ThePrincessBride MSN, RN, NP

Med-Surg, NICU

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    Baby Boomers, Gen X'ers, & GenY/Millennials: Can We Work Together?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Bridgid Joseph's topic in General Nursing

    I am a millennial and I honestly get tired of the bashing and stereotypes. I am a big team player. In fact, that is feedback I have received on numerous performance reviews. I am a team player...
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    Type B in a Type A world

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! I just want to give some of them some Xanax and tell them to calm down, especially my day shift preceptor who joked about firing me for not changing a diaper "properly." :/ Other than that,...
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    How do I go about asking for an extension of my orientation in the NICU?

    ThePrincessBride replied to journey2success's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am almost done with a twelve week nicu orientation and like guy in babyland (cute screen name!), I feel like twelve weeks in more than enough time. You won't be getting the sickest babies on the...
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    "Smart" students make bad nurses?

    ThePrincessBride replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    After your first year of nursing, no one is going to give a damn about your grades. I say this as someone who passed the NCLEX with 75 questions on the first try with a 3.75+ gpa. No one has asked me...
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    Too old to go into nursing??

    ThePrincessBride replied to st431's topic in General Nursing

    At 43, you potentially have 20+ years of working ahead of you. You can have a great career in that time frame. Also, if 43 was too old for change we wouldn't have Wendy's (Dave Thomas was very old...
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    New grads precepting???

    ThePrincessBride posted a topic in General Nursing

    At my casual job I was shocked to see a new nurse precepting. She doesn't even have one year's worth of experience (nine months, if that). She is in the float pool training another new nurse. I know...
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    Quarter Life Career Crisis: Not sure what I want to do, but don't want to job hop

    ThePrincessBride replied to citygirlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Dude/dudette...you have a REALLY good thing going. Great schedule, good pay, nice coworkers, good work/life balance... But I understand that you are young and want to expand your horizons. Is there...
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    OR to Med-Surg help

    ThePrincessBride replied to skydancer7's topic in General Nursing

    Med-surg is a great foundation for hospice (not so sure about acupuncture) as med-surg nurses oftentimes care for hospice patients and their symptoms. I have never worked OR but you can probably tie...
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    Type B in a Type A world

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    ICU snobs are correct. Most of them haven't worked outside of the NICU in years or ever and have even wrinkled their noses when they discover that I started my career in a community hospital in a...
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    Type B in a Type A world

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    A positive
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    Type B in a Type A world

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I am young but I don't know about about cuteness, lol. I do like the idea of picking a couple of go-to nurses, especially when I am out of orientation and on my own. I know that I will have a...
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    Type B in a Type A world

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for the insight. I will continue to do what I am told to do just to get out of orientation and on my own. I will try to be as type A as possible in the meantime and learn as much as I...
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    Type B in a Type A world

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I have med-surg experience which is nothing like nicu. So yeah you may as well call me a new grad, lol. Thanks for all the feedback everyone! I just have to survive a couple more
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    Type B in a Type A world

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I still am enthusiastic. I love the work. I take constructive criticism well. I just feel like some of the nurses just look to nitpick at certain things that in the grand scheme are so small. Like...
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    Type B in a Type A world

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone. I am still excited about the job. I am just so ready to be off of orientation and on my own. I have been getting some good feedback but I feel nitpick. On night shift it was...
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    New Nurse interviw for NICU

    ThePrincessBride replied to RNCaroline's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Not only that but now she has burned a major bridge. If she doesn't make it through her NICU orientation, she is
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    Too Old to Enter Critical Care Nursing?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Fiddlesticks27's topic in Critical Care

    Since when is 35
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    Clipping nails at nurse's station

    ThePrincessBride replied to BillieP's topic in General Nursing

    It is disgusting and highly unprofessional. Not to mention infection control! Nails harbor some nasty
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    What's up with all the 'failed NCLEX' posts?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    Six months?!? But that was when graduate nurses were able to work without a license
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    Public health nurse job offer but will receive paycut...Opinions?

    ThePrincessBride replied to EmRN14's topic in General Nursing

    Clinic positions are very hard to come by. Think: is 7k really worth it to you? Could you possibly make cuts in your budget in order to make it work? Could you go PRN at your PP job? Why does your...
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    What's up with all the 'failed NCLEX' posts?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    Whew! I couldn't imagine taking the pencil/paper test and having to wait six weeks for the results! Those four days were extremely long for me,
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    What's up with all the 'failed NCLEX' posts?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, but you can have five potential answers and have three that are correct and two that are wrong. For example, say A, B, and C are correct and D and E are incorrect. You must select A, B, and C to...
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    Not what I expected

    ThePrincessBride replied to NurseMegP's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going against the grain, but I will say definitely look into another specialty before quitting altogether. I went against conventional wisdom and decided to go ahead and apply for another...
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    What's up with all the 'failed NCLEX' posts?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    No, but what makes select all that apply is that you there can be multiple correct
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    The worst job you had before becoming a Nurse?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm...it is a toss-up between McDonald's and working for a catering business. The food industry is rough, and I am SO glad to not have to work at another fast-food joint again! At least now, when...