ThePrincessBride MSN, RN, NP

Med-Surg, NICU

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    I Left hospital nursing. What are you doing now?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Emergent, couple of questions... I am looking to leave the abusive hellhole that is nursing especially after today and entering into advanced practice after I have my baby. Were you...
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    Mid-Life Blues

    ThePrincessBride replied to middle-aged newbie's topic in General Nursing

    I am in my early 30s and I see the cliques a lot with the younger nurses (in their 20s). It bothers me too, but what helps me is to remember that I am not here for friends, I am here to work and make...
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    Telling People Your Nurse Title, RN or LVN

    ThePrincessBride replied to delrionurse's topic in General Nursing

    I say RN or Nurse. Once I start working as an NP, I will just say "in
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    Should Male Nurse Work In L&D?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Apotheosis's topic in General Nursing

    No one actually said that many male nurses are gay. What I did say was that I find that the male nurses who typically do this best in predominantly female areas oftentimes are gay. Big
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    Should Male Nurse Work In L&D?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Apotheosis's topic in General Nursing

    Good questions. Honestly, in my many years of experience, I have seen male patients refuse male nurses and demand female nurses even in very intimate settings. Many say they don't want male...
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    Should Male Nurse Work In L&D?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Apotheosis's topic in General Nursing

    In some cases, a woman doesn't have an option to have a female OB deliver her baby. Anyway, I am on the fence about this issue. While I don't have a problem with male nurses seeking employment in...
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    No Ethnic DIversity

    ThePrincessBride replied to Nonie76's topic in General Nursing

    Eh...I live in the Midwest. Racism against Black people is rampant everywhere. As a Black nurse, I have dealt with a horrifying amount of racism in the Midwest. And since being embolden by a...
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    VA Hospital Med-Surg vs Private Hospital Telemetry?

    ThePrincessBride replied to future_rn11's topic in General Nursing

    The VA hands down. Benefits are better, you get a crap ton of vacation and sick time, there is FERS with TSP matching. Plus it is a lot closer. 60 to 70 minutes one way commute would be a...
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    No Ethnic DIversity

    ThePrincessBride replied to Nonie76's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, more often it is a white patient who demands a white nurse than a non-white patient demanding for a non-white nurse. I see it quite frequently,
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    No Ethnic DIversity

    ThePrincessBride replied to Nonie76's topic in General Nursing

    I work in NICU and have come across non-white patients who would prefer a non-white nurse, preferably one that is of the same race. Just because you yourself (I am presuming you are a white male,...
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    Patient Died in ER lobby

    ThePrincessBride replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Well I did exclude psych and other mentally incompetent patients. And we already have people for them...psych nurses. Psychiatrist. Psychologist. BERT. But the vast majority of the abusive...
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    New Nurse, Thinking About Throwing in the Towel

    ThePrincessBride replied to SICURN19's topic in General Nursing

    You came into nursing at the worse possible time, during the worse of the pandemic. Nursing was bad before but Covid took nursing and her brothers and sisters (medicine, respiratory therapy, etc) to...
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    Anesthesiologist Group Says Hospitals Can Prevent Fatal Errors Like Vanderbilt's

    ThePrincessBride replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think a med like vec should he easily accessible. It should require two nurses to pull and 2 nurses to give or it needs to be Stat or ordered from pharmacy. I mean, if you have to double...
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    Patient Died in ER lobby

    ThePrincessBride replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry but we should not be putting the onus on nurses to de-escalate a situation. If a family member or patient is misbehaving, they need to be removed from the facility (unless this is a psych or...
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    The MD Bias Hits Home

    ThePrincessBride replied to JBMmom's topic in Advanced Practice

    This is one of the reasons why I do not want to work as an NP for a teaching state hospital as NPs are treated like assistants and not autonomous
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    Back to the Hospital?

    ThePrincessBride replied to AshleyM RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I second per diem. You can still get access to 401k (or at least, in my per diem job you can). I only know very few people who have gone outpatient, regret it, and return to the inpatient
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    This Guy's Take on How to Fix the Nursing Shortage Temporarily

    ThePrincessBride replied to Red Shirt 6's topic in General Nursing

    I think you will find that the only people who disagree with you are NPs who have never worked as a
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    BSN-DNP yes or no?

    ThePrincessBride replied to lizdimi54873's topic in Nursing Career

    I will agree to most of what you are saying though in my clinicals, I have seen patients be let go due to behavioral issues. Additionally, an NP, you aren't stuck with that patient for 12 hours...
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    Another Nurse Accused of Homicide for a Mistake!

    ThePrincessBride replied to Wishiwasretired's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately , this is a direct consequence of allowing criminal courts to intervene in medical malpractice/negligence cases. And Black and Indigenous nurses are more likely to suffer more...
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    Another Nurse Accused of Homicide for a Mistake!

    ThePrincessBride replied to Wishiwasretired's topic in General Nursing

    I would need to know more details regarding if she should lose her license. How many other patients did she have? What was going on that day? Were there other safety concerns going on? On face...
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    Another Nurse Accused of Homicide for a Mistake!

    ThePrincessBride replied to Wishiwasretired's topic in General Nursing

    And here it comes...nurses will be torched to kingdom come for making an error. RV conviction has opened the flood gates. Any mistake you make will be scrutinized. Hopefully you have insurance to...
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    Old Timer's Take on Fixing the Nursing Shortage

    ThePrincessBride replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    I apologize. I just don't handle *** condescending attitudes too well and I will stop replying to the pot
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    Old Timer's Take on Fixing the Nursing Shortage

    ThePrincessBride replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I am talking acute care, bedside. Not procedural. I know a ton of nurses who enjoy 8 hours in the outpatient/non-bedside nursing. But 8 hours at the bedside? Hell no. Most acute care...
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    Old Timer's Take on Fixing the Nursing Shortage

    ThePrincessBride replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! I swear, anyone who thinks that going back to 8 hours is the solution is out of touch with not only today's working conditions, but also the newer generation. As a whole, Gen Y and Z...
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    Old Timer's Take on Fixing the Nursing Shortage

    ThePrincessBride replied to KathyDay's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, you don't work acute care if you don't think that RNs won't get screwed over by adding LPNs and doubling their ratios. Signed, A MODERN DAY nurse living in the