ThePrincessBride MSN, RN, NP

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    Longest Shift You've Worked

    ThePrincessBride replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked 16.5 hours, but I honestly think past the typical 12 hours, you are unsafe to practice (I know some people disagree with me, but 16's should not be a
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    Crushing Burden of Regulatory Compliance on Healthcare

    ThePrincessBride replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The CDC lost a lot of credibility in my book. Every day it was a new rule or regulation that completely negated yesterday's standards. And then it would switch right back. It became obvious that...
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    Crushing Burden of Regulatory Compliance on Healthcare

    ThePrincessBride replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I lost it the other day with my manager. We were working about 2 or 3 nurses short, and I had to take a heavy assignment as a charge RN (when I am not supposed to take any per our own staffing...
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    CNA’s restarting IV pump

    ThePrincessBride replied to Tofumilk's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, no. Don't do it. For various reasons, this is a bad
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    Am I being too picky on a job or is it just bad luck?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Aliceozwalker's topic in General Nursing

    No, you are not being picky in the slightest. You are about to have two solid years of Med-surg experience which, despite the mythical hierarchy in nursing, is VERY marketable and coveted to...
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    Nice Things Behind Your Back

    ThePrincessBride replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm...good question! Probably: She's a BOSS. She's hilarious...in a good way of course. IV Queen Team player She says everything we all want to say but are too afraid to say...
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    How do I tell my educator that I don't want to orient a new hire?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ferrarij's topic in General Nursing

    I actually am having these issues. I'm noticing a lot of deficits in the new nurses (who graduated during COVID and have very limited if any clinical experience) that make me very uncomfortable, and I...
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    Nursing Staffing Post COVID Quagmire...

    ThePrincessBride replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    My floor is hemorrhaging nurses, it looks like a massacre. For a 25+ bed unit, we only have about 8 FT day shift RNs. In order to be fully staffed to meet our staffing grid, we need about 12 more day...
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    Should I be concerned?

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

    OK so I did my first clincial and you're right, it was mostly observation. It was me and a last-semester FNP student and I think as long as there are only two of us, it should be okay. Next clinical I...
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    Should I be concerned?

    ThePrincessBride posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am in my first semester of three clinicals and I have been having a hard time with clinical placement. My school (that supposedly places students) dropped the ball, and I did not want to be placed...
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    Should I be concerned?

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

    I realize that, but seeing as this is my first clinical round, I think I may need more of the preceptor's time...if this was my last clinical, I wouldn't be as
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    Should I be concerned?

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

    Private practice (Family Med, outpatient). Okay. That is great to know! I wasn't sure if this was normal as this is my first round of NP
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    Nurses That Never Worked In A Hospital...

    ThePrincessBride replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    Hospital nursing is overrated. Signed, NICU and Med/surg
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    Coworkers Turning On Heavy Metal and Rock Music In the Dining Room For Elderly Residents

    ThePrincessBride replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    /deceased.
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    Bit Off More Than I Can Chew

    ThePrincessBride replied to bluescrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I don't know why some nurses take on so many jobs. I knew a nurse with 5 kids who had a FT job and 3 PRN jobs (or was it 4? I know she had at least four jobs though). You have to prioritize...
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    How do we prevent Nurse Practitioners from undervaluing themselves?

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

    Exactly. You didn't stick around in your first job for years and years...you got your golden year and then left for a more desirable, higher-paying job. I'm not sure why some of these posters don't...
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    How do we prevent Nurse Practitioners from undervaluing themselves?

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

    It is not a victim mentality; it is reality. I think what you and some others on this thread are not realizing is that NPs have a short shelf-life post-grad until they become "stale"...usually...
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    How do we prevent Nurse Practitioners from undervaluing themselves?

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

    Look I'm not saying I agree with accepting pitiful wages (though 96k ain't pitiful) but in my neck of the woods competition is fierce. I know of some stale new grads who now may never get hired...
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    How do we prevent Nurse Practitioners from undervaluing themselves?

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

    I'm going on 40 hours per week. A new grad is not in the position to demand anything in a market filled to the brim with
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    How do we prevent Nurse Practitioners from undervaluing themselves?

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

    So you are saying it is better to refuse job offers and risk become stale and unhireable. Any experience can be used to leverage for higher pay in the next job and so on. So yeah, I am totally...
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    How do we prevent Nurse Practitioners from undervaluing themselves?

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

    It is a new grad residency program. If you have zero NP experience, you get 70k plus bonus. If you have one year experience, it is 80k plus
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    How do we prevent Nurse Practitioners from undervaluing themselves?

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

    No, it is actually 48/hr, which is twice what a new grad RN makes in my area. Having NP experience with a lower salary to start is better than becoming a stale new grad and not getting hired at...
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    How do we prevent Nurse Practitioners from undervaluing themselves?

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

    Because there are too many FNPs and not enough demand. For my first job, I am contemplating taking a pay cut (even though I have been an RN for only six years) to get into an internship making 70k per...
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    Saving Towards Retirement 401K/403B

    ThePrincessBride replied to NurseNate1's topic in General Nursing

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    Help - Should I Work or Wait?

    ThePrincessBride replied to kat1822's topic in General Nursing

    This. My manager actually hired someone with similar work experience (a few months in a different specialty months ago no less!) as a contingent...even gave her six weeks (!) of full-time training and...