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  1. Nurses "on-call" related to low census; Am I rightfully angry?

    Freedom42 replied to inthesky's topic in General Nursing

    If my employer required me to be "on call," I would expect to be paid at least the minimum wage of $6.55 an hour. If you're not paid when on call, ask yourself: Does the doctor go home without pay...

  2. Did new grads shoot themsves in the foot (are jobs really that scarce?)

    Freedom42 replied to keithjones's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated with a BSN at the end of December with a 4.0. I passed the NCLEX five weeks later. I began looking for a job prior to graduation and had applied for 57 positions by the time I was offered...

  3. Completely panicked and failed to react appropriately to an emergency situation

    Freedom42 replied to calastro's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have found it helpful to review Benner's Stages of Clinical Competence. Looking at her principles reminds me that I have made progress. It also puts into perspective how our experienced colleagues...

  4. Issues with a nurse who eat their young!

    Freedom42 replied to caitiecait's topic in MICU, SICU

    No doubt it is a problem. It's too bad that some managers don't recognize that bullies cannot be tolerated, no matter how good the rest of their performance, no matter how much their seniority,...

  5. Issues with a nurse who eat their young!

    Freedom42 replied to caitiecait's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm a new grad. I have to give report every morning to a nurse who loves to be miserable. Every report is met with criticism and complaints. She loves to find fault. If I were 22, I'd probably find...

  6. How often can I say no?

    Freedom42 replied to DAMomma's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am called in constantly. During the past two weeks, I worked 12 consecutive days before getting some time off. On two occasions, I left work at 7:15 a.m., got home and turned on my cell phone 15...

  7. The Frontier School Of Midwifery and Family Nursing

    Freedom42 replied to caitiecait's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am very interested in Frontier. Does anyone know if the NP program there will accept transfer credits from another accredited university? I ask because I am a recent BSN grad, and Frontier requires...

  8. Are there videos of nursing procedures?

    Freedom42 replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    I had to buy a bundle of DVDs for my fundamentals class. They were published in conjunction with "Fundamentals of Nursing" by Lillis, Taylor and Lemone. Bet you could find them used on amazon or

  9. Nurse Indicted in Toms River Man's Death

    Freedom42 replied to meluhn's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    The defendant has the right to waive indictment by grand jury and proceed directly to trial or plea. It's rather difficult for a prosecutor to "railroad" a defendant through the grand jury, since it's...

  10. New Grad Boston Rn's Making $55/hr??!!

    Freedom42 replied to lisa41rn's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    The Boston Globe published an article last week on how bad the Boston market for nurses has become. The paper reported that Mass General canceled its new grad program in critical care and that Beth...

  11. How to study for nursing exams?

    Freedom42 replied to Tamch's topic in General Students

    Consider forming a study group. I found it enormously helpful when I didn't want to push myself any more -- the group members push themselves along. I also found explaining a concept to a classmate to...

  12. Completely panicked and failed to react appropriately to an emergency situation

    Freedom42 replied to calastro's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You don't have to apologize for being a beginner. All of your co-workers were beginners once, too. I found myself in a similar situation a few weeks ago with a patient who developed flash pulmonary...

  13. Sell Your Nursing Knowledge

    Freedom42 replied to beanal's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    If asked, would you tell your patients to put stock in information that has no byline and does not come from a trusted source? Do you tell them to get information on diabetes from the ADA website --...

  14. Sell Your Nursing Knowledge

    Freedom42 replied to beanal's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I think llg raises some good questions. How do you retain control over what you've written? Freelance writers, for example, have standard agreements for North American circulation rights. I want to...

  15. How much weight did you lose your first year?

    Freedom42 replied to whykiki0103's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nursing is the easiest diet I've ever been on. I started my first job during the second week of March. I've lost 12 pounds so far. It's easy to lose weight when you never have time for a break and are...

  16. Need advice,,, Quit my job and go for it? or go slow?

    Freedom42 replied to NursePamela's topic in Government, Military

    For what it's worth, one of my BSN classmates just joined the Army and took her final oath last month. Her recruiter congratulated her for getting in when she did because he had received orders to...

  17. Nurse Indicted in Toms River Man's Death

    Freedom42 replied to meluhn's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Yes. If press reports are accurate, the first indictment was dismissed because the prosecutor failed to explore the potential bias of one of the grand jurors, a veteran ICU nurse. (It's worth noting...

  18. Nurse Indicted in Toms River Man's Death

    Freedom42 replied to meluhn's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Respectfully, no one knows what the prosecutor relied on for an indictment except the grand jury that chose to issue said indictment. Grand jury proceedings are secret. But I do agree: Never speak to...

  19. How much difference in pay do two year rn's get than four yr??

    Freedom42 replied to bigmac018's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    They need to be grandfathered in because that's the only way to get them to agree to work to make it happen. If they don't benefit in some way, they'll never agree to it. You can say you encourage all...

  20. How much difference in pay do two year rn's get than four yr??

    Freedom42 replied to bigmac018's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    True, the new grad does not yet have that experience. But what's also true is that as long as associate degree nurses continue to argue that BSNs should not be paid more, the longer ADNs will continue...

  21. Jobs for new graduates!

    Freedom42 replied to alexpillar7's topic in General Nursing

    At the moment, new grad jobs in Maine are far and few between. I graduated in December, which is a tough time to start looking. I can count the number of new grad jobs I've seen posted since then on...

  22. How far should the gossip go?

    Freedom42 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't referring to your looks. Your unkind pronouncements about a co-worker's appearance, made by way of complaining about your co-workers' gossip, brought that quote to

  23. How far should the gossip go?

    Freedom42 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    "People who live in glass houses shouldn't." Dorothy

  24. Nurse Indicted in Toms River Man's Death

    Freedom42 replied to meluhn's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    The defendant nurse denies that she gave the paralytic and contends that a toxicology report shows that the patient had a lethal level of morphine in his system. Asbury Park

  25. I am being advised that when I graduate...

    Freedom42 replied to Lexnursingstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for posting this. As a new grad on my first job, I've been looking at it a lot lately. It helps me to be more realistic about my goals and to appreciate the transitions that the veteran nurses...