dansamy

Always do the right thing. Sometimes, the right thing is the hardest thing to do. Regarding documentation, it's your license. Not theirs. Do not chart anything that you didn't do and accurately chart what you did do.

Definitely start saving for retirement.

I've been a nurse almost 9 years now. Including weekend & night differentials, I don't make $25+/hr. Of course, in Alabama, I make a decent, but bit wealthy, income.

Don't get too attached to the rainbows & puppies of today's experience. Your group will eventually sort itself into, at the very least, loose cliques. Your instructor will be tough on you. (Or at least they SHOULD be in order to turn out high quality nurses.) That doesn't mean that you won't help each other or that you'll have some groups behaving like mortal enemies. That doesn't mean your instructor is less caring or concerned. The reality is it's a lot like high school. Maybe a little more brutal & cutthroat. Sent from my HTC One X using allnurses.com

When I was in school, a med error was automatic clinical failure. And that means you repeat that class. Sent from my HTC One X using allnurses.com

Buy the small. Sent from my HTC One X using allnurses.com

You really don't have any right to disclose to your manager your coworker's intentions. January is a long way away. Anything could happen that would necessitate your coworker declining her new position & staying with your company. Sent from my HTC One X using allnurses.com

Are these uninsured patients? Maybe they lack access to mental health care. Or the meds that work for them are too expensive & they aren't getting any assistance with affordability. Even with "good" insurance, mental health care in my area is hit or miss. Add an unstable patient with poor/no family support and you have disaster. Sent from my HTC One X using allnurses.com

Of course it won't be perfect. And there's gonna be a lot of missteps along the way. And people will **** & moan about it. Sent from my HTC One X using allnurses.com

I'm pretty sure that if I did wish to have more money than Bill Gates, the next day Microsoft stock would crash, they would file bankruptcy & Gates would have $98 to his name. Sent from my HTC One X using allnurses.com

Me too! I want to be FABULOUS! *channeling Sharpei a la High School Musical* Sent from my HTC One X using allnurses.com

I fail at blatant sarcasm! Obviously! :-D Can I blame it on an undiagnosed personality disorder? No? OK, interwebs then! :-D But I really do wish administration would stop, halt, cease & desist with this whole customer service BS and treating the nursing staff like replaceable little widgets. Supposedly, you pay me to think. Then, you enact redonkulous policies whereby I'm not allowed to make an individualized decision for each patient. All patients with X are required to have Y. Period. No exceptions and no individualized care. Period. Not allowed. And the customer service BS. I'm all for making the patient/family as happy as possible, comfortable as possible, etc. But in the end, this is STILL a hospital. Not a hotel or resort. Sometimes, things aren't going to be just the way the patient/family wants/expects in the interest of providing for the health needs of the hospitalized patient. Suck it up, princess! I feel much better after my completely off topic rant. Sent from my HTC One X using allnurses.com

Yeah. My $2800 estimate used very conservative estimates for insurance & retirement. Sent from my HTC One X using allnurses.com

You're eliminating the human element in caring for a very fragile, vulnerable being. My babies' nurses were not just cogs in the wheels of the healthcare machine. For 4 weeks, 3 weeks and 12 days (each child respectively), they cared for & fed & changed & nutured each one while in their care. They did for my babies what I couldn't when they were too small & vulnerable to be handled in the clumsy, unfamiliar way a first time mother would handle a newborn, much less a very unexpected preemie. I needed teaching. And encouragement. And patience. I'm GRATEFUL for the protective, fierce care each of my babies received. They were only in need of Special Care and not NICU. By the time the third came along, all the SCN knew us & our experiences with our first two. That last one was much easier. Sent from my HTC One X using allnurses.com