mushyrn BSN, RN

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 phys...

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 se...

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...

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 t...

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 yo...

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 t...

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...

I have ran into a few nurses who overdo the oils. I don't mind it, because I'm not sensitive to it, and I love the smell of them. That being said, I WILL apply a drop or two of peppermint oil to my nose before cleaning some incontinent c-diff mess...

But the paychecks are getting smaller and the benefits crappier. Haha. I do wish we could just be nurses and be respected for what we are year-round, however.

... And people wonder why the new nurses are treating it as a paycheck, rather than a respected career choice. This is because the people running the show treat it that way, and we follow accordingly. I've been doing this for nearly 6 years and jus...

Why do you allow this treatment? I would leave and go somewhere private to eat. Sorry, not sorry.

I respectfully agree and disagree with this. I completely understand a nurse "under the influence" (... but of what, alcohol? Caffeine? Weed? Sleep loss? Stress?) being reviewed and possibly terminated or, preferably, offered professional assis...

I have been a nurse for nearly 6 years now, and am 1 1/2 years into an AG-ACNP program (on campus!). I would recommend working as an RN at least 1-2 years after graduation, at least to appreciate the foundation of your education and the role that le...

I would not do this. If I did, they'd reimburse me for gas and travel. Nope.

No, your job should give you the ability to sit down at some points in your shift. You can't chart sitting down? You need to learn how to fix that. Bring that up to your employer. If that were the case, I feel their rate of injury on the job case...

I sucked at IVs until I got my first one, then my second, and pretty quickly I was starting IVs on patients the "IV expert" couldn't get. My coworkers at my current job think I'm great at them and often call me for help, but I still miss, too. I'm...

I don't wear gloves for fear of contracting HIV in situations like this, however, I usually wear gloves when touching anything in the patient room. Just because I have seen patients do some nasty things/have nasty things done in their rooms and I do...