RNperdiem

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About RNperdiem

RNperdiem has 14 years experience as a RN.


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  1. Please start looking for another job ASAP. This job sounds like it has no redeeming features. The longer you stay, the more damage it will do. One or two issues you can handle short-term, but inexperience + understaffing+ toxic work culture + i...
  2. Were they arrested at work? If so, did they get a chance to hand off their patient assignment?
  3. fatFIRE and Nursing?

    From what I have read, a big factor in early retirement is being a high earner in the early part of your career, investing a lot of that money so it has time to grow, and living below your means. For nurses who were able to take lucrative travel...
  4. Documentation has ruined nursing

    Trouble is the mixed messages nurses get. On one hand we are told that if something isn't charted, it wasn't done. We are told stories of nurses who escaped unscathed from legal troubles due to their excellent and comprehensive charting. If you...
  5. Sharing our own personal info OK?

    This barely counts as personal disclosure to acknowledge that you know someone in common. You are fine, especially when you realized the conversation was heading into territory you wanted to avoid, so you turned things back to patient needs. Wh...
  6. Reputation is its own currency. You might not lose your job, but becoming known as the nurse who had an affair with a pediatric patient's mother can give you trouble in the future.
  7. Documentation has ruined nursing

    EHR was not built for the end user. Data extraction, compilation and business metrics is the real goal. A nurse's time is just not considered that valuable. Doctors and other providers too deal with the demands of EHR as well.
  8. I Feel Stuck - Like My Options Are Limited

    Maybe you don't need to get married now, but you do need to protect your child's interests. Get life insurance for yourself and your boyfriend. Keep your job, and build savings. I know the job is not your first choice of jobs, but it brings in i...
  9. Turbulence and Turmoil in Nursing

    This article really resonates. Thanks for understanding. Over my nursing career, I have noticed a decline in the staffing of ancillary staff. Orderlies and candy stripers were before my time, but I remember having way more CNA support, sto...
  10. Progressive Care Unit

    Is the progressive care the same as intermediate care? If so, this unit has its positives. Unlike the floor, you have 3 patients (depending on where you work). When I worked the floor, I had to split care among 6 patients. Intermediate care pati...
  11. Tell a story, real or hypothetical about why accurate intake and output is important. People respond to stories. I was once a CNA, and my job was based around getting tasks done. Little thought about why we did some things, or whether some tasks...
  12. ASN, Hospital Setting

    As long as you avoid university medical centers, magnet hospitals, and some big-city places, you will probably have no trouble finding a nursing job with an ADN.
  13. Phasing Out ADN?

    I will be honest. I was looking at the cheapest and least demanding BSN. I was not looking for any great intellectual fulfillment or demands. I had enough going on in my life (husband with pancreatic cancer, two kids at home during the pandemic, job,...
  14. Phasing Out ADN?

    The USA is not a monolithic entity. Some places have the highly educated populations where maybe 80% BSN is a feasible idea. I live in an urban area with many colleges and universities and the area attracts people from outside who want to live h...
  15. Successful Nurses Are Relationship Builders

    It is amazing how time is such an important yet scarce resource in nursing. Building a patient rapport requires time. But yes, I agree with everything you wrote. In my first nursing job, I was the nurse who did little more than give medication, ...