Nurse_Breonna21 replied to Nurse_Breonna21's topic in Nursing Career
Sounds almost exactly the same as me. I was fired for questioning their practices but on paper they cited another extremely petty issue. I have seen other nurses go without even a scolding after...
Nurse_Breonna21 replied to youngnewnurse's topic in General Nursing
Been there done that. As a brand new nurse I guess I was intimidated by Dr's and made excuses in my mind to not call them. Working 2nd or 3rd shift I was always scared to call the on-call doc and...
As others have said LTC & SNF are the only option for new RN grads without "connections" around here. 6 months is about how long they stay before getting a hospital job. My advice is to go in and...
Nurse_Breonna21 replied to croppyRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC
Could someone do an inventory of the med carts? There is obviously an issue with meds being re-ordered or your pharmacy. At facilities Ive been to someone does a audit of the med carts periodically. I...
Nurse_Breonna21 replied to handyrn's topic in General Nursing
I'm like you. I like to hear/see every patients name and that they are OK. I do agree that just saying and seeing the name may jog memory of something that happened during the shift. I like to cover...
Nurse_Breonna21 replied to ennylyecats's topic in General Nursing
wow....I have had many many issues with the narcs being off..mostly due to documentation errors or signing the wrong page etc. Even if you trust your co workers they wouldn't steal or falsify errors...
Going into a facility and applying in person! I have gotten responses from 90% of the places I have gone into. Dress up look professional, put effort into your resume, put your resume on actual resume...
Nurse_Breonna21 replied to determined09's topic in General Nursing
My previous job did not care at all about my vaccinations just gave me a 2 step TB. They offered Heb B shots if we wanted them but did not care about my vaccination records or want to know what I had...
Hi y'all I am in desperate need of advice. I have never had to deal with anything like this before... About a month ago I was fired from my first nursing job. I rather not go into exact details in...