LadyFree28 BSN, LPN, RN

Hey everyone! I'm back with a new post: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/wiltw-4-9-1098698.html#post9412507

Hello everyone! The past few weeks have presented challenges in having time to appear on AN, but I am excited to make a reappearance! I missed everyone-I have been off the grid learning about being a Grievance Chairperson, in addition to working on ...

Aww Glad to hear Baby Chaos and you are doing well Cherios!!! Positive vibes that your recovery is going as well as planned!

Hi everyone! As the past week has taught me, being a Grievance is about soft skills and empowering people to focus of unification and how to relearn the aspects of advocacy while learning how to empower through working with management to improve work...

New post is up! https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/wiltw-3-11-1094267.html

Hi Everyone! This week presented myself with my first grievance meeting to assist with a member. I was extremely nervous, because I know how to advocate for patients and peers without question, however, there is a right process when presenting a si...

New thread is up! https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/wiltw-2-19-1091352.html#post9349964

You are at the home stretch!!! I also heard (and used) mint as a way to settle the stomach. you can always do clear liquids as well to rest your stomach and make sure you are getting enough hydration and small meals when that happens. (((Cheerios)))

The past two weeks have been filled with being the educator and the student, sometimes at the same time. The WILTW 1/29 had me in a simulation situation as a charge nurse, which was something I haven't done in 2 years and I learned that I could be c...

New thread is up! https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/wiltw-2-12-1090241.html#post9341484

This week's WILTW takes a break from the nuances of being the teacher to being the student. The best thing about this week was about gas, supergas, SVO2, sweep, FiO2, cavation, cannulation, bypass and the like. When I went to my boss about going to a...

New post this week! https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/wiltw-1-22-1086510.html#post9317438

Excuse the lateness of this post! I in the middle of a new WILTW post that I will share in time next week! Now, for last week, as busy as the winter gets, to not be in the center of having ICU candidate patients is very refreshing; most of my assig...

Exactly. Where I work, we can not send patients up at change of shift; the EARLIEST (and do mean earliest because I have sat on a kid for 3 additional hours because the nurse was "too busy" or being constantly hung up or "room is not clean" on while ...

New post! https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/wiltw-1-15-1085605.html#post9310913

This week has been full of bonus money, committee meetings as well as navigating through the new union contract. This week is the annual underway for summer vacation selection; in negotiations, this was a HUGE issue amongst nurses and administration;...

I agree. You can be in business for yourself as a nurse; through traveling, being an independent contractor and setting it up as a sole proprietor and negotiating your salary along with the tax benefits worked very well for many years for me. My cave...

Interesting topic. For the past two years, I have made 80k-granted, I had years of wage suppression and setbacks in my 11 year career, but not counting being a LPN, for a 4-year RN salary from ONE job is not too shabby-the previous year I was able to...

Happy New Year! I let a few weeks go by due to the upcoming holidays and busy work schedule...so much has happened that I have to start somewhere! As I have been keeping you all up to date about my newly formed union and it's new contract that starts...

This week's new post is up!! https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/wiltw-1-8-1084448.html#post9301953

Hi everyone! I have wonderful news. My newly formed nurses' union, which was merely a thought over one year ago, has just ratified our first contract with a 90 percent vote. Many people are excited and there are a percentage indifferent or unhappy-y...

New post is up...hope you all had a great few weeks! https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/wiltw-1-1-1083282.html

This week's post is UP!! https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/wiltw-12-10-1080152.html#post9275923

Hi everyone! With the holiday week at a close where I virtually did not work, I ended up having a busy week capped with six days straight of working, with boarding critical patients, critical kids and trauma and tragedy, to new strategies for my prac...

First-Congrats on your scholarship!!! Second-we were all students once...you will see if you stay in this business...you will find yourself learning something new-even about what you thought you knew or even yourself...that makes us better nurses!