Re: It's Time To Hang Up My Cap
Aloha, the new nurses don't know more than you do. The reason that newer nurses may be able to get out of work on time is because they don't do all the things that us "old" nurses were taught to do. And for the most part, they don't chart nearly as well or as much as experienced nurses do either.
Times have changed and it is a sad day when good nurses can't do their jobs because employers put money before people's lives. The load that you had is way too high and I guarantee that there are nurses that are fudging their initials on the treatment records. I've been in LTC and I've seen them do it. It impossible to do all the treatments, meds, and charting on that many patients without something being shoved to the side.
You have not failed as a nurse. You have failed to become an indifferent nurse who cannot ignore the pleas from an elderly person desperate for someone to care.
This world could definitely benefit from you as an educator. I say go for it and teach some of these people what it means to be a true caregiver.
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