ThePrincessBride MSN, RN, NP

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    What was your worst shift ever?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Isakolistic's topic in General Nursing

    The shift I lost a baby whose gestational age at birth was less than 23 weeks and not quite a week old. :/ He was the tiniest baby the unit ever had, and I had to watch as he died in his mother's...
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    I am a new grad and can't wait to get out of orientation!

    ThePrincessBride replied to CRC12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I couldn't wait to get off orientation not because I thought I knew everything (ten months out and I am just scratching the surface), but because I had a hovering, backstabbing witch for a preceptor....
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    Need advice

    ThePrincessBride replied to NPwoman's topic in Advanced Practice

    Wow...many new grads in medium COLAs make more than that! Nope. Take the job that is going to compensate and appreciate you the most...and it isn't the 60k
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    Okay to yell at the pharmacist for this?

    ThePrincessBride replied to T-Bird78's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    First, it is never ok to yell at your colleagues. That behavior is totally unacceptable. That being said, yes, the pharmacist should have contacted the precribing doctor to come up with an...
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    Call in sick???

    ThePrincessBride replied to Larry2016's topic in General Nursing

    Last year, while on orientation, I woke up and suddenly felt unwell. I simultaneously vomited and had diarrhea twice before leaving for work. I was so afraid of giving a poor reflection of myself to...
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    Nurse opinions on "Birth Rape"

    ThePrincessBride replied to EKUGRAD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Birth trauma would be more appropriate. Calling it rape is offensive to those who've actually been raped. Otherwise, I am absolutely sure that this stuff happens all the time
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    Nurse Satisfaction comes before Patient Satisfaction

    ThePrincessBride replied to JanineKelbach's topic in General Nursing

    What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Nurses being the goose and patients being the gander, that
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    Is the Baby Boomer Generation not going to get good care?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The Commuter, I just wanted to say that I am sorry for your loss. Fifty-eight is so
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    I can't do chest compressions (CPR) will I be terminated?

    ThePrincessBride replied to 42pines's topic in General Nursing

    Can't stand for more than a minute? No CPR? Can't walk for more than five? Time to look for another job. Those accommodations are unrealistic for a staff nurse and unfair to your
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    I quit the PA rat race.

    ThePrincessBride replied to Non Sequitir's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The problem with all of these people wanting to enter NP school because of its lax standards is that they only think of themselves and not what is best for advanced practice or the patients. It also...
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    New job- should i take the offer?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Kt1109's topic in General Nursing

    Well, what matters most to you? A great schedule or more career and advancement
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    8hr Shifts vs 12hr Shifts

    ThePrincessBride replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    Really? Working three 12s allows for four days off per week vs two days. With twelves, I am able to schedule myself so that I have stretches of days off (four to eight days) and in those stretches, I...
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    Please Don't Judge Patients

    ThePrincessBride replied to NurseLife88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I judge (not my baby patients, but their parents and the patients on my adult med-surg floor). Why? Because I'm human. Nurses aren't robots. We have feelings and values. The key is to keep our...
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    Patient Keeps Asking for Another Nurse

    ThePrincessBride replied to purplegal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As someone with bpd, I take offense to people who don't have a psych np or psychiatric MD after their name fillipantly diagnosing this woman as having bpd. Assign the patient to the nurse she wants....
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    Night shift alterative hours poll

    ThePrincessBride replied to Wolf at the Door's topic in General Nursing

    I would love a 3p-3a or a
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    Take a pay cut to go to office

    ThePrincessBride replied to AJ1980's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I would strongly reconsider this if you are the one carrying the health insurance. Unless your husband plans on going full-time, expect to take a HUMONGOUS cut. Private insurance rates are...
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    Paying off nursing school debt

    ThePrincessBride replied to acj108's topic in General Nursing

    I know a nurse who refuses to work overtime. She owes 45k in student loans and she will end up paying over 90k thanks to interest and dragging her loans out for twenty years. Don't be her. Pick up a...
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    New RN/inexperienced nurse considering nurse externship

    ThePrincessBride replied to MarshaRabbit's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I get it. I get wanting to "rush through" school. With my biological clock ticking, I felt/feel that I need(ed) to start a grad program NOW. I have been working as an RN for almost two years....
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    New RN/inexperienced nurse considering nurse externship

    ThePrincessBride replied to MarshaRabbit's topic in General Nursing

    There are quite a few ACNP programs out there that don't require ANY nursing experience. With it being an acute-care specialty, you would *think* it'd require some experience. But
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    How much do YOU think nurses are worth?

    ThePrincessBride replied to mystory's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that CEOs and their salaries are so obscene, it is sickening. However... Economics doesn't work that way, unfortunately. It is all about supply and demand. Nursing shot itself in the foot by...
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    2017 Nurse Salary

    ThePrincessBride replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Nursing

    Won't tell exact location but it is in a medium cost of living area. Will have two years' experience come May NICU FT: getting a raise, 24.50ish to 33ish depending on what shift I work Med/Surg PRN:...
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    Need normality.. suggestions?

    ThePrincessBride replied to justcuriousrn1's topic in General Nursing

    School nursing? No weekends or holidays and summers off. You will probably have to take a pay cut
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    Question from a Pre-Nursing Student

    ThePrincessBride replied to Apple-Core's topic in General Nursing

    Whichever one is hiring. You can't be picky in this
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    Switch Shifts?

    ThePrincessBride posted a topic in General Nursing

    Background: Have been on my unit for almost one year, working nights and every other weekend. A few day shift positions have opened up. On nights, I have more seniority than more than half of my...
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    What age is "too old" to switch from RN to APRN?

    ThePrincessBride replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    There really is no age "too" old for school. However, from a financial standpoint, I would try to get at least ten years in if student loans are involved. I plan to retire young, so I hope to be done...