beachynurse ASN, BSN

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  1. beachynurse

    Have I been fired from new day surgery job?

    Asking for feedback never makes you look desperate. It makes you look like you are concerned about your nursing skills, your career, and the safety of your patients. In nursing it is not about us, it...
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    Have I been fired from new day surgery job?

    When you spoke to the manager, did you ask for specific examples, or did you wait for the manager to offer them to you? I would probably ask for a meeting with the manager and ask for specific...
  3. We don't know what that woman was going through, but it sounds like she had reached her breaking point. So while you may deem it inappropriate, I would deem it more of a breakdown. Having empathy for...
  4. I feel so sorry for you. Someday, you may be in the same position, and need someone to talk to. However, Karma is a funny thing. When you need someone, they may treat you as you have treated others....
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    Cheating Classmates

    This both saddens, and angers me. What kind of nurses are they going to be? The lack of respect towards their instructors is appalling. I wouldn't dream of being so disrespectful towards my...
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    RN With Contamination OCD - Please Help!

    When I worked in the hospital, I had routine that I followed for infection control measures. My shoes went in a box in the back of the car. I wore slippers home. I had a shoe storage box for my shoes...
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    Answering Max Number of Questions on NCLEX

    I'm so sorry, but when I read this and see that the max number of questions today is 140, all I can do is sit and laugh. What would the anxiety levels be if today's nurses had to take the NCLEX of...
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    Anyone else seeing sneezing with Delta?

    I'm seeing cold symptoms with those that are
  9. beachynurse

    Anyone taken a pay cut for sanity?

    I was a manager in a home care agency making extremely good money, with bonuses. However, we had a toxic work environment and a boss that was verbally abusive to all of us on our level (directly under...
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    Quit Job and Now Accused of Abandonment

    Keep posting!! I love your sense of humor and words of
  11. beachynurse

    I'm 55 - Is it too late to become a nurse?

    I say go for it too, follow your dreams! I graduated from Nursing School with a woman in her early 60's. She was amazing, and ran circles around some of the younger, lazier
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    Advice please

    The U.S. needs to take a long hard look at how much and how hard we are expected to work. The quality of life in other countries, the UK, Sweden, Norway, Spain, is much better than here. They get more...
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    Explaining Absence During Colleague's Vacation

    You make it sound as though you should be congratulated for doing your
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    Leaving Your Job Due to Mandate

    As health care professionals, I feel that it is our duty to be role models for the public. How can a person who chooses to go against public health recommendations possibly encourage our patients to...
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    Explaining Absence During Colleague's Vacation

    If you are questioning your competence in your position, why do you stay? Reading your posts, and your lack of confidence, I am concerned for the patients if what you are saying is true, or is this a...
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    First Time Parents Asked For A Different Nurse

    Davey Do, You are such a fountain of wisdom! This is so true. I just wish I could adopt it and live by it...
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    Longest Shift You've Worked

    As a school nurse, I rarely stay late. The only reason I may have to stay is if there is an IEP, or 504 meeting that is held right after school, or if a child becomes ill, or gets injured at the end...
  18. Do you think it may be from being over tired and anxiety from all the crazy hours that you work? I've never left a job due to a patient or a family. But I have left because of leadership. I also...
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    Will suspended nursing license show up on background check

    I'm so glad that you found a career that makes you happy. You deserve that. Nursing can be a tough career, and working in a toxic environment can take a toll on anyone, and can bring them down. I am...
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    NP Please help!!

    Wait a minute, in your post you said that our daughter was in college?? Which is it? As far as being a parent, I am one, and I would NEVER do something like this for my daughter. How is she...
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    Longest Shift You've Worked

    There you go, that is exactly what amoLucia means. You MUST stop playing the martyr, and do something with your life. I don't have much but I do have things I love to do, and interests that I like to...
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    Longest Shift You've Worked

    You have to let go. What you are doing is UNSAFE and will potentially lead to harm to a patient. That's why there are 3 shifts, the continuum of care.. I would not be proud of those numbers of hours...
  23. How long might you have until your children are self sufficient? Do you think your husband can adjust his am schedule temporarily until they are older? It sounds like your husband works a lot, and...
  24. Had you thought about a before school program for your children? Without experience it may be difficult to find a job with those hours. Most new nurses need to hit the ground running to a med surg...
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    Cheating in Pre-Reqs

    I think that any student in a healthcare profession school that cheats should not be allowed to continue in the program. That may be harsh to some, but I am not only a school nurse, I teach at a local...