Cola89

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  1. Have you ever met someone who regretted getting their NP?

    Cola89 posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    Just wondering about this. I'm a second-career floor and ER nurse with only a couple years of experience. The NPs I encounter *seem* fairly content with their choice to advance on to NP, but then...

  2. Nurse Manager gossiping about employees?

    Cola89 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My nurse manager tells us tidbits about other workers. Uses general and vague 'they said...' statements when communicating areas she seems to think an individual needs to improve upon. For instance;...

  3. Dr. told patient, "Nurses are STUPID".

    Cola89 replied to Daetwin2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would be upset too. PAs need someone to pick on, because they don't get respect from doctors

  4. Why I had reconsidered being a nurse

    Cola89 replied to FutureRNCris's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to repeat this- you could (and probably will get treated badly) in other positions too. A lot of us do. I try and make a point to say hi to the housekeepers from time to time. Sometimes, I'm not...

  5. Nurse Manager gossiping about employees?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Probably so. I've heard her say things like 'so and so is mad at me right now, I think she might be looking for another job...' And during my interview she said 'some of the nurses don't like me,...

  6. Nurse Manager gossiping about employees?

    Cola89 replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What this nurse manager did was give me a vague complaint without any specific context "they (some people and I don't know if the medical director is one of those people- I'm told he likes to complain...

  7. Pet peeve

    Cola89 replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    You don't need to feel embarrassed for other people. Work on your own flaws. You don't know how hurried the people who wrote the notes

  8. Circumstances it's OK to quit without notice??

    Cola89 posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I hate my job more than any other job I can remember... and that's saying a lot. As with any other position, there are nice coworkers and annoying ones. I don't feel really CLOSE to my coworkers, but...

  9. Once you work in acute care you can't go back to LTC?

    Cola89 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for a couple years. I started out in LTC. When I was a new grad, I and a lot of my class operated under the advice to start in LTC, work there for a year or so, and then move on to...

  10. Nursing is Just a Job - Common Myths in Nursing

    Cola89 replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't start doing it for the money, yet I keep doing it for the money. I don't mind it, even though it's different from what I'd

  11. I hate nursing

    Cola89 replied to Neezy84's topic in General Nursing

    You can "just leave". If you see nursing as an abusive type of situation then maybe you should look at ways to get out and make a new life for yourself. Almost like how an abused wife leaves a husband...

  12. Do you ever wish you were a doctor?

    Cola89 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't been asked that, and I don't wish I were a doctor. Sometimes, though, I wish I weren't in health care or at least, away from direct patient care. Most of the time I'm fine with what I...

  13. FNP pay

    Cola89 replied to Littlenurse08's topic in Advanced Practice

    What constitutes "productivity"? Just

  14. ADN in 2016 completely useless?

    Cola89 replied to Mr.Care's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    It isn't a waste. Must depend on where you are and other factors. I have an Associates (for three years) and have been offered many jobs. Albeit many of them part time, but that doesn't have anything...

  15. Racist surgeon?

    Cola89 replied to tech22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I left (for other reasons) on good terms. When I saw that my unit manager wasn't going to be supportive, I left it at that. Although I was shocked at the way she handled things (that situation and...

  16. Do You get Upset When you are Called a Physican Extender

    Cola89 replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't really like the term "midlevel" for NPs and PAs, because it gives the implication that RNs are "low levels". That being said, I know I am not going to change much my voicing my mild annoyance...

  17. Does everybody want to be a NP?

    Cola89 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Or... should I say does every NP think all nurses want to be NPs?! In my experience, that's how they act. Even when I'm being seen as a patient, the NP is hurried, and seriously has an air like "yeah,...

  18. Racist surgeon?

    Cola89 replied to tech22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work in a northern state, in a small town ER and some of the baby-boomer and gen-x staff say things like 'darkie' or 'I have an affinity for the confederate flag...'. so stupid and not funny in the...

  19. I survived the Board of Nursing

    Cola89 replied to KCMnurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    She said "not a former employer". Must've been a former patient

  20. I have 60 grand of student loan when I finished BSN

    Cola89 replied to Sam. W's topic in General Nursing

    And pretty smug about it,

  21. Nurses who don't have the "passion"

    Cola89 replied to My_toe_sis's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I had a 'passion for nursing' until I figured out what it's really like. I feel as though I'm kind and do a good job, but I am working as a nurse to earn a living first and foremost. I...

  22. Do women find male nurses attractive?

    Cola89 replied to Sykadia's topic in Men in Nursing

    Don't feel insecure. 7/7 male nurses I work with are married heterosexuals. They don't act feminine in any way and have the respect of their coworkers and the general public seems to show them the...

  23. Don't you feel guilty for not working in a hospital?

    Cola89 replied to Marshall1's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe she feels jealous. I wouldn't feel guilty about using my degree to get a job that I

  24. Burnout sets in... When, usually?

    Cola89 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm asking because I'm pretty sure I'm experiencing "nurse burnout". It feels this way, because I'm feeling over all of the motions--- tired of the theatrical feelings put upon me, like everything is...

  25. Feeling like you're complicit in the addiction problem...

    Cola89 replied to ScientistSalarian's topic in General Nursing

    Well, one thing I do that has helped is to use FLACC pain scale, not "give me a number". I hate the numeric pain scale. Another thing I do is when I hand over opiate prescriptions I blatantly tell the...