Wuzzie

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    Student Attempted IV 7 Times

    Wuzzie replied to ChickenHealer's topic in General Nursing

    So far nobody has answered my question regarding the necessity of the IVs being attempted in sedated patients. This leads me to believe that there are nurses and students who are using living human...
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    Student Attempted IV 7 Times

    Wuzzie replied to ChickenHealer's topic in General Nursing

    I don’t think having someone who needs experience try on a sedated patient who needs an IV is an issue but I sure as hell hope nobody thinks it’s okay to practice on a patient just because...
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    Student Attempted IV 7 Times

    Wuzzie replied to ChickenHealer's topic in General Nursing

    Did these sedated patients several of you, including the OP, mentioned actually need the
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    Increase in hr/$pay for Bilingual

    Wuzzie replied to HeyHeyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I’m pretty sure, as a new grad, HR isn’t contracting you to negotiate salary. They are contacting you to tell you what it will be. Not trying to take the wind out of your sails just want you to be...
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    Employee of the month?

    Wuzzie replied to BillieReuben's topic in General Nursing

    A previous manager of mine used to have the “Mr. Good Bar” award every month. Staff submitted incidents where somebody went the extra mile for a patient or co-worker. He reviewed them, removed the...
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    Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    Wuzzie replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    They moved a refrigerator truck in as a temporary morgue today. It tanked our morale after being so happy about the vaccine.
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    New Nurse COVID Vaccine Clinic IM Injection Advice

    Wuzzie replied to CamperNurse's topic in General Nursing

    If you don’t grab and bunch on my arm you’re going straight into the bone. No thank you. ? Yes, I’m that out of shape.
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    How to Respond When Family Blames You for Patient Dying

    Wuzzie replied to CaliRN2019's topic in General Nursing

    I’m sorry but no amount of grief means you have to be subjected to this and no amount of anyone telling you that “it’s just her grief, she doesn’t mean it” is enough. We are human and words...
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    So Sick Of Rudeness At Work

    Wuzzie replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Nursing

    I would have totally said it to them and not thought twice about
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    A Staffing Perfect Storm

    Wuzzie replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yeah, we were told that it shouldn’t bother us because they “earned the bonuses in 2019” and deserved them. In the meantime my colleagues are puking before coming to work due to the stress from...
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    A Staffing Perfect Storm

    Wuzzie replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yep. Mine did it too, right down to the “unfortunate timing” statement. It was gross. I’m in an entirely different state than both of
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    What is up with the level of entitlement?

    Wuzzie replied to sofla98's topic in General Nursing

    ^This about a thousand times. Add to that a lack of robust clinical education and a steady diet of “bedside nursing is beneath you” and “nurses eat their young” and you have a perfect storm...
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    Despite High Demand For Nurses, Colleges Aren't Keeping Up

    Wuzzie replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There are plenty of nurses. There aren’t any jobs. Employers have always utilized minimal staffing metrics and now they are slashing FTEs to make up for the revenue lost in the pandemic. Today I was...
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    I hope this is not true about colleague violence

    Wuzzie replied to porscheXN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. Get ready to hear things like “nurses eat their young” “old nurses are going to eat you alive” “lateral violence” “bullying”. Take it with a grain of salt. Does it happen? Of...
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    A Staffing Perfect Storm

    Wuzzie replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    ?
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    A Staffing Perfect Storm

    Wuzzie replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You know what our management’s idea of creative staffing is? While we work our butts off doing our jobs plus the jobs of the nurses who have called off due to being exposed, their kid being exposed,...
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    Switching from part time to per diem during pandemic

    Wuzzie replied to RNthereyet?'s topic in General Nursing

    I honestly don’t think your “regular job” will be available when you decide you’re done
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    New grad from online RN program with ZERO CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

    Wuzzie replied to angel1312's topic in General Nursing

    I stand by what I wrote. Ad hominem attacks and name calling reduce your credibility. Pointless to continue this. Have a nice
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    New grad from online RN program with ZERO CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

    Wuzzie replied to angel1312's topic in General Nursing

    I don’t think that is necessarily true as long as the orientation is adequate to make up for what you lack in hands on clinical education and you’re willing to put in the extra effort to learn...
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    New grad from online RN program with ZERO CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

    Wuzzie replied to angel1312's topic in General Nursing

    These aren’t broad generalizations these are personal experiences. We tried to discuss with you the realities of what we’re experiencing and you fall back on ad hominem attacks and name
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    New grad from online RN program with ZERO CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

    Wuzzie replied to angel1312's topic in General Nursing

    No I don't want a "mea culpa" from you just perhaps an acknowledgment that just because you ran your clinicals as you describe does not negate what I and others have experienced. It's a problem and...
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    New grad from online RN program with ZERO CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

    Wuzzie replied to angel1312's topic in General Nursing

    I quoted the specific verbage that I found derisive. I am completely aware of the challenges of finding clinical placement for students but that does not mean that the responsibility of clinical...
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    New grad from online RN program with ZERO CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

    Wuzzie replied to angel1312's topic in General Nursing

    I really don't appreciate your contempt. As mentioned before, this is not the norm and you can fault the for-profit nursing schools for
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    New grad from online RN program with ZERO CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

    Wuzzie replied to angel1312's topic in General Nursing

    I also think they will have a great deal of difficulty with their peers. Nobody has time to hand-hold and the staff's frustration is going to start showing. They need to get them back in actual...
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    New grad from online RN program with ZERO CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

    Wuzzie replied to angel1312's topic in General Nursing

    OMG, I was just thinking about that