Nursing is the heart and soul of healthcare. I joke that we can survive a day without a doctor, but they'd never survive one without us. While it's a joke the sentiment rings true. That being said, we are often treated as numbers by hospitals. Ex...
As a nurse who has only worked 12s, If they ever implemented a 5 day 8 hour work week I'd be looking for another job. It's funny to me that this article points to this and speaks nothing of acuity and nurse patient ratios.
This is exactly the reason why we need mandated nurse to patient ratios on the federal level. This is why nurses need to organize and have the ability to negotiate with facilities. I for one would never work at a facility where an ICU ratio is more...
This is a prime example of why nurses need unions. Allowing the suits and clipboards to dictate working conditions and policies leads to punitive cultures.
Just wondering how many of you carry your own liability/malpractice insurance. I have always done so working non-government hospitals. I just finished my first year at the VA and I was looking at renewing my NSO insurance, but all the coworkers I h...
I work in a busy teaching hospital in a Medical ICU. Lately I have been thinking about checking out the ED. I am sure everywhere has its stress, we are dealing with sick and or trying to die people, but I find myself getting burned out on the chron...
Thank you so much for your thorough reply. I very much appreciate it, and it is very useful to me. There is a great deal to consider, and I am grateful for those willing to share their experience.
I am a ICU nurse in a large northeast teaching hospital. I just got my AZ license, and I am working on CA (I will be there Monday on vacation for a week and I am going to livescan). I have a house costing about 1300/month mortgage/taxes. I consid...
I work in a large east coast teaching hospital. I have worked medicine floors for two years and going into my third year working in a medical ICU. I have been thinking about a move to Flagstaff. I love the area. I was wondering if anyone had any ...
I am very interested to hear replies to this. I am an RN at a large teaching hospital in CT. I have two years on a busy med/surg/infectious disease floor and currently have spent the last year in medical ICU. I have been thinking of a move to CO. ...
Ever hear this mantra in the hospital setting? I am currently in a very busy MICU and they expect that we will be able to do more with less, which includes caring for two patients when one of them should be a one to one. Frankly, I give all I have....
I love being a nurse, yet I fundamentally disagree with the just be happy to have a job crowd. The RN isn't just working a job, we are fulfilling a professional role with our primary responsibility being our patients. If the situation in hospitals,...