ThePrincessBride MSN, RN, NP

Med-Surg, NICU

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    Pt.s Ordering Food from Outside Hospital?

    ThePrincessBride replied to annie.rn's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly? I don't give a crap anymore. Maybe I am jaded, but I have learned that the patients are going to do what they want to do and we (the nursing staff) can't change it; all we can do is educate...
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    New Grad... 7 months later and I hate my job in the PICU. What next?

    ThePrincessBride replied to AlhendyRN's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds more like an issue with night shift and not the PICU itself. Have you thought about asking to switch to days? OR nursing is its own little world. Very little applies there from what I have...
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    Nurses, do drop in! *VENT*

    ThePrincessBride replied to AutumnLeavesRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work with a respiratory therapist like that and I can't ******* stand her. Scary thing is she is in a direct-entry NP school and will never work a day as an RN yet feels that it is okay to overstep...
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    Being depressed

    ThePrincessBride replied to Upward_Bound's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I second Sassy Tachy. I know the feeling of being "stuck" and wanting just to get started in my career/life, etc. While two years may seem like a long time, it is better for two years to go by and to...
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    Nursing Informatics to CRNA

    ThePrincessBride replied to TheBerriGirl's topic in Nursing Career

    OP, please re-read what you have posted. You are trying to avoid student loans by taking out more student loans for a degree you have no intention of using...am I right? And don't forget your CRNA...
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    hiring older nurses

    ThePrincessBride replied to KThurmond's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on the age. There is a big difference between a thirty/forty-something (who has a potential of 20-30 years left of "work" in them) and someone pushing sixty and on the brink of applying for...
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    Verbal warning about sick calls.....please advise

    ThePrincessBride replied to SaffireWeldon's topic in Canada

    Aren't nurses in Canada unionized? Could this be an issue your union rep can help you
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    What to do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Nursing Career

    But Ma...she started
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    What to do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Nursing Career

    That is a dream gig for many nurses. Bedside nursing is overrated. It will be there when your boys are grown. Best
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    What to do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Nursing Career

    I can only read from quotes of others at this point ED nurse, but all I have to say is this: your nastiness and completely unfounded visceral hatred towards me (after less than two weeks no less) is...
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    What to do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Nursing Career

    Apparently she has an ax to grind with me as it is common knowledge that specialty units spend months training their new grads. I would know as I am in a residency program with a bunch of ICU new...
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    What to do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Nursing Career

    I take it you are going to quit the LTC
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    What to do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Nursing Career

    OP, Sorry. It just sounded as though you were saying that the task-oriented jobs don't require critical thinking. It doesn't hurt to apply to jobs but all of the my nurse colleagues in the ICU and...
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    Patient Nurse Ratio

    ThePrincessBride replied to ambobam's topic in General Nursing

    1:6-7 here on a med/surg unit. One really bad days, a charge nurse could end up with eight pts or more. It is crazy
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    What to do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Nursing Career

    And if you read some of his other posts and his profile you will see he has graduated in May. Eta: lol. You joined less than two weeks ago and already want to stir the
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    What to do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Nursing Career

    Not sure what that has to do with anything, but to stir drama and violate a TOS. It is a fact that the ICU pours many weeks of training into new grads (which the OP is) and are not likely to want...
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    What to do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Nursing Career

    A monkey's job?
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    I want to quit ICU after one week.

    ThePrincessBride replied to Lady4Scrubs's topic in Critical Care

    If every nurse took the time to cry over every deceased patient, **** wouldn't get done...especially in the
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    What to do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Nursing Career

    You do realize that every nursing specialty utilizes critical thinking? No offense but to imply that the more hands-on experience is all about task work and no brain work is insulting. No ICU with a...
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    Still unemployed; Why am I not getting calls for interviews?

    ThePrincessBride replied to 2016New's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Take a deep breath. You will get a job, but it may not be your first choice. Apply any and everywhere and take what you can get. It took me and a lot of my classmates several months to get a job as...
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    Overwhelmed at work :(

    ThePrincessBride replied to nursecatRN's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, this is a very typical scenario: new grad/newish nurse receives minimal orientation and then is set loose with a full pt. load of six to seven with very little support or guidance from...
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    Would you choose nursing again or another health profession?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Abbr's topic in Nursing Career

    It is too early for me to say as I am still in the thick of my first year, but... I never truly wanted to go to MD school. The idea of doing yet another four more years of rigorous schooling plus...
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    Pay off loans, NP school, or specialty certificate?

    ThePrincessBride replied to RunawayN's topic in General Nursing

    You should use the money to pay off your debts before deciding to take on more! Applying that 7k to your student loans will save you a great deal in interest...do
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    We were all wrong about nursing home nurses

    ThePrincessBride replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have pts who sundown in the hospital too. There are very few fields of nursing where you can escape sundowning. I have nothing but respect for ltc nurses. They are the kings and queens of...
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    Seven Hells: Vent

    ThePrincessBride posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So, I have been at my job for seven months now and I applied for a transfer to my dream unit. My application was rejected, so I emailed the supervisor to touch base to see what more I can do to become...