nurseypants328 BSN, APN

nurseypants328 has 5 years experience as a BSN, APN.

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1. Requesting to be laid off?

   nurseypants328 replied to nurseypants328's topic in General Nursing

   I think 6 months. I have to

2. Requesting to be laid off?

   nurseypants328 replied to nurseypants328's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah I understand that, I've never heard of a company laying you off because you ask, but I had a few people tell me that so I thought id ask around some more. If I would have known they were gonna...

3. Requesting to be laid off?

   nurseypants328 replied to nurseypants328's topic in General Nursing

   If I am laid off then I am eligible for unemployment pay while I look for a new job. If I voluntarily resign, then I am not

4. Requesting to be laid off?

   nurseypants328 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a home health nurse and recently had a baby. I've been on maternity leave since November and am due to go back to work in June. I was contacted by my employer about a month ago and was told that...

5. New grad RN, don't think I can do this

   nurseypants328 replied to becmcg's topic in General Nursing

   I think what you are going through is totally normal. You will have days where you will feel invincible and days that will cripple you. Even as an experienced nurse you will have these days!! Be...

6. Sick of floor nursing, what now?

   nurseypants328 replied to r0seRN's topic in Nursing Career

   I recently left floor nursing after 5 years. Half on nights and half of it on days. I was beyond burned out. The stress got to the point where I was was seeing a neurologist for migraines and a GI doc...

7. I Don't Get the Anxiety Part of Nursing

   nurseypants328 replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

   Wow. It seems like its pretty great to be you... You've got this nursing thing down. Wait until your patient codes for the first time, or you make a med error, or the doctor yells at you, or you have...

8. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

   nurseypants328 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

   This is such a wonderful thread! You always wonder what a day in the life is for different jobs and this really helps! I am interviewing for 2 home health jobs next week and I wasn't sure how I felt...

9. I've lost all my confidence

   nurseypants328 replied to nurseypants328's topic in General Nursing

   You make a very valid point. Thank you for sharing. I've been toying with the idea for a while. A lot of our nurses have transferred over there. They say is "calmer" in a different kind of way, . i...

10. I've lost all my confidence

    nurseypants328 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I think I hate nursing.... well, i don't hate nursing, i don't think, i just hate where I work. Do you think a hospital can actually MAKE you a bad nurse? I have been a nurse for almost 5 years now. I...

11. Leaving Bedside Nursing

    nurseypants328 replied to Deebuzz's topic in Nursing Career

    I am curious what kind of nursing you are leaving the floor for? I have been having this feeling and I don't even know what my options

12. Quitting a job

    nurseypants328 replied to nurseypants328's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate your input! It seems like working somewhere a little over a month wouldn't be enough time to decide if you like it but there are some scheduling things that I know I don't enjoy. I'm...

13. Quitting a job

    nurseypants328 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi friends! So i started a little per diem job back in november for a change in scenery. I kept my full time job and thought i would try a different venue for a bit and see how i liked it. Well,...

14. Shared rooms and confused patients

    nurseypants328 posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Hi folks, I work on a floor that has shared rooms for our patients. I was caring for an elderly man in the first bed for the day and he had rather advanced dementia. Without revealing too many...

15. Patient with the bowel problem...

    nurseypants328 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I laughed when I saw this because this literally happened to me yesterday right at change of shift. Gotta love