everydaynurse

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1. Paleo/Primal Diet?

   everydaynurse replied to 7student7's topic in Education

   Go to Dr. Oz site and Beyond Diet for both. The first question in my mind is to ask the client to keep a food diary. Find out what is acceptable to them both financial and esotheric. I have been trying myself to eat nonprocessed foods, growing my ...

2. Where does all the money go?

   everydaynurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was a patient recently, and I now realize how expensive a prodcedure can be. I also realize as a nurse how much we get paid. It really seems complicated when you look at all the costs in running a hospital. Are there really deficets? I know hea...

3. Unemployed for 2 years, No one wants me anymore.

   everydaynurse replied to lumbarpain's topic in Retired

   I too was let go and started doing agency nursing. Pick my days and times. now looking into other nursing jobs not at the bedside. There are other area we can work in. Office jobs are hard to find unless you are a NP or LPN. The money thing agai...

4. Impossible job expectations

   everydaynurse replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

   I was ready to quit nursing and go back to school to get different training. My physical and mental health was deteriorating, and I was crying all the time. I have been in nursing since 1966, and loved it until the last 6 years. Maybe I'm getting ...

5. Real People Denied Healthcare

   everydaynurse replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism

   tax increases or decreases are done by are politician who make sure there pay goes up all the time. Until those guys take a paycut or no increases for 10 yrs, will they know what others go through. Talk about fatcats!

6. Never Again

   everydaynurse replied to bshaw96's topic in Agency

   I put you on my prayer list, and please don't worry. Your career is not over. There are plenty of supportive institution to work at, and many other agency's out there also. Why we as medical personel are so cruel to one another is beyond me. Does...

7. Shifts

   everydaynurse replied to Happeetxn's topic in Kansas

   Depends on where you are relocating to. The Topeka VA is looking for nurses, great place to work and good benifits, mostly 8 hr shifts. Shifts varry and a lot of hospitals will work around your schedules. Small town hospitals in Kansas are a great...

8. Never Again

   everydaynurse replied to bshaw96's topic in Agency

   This has also happened to me as an agency nurse. I have told my agency no more nursing homes, I felt I was putting my license on the line. I feel that the regulatory state officals have caused some of these issues with their staffing guidelines. T...

9. Not impressed with clinical group and instructor

   everydaynurse replied to 1Tulip's topic in Educators

   I am an instructor and appreciate your commets and hope you will give feedback to this instructor. This has been a frustration for instructors also. you would think that students who are supposedly adults wouldn't have to be babysat, but this is wh...

10. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

    everydaynurse replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

    My name is Nancy and after 34yrs of practice I am teaching clinicals in a practical nurse program,and hope to go on and get Masters in Educational Nursing. I am loving it. I need to pick a program and having difficulty deciding. I also have a prob...

11. Leaving the Profession!

    everydaynurse replied to chrispicritah's topic in General Nursing

    I am reading these post and feeling relief that I am not alone in my burnout. I worked for 34 yrs in one hospital and loved it until the last three years. I spoke out (as a charge nurse) against staffing issues and not being able to have LPN and ai...

12. NOW does the public understand?

    everydaynurse replied to FroggysMom's topic in General Nursing

    It seemd that this physician is way out of line. Also sounds as if he is burned out and frustrated. I think maybe we need to take a second look through at why doc's behave this way. Some of them maybe ego based. But maybe its not about US(nurses)...