CLCs, I recommend that you go ahead and submit your application to the VA. Lack of...

  23. 7 years since I passed the NCLEX and only 6 months of "Experience"

    ponderingDNP replied to Jell11220's topic in General Nursing

    These are some incredibly tough breaks. Have you tried applying to nursing homes locally or the CLCs at the

  24. Capella DNP FlexPath option

    ponderingDNP replied to ponderingDNP's topic in Post Graduate Students

    That's a great question to which I have no answer. I had to push back my start date until I was certain I had the green light from my employer regarding the practicum. So, I'm reviewing the syllabus...

  25. Have you ever wanted to see a coworker fail?

    ponderingDNP replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I've never thought of my coworkers as failures nor as wanting them 'to' fail. Honestly, I mainly relate the term to actual tests with grades (unless I'm discussing economics and real-world state of...