Wuzzie

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    8-10hr nursing jobs that give hospital paygrade

    Wuzzie replied to Aliceozwalker's topic in General Nursing

    True but you need a little more than 4 months of experience for this and in my facility they require a
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    Manager wants us back in office...

    Wuzzie replied to rn30's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, me
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    when do you think hospitals will go back to not requiring masks?

    Wuzzie replied to J89Mike's topic in General Nursing

    I expect masks to become a regular requirement while providing direct patient care at the very least from October to May. As of now we are not required to wear them in non-public places (offices, work...
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    Experienced critical care RN having a hard time dealing with a bully boss. Advice?

    Wuzzie replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I've been where you are. It doesn't get better. Don't make the same mistake I did. It nearly cost me my career. Find a new job in a different health care system as soon as you possibly
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    Nursing Staffing Post COVID Quagmire...

    Wuzzie replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Come back after you've precepted 14 new nurses in a row (do the math on that) only to have each and every one of them tell you how the job they're training for is just a stepping stone to becoming an...
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    surgical triage nursing

    Wuzzie replied to Rocket94's topic in General Nursing

    My patient population is too specialized and I came into this game with 2 decades of nursing so did not need as much guidance as a newer nurse might so I have not used this but the reviews are good....
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    Second chance as a new grad

    Wuzzie replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    If you were fired for cause it is unlikely the hospital will hire you regardless of the position change. They likely won't take you even after 5 years of working. In fact, with your history it might...
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    Crushing Burden of Regulatory Compliance on Healthcare

    Wuzzie replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    OMG! You got the paper thing too?! We got dinged so hard on that by our compliance officer you would have thought we were drowning puppies. Our newest is a financial screening. Seriously, I...
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    I just lost it!

    Wuzzie replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, had a patient that desperately needed intubated but the ED physician’s daughter had a dance recital he didn’t want to be late to. I threw an epic tantrum which included jumping up and down...
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    Tips For Being A Preceptor

    Wuzzie replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    So for this one you switch to orienting to policy and procedures for your facility rather than educating about pediatric care. She may have more peds experience than you do but you have more...
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    Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    Wuzzie replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Sadly once this got politicized that ship
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    Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    Wuzzie replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, that is my concern as well. I don’t think it’s going to be very pretty and I feel for the people who can’t get vaccinated or didn’t mount a
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    Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    Wuzzie replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It will happen on top of all of us getting all the adenoviruses/rhinoviruses we escaped last year. ? I just hope we don't have to be swabbed for every single runny nose.
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    Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    Wuzzie replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Numbers are back down. Had to be a data dump.
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    Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    Wuzzie replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Hmmm, wonder why the big
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    Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    Wuzzie replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm definitely going to be monitoring it. I do think we have more vaccinated but my state is pretty heavily populated so the transmission is not easy to
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    Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    Wuzzie replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It was on the Johns Hopkins COVID resource page. It may very well have been a data dump but they usually make a disclaimer when that happens. I don't normally get my undies in a twist with a day or...
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    Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    Wuzzie replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Maybe but that's an 8k jump from 2 days ago and the next highest state is Louisiana with 700 some new cases. Not sure a variant can account for the huge rise and if it does we're in for some big...
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    Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    Wuzzie replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What's happening in Texas? 9000 new cases yesterday?!
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    Nursing license suspended. Wanting to become an RT

    Wuzzie replied to CoThG's topic in General Nursing

    No.
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    Achieve Test Prep for CNA to RN

    Wuzzie replied to LJ1's topic in General Nursing

    ^ What she said. Read the fine
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    Whats next after the pandemic?

    Wuzzie replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    We were busy before and during. We are still busy but have half the staff due to cutbacks from the "revenue loss" during the pandemic. ? Cry me a
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    Thoughts On Eliminating Nurse Report

    Wuzzie replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    This issue has been discussed ad nauseum in hundreds of threads. It never ends well. You might want to read
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    Unprofessional Clinical Educator.. What would you do?

    Wuzzie replied to hama1111's topic in General Nursing

    I see what you did
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    Unprofessional Clinical Educator.. What would you do?

    Wuzzie replied to hama1111's topic in General Nursing

    42 years experience? You’re already in my friend.