mushyrn

I would do my best to get it expunged. That would essentially legally mean it never happened, from what I understand about expunged records.

Refuse, refuse, refuse. The government will listen. The federal government is a complete failure in this.

That's interesting - the teaching hospital I came from gave much more autonomy than the small town hospital I worked at previously.

That's ridiculous. You earned the time off. People are so willing to bend over backwards for employers who would have their job posting on indeed.com within 5 minutes of them dying on the hospital floor.

You sound toxic. Also, I'm glad your life is where it can allow you to get completely rested on every single one of your days off. Good for you. You're blessed, really. Some people don't have that luxury and just because they are a nurse or a physician doesn't make them a god. That being said, some people do abuse the system, but others legitimately need a day off sometimes (even if they're not "sick").

I'm honestly not sure why you'd want to continue working as a staff RN once you are a NP. They are completely different jobs/roles and functions. Do you want to be a nurse, or a nurse practitioner? If you want to "keep" your basic RN skills, it seems like you may not be so sure about your decision to pursue the NP role.

Jeez. Maybe someone needs to reach out to the public or the parents. I wouldn't spend personal money on my job, but I do hope you take advantage of the tax write offs, at least.

It's probably going to be an unpopular opinion, but your workplace should supply the tools that you need to do your job. Even if it requires the principal and other 6 figure workers taking a little pay cut at the end of the year. I wouldn't spend a personal dime for my essential job functions. If you unfortunately continue to do so, I would definitely look into tax write offs if you don't already. But again, you shouldn't have to spend a dime. If it is something nonessential, that is another issue. A vital sign machine is essential - there has to be somebody who can force the school to cough up $300 to replace it, or the kids don't get vital sign checks. That would fix it very quickly.

I would say to look elsewhere (preferably brick & mortar) for your graduate education. Also, I think it's best guidance from this site to not include personally identifying information in your posts.

As long as the provider for your patients isn't new, too, it should all be okay. Haha.

I often see nurses complaining that new nurses "just want to be a NP or CRNA and not a nurse". We don't have this same complaint about biology majors who want to become a PA. Biologists aren't decrying undergrad biology degree holders for getting that degree to pursue their end goal, which is to become a PA. Some people, surprise, have an end goal as an APRN. To become a CRNA or NP, you have to have the required experience for that level of practice. You can't fault nurses for having an end goal of becoming a CRNA, NP, CNS, manager, educator, etc. They are following the rules. Be concerned about poor staffing, sad management, the money grabbing business healthcare has become in the face of capitalism, the egregious amount of money CEOs make, etc. I agree with your last few sentences, and these are very valid concerns for the future of nursing and healthcare in general. We keep hearing "there is no money", yet the CEO and board members are making bank, hospital logo's are stamped onto everything, bonuses are given out like candy to management, etc. It's a mess.

You should never accept less than your worth, point blank. Always make sure upfront they will pay you what you are worth, and if they will not, correct them. Nurses need to stand up for themselves at every instance like this.

I see absolutely nothing wrong with sleeping on an actual break where someone is covering your patients, if you need the sleep that bad. Your employer will deduct the pay from you anyway, and I don't work for free. While you're on break, that is your time. Heck, you could take a shot of liquor in the parking lot on your break if you want (but I would definitely suggest calling in for the rest of the day [and I would never do that, of course]). That being said, your attitude is a bit defensive and the way that you are coming across on the forum is rude and harsh. It sounds like somebody said something to you about you doing it?

I see why this is frustrating, but as an RN (6 years) and ACNP student, the NP education is definitely more in depth and beneficial than the RN education. Also, RNs are nobody's "assistant". Please get that thought out of your head. Are you just trying to start something here? Haha.

If the patient is still mentally with it, I don't care the diagnosis - they are not talking to me like that. I will not allow it and will leave the situation if they won't shut up with that crap. My coworkers know that about me very well. I would suggest you do NOT allow this behavior to continue if he is "all there".