CHAVNY replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in New Nurse
I am sympathetic to your frustration and there's lots of comments from all sorts of angles. I went from adult trauma to my dream of NICU. Not right away and not without frustration. So I want to address your thoughts that: "But let's face it: how ca...
Everything is relative, and sometimes when we aren't where we thought we would be in our master plan's time table, we feel old. (then we look back later and think I was SO young and SO gorgeous!! But I digress...) It's not too late. I started nursi...
Our facility requires employee health to plant and read. Its "policy". I have noticed anytime there has been some sort of issue, new hospital policy has been issued. There are all kinds of legal and risk management issues these policies cover. I ch...
bacon for breakfast--like a whole pig's worth read allnurses and either have a good laugh or good cry or both and pedicures, really pampery pedicure---i am still looking for a place with tiny fish to exfoliate.....
Don't forget the most important thing at stake is the health of the patient, especially if its a baby who can't speak their concerns. That isn't chastisement, I was bullyed on my first unit so bad that even the hospital asked me to file formal grieva...
I have read that the chemical composition of tears differs with each emotion felt that prompted the tears. So it truly is a release of emotions. However, like you, there are time I don't want my emotions flowing all over the desk in front of everyo...
I agree LTC will help you with patient care, time management, and med administration that are similar to a hospital's. LTC can be affiliated with hospitals, or at least have a hospital they send their patients to when an acute need arises, so it may...
No PMFB-RN, I am not quoting you in particular --that is why i did not cite your post in a quote box-- but put quotes only around the idiom. ( Just like I did with the other idiom: "wanted it".) I post this to say: I am not quoting PMFB-RN, so no one...
I am a NICU nurse. (I too did research on this topic for a school presentation, but received a totally different impression than mentioned above, impressions however are irrelevant) I work in a culturally diverse area. Many parental beliefs, relig...
Someone once told me: "Just because people are starving in other countries, doesn't mean we don't get hungry." The intensity or gravity of our problems may pale by comparision to our patients, but that doesn't mean what we face is not real or challen...
My heart goes out to you. Do not doubt yourself! Find a support group for family of cancer patients. It will give you a place to share what you are dealing with. There may be some practical tips on how to cope, but definitely there will be sympat...