Popwhizbangz

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  1. HR MGRS! HELP! Experienced Nurse-Job Failures

    Popwhizbangz replied to Goldenhare's topic in Nursing Career

    You are in the best position to pinpoint your problem(s) or areas to improve. It is possible you were let go initially for some reason having little or nothing to do with you personally; if so, then...

  2. Gay Nurses... help!

    Popwhizbangz replied to quakerkid's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Being different than the majority is always tough to some extent - its not right, but definitely true. Any male nurse knows at least a little bit bout that. You do what you can. For this and mostly...

  3. Being forced to work while sick

    Popwhizbangz replied to phosphorus's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I never had such horror-story experiences myself, but can't imagine they're legal at a number of levels: OSHA, health care regulations at a number of levels, or consistency with institutions' HR...

  4. Work at Rehab, Lose Chance in Med/Surg?

    Popwhizbangz replied to Little_Mouse's topic in General Nursing

    Find a culture you like to work in. You'll do better work, and improve your chances down the road. After a few bumps over the years (learning experiences, yes?), I'm settled into Psych, work I like,...

  5. How much danger are our licenses in... really?

    Popwhizbangz replied to CloudySue's topic in General Nursing

    My sense, based on research and longstanding personal experience, is that nurses overestimate their liability. Avoiding sanctions is not the most effective way to go. Try doing the right thing,...

  6. A Nursing Student Vents

    Popwhizbangz replied to CareFully's topic in General Students

    Keep in mind - ALL school is to some extent about jumping through fairly arbitrary hoops - I've bee through a variety of such. You don what you need to do to get through, then, like me now, you have...

  7. Is the psych NP becomining DNP?

    Popwhizbangz replied to lincoln77's topic in Psychiatric

    To me, the DNP idea makes me sad. To gain the status of an MD or PhD, we must set the bar in the same range. From what I've seen, DNP requirements are far less demanding, and no one will be fooled -...

  8. Rep. Gifford shooting: The Shooter

    Popwhizbangz replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    What strikes me in this case, among other things, is that we always hear actual and speculative reports of mental illness in such cases, yet the research is quite clear - most violence is committed by...

  9. Trauma CEUs

    Popwhizbangz replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure about trauma, but I've had great luck for years with MedPageToday.com - seems to have content across the specialties, all free, basically unlimited, easy to use, sponsored by U Penn and...

  10. So many ways to mess up!

    Popwhizbangz replied to NamasteNurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    To be honest - I was in the same boat, got out early, went into Geriatric Psych (Dementia) inpatient early on, and it was much better for me. Never looked back. I'm glad for the residents in LTC...

  11. Rapid Response vs Code Blue?

    Popwhizbangz replied to JennyJo22's topic in Critical Care

    Keep in mind - many such questions have answers that are completely site-specific. Where I work, neither term means anything: we have "Codes", and medical and paychiatric emergencies. Such terms...