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    Labeled as Condescending

    JKL33 replied to Nunya Business's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Excellent reply by @BraveHeartABC. Really. If you internalize and incorporate the points made above then this all becomes much
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    Pregnant and JUST started a Nurse Residency Program

    JKL33 replied to LeCookieMonsieur's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations!!
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    Messing Up As A New Nurse

    JKL33 replied to Ringers's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes. But it is very important to understand that PRN orders are only valid for the reason/indication given in the order--which in your case was the "no BM x 3 days." Someone who is not a provider...
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    Messing Up As A New Nurse

    JKL33 replied to Ringers's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well that sounds like the person who was on duty the day that it should have been given didn't give it. So that doesn't have anything to do with you. There is a different problem, though....
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    Nurses: Respect or Money? What Matters Most?

    JKL33 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    I voted respect. And I don't mean lip service and heroes signs. My bar is pretty high as far as what counts as respect. It is: -Appropriate pay -Appropriate resources to accomplish...
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    Bedside might not be for me

    JKL33 replied to ib0291's topic in General Nursing

    Just realize that hospital corporations seem to be in some kind of race to the bottom and there isn't anything necessarily wrong with employees who don't quite enjoy the ride. Rotating shifts is...
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    Termination From Employer For Refusing EUV

    JKL33 replied to RaineyRN7's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Straight-forward question: Is there something in particular that you feel is going to happen if you were to just choose to receive the vaccine? I have spoken with some people in my community who...
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    Question about PRN nurse pay differential

    JKL33 replied to lavenderskies's topic in General Nursing

    This has really changed. It used to be that they are paid more due to no benefits of any kind (including PTO) and no guarantee of work. More recent practice seems to be yet another sign...
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    Bad Nurse Judgement

    JKL33 replied to MajesticDancer's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds decent and you should disregard their complaint. This can be an interesting situation for the nurse. I look at it like, "if the provider is going to do what s/he wants to do to reassure...
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    Pyxis problems

    JKL33 replied to avergowven's topic in General Nursing

    People here are not against you--it's just that your initial post didn't say anything about actually having done a witnessed waste. I'm sorry for what you are going through, it sounds beyond unfair....
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    I want to quit....Or find something new

    JKL33 replied to jdb_25's topic in General Nursing

    With this statement in mind, it could be a mistake to assume that a yet another different job will change everything. Have you considered speaking with someone to help with processing your previous...
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    New Grad Fired From First RN Job After 90 Days

    JKL33 replied to ChinupNewRN21's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When I see these figures I think it is appropriate to ask for a breakdown. $90K (and even $60K, unfortunately) is more than the wage total for a full-time staff RN in plenty of regions in the...
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    Pregnant in this Pandemic

    JKL33 replied to Navikay's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations! Focus on #1 from the previous poster. Talk with your OB regarding your concerns. They are in the best position to advise you if any modifications to your work schedule are...
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    Nurses make more than median salary, so you should be grateful for what you earn?

    JKL33 replied to pecantreechipmunk's topic in General Nursing

    It makes perfect sense: Their main goal is not to retain anyone. Not being beholden to the idea of retaining nurses saves them money and ensures that the staff remains largely powerless (assuming...
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    Feeling unjustified for wanting to leave my job

    JKL33 replied to JonJP's topic in General Nursing

    If you want to take a new position that is a personal decision. It doesn't have anything to do with the state of your workplace or how your supervisor feels about you
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    Feel Awful after 1st COVID Vaccination

    JKL33 replied to Glam03's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Sorry article not useful for line of intended discussion.
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    Feel Awful after 1st COVID Vaccination

    JKL33 replied to Glam03's topic in Disaster Preparation

    https://www.jognn.org/article/S0884-2175(20)30118-0/fulltext Not a ton of info...was just looking for a source that didn't require subscription. Anyway, OP, sorry you aren't feeling well. I...
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    What would you do?

    JKL33 replied to EDNURSE20's topic in General Nursing

    Why? From the sounds of it here and elsewhere that has become very common and that in many companies they are no longer authorized to provide individual professional references. Instead HR handles the...
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    Lvn to BSN- now do I go to the hospital?

    JKL33 replied to TexNurse6138's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Remember that whether they mean to or not, those who talk that way are saying something about themselves -- not the person whose job they are belittling. They say these things, or hold these beliefs,...
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    Lvn to BSN- now do I go to the hospital?

    JKL33 replied to TexNurse6138's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations! That was my new grad job which I did for a respectable number of years and I loved it. While I can't speak for individual hospital corporations or different Onc units across the...
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    What would you do?

    JKL33 replied to EDNURSE20's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. It is a hard call. 50/50 she is actually badmouthing people (maybe less than that). I do make a distinction between offering my own (negative) opinion of someone vs. reporting information that...
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    Lvn to BSN- now do I go to the hospital?

    JKL33 replied to TexNurse6138's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is all such an individual thing; it really depends on your personal motivations and goals. I personally have made choices to put myself in a position to not work in a hospital again if I can...
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    What would you do?

    JKL33 replied to EDNURSE20's topic in General Nursing

    Remember that people like this are often big talkers. I would handle this based on my assessment of the likelihood that she is actually doing this. It is well known that slandering employees during a...
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    Should this RN be fired for giving med to housekeeper to give to patient?

    JKL33 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    To the nurse in this scenario, I, too, am sorry to hear of this situation. Taking everything that nursing is into consideration (let's face it, it isn't easy work) I wish we would be a little...
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    Do I have what it takes to be an ER nurse?

    JKL33 replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in Emergency

    Laid back and sort of quiet is okay. You do need a decent level of assertiveness (not aggressiveness but assertiveness). Confidence in clinical judgment...it's okay if it needs some development but...