realitycheck1

realitycheck1 has 10 years experience.

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1. LTC is making me hate nursing!!!

   realitycheck1 replied to Angeljho's topic in Geriatric

   This is called being used and abused by an employer (corporation). In other words, exploitation. Instead of hiring 3 nurses - they use one nurse to do the job of 3 nurses, paid for one nurse (to save $).

2. Isn't our workload enough!

   realitycheck1 replied to San2003's topic in Geriatric

   Don't get involved with LTCs - nurses are being exploited there and working with so many patients is dangerous and unfair to the patients. You can't change the working conditions (even Obama could't) for the nurses and STNAs. The best strategy is to...

3. Calling all night nurses!! Newbie night shifter needs sleep tips, STAT! :-)

   realitycheck1 replied to AZO49008's topic in General Nursing

   Working nights is unnatural, against Mother-Nature's design for the human well-being. Therefore lots of health problems from working nights. The healthiest thing- to get out of night shift, and perhaps out of the nursing profession, if the night shif...

4. Fired After 50: Epilogue

   realitycheck1 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   "To illustrate: how can nurse managers who have ever worked as actual nurses NOT understand that we don't "have the time", no matter what their silly scripts force us to say?" - how true! This is what the unit managers did on my job. Nurses are bei...

5. Should I take this position?

   realitycheck1 replied to luvmydogs84's topic in General Nursing

   LTC with skilled and rehab patients is he worst nightmare job in nursing for floor nurses and aides. It's where you would be exploited the most. The secret is that such facilities open skilled and rehab floors within nursing homes, but still operate ...

6. Nurses unemployed what is happening out there???

   realitycheck1 replied to danursern's topic in General Nursing

   This is a sign of a bad economy! I lost my job with 1o years of nursing experience a month ago. For a month - no one would even call me for an interview (I applied everywhere, was even ready to get a job as an aide!). And finally -- in the past 2 day...

7. Can't even get an interview!

   realitycheck1 replied to loving2's topic in General Nursing

   I have a plan: taking STNA course (some places give in for free) , getting a job as a Nursing Assistant (while having RN license and experience, but can't find an RN job), and while working as STNA - still look for an RN job. At least working! What d...

8. Fired After 50, Part IV: A Time to Punt

   realitycheck1 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   I understand you completely - I was also shocked and so were my co-workers - they called me home ans expressed that I was one of the best nurses there. I feel confident about myself, and it was my first med error during the whole year - made in the e...

9. Fired After 50, Part IV: A Time to Punt

   realitycheck1 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   I've in nursing 10 years - worked in many places in 10 years. Saw many nurses did med errors, occasionally had med errors too. Before the healthcare reform and cuts - the usual procedure was to file an incident report, call Doctor, explain what happe...

10. Fired After 50, Part IV: A Time to Punt

    realitycheck1 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I am going if denied unemployment - waiting for the unemployment eligibility results

11. Fired After 50, Part IV: A Time to Punt

    realitycheck1 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Firing of good nurses for human errors that resulted in no harm to patients - is just an excuse to get rid of us in a way that denies unemployment benefits. Therefore do not take it personally. It is a result of what is going on in the healthcare in...

12. Fired After 50, Part IV: A Time to Punt

    realitycheck1 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Viva, I feel your pain. I lost my RN job last week, after 2 years as an RN, and 8 years as an LPN. No lack with finding a new job, or any job, a big student loan to pay, 2 kids to raise, possibility of losing our house. I was a great nurse (opinion ...