sandlewood_nurse

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1. I quit my job and am seriously considering quitting nursing

   sandlewood_nurse replied to sandlewood_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks everyone, I will take all of what everyone said into consideration. I am still considering my options and what I want to do. I rarely use bad language but I am so upset and angry. I called the governing board, the woman was nice and sympathe...

2. I quit my job and am seriously considering quitting nursing

   sandlewood_nurse replied to sandlewood_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Fat Cow was not meant literally. I am talking about nurses eating other nurses, not literally though.

3. I quit my job and am seriously considering quitting nursing

   sandlewood_nurse replied to sandlewood_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for your support. It means a lot. Thank you for your HOENSTY. If people were more honest, and less willing to put up with abuse perhaps nursing wouldn't have environments where people feel they have to leave nursing. ALSO LET ME CLARIFY...

4. I quit my job and am seriously considering quitting nursing

   sandlewood_nurse replied to sandlewood_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you everyone for your feedback and support. I really do appreciate it. Thank you Scrubby for realizing that my spewing was not meant at all preceptors or nurses, but those who gives new nurses a hard time. I mentioned that there were supportive...

5. I quit my job and am seriously considering quitting nursing

   sandlewood_nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   Please see my post in Nurses eat their young. I became a nurse because I am compassionate, bright (honour roll student), and would like to do nothing more than help people achieve good health, and get better. All that I've gotten from nursing is a de...

6. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   sandlewood_nurse replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   Yes Nurses eat their young. I just quit my job today. I didn't quit because I was being eaten. I didnt' quit because I could handle it. I stuck around even though I was humiliated, made to feel stupid, talked about behind my back, had supportive nurs...

7. Main Problem In The Nursing Field?

   sandlewood_nurse replied to blueyesue's topic in General Nursing

   Agreed!! What if instead of nitpicking on each other and giving new nurses a hard time people gave out a hand to each other. I'm in a new department, and back on the floor after a few years. I'm being MOBBED!! I lose sleep, I get headaches (I never ...

8. why are you considering nursing school?

   sandlewood_nurse replied to fuzzywuzzy's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Hi :). Thank you for your post! I started out working on an English/History degree. I went to a very good school, one of the top in Canada. I LOVED school, but unfortunately I was persuaded/coerced into persuing something that would help me get a GO...

9. so far, love the job, hate the culture

   sandlewood_nurse replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with the OP. I too don't understand why nurses must exhibit unprofessional behavior. Gossiping, backbiting, blaming, yelling, making others feel stupid for asking a question or learning something .. this is all below us I feel. We all have go...

10. "Circulating is so easy"

    sandlewood_nurse replied to ORSmurf's topic in Operating Room

    I guess every hospital is different. I heard from some recruiters and a friend whose working in the states now at a bigger hospital that RNs mostly circulate. Here in Canada we have techs at the bigger hospitals too. I prefer to scrub .. if I had to...

11. "Circulating is so easy"

    sandlewood_nurse replied to ORSmurf's topic in Operating Room

    I am a Canadian OR Nurse. Here we are always running around and have a lot to do. If a surgery runes longer than an hour and a half we might get some time to sit, but usually someone will come relieve us for break and when we get back its time to pac...

12. Psych or OR ?

    sandlewood_nurse replied to sandlewood_nurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Well .. I did some research this week and it seem here there are very few ffulltime or even part time positions taht come up in Psych. The turnover is low compared with other areas of nursing. I was told that I would start as a casual and in order to...

13. Psych or OR ?

    sandlewood_nurse replied to sandlewood_nurse's topic in Psychiatric

    YES !! IT IS TRUELY WONDERFUL !! My plan is to go back on a fulltime basis to the OR and request a part time position. If they don't give me a part time position I will just go Per Diem once I get my psych job. The hard part is getting a psych positi...

14. Psych or OR ?

    sandlewood_nurse posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Well, I know that this topic might be talked to death but .. I am sooooo confused !! I want to work in Psych, but I currently have an OR job. I spoke with a recruiter the other day and she said there are always Psych nurses but not in OR. She said th...

15. Psych Or Operating Room ......

    sandlewood_nurse posted a topic in Career Support

    Well, I know that this topic might be talked to death but .. I am sooooo confused !! I want to work in Psych, but I currently have an OR job. I spoke with a recruiter the other day and she said there are always Psych nurses but not in OR. She said th...