ThePrincessBride MSN, RN, NP

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    Who is responsible to find shift coverage?

    ThePrincessBride replied to rn865's topic in General Nursing

    If the person agreed to work her shift, then she should be the one penalized. You cannot agree to work a shift and then turn around and say you
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    A selfish nurse

    ThePrincessBride replied to infexious's topic in General Students

    The 3.0 with relevant work experience, internships and a likable personality will achieve more in life than a 4.0 with nothing on his resume.Just saying. I think that employers will be far more...
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    -To all the nurses who chose the nursing path than the physician path...

    ThePrincessBride replied to Gaby_rmz77's topic in Nursing Career

    Number one reason: I did not want to spend the best of my childbearing years in residency. I value family more than anything. Hard to juggle work life and family when work-life consists of long hours...
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    FIrst Year Experience (insight and advice)

    ThePrincessBride replied to LadyKay's topic in General Students

    Fourth semester student here! What is your class schedule like? I am doing Peds and OB. They are split into two 7-week mini sessions. Peds schedule: Mondays Lecture (8-11:30am) Thursdays and Fridays...
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    Number One Pet Peeve in Nursing School: Future "Paycheck Nurses"

    ThePrincessBride replied to joshmiller2010's topic in General Students

    First, why are you so concerned about people and their reasoning for going into nursing? Quite frankly, it is none of your business. Competency and professionalism are all that matter. Reserve your...
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    33 and wanting to leap...

    ThePrincessBride replied to kiranrand's topic in General Nursing

    I would honestly consider looking into other healthcare professions. Nursing is experiencing a huge glut of new grads who can't find jobs. You have a mortgage and car payments....I would hate for you...
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    Fired for med error

    ThePrincessBride replied to KJAKE's topic in Patient Medications

    In an ideal world where nurses aren't overloaded and management stood behind their nurses instead of playing the blame game, sure. However, rarely do nurses work in ideal environments and management...
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    is it worth it to keep your license active?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ceccia's topic in General Nursing

    I would keep it especially in this day and age. Plus, you don't know if your plan will pan out and you can always work casual for some extra
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    Fired for med error

    ThePrincessBride replied to KJAKE's topic in Patient Medications

    This is going to sound bad, but unless it caused serious harm to the patient, I wouldn't self-report. If anyone learns anything about working environments, it is CYA and
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    i'll probably get flamed to the moon and back for this but..

    ThePrincessBride replied to elijahvegas's topic in General Nursing

    That is so
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    i'll probably get flamed to the moon and back for this but..

    ThePrincessBride replied to elijahvegas's topic in General Nursing

    When did Florence Nightingale ever state that she felt women were ill-equipped to work in the field of medicine? You do realize that she was in fact a woman
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    i'll probably get flamed to the moon and back for this but..

    ThePrincessBride replied to elijahvegas's topic in General Nursing

    Eh...people are going to do what they want to do and say what they want to say. It is a double edge sword. The people who tout their calling are the ones who will quickly become disillusioned by the...
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    Anyone working this coming semester

    ThePrincessBride replied to johsonmichelle's topic in General Students

    I've worked every semester since starting college. Now I'm working two jobs as a nurse's aide. It's not that
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    Does nursing really suck that badly?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Irish_Mist's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You think this is bad? Ha! If you do decide to go into healthcare, you will be in for a rude awakening. These responses have been mild and fairly
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    Terrified about student loan debt. ADVICE

    ThePrincessBride replied to becca94's topic in General Students

    You are already in 30k in debt. Adding 100,000 dollars (plus interest!) will ruin you financially, and I don't say this to scare you. At this point, I would strongly encourage you to put schooling...
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    What does your username mean?

    ThePrincessBride replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Because I am the Princess Bride. Duh. J/k. I really like the 1987 movie with Cary Elwes and Robin Wright.
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    2014 Wage Survey For CNAs, Medical Assistants, HHAs, PCTs: Post Here!

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

    Job 1 PCA Midwest 10.12/hr Yes. 85 cents for weekends, $2.00 for 7p-11p and $2.50 for third shift. Double time for holidays Anytime from 7a-11pm. Used to do nights, but couldn't take it anymore....
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    Getting a meal break

    ThePrincessBride replied to kms6417's topic in General Nursing

    I work as an aide at two hospitals. At one job, I always get breaks. I have a coworker cover for me. At my other job, I don't think people realize what it means to even get a lunch break. I even had a...
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    Nursing Salary Survey 2014

    ThePrincessBride replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    I need to move to
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    $11/hr as a registered nurse

    ThePrincessBride replied to naikosbripad's topic in General Nursing

    I work as an aide and I make more than that at one of my jobs. That is insane. I wouldn't take anything less than 23-24/hr as a new grad nurse, let alone with tons of
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    Offering money to switch clinical sites? Ethical?

    ThePrincessBride replied to chewychipsahoy's topic in General Students

    Some people are so petty and quick to throw someone else under the
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    Nursing Imposters

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

    You are corrected. Ruby Vee was the one to misconstrue the post, NOT you. The guy was acting as though RN and BSN were mutually exclusive titles and that one can't be both. I kept telling the guy that...
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    Nursing Imposters

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

    You misinterpreted my post. He acted as though BSNs were NOT RNs, and I was informing him otherwise (he kept saying RN or BSN as if they are mutually exclusive...they aren't). BSNs ARE RNs with...
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    Nursing Imposters

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

    Yeah, he was an older gentlemen. I tried telling him that one can be an RN with a BSN or an ADN, but he didn't seem to understand.
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    Nursing Imposters

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

    I'm an aide. I have tried again and again to correct patients when they call me "nurse" but most either forget or don't know the difference. I even had one patient who tried to tell me that RN and...