QuarterLife88

QuarterLife88 MSN, RN, NP

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  1. Nursing School Burnout - RANT!

    QuarterLife88 posted a topic in General Students

    I'm in my 2nd semester of a 5 semester program, and I am so tired of it already. I'm tired of waking up at 5am every morning, - including weekends - to go to class, attend clinicals, or wake up to...

  2. PASSED AANP Adult-Gero PC boards!

    QuarterLife88 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi all! So this past Saturday I took my boards through AANP. I took the AGNP exam. It honestly wasn't too bad. I had three hours of allotted time once the test began, but I finished in just under two...

  3. RN's are you happy with your career, why or why not?

    QuarterLife88 replied to anjoku13's topic in General Nursing

    No. But mostly because I have worked too long as a floor nurse. The amount of customer service and the general chaotic environment has burnt me to a crisp and caused a depression. I would have not...

  4. University of Michigan AGACNP

    QuarterLife88 replied to mcjobson's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I applied to the Adult Primary NP, but I got in! Received the email

  5. Keeping experienced staff!!!

    QuarterLife88 replied to riden6944's topic in General Nursing

    What are they doing? Nothing. Most experienced staff leave for greener pastures or retire. Management gives no cares to the happiness of nursing staff

  6. University of Michigan AGACNP

    QuarterLife88 replied to mcjobson's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    No, no confirmation email, but I scheduled mine for the morning with the link they sent me. Good luck to you. I'm going for the adult primary

  7. University of Michigan AGACNP

    QuarterLife88 replied to mcjobson's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I just received an invitation to interview. Hopefully I'll get

  8. Staff Nurses Who Refuse To Precept Or Teach?

    QuarterLife88 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I hate precepting and I refuse to do it anymore after having done it on a continuous loop. In fact, I flat out told management that. I do not feel it is my job to educate new nurses, and quite...

  9. Should I tell my manager I'm burned out?

    QuarterLife88 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nurse that works on a very busy and fast paced floor in a hospital. I'm a good employee, know my stuff and have been employed there for several years. This has caused management to give me more...

  10. Should I tell my manager I'm burned out?

    QuarterLife88 replied to QuarterLife88's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, the pay is not enough to motivate me, it's one extra dollar for extra stress. It's not fair to me, or my orientee to have a preceptor whose head is not in the game at the moment. I am not a...

  11. Preceptor burnout

    QuarterLife88 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    *WARNING* NOT A PLEASANT POST AHEAD. I've searched, and most of the topics on this discussion are from new grads bemoaning their preceptors and not much about how hard it is to have to mentor new...

  12. Charge Nurse

    QuarterLife88 replied to nursestudent15's topic in General Nursing

    On my unit it's usually around 6-8 months, mostly out of necessity, and this is an occurrence on night shift. Day shift is full of experienced nurses so who's ever in charge will have a couple of...

  13. Preceptor burnout

    QuarterLife88 replied to QuarterLife88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank you for all of the feedback. I wanted to clarify that on my unit, only a small handful of us are "gifted" with tasks such as precepting and charge, and quite a few who have been there for years...

  14. Preceptor burnout

    QuarterLife88 replied to QuarterLife88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm definitely asking for a break after this current run. I'm not the only one on my floor that does it, but there are only a small handful of us, and my manager hires many people at once. as I said...

  15. New Nurse Time Management

    QuarterLife88 replied to BookBug14's topic in General Nursing

    The time management comes with experience. Are you going to nights after your orientation is over? The slow pace of nights might help to hone your time skills better. It's normal to be slower when...

  16. Why so many newbies on night shift?

    QuarterLife88 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just recently switched to day shift after having spent almost 3 years on night shift. As was customary, when I was hired in as a new nurse, I did my orientation on day shift, and then was...

  17. What do you hate most about your job?

    QuarterLife88 replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Rude and overbearing family members that think they can do our job better than we can. Entitled, pushy, condescending messes, who need to be cussed out and kicked out of the room, but have to be...

  18. Female vs male patients

    QuarterLife88 replied to qaz99's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, I don't. No, men are not better than women in any way, patient or not. A patient being a "good" patient or not has to do with their personality. I've had good and bad on both sides. I hope you're...

  19. Words You Hate

    QuarterLife88 replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    Menses. I'm sorry. ugh. just say

  20. CNA rant

    QuarterLife88 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'll start off by saying, I do and have worked with some excellent aides that have saved my butt many times over, and made what would have a been a horrible night something I was able to get through....

  21. Burnt out

    QuarterLife88 replied to Hippy chick's topic in General Nursing

    I feel you, OP. I have been a nurse for two years now, and while the first year as new grad left me feeling burnt out from culture shock and feeling overwhelmed in general, the second year has left me...

  22. Why don't nurses bond?

    QuarterLife88 replied to bellcollector's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Careful, your misogyny is showing. *flames on the side of my

  23. Why don't nurses bond?

    QuarterLife88 replied to bellcollector's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I grow tired and frustrated about the social commentary and misogyny that women are inherently drama filled, gossipy, evil beings who can't form friendships, Really? Why is it that when men gossip, no...

  24. Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    QuarterLife88 replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital does not offer extra pay when students are around. But it makes sense that they don't because clinical students are taught by their instructors, not the staff nurses. The students each...

  25. If you had a reset button, would you choose nursing again?

    QuarterLife88 replied to amazingme's topic in General Nursing

    No. I would have been a psychologist instead. That's what I really wanted to do. But I'm a nurse now, and while I do not hate it, I don't have a passion for it at all. At least not for floor nursing,...