MissyWrite

MissyWrite has 25 years experience and specializes in RN, CHPN.

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1. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

   MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in COVID

   In "the jumble" (and it's not a jumble at all) of what I've written, it is VERY CLEAR what my position is.

2. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

   MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in COVID

   Not one person who was against the quarantine responded. I asked the question in several posts, for weeks, and no one answered. Sometimes, silence is loud. Very loud. What disappointed me most is that nurses were acting like uneducated lay persons. ...

3. Is this a crazy idea?

   MissyWrite replied to Vtachy1's topic in Hospice

   The company you work for should have nurses who only do admissions. They are VERY time consuming and there's a TON of paperwork, and the family is usually in crisis mode, understandably. I can't understand how anyone with other responsibilities could...

4. Inpatient Unit

   MissyWrite replied to nurseontheway's topic in Hospice

   Congratulations on landing your hospice job! Hospice inpatient units typically have patients who are already part of the program and are receiving intermittent care in their homes, but are suffering from worsening symptoms (such as pain, nausea and ...

5. Have you noticed...

   MissyWrite replied to joe_mulligan88's topic in Relations

   There's a lot of horizontal violence in nursing, and in health care in general. BUT the atmosphere vairies a lot depending on the unit or facility you work in. It's hard to make an informed choice as a new nurse, since you don't know what to look for...

6. New nurse and feeling discouraged by older nurses?

   MissyWrite replied to x28y31's topic in Relations

   I'll address the workplace bullying you're experiencing. That's what it is, plain and simple. These older, more experienced nurses are doing nothing to help you become a more competent, confident nurse. In fact, they're doing the opposite. The eye r...

7. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

   MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in COVID

   LOL

8. Another "Is it still worth it" question from a freshman at a school with a nursing program

   MissyWrite replied to KitKat416's topic in General Nursing

   Get out now. Seriously. There are plenty of careers where you can help people and not be run into the ground. Nursing is great...except for the workload, the stress, the exploitation, the shift work, and the hazards involved, including violence, bull...

9. strangest question a friend or acquaintance has ever asked you?

   MissyWrite replied to AQEELSMOM's topic in General Students

   I've had a few people say things like "I've got this symptom and that symptom, and I've been to four doctors, three were specialists and one was at the Mayo Clinic, but they don't know what it is. What is it?" And when I don't know, they're shocked. ...

10. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in COVID

    "“I agreed to whatever,” he said. “They didn’t show any leadership or support to me and they had an opportunity, as a nursing school, to act like a medical community, and they didn’t...They instead decided to pander to fear and hysteria,” Wilbur sa...

11. Third Shift VA Opportunity, but HUGE homelife change

    MissyWrite replied to FreshRN41's topic in General Nursing

    I know you said you were going to accept the offer, but just in case you haven't yet, I think you should reconsider. Unless you're destitute, don't do it. The VA will still be there in a couple of years. Night shifts + sleep deprivation + 2 children...

12. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    MissyWrite replied to MissyWrite's topic in COVID

    True, there must be damages in order to win a suit. Mental anguish, perhaps?

13. Devastated on First Write Up

    MissyWrite replied to RNtoThe3rd's topic in Safety

    The conditions you were expected to perform your job in were deplorable and unacceptable, and it put patients at risk of serious harm. You are set up to fail in deplorable conditions like this. The fact that YOU are being blamed is inexcusable. If ...

14. Big bad bullies

    MissyWrite replied to ljrn135's topic in Emergency

    ljrn135, How about... BE AWARE….and Care Bullying: is the purposeful attempt to control another person through verbal abuse - which can be in tone of voice or in content such as teasing or threats, exclusion, or physical violence. Bullying is the m...

15. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    MissyWrite replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    That's all Prissy does now, too. If she ever turns down my bed, I will run screaming out the door. Another thing she did during that time: My mom said the worst time for her was in the middle of the night, when she was alone and couldn't sleep. Unbek...