ThePrincessBride MSN, RN, NP

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    Help choosing the right 1st job

    ThePrincessBride replied to mike23's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Salary should be the last thing a new grad considers as he or she will almost always end up at the bottom of the pay scale. 1. Benefits- Health insurance and retirement should be top priority, unless...
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    Areas of nursing you would NOT like?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    Where do I begin ... Oncology...too depressing Med/Surg...unsafe ratios and overworked Ortho...worked as a tech and it was labor intensive Peds...I feel weird for saying this since I want to go into...
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    Differentials make a difference

    ThePrincessBride replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Working nights alone at my hospital will bring in 10k more a year. If one worked every weekend, that would also bring in an additional 6300. Without holidays or overtime, you are already looking at...
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    Why am I starting out making 19 an hour?

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

    Cost of living, people. A new grad in a southern rural hospital with very low cost of living will not and should not make as much as a new grad in California or NYC where the col is astronomical. The...
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    Best unit to start for new grad?

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

    I would go with the one with the longer orientation. 8 weeks is
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    Complaining about your employer, loudly, at nurses' station

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

    You should never crap where you eat or bite the hand that feeds. I only vent to my coworkers in private and out of ear shot of the patients. If a patient asks if I like my job, I say I do. And that...
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    Can't Shake Off Rude Patient

    ThePrincessBride replied to bboy45's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd nip that in the bud and "fire" her from your assignment. You are an aide, not a slave. Unless this patient has dementia and has no control over her behavior, do not feel as though you have to take...
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    Bummed about GPA

    ThePrincessBride replied to Success89's topic in General Students

    Employers don't care about your GPA (unless it is an internship). They care about your degree, if it is accredited, your license and your healthcare work experience. I am graduating tomorrow with a...
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    Do you look foward to go to work and if so what position and why?

    ThePrincessBride replied to RatherBHiking's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard it said that 10 percent of people LOVE their job, 10 percent of people HATE their job and the rest of us fall somewhere in between. I think it is important to like some things about the...
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    First RN position in L&D, ICU, ER? ...thoughts?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Melissa1986's topic in General Nursing

    Well...what is it are you MOST interested in? If you have one specialty that stands out more than the others, I would try to pursue that. If you have no idea what it is you want to do, go with...
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    How do I explain to my snobby family why nurses are important and worthy of respect?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Miss Infermiera2b's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses protect the patients from the doctors' mistakes. I'm serious. Many of these residents only stick around for a bit before rotating and don't have the vast experience that many seasoned nurses...
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    BSN-MSN with planning a pregnancy

    ThePrincessBride replied to 26.2, BSN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Depends...if I may ask, how old are you? I ask this because it you are pushing your late thirties, I'd strongly consider having a baby. School will always be
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    difference in degrees

    ThePrincessBride replied to skbella's topic in General Nursing

    That's not what she is debating. She is stating that an ADN with a bachelor's in some other field does not have more education IN NURSING than a BSN, which is a
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    difference in degrees

    ThePrincessBride replied to skbella's topic in General Nursing

    How is having two degrees, a BA one isn't actively using and a ADN, more cost-effective than "just" a BSN? I know plenty of people with LOTS of debt from a non-nursing bachelor's who come into nursing...
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    Decent new grad pay

    ThePrincessBride replied to ashonman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You can't compare a seasoned nurse's salary with a new grad NP. And if you want, let's look at my institution: New grad NPs are salaried and they start off at 80k/yr and top off at around 115k/yr....
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    Is it possible to not work in a hospital as a new nurse?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Brooke2009's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it is no secret that most nurses are employed by hospitals and new grads typically work the nights and other undesirable hours. If you aren't willing or able to put in your two years of acute...
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    So disappointed in hospital RNs and MDs

    ThePrincessBride replied to carachel2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I feel bad when I can't do a thorough assessment, but I make it my mission to check LOC, pain, hand grip, orientation, heart, lungs, bowel sounds, edema, pulses and bottom if incontinent/immobile....
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    Did You Go Into Nursing For One Specialty?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Satori77's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I am in a similar situation. I graduate in two weeks and want nothing more than to work at the NICU. But times are tough and if I must, I will find a job elsewhere, perhaps post-part., Med-Surg...
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    When pushy CNAs show how little they know

    ThePrincessBride replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Idiotic suggestion? Yikes. It sounded like she was just trying to help out. Not bossy or pushy at
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    CDC rec to counsel all males about benefits of circumcision

    ThePrincessBride replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not going to answer one way or another because either way it will be misconstrued. And at any rate, I am out. I have said my piece and will not argue with someone who compares circumcision to...
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    CDC rec to counsel all males about benefits of circumcision

    ThePrincessBride replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe you are comparing circumcision to rape. Any credibility you had has been thrown out the
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    CDC rec to counsel all males about benefits of circumcision

    ThePrincessBride replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Red I already answered your question. And you've missed the point of that post entirely.
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    CDC rec to counsel all males about benefits of circumcision

    ThePrincessBride replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    It is definitely a slippery slope and one that I don't think is worth opening for a procedure a tiny little baby won't remember years from now. Lack of vaccinations population-wide could wipe all...
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    CDC rec to counsel all males about benefits of circumcision

    ThePrincessBride replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    By that logic, all parents should be forced to vax their kids and Jehovah's witnesses' should be forced to consent to blood transfusions for their underage child that could save their child's
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    CDC rec to counsel all males about benefits of circumcision

    ThePrincessBride replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    And to answer the question if it was a ritual nick, I'd prefer that in the hospital setting to at home. I personally wouldn't do it but there are a lot of things people choose to do to their kids that...