ThePrincessBride MSN, RN, NP

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    need help!

    ThePrincessBride replied to enjolique1992's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    To be honest, a CNA isn't really necessarily. Many places will accept nursing students as nursing assistants after their first semester and will be trained on the job. I think working as a tech can be...
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    What should I do?

    ThePrincessBride posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey everyone, So I graduated from nursing school last semester and have been looking for jobs. It has been a whirlwind of emotions. I just received an offer for a LTC. The base rate is on par with the...
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    About paying off student loans

    ThePrincessBride replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Good question. I think a lot of it has to do with people not doing their research before taking out student loans. They sign the dotted line without reading the document thoroughly or having a full...
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    I must vent...

    ThePrincessBride replied to Lola7211's topic in General Nursing

    If nothing else, it makes the ICU nurse look especially crappy for not bothering to correct the patient. You handled the situation well and saved the patient's life. The patient was
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    Higher Calling

    ThePrincessBride replied to guest449786's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    From my personal experience, nurses are pushing for a more professional outlook. Nursing used to be regarded as "women's work" until that woman got married and had kids. Now, it is highly technical,...
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    Loan forgiveness options? Help!

    ThePrincessBride replied to kaimkaim's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think anyone is being rude, but they aren't sugarcoating anything either. Realistically, very few places are offering sign-on bonuses, generous tuition reimbursements or student loan...
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    RNs!!!! Did you fail Any classes???

    ThePrincessBride replied to dinah77's topic in General Nursing

    If one were to look at my transcript, you wouldn't see any failures, but I was allowed to take a medical withdraw for a clinical course instead (thank the lord, or my GPA would have tanked.) But I...
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    What should I do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Apparently nurses should just feel grateful to have any job and never complain about ANYTHING to anyone or else we will be labeled as snobs. That is the vibe I'm getting from some posters
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    What should I do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't dissing diploma nurses, and I'm not sure how you got that perception (projecting, much?). I am just stating that back then, you could get a job easily with a diploma. Now the job market and...
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    What should I do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Just read through some of my comments and man. I didn't mean to come off as I did, and I am sorry if I offended anyone. This job hunting and interviewing has just taken an emotional toll, and I feel...
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    What should I do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I understand. I was in a similar situation back in January where I was interviewing for my dream gig, but didn't get it. I'm so afraid to not take this job offer, you know? I just want to be able to...
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    What should I do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    That is very true! And I think life is too short to do something you (general) don't like. I don't want to be *that* nurse who comes in everyday doing the bare minimum, not a team player with a bad...
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    What should I do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    In my circle of new grad nurses, people would look down at me for accepting this. Sad, but true. There was a recent thread about a new nurse who worked at a SNF who had a friend treat her horribly...
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    What should I do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    So I would think you being close to my age you would feel sympathetic instead of
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    What should I do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    No problem! The reason I am hesitant in accepting this job offer isn't because I think it is beneath me (no job is) but because I think it would be crappy to accept a job with no intention on staying...
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    What should I do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like you are projecting because I never said LTC was beneath me, but it isn't something that I want and it is dead-end with notoriously poor working environments. Maybe you think LTC is lowly....
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    What should I do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry. I just get so irritated with some of the posters here who follow me just to kick me while I am down, thinking they know anything about my situation, how I present myself in real life, etc....
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    What should I do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Did I say that I was more deserving? No. But the LTC working conditions are horrible per every experienced nurse I have talked to. I have taken care of patients who have come from nursing homes due to...
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    What should I do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't accepted the job offer,
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    Esme Needs Your Prayers

    ThePrincessBride replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    This breaks my heart. I hope Esme makes a speedy recovery! She is such a lovely person and is a wonderful contributor to this
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    What should I do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any student loans and I live at home. My mother is okay with me staying as long as possible, and I do have money saved up from my nursing assistant job. I just hate hearing people say bad...
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    What should I do?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone. I am just so depressed. I worked so hard only to get an offer at a nursing home with crappy benefits. It almost seems as though it wasn't worth
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    How to NOT Aid a Cheater?

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

    There are websites where you can literally type in the information and the engine will put the information in APA format. Has she sought a tutor? Why does she think this is okay? Especially when she...
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    CNA as a career

    ThePrincessBride replied to unbrokenx3's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I wouldn't recommend it if you want to spare your back and have a chance at retirement and self-sufficiency. I see many career CNAs who wanted to be nurses but then life got in the way and they were...
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    Am I a new nurse, or a new nurse with lots of experience

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

    You ARE a brand new nurse as you have never worked in the capacity as a license PN or RN. Now, that doesn't mean your past experience isn't valuable; it most certainly is! But employers will not see...