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  1. Narcotic administration, storage and waste in the PACU

    kp2016 replied to Always learning's topic in PACU

    Your unit really should have a policy on this. As you'r new to PACU you may want to review the unit specific policies. If you have an order that only allows 1 dose which is unusual in PACU. Pull...

  2. changing job for more money? just started a new job 3 months ago.

    kp2016 replied to treeye's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Let me put it this way. If for some reason like ......poor management or network merger they decided they were over staffed and no longer needed you / wanted to cut a NP role do you think they would...

  3. Changed my schedule due to inclement weather?

    kp2016 replied to affectionate.wombat's topic in General Nursing

    With the poor weather predicted your manager is probably aware that you are at risk of not arriving for your shift due to driving conditions. From their point of view it's probably easier to swap the...

  4. taking extra patients

    kp2016 replied to HARLEYDNS's topic in General Nursing

    With all due respect every nurse should be refusing to take 10 extra patients. 1 nurse to 39 patients is a wildly unfair / unsafe ratio. The problem here isn't the nurses refusing to split...

  5. false accusations

    kp2016 replied to stacydye222's topic in General Nursing

    I'm really sorry to hear that and frankly very surprised. I've witnessed at lot worse with a lot less consequence. The suspension seems like a wild over reaction. It may be best to consider your...

  6. false accusations

    kp2016 replied to stacydye222's topic in General Nursing

    That situation sure escalated quickly. I'm sorry this got so out of hand so quickly and hopefully it's a storm in a tea cup that will just quietly go away but it's probably a good idea to review the...

  7. LPN Starting RN program - Job Offer Advice

    kp2016 replied to LJT347's topic in General Nursing

    If they are telling you it is 1 or 2 nurses to 40 residents you can be sure you will routinely have 40 patients. You mention the assisted living has no PEG tubes or IV treatments, I assume that means...

  8. Is Every Other Week On-Call Unreasonable?

    kp2016 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I have done it in the past... but Call In's lasted maybe 2 hours (OR) and were really well paid, they had a huge problem staffing their on-call so doubled the pay rates. I was also in my 20's and...

  9. ER Monopoly

    kp2016 replied to CGB's topic in General Nursing

    In all honesty and given your back ground, yes they should have told you at the interview that they have a core of staff who do the trauma rooms and short of them leaving you are very unlikely to be...

  10. Has anyone ever been asked to lead activities at work?

    kp2016 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting. So basically you have a spare 2 hours every single day? My only question would be which task/s are they permanently taking off your plate to free up this time and who will be now...

  11. Phasing Out ADN?

    kp2016 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    I just coughed my coffee out my nose. 100% agree. Many years ago I enrolled to start my Masters at a well know school in my city. My hospital would pay about 25% of the fee after you passed each...

  12. Fired. How To Get Over It.

    kp2016 replied to rninformatics's topic in Nursing Career

    I told a hiring manager at an interview a few years ago that if they contacted a particular previous employer that they likely wouldn't hear stellar things about me. I also gave a quick description of...

  13. Nursing Shortage

    kp2016 replied to Maddie Zakos's topic in General Nursing

    When I started nursing a million years ago there was a "nursing shortage" leadership at my hospital met with us to look for ways to improve moral and retention, the meeting started with them stating...

  14. Offered a raise then ignored

    kp2016 replied to lizet4455RN's topic in General Nursing

    Other than finding a new position and resigning your other option would be to stop doing the extra activities. Completely. Stop doing them. Wait for it to be mentioned and then state you were told you...

  15. Can you give an opioid without a Dr's order?

    kp2016 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I'm going to assume the OP meant their colleagues are giving medications based on a verbal order or some sort of standing order from the Dr that hasn't actually been written/ signed yet. If that...

  16. Feeling Overwhelmed as a Charge Nurse

    kp2016 replied to Marushyne's topic in General Nursing

    That is just crazy, unsafe and completely unreasonable. Are the other units at your facility like this? Strangely I've noticed over the years some units within a hospital can be a lot worse than...

  17. Bedside Report

    kp2016 replied to Mr. Murse's topic in General Nursing

    I had an RN do this to me recently. She keep telling me to wait while she started what was clearly her full assessment. I told her "my shift is over and I am leaving, if you would like me to give you...

  18. 7 on - 7 off shift schedule

    kp2016 replied to SunDazed's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry for your situation but ...... Your colleague who has been working there for 20 years already has the exact schedule that she wants, there is no alternative that she will like or accept. Her...

  19. Quitting Before My Four Weeks Notice

    kp2016 replied to TryingtoThriveRN's topic in General Nursing

    I understand your point about chronically understaffed units, I have work in a few over the years that were nothing short of dangerous and 4 weeks notice is just BS. BUT....unless you are at the...

  20. California Board of Registered Nursing never got my transcripts what should I do?

    kp2016 replied to Evan622's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When you say "I sent my transcripts" do you mean you personally mailed a copy? or you requested your school to send a copy? I have transferred my license by endorsement multiple times and the BON's...

  21. Burnt Out As A New Nurse

    kp2016 replied to RNa23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That’s 12 hours of overtime every week. Are they paying the 12 hours overtime or do they have it written into your contract that there is no overtime?? I suspect it’s the latter. This was...

  22. Mid-Life Blues

    kp2016 replied to middle-aged newbie's topic in General Nursing

    Is it possible to swap to different nights or day shift? At an awful former job we had basically had set nights. I loved the staff I worked with, occasionally I’d swap with someone on a different...

  23. Reason enough to switch jobs?

    kp2016 replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

    It's a great idea to have career goals and actively work towards achieving them but achieving them through spending months or years in a horrible job where you dread going to work.... that's a...

  24. My Coworkers are Driving Me Nuts

    kp2016 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    When calling (full) report prior to transfer, which side is the IV on? So we can have the room set up and pumps ready...... Transport patient, RN MIA, no pumps in room, Charge RN needs full report as...

  25. Grad Nurse (GN) Leaving First Nursing Job Prior To Being Licensed

    kp2016 replied to Nursemama274's topic in General Nursing

    I would call the licensing department of you BON and explain the personal challenges you have experienced due to Covid and a chronically understaffed unit and ask (plead) with them to extend your...