ThePrincessBride MSN, RN, NP

Med-Surg, NICU

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    Switch Shifts?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I emailed twice and was ignored on both accounts. That left a bitter taste in my
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    Devastated about my recent preceptorship placement in med surg

    ThePrincessBride replied to SF BSN2b's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was sad, but guess what? The med/surg preceptorship (which was my second choice after NICU) helped TREMENDOUSLY with NCLEX prep (passed the first time, 75 questions in under 90 minutes). And, when I...
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    Denied PTO for my marriage

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

    I have to agree with you. I knew going into my new job, getting summer PTO was going to be a problem. Know what I did? I picked a winter month to take an international trip. There is always some...
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    Switch Shifts?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Looks like I am staying on nights as management thinks they are too important to answer an email I sent. Screw
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    How much do YOU think nurses are worth?

    ThePrincessBride replied to mystory's topic in General Nursing

    I'm priceless. That being said, the healthcare system couldn't sustain itself if every nurse was paid
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    Should Obama care be repealed?

    ThePrincessBride replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    A knee-jerk reaction in me agrees with you. I work in NICU and see this stuff all the time. Parents on all forms of welfare, on drugs, working on their fifth baby before they are in their mid-twenties...
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    Should Obama care be repealed?

    ThePrincessBride replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    The ACA would have been better had Republicans not been so obstructive and had actually cooperated with Democrats to make ACA better than what it is. As far as people saying that the ACA made...
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    ER rushing patients to the floor

    ThePrincessBride replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    On my unit it is fairly common for floor nurses to end up with seven patients. That is so unsafe. I think more states need to follow California and have a max of five patients per nurse. Really, I...
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    ER rushing patients to the floor

    ThePrincessBride replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    Nine patients? That sounds ridiculously unsafe. I have had this issue of ER sending up patients that med surg nurses couldn't take and now are no longer even required to give report to the oncoming...
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    Switch Shifts?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I have never thought about working at home but... As much as I enjoy working bedside (well, most of the time), I just find the schedule to be too brutal and in the instances I am dealing with crazy...
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    Switch Shifts?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the input. I guess I should add that I am debt free and childless. Part of me feels that now is the time to work my butt off and save save save before big expenses start coming up (kids and...
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    Feeling VERY Incompetent

    ThePrincessBride replied to kyfitch's topic in General Nursing

    2-3 years to become competent?
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    Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    ThePrincessBride replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    You have twenty-five years of experience and only make 65k/base? Where on Earth do you
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    Do you invest?

    ThePrincessBride replied to William2's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, if OP is at the beginning of his/her career, he/she is presumably going to only have increases in income and he/she may not ever be in a lower tax bracket again. Therefore, I would recommend...
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    Do you invest?

    ThePrincessBride replied to William2's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/psa-dont-forget-1071123.html I wrote an article about investing and just maxed out my Roth for 2017 (though it won't be processed until tomorrow!). I...
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    Sick policy vs. reality

    ThePrincessBride replied to rquinn0111's topic in General Nursing

    Problem is with PTO systems, often the hours accrued are less than that of sick /vacation hour system. Example: Hospital A uses PTO system. Hospital B uses sick/vacation system. Hospital A offers 3...
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    It seems like everyone but nurses make more money

    ThePrincessBride replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that nurses are underpaid for what we do, but one thing I have noticed is that nurses in general put up with crap that others don't. While filling out a survey, a traveler nurse berated me for...
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    What's In A Name Badge?

    ThePrincessBride replied to TruvyNurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have my BSN on my badge. And why shouldn't I? I worked my ass off for that degree, so I might as well show it
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    Sick policy vs. reality

    ThePrincessBride replied to rquinn0111's topic in General Nursing

    ^^^ "Only" 15 days? My job awards 10 days and that must cover sick and vacation time. I hope to leave my place of employment for that reason within the next year or so. My unit allows only five...
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    Nursing in crisis

    ThePrincessBride replied to historylady's topic in General Nursing

    From what I've been told, the demand for nursing is cyclical, but one thing has remained true: wages have been stagnant for quite some time. It kills me to hear nurses were making 20/hr in the early...
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    RT says her scope is wider than mine. Ok?

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

    I have had only one bad experience with an RT (in adult med-surg) and she happened to be in a direct entry NP program. Was always trying to tell me and other nurses how to do our job when she never...
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    Why Do Nurses Quit?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. I got a measly six weeks while some experienced nurses received ten. I stayed at my first job in med-surg ft for eight months before becoming PRN.No one wants to stay it seems and the most...
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    Med-surg or OR? Need advice ASAP.

    ThePrincessBride replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Nursing

    OR won't prepare you for the ED like good ole med-surg. Also, you haven't even been offered the OR position yet. Don't count your chickens before they
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    LPN's aren't real nurses

    ThePrincessBride replied to laurennnxo26's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well what does the N in LPN stand for? Of course LPNs are nurses. Anyone who says any differently doesn't know any
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    Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    ThePrincessBride replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Imagine our press ganey scores if this was more widespread. There are times I just want to give a patient a shot of