33-weeker

33-weeker has 20+ years experience.

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1. HR's mistake hurt my paycheck

   33-weeker replied to 33-weeker's topic in General Nursing

   I am not looking for legal advice. I was hoping someone knew of a similar occurrence and could relate how it was handled. Anyhow, I did not work for 6 hours without accessing the computer. I worked...

2. HR's mistake hurt my paycheck

   33-weeker replied to 33-weeker's topic in General Nursing

   I find it interesting how many people chose to scold me over this--people who know nothing about me or my life. My question was posed as more of a legal / policy issue. Because I AM responsible, I've...

3. HR's mistake hurt my paycheck

   33-weeker replied to 33-weeker's topic in General Nursing

   I was showing up as renewed right after I did it on a Wednesday morning. My shift did not start until Friday evening. I even notified my director once I'd renewed. There was no reason for me to be...

4. HR's mistake hurt my paycheck

   33-weeker replied to 33-weeker's topic in General Nursing

   For one, I didn't wait until the last minute. I renewed on the 30th of a 31-day month, and more than 48 hours before my next shift. I was unaware that HR was now outsourcing to a third party. As far...

5. HR's mistake hurt my paycheck

   33-weeker posted a topic in General Nursing

   The BON gives us until the last day of the expiration month to renew our license. I renewed my RN license on the morning of 30th and checked to make sure I was showing on the Board's site as renewed....

6. questioning postpartum nursing?

   33-weeker replied to kgregoRN11's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm sure things have changed since I graduated in '91, but the way I got into a specialty area right out of school was going through an 'acute care women's health residency' that consisted of...

7. questioning postpartum nursing?

   33-weeker replied to kgregoRN11's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'd like to add to this, as a neonatal nurse of 20 years, that thinking of PP patients as 'healthy' is painting them all with the same brush, and potentially dangerous. Yes. It's true. Most of them...

8. What do patients say that irks you?

   33-weeker replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

   You know, I can see how that would irritate you hearing it so much, but look at it from the patient's perspective and consider OB care these days... Everything is so technical and specific- a test...

9. What do patients say that irks you?

   33-weeker replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I don't see that as such an odd question, unless they're truly wanting a specific time. Families get called to the bedside all the time because 'she's taken a turn for the worse and it probably won't...

10. Parents of kids with autism, please read

    33-weeker replied to LydiaNN's topic in Pediatric

    Maybe I'm strange, but I don't mind 'labels' as long as the diagnosis is accurate. (I think the 'don't label my child' thing has become a cliche concept that people parrot without really thinking it...

11. Parents of kids with autism, please read

    33-weeker replied to LydiaNN's topic in Pediatric

    I disagree with the statement that the pedi is the best resource for getting autism diagnosed. In my experience, most are rather clueless when it comes to pinning down specifics like that. I am the...

12. What do patients say that irks you?

    33-weeker replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You know, on one level, I agree with you, and I realize this is an OB post. But I was in the hospital with my 6 yo son for 10 days - 4 in the PICU and 6 on the floor - a 45 minute drive from home, and...

13. What do patients say that irks you?

    33-weeker replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When I have a 'breast only, no pacifier' baby, I DON'T keep it if it is crying. I take it right back out if reasonable measures (diapering, swaddling, burping, holding for a few minutes, etc.) don't...

14. Do You Have Any Favorite OB Myths?

    33-weeker replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :lol2::lol2::lol2:

15. Eyes & Thighs - is this an act of battery?

    33-weeker replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    RE: Why do they even bother coming to the hospital... The parents in question didn't plan to come to our facility. She precip'd before they could get to the FS birthing center. My side comments on...