ThePrincessBride MSN, RN, NP

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    Elizabeth Warren says doctors, nurses don't treat black women same way as other women

    ThePrincessBride replied to Kallie3006's topic in Nursing News

    Harris is equally problematic for different reasons that I would rather not get into on this
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    Discouraged New Grad

    ThePrincessBride replied to m_n_b_96's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't worry, OP. People like your arrogant classmate will be eaten alive on the floor real quickly, either by a superior nurse or a doctor. And he will get it
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    Elizabeth Warren says doctors, nurses don't treat black women same way as other women

    ThePrincessBride replied to Kallie3006's topic in Nursing News

    Right message from the wrong person. She is a white woman who has used her miniscule amount of NA heritage to her advantage. She is very divisive to the NA community. As a black woman, I am not...
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    Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    ThePrincessBride replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    No stipulations for now but I imagine that will change. I can't believe that judge let your ex drain you! That is insane. I'm sorry. I have no plans to get legally tied to anyone. Maybe have one or...
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    Is it like this everywhere now?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

    You are right. I just thought that since this person used to work on the floor that she would be more understanding but I guess not. It felt good,
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    Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    ThePrincessBride replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    That is the only reason. If I had to pay for it all, I would reconsider. But why pain management? I heard that is a shady
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    Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    ThePrincessBride replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    That is insane. Only 5k? The NP pay ranges for most jobs where I live are 82k on the low end with max pay at about 125-130k. But psych and rehab NPs can make much more. To be fair, if I were you I...
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    Is it like this everywhere now?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

    A month or so ago I lost it with a nursing "educator" who was complaining about documentation not being done a certain time when I had six patients who needed me and I ended up telling her off by...
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    Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    ThePrincessBride replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    I get what you are saying but it took you twenty years to make more than a fairly new NP, so it isn't a fair comparison. You should compare your pay to an NP with 20 years of experience. The minute...
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    Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    ThePrincessBride replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! I feel that Gen Y gets a lot of crap for job hopping but honestly, the only way to get a decent raise is to job-hop or even transfer. I had to transfer in order to have my pay match my...
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    Job Pick Help

    ThePrincessBride replied to greenjellico's topic in General Nursing

    I just got a new contingent NICU. I got two days of orientation. If you mean full-time orientation as in 36 hours, then yeah maybe for a couple of weeks. But no new grad RN will be able to function in...
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    Job Pick Help

    ThePrincessBride replied to greenjellico's topic in General Nursing

    How about none of the above? As a new grad, you need to get a full-time job and get a least six months to a year of experience prior to switching to a contingent role. Few places are going to be...
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    Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    ThePrincessBride replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    You could have picked far worse than nursing. But yeah, I think nursing is overrated as a profession. So much responsibility for so little pay in comparison. I know plumbers and electricians who are...
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    Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    ThePrincessBride replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't say more so as an NP and CRNA have to go for more years of schooling, especially CRNAs. That alone decreases the competition. But you are right; there is a saturation in many places. From...
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    Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    ThePrincessBride replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    I would argue that nursing really isn't all the economically secure as some people make it out to be. Yeah, we cannot be outsourced or automated like many positions, but due to the sheer number of...
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    Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    ThePrincessBride replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    Yes.
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    Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    ThePrincessBride replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    Once again, I never said anything about age when I mentioned second-career nurses. You made an assumption. There are a lot of older first-career nurses who didn't have a professional job before...
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    Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    ThePrincessBride replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    You are forgetting that cost of living plays a role in pay. Sure Cali pays more, but the housing costs are ridiculous. My 300k childhood home in the Midwest would cost about 4 million in California....
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    Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    ThePrincessBride replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    Someone needs to take a chill pill. I said second-career nurses. I said nothing about age of said nurse. I am willing to bet to make 118k you have many years of experience. Probably work some...
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    Women's Right to Choose

    ThePrincessBride replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    That sell-out? Oh no...we don't claim
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    Women's Right to Choose

    ThePrincessBride replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    Scratch that. Conservative old white men and white women of all ages. Notice how you don't see people of color trying to take women's reproductive rights
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    Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    ThePrincessBride replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    I find that the people who struggle with nursing the most are the second-career folks with $$$ in their eyes or some delusion that nursing the only job that is a "fulfilling" and "helps people." They...
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    Women's Right to Choose

    ThePrincessBride replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    Most women who abort late-term do so because of severe fetal anomalies or their life is at risk. The vast majority if abortions occur within the first trimester. Late-term abortion should stay legal...
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    Who Did NOT Do a Year of Med Surg?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Satori77's topic in General Nursing

    I was hired for a SNF and left after two weeks. Then I got into med-surg and worked nine months full time before going contingent. Did NICU full-time for over three years and now am going contingent...
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    What's your favorite nursing task?

    ThePrincessBride replied to beekindRN's topic in General Nursing

    IV sticks for the