Not sure what advice I can give but I am graduating as an acute care NP this Summer and I feel drastically unprepared. Everyone loves to bemoan that school never prepares you for practice and sure...
Hi thanks for the replies, this is a formal update on the situation. It was a horrible experience and I did go to the clinical placement manager who is also the program director (smh) to ask for a new...
I was recently speaking with another master's prepared nurse who works in informatics about becoming an Acute Care NP and my experience as an NP student. Her immediate response was "why would you want...
Hey all! It seems my preceptor doesn’t want me... long but good! So I’m going into my last 2 semesters of an acute care program. This summer I have my first clinical rotation and I landed my dream...
All4NursingRN replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing
Regarding the levophed we work in an ICU and that day pharmacy had mix an extra bag of levophed as the patient was on a high dose and running through the bag in a short period of time. She had an...
Yep sound like a kiss bottom nurse administrator or manager that's peeved at the medicine Gods having their gifts stolen... and I thought my workplace was full of odd balls... sad
All4NursingRN replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing
Funny and really odd that you say this because like I said she makes some unsavory comments at times, one in particular directed at an administrator that I will not even repeat here, but she said it...
All4NursingRN replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing
*shrug* I've worked at a few places and while most are informal, some still are. But apparently we're not being formal enough and she wants to give out write ups for this (as if she has any authority...
We currently have had a very seasoned nurse on our cc float team for the past year who transferred from endoscopy back to the units (tele/icu float). She is a knowledgeable nurse, a bit rough around...
All4NursingRN replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing
Oh my what a Pandora's box I have opened. Then I wonder what if no one on a unit wants to precept and this I ask speaking from experience. Two years ago every nurse the manager approached refused to...
Of course I understand that not everyone wants to be a teacher or professor but a few of my coworkers lately have down right refused to precept or even be a resource to newer or less experienced...