DowntheRiver

DowntheRiver

Urgent Care, Oncology

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  1. Unit Practice council participation

    DowntheRiver replied to ajohnson8407's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This is why I enjoy coming to this message board and reading these responses because I didn't even think about the bigger picture. I'm not the OP, but thank you for providing an insightful and...

  2. How do you feel about the role of a Nurse currently?

    DowntheRiver replied to annabellarose77's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN. I might paraphrase you when our evaluations come up in the next month or two. I'm tired of sometimes working short because management's bonus is tied in to OT and then I get a nastygram for...

  3. Primary care in urgent care

    DowntheRiver replied to travelRN555's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I used to work Urgent Care as a RN. We did back to school and sports physicals which we had no business doing. Parents would literally lie on the forms stating no problems but the nurse from the...

  4. Unit Practice council participation

    DowntheRiver replied to ajohnson8407's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My anecdotal experience is that more senior nurses tend to have their committees and projects already lined up to maintain their III or IV status. They are maxed out on pay and getting them involved...

  5. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    DowntheRiver replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I like how on Nurse Nic's jacket it says her NAME, BSN, NP. Uh, no. So

  6. How to best handle this situation with my instructor?

    DowntheRiver replied to snowlion_m's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Did we read the same post? Per the OP, her instructor literally told her twice NOT to go into the patient's room and what did she do? Went into the patient's room both times. The OP's grammar and...

  7. Unit Practice council participation

    DowntheRiver replied to ajohnson8407's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The big selling point on my unit is that UPC goes towards Clinical Ladder. Are the employees aware of the potential pay increase? I'd suggest a survey to find out why people don't want to participate...

  8. Bachelor Degree - Needed in every state?

    DowntheRiver replied to nycmoon's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Here in Central Florida it is about 50/50. Where I live, there are two major facilities that only hire BSN prepared nurses and then there are two facilities that hire ASN prepared nurses. The...

  9. Bachelor Degree - Needed in every state?

    DowntheRiver replied to nycmoon's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This is so off base as what goes into a BSN degree. Why does EVERYONE always reference wiping butts? Nursing is so much more than that. You DO need to know statistics to understand nursing research....

  10. Unit Practice council participation

    DowntheRiver replied to ajohnson8407's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Do you have clinical ladder and does attendance/participation go towards clinical ladder? That's the only reason people are on our version of the UPC. You need it to be a RN III and RN III = 5% salary...

  11. How to best handle this situation with my instructor?

    DowntheRiver replied to snowlion_m's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Honestly, if you read this board you will see nursing students who were dismissed for a lot less. So I'd count yourself lucky that it didn't happen to you. You should let this go & follow other's...

  12. Are all for-profit hospitals soul-sucking despots that truly only care about the bottom line

    DowntheRiver replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, I had this moment today as well. Doesn't help in these parts there is a full moon tonight. So very tired of working short

  13. Student sues Health Dept. (2nd verse, same as the first)

    DowntheRiver replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    In the state of FL when someone does an exemption form we have to go over the form with them and then have them sign it. Easily could be done in 2 minutes. I used to drag it out to 10-15 minutes and...

  14. Should I ask HR if I can interview for multiple positions?

    DowntheRiver replied to tinybbynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was just interviewing for multiple positions within my hospital system with no issue. If anything, the different units were courting me to pick their unit, even as a PRN staff member. Interviewing...

  15. Feeling Trapped!

    DowntheRiver replied to RNfindingherway's topic in General Nursing

    Literally no app was open and I was looking at the watch face for the seconds because the clock in the room was broken and no one had batteries. And no, I don't have a real watch. None of my...

  16. Feeling Trapped!

    DowntheRiver replied to RNfindingherway's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand it. I've been getting emails all week with policies attached for things that previously went unmentioned. For example, over 6 hours you are supposed to take a lunch. I worked a 6...

  17. Weird Interview!?

    DowntheRiver replied to Daisy4RN's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. If it is a medical condition or disability then no, absolutely she doesn't have to say anything. I don't say anything to people. If someone I knew asked, maybe, but to a...

  18. Giving up PA school acceptance to pursue ASN?

    DowntheRiver replied to ang314's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, it sounds like you are really all over the place. You just need to pick a path and stick with it - no going back. There is no perfect path and none of us can guarantee that things will go...

  19. Weird Interview!?

    DowntheRiver replied to Daisy4RN's topic in General Nursing

    This. I have AS and this is pretty close to how I sit. Not only is my spine affected but my right hip so I sit crossed style with my left leg under my right to relieve some of the pressure of sitting....

  20. BSN transferring to LPN program?

    DowntheRiver replied to nursetobequestionmark's topic in General Students

    Boredom. Attention seeking. Probably even some with mental health issues? I'm on a cancer survivor's message board and there's trolls there as well. That one they like to say "my wife/son/etc. died...

  21. Feeling Trapped!

    DowntheRiver replied to RNfindingherway's topic in General Nursing

    I am in the process of transferring at this moment, and it happened to me as well. In fact, I didn't even have to give a resignation date - my new manager and my old manager decided on that date for...

  22. Any way you could stay over and work a few hours

    DowntheRiver replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    I have told a crappy manager, "your failure to plan does not constitute an emergency on my part" and walked

  23. Robot tells man he'll be dead in hours

    DowntheRiver replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is a new grey area. Personally, I would not want to be told via computer unless it was an absolute must, such as the doctor was two hours away and I had an hour to live. Even then, just...

  24. Sitting down - New nurse looking for advice

    DowntheRiver replied to MgoBlue37's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, please read - I said my experience may be anecdotal, just as YOURS might be as

  25. Sitting down - New nurse looking for advice

    DowntheRiver replied to MgoBlue37's topic in General Nursing

    This is not true. Please provide example of someone successful with less than 6 months or 1 year of experience. I have 5 years experience and these companies don't even bother to look at my resume....