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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. 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...

  18. 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...

  19. 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...

  20. Reported to the BON for cellphone usage?

    kp2016 replied to Lady_Leijing's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Sadly it’s fairly clear the hospitals can treat nurses in any unfair fashion they like and there is zero nurses have been able to do about it. Being reported to the BON or listed as not for rehire...

  21. When should a new grad reveal a disability that prevents them from working nights?

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

    I have interviewed from a job that was posted as days.... Turns out they actually wanted evenings ?. I thanked them for their time and told them sorry, I'm not interested in that. The unit manager...

  22. Should I take the job?

    kp2016 replied to MiLin's topic in General Nursing

    I personally believe every RN/ LPN should start as an CNA as it gives you an understanding of the essential work other people on your team are doing are doing and it really helps with your initial...

  23. NP Worried About Quitting Job

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

    You state "the pay is not great" I'm going to guess that you mean the pay per hour isn't great. If you added all the all the unpaid prep work you do is it still not great or is it actually closer to...

  24. How Do You Know When You Need a New Job Rather Than Just Time Off?

    kp2016 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Having had a few… challenging… work environments over the years I found I coped with it for years until the day I just didn’t. Strangely it was often a relatively minor thing in comparison to...

  25. Frustrated with New Manager

    kp2016 replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Nursing Career

    I would say you need to be directing the issues that you have laid out to whoever is filling in for your Director or to HR if there is no one or he (The new manager) is filling in. BTW at the...