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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. Colonoscopy Post Vital Signs

    kp2016 replied to Firewood's topic in General Nursing

    I've done PACU for well over a decade. I would say perforation / complications are extremely rare. I've personally seen 1 perforation. It happened during the case (I wasn't actually involved in the...

  8. Can your department force you to precept?

    kp2016 replied to FirstLadyRN's topic in Critical Care

    Short answer,

  9. Unsafe hospital rant!

    kp2016 replied to Mebzone05's topic in Critical Care

    sigh... I get it. Yes, in an ideal world the patient should have a working IV and a spare, blood consent signed as soon as blood was ordered and blood started as soon as it is ready. Sadly this nurse...

  10. Accepting A Federal Job

    kp2016 replied to LostinTheSauce's topic in General Nursing

    They always offer Step 1. If you have any experience you should negotiate for a higher

  11. Arguing Over a Patient Assignment

    kp2016 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I’ve gone back and read an earlier post you made which gave me better insight into this situation. I assume at this point you are well aware this is a “Be Careful What Wish For” situation....

  12. Arguing Over a Patient Assignment

    kp2016 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to skip over the whole why are we taking this PITA back as that has already been addressed. We are all adults and because this is anonymous we can be honest. No one wants to work with...

  13. Advice? The Ole' Bait & Switch (bonus shift)

    kp2016 replied to K. Everly's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like I have just had a very therapeutic group meeting. I am a recovering Martyr. I am strong enough these days that I don't wish to rehash the things I willingly agreed to over the years. But...

  14. Is it much harder working 3 12hr overnight shifts? Should I stick to only working 2?

    kp2016 replied to Ssss94's topic in Nursing Career

    I would be very careful of sign on bonuses. They normally come with more strings than they are worth. I have done full time nights and loved it, but I had almost no commute and didn't have...

  15. To The Nurse Recruiter: Nope

    kp2016 replied to raindrop's topic in General Specialties

    HR tends to know which units burn through staff and why. I would say the unit you applied to may be known for having a problem with "bullying and poor training". Good for you for standing up for...

  16. My Job Cut My Hours By Half... Should I quit right away?

    kp2016 replied to KarenZen's topic in General Nursing

    1) Quit this job for management job. Even though it pays more it seems like you don't really want to move into management at this time or cancel your holiday (have fun BTW) so I would say this isn't a...

  17. How to deal with lazy techs/CNAs?

    kp2016 replied to happyhippo's topic in General Nursing

    There is no way for you to fix inappropriate behavior that is well established and allowed by management. Reporting their behavior or trying to somehow change it with improved communication,...

  18. Wage negotiation for entire clinic of nurses

    kp2016 replied to KayHay's topic in Oncology

    It’s been my experience that they will pay you the minimum they think they can get away with. I took a clinic job with a horribly low per hour wage. I was told this was because it was out patient....

  19. Shift change -> revokement; no esteem left

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

    It’s possible she had no more idea what “this” was then you do. She may have simply assumed that you would be upset based on the fact that she would be upset in your boat and was genuinely...

  20. Shift change -> revokement; no esteem left

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

    It's impossible for me to guess what is really going on here. For the sign on bonus sadly that is how that works. New hires sometimes get a bonus that wasn't offered to existing staff or get a...

  21. Blood transfusion administration scenario question

    kp2016 replied to samiam4's topic in General Nursing

    OK. My first thought was for a Hgb of 6, I would have anticipated more than 1 unit of

  22. They Changed My Resignation To Being Fired

    kp2016 replied to Aggie610's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have worked at a facility where I personally saw management refused to accept letters of resignation and fired the RN's instead. While I agree it wasn't entirely unfair to end their employment based...

  23. When Delegation is Unsuccessful

    kp2016 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I would say when something is everyone’s job it actually ends up being no one’s job. I would have delegated it to 1 person and made it their personal responsibility as opposed to asking 6 people...

  24. Just now started job but received better offer?

    kp2016 replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Okami made a good point about the very real possibility that if you resign tomorrow they will likely tell you not to come back and may list you as not for rehire so you need to take that into account...

  25. New grad military spouse

    kp2016 replied to Swake113's topic in General Nursing

    Take the job. The Soldiers and sailors act protects active duty persons and their spouses from penalties for breaking any contract, lease, gym, phone or employment due relocating when the military...