Woopsadaisy

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1. That's MY JOB!

   Woopsadaisy replied to %D#2's topic in General Nursing

   I believe and I live by the motto: Patients Over Profits"!!! You did good. Don't sweat the admin/bottom liners. They have a different job to do. Just my 2

2. Struggling/new OR RN.

   Woopsadaisy replied to Woopsadaisy's topic in Operating Room

   Hi Everyone, Well, they let me go today. I just read all of your words of encouragement here and I feel pretty awful. I haven't cried, but I might later on. They want me to work in PACU and Scopes and...

3. New to the operating room!

   Woopsadaisy replied to born2circulateRN's topic in Operating Room

   how is it going, Shanshan? This is what I want to know too. we are to be commended for leaving our comfort zone and stepping up to fulfill an ambition! And I am being eaten alive-- don't know about...

4. Struggling/new OR RN.

   Woopsadaisy posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hi all-- thank you for reading this, if you are. I am new to the OR, started the day after Memorial Day for a 6 month orientation. I came to the OR after 6 years of step-down/telemetry unit. Sometimes...

5. Hired as an OR nurse! a few questions for you...

   Woopsadaisy replied to trauma_lama's topic in Operating Room

   I have found that as long as I don't wear the same pair of shoes every day, that my feet don't get so fatigued. I alternate a pair of danskos with a pair of trail runners, and sometimes a pair of...

6. How to get a position in the O.R.

   Woopsadaisy replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Operating Room

   I Am becoming an OR nurse.... I starts after Memorial Day! I was hired in from PACU and Scopes (with float to pain clinic). I do have floor experience and ED experience, but from what I can tell, I...

7. What's REALLY with the hospitals using Magnet as a cover for wanting BSN only nurses?

   Woopsadaisy replied to foreverLaur's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   Speaking as someone with a bachelors AND a masters that are not in nursing, I isimply cannot afford to go back for a second bachelors degree. I would get one if there were some help in paying for it,...

8. Looking for options

   Woopsadaisy replied to Evy_Lenore's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hey, you didn't say where you work now, or what sort of facility you are in, so it's kinda hard to make a suggestion.But I will say that having been around a few years now, that there are a plethora...

9. New here, at a standstill

   Woopsadaisy replied to Woopsadaisy's topic in Nursing Career

   Woops-- I mean CAH. Not

10. New here, at a standstill

    Woopsadaisy posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hello-- I joined this forum because I am starting to not like my job. Period. And I want to nip this in the bud before I become an unhappy camper. I started my nursing career at a CAW, and loved it....

11. "Forced Out"

    Woopsadaisy replied to ICUenthusiast's topic in Nursing Career

    I don't think this is about what you said or did "wrong", or what they said or did wrong. This is about the company culture, and it not being a good fit for you. I work in an environment a lot like...

12. Why do hiring managers say they will call and don't???

    Woopsadaisy replied to Marshall1's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught that after an interview I should fill out a thank you card addressed to the interviewers, and pop it in the mail either as I was leaving the facility, or 3 days later. Then give them a...