nysvetnurse

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1. War on the Floor

   nysvetnurse replied to nysvetnurse's topic in New York

   I really do try. I am told that this has been going on for years. Everyone seems to accept it and say "well that is just the way she is". Yesterday at a staff meeting we were told that there would now be a 20 question part to our evaluation on our...

2. War on the Floor

   nysvetnurse posted a topic in New York

   Last night when I went into work, (a small community hospital) the charge nurse and two LPNs were actually screaming at each other, using profane language all the while patients and their families were walking right in front of where this was all tak...

3. Charge nurse with less than a year RN experience???!!

   nysvetnurse replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in Management

   I have been an LPN for 26 years....no real med surg experience. I have been an RN for 9 months. I do charge on a busy med surg floor, nights, one to three nights a week. Didn't get much training, have a back up in the supervisor if I run into prob...

4. Nervous over possible termination

   nysvetnurse replied to funsizedliv's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds like you work for NYS. They just don't get it and they never will.

5. Dangerous nurses

   nysvetnurse replied to funmom's topic in Relations

   I guess what I meant was non sympathetic about patients. Just not caring...like not caring if someone was turned,got mouthcare,was in pain,got their meds...things like that. Seen a lot of it going on. Just nurses who don't do the job and still col...

6. Dangerous nurses

   nysvetnurse replied to funmom's topic in Relations

   The most dangerous is the apathetic nurse.

7. I hate nursing

   nysvetnurse replied to prettylittlenurse2b's topic in General Students

   After a bit more thought, I don't think it is the nursing I hate but what I am tied to. I have 3 possibly 4 more years tied to the NYS retirement system(which will probably be a bust after patterson gets through with it). So presently my choices fo...

8. I hate nursing

   nysvetnurse replied to prettylittlenurse2b's topic in General Students

   I have been an LPN for the past 26yr and an RN for...well since May. When I first started nursing, I loved it. Ate drank and slept it. I have always worked for the state or county, unionized, which can be very good or very, very bad. Reading some ...