NurseFrustrated

NurseFrustrated

Med-surge, hospice, LTC, tele, rehab

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NurseFrustrated specializes in Med-surge, hospice, LTC, tele, rehab.


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  1. I'm a sexless nurse

    If this works in your hospital (where the females cath the females and the males cath the males), and no one minds then what's the issue? As I mentioned before, it doesn't work in all hospitals due to different patient loads and the fact that another...
  2. I'm a sexless nurse

    Hello. Female nurse here. I understand your concerns, but at work, yes you are a nurse first and a male/female second. That is part of being a professional. Believe me, I don't mind to help a fellow nurse out but sometimes I simply don't have time to...
  3. Just got fired from my first real job as an lpn and need some advice

    Personally, I probably wouldn't do home care nursing as a new grad. You would probably be better off working in a hospital or long term care facility for a while so you could have back-up from other nurses/a supervisor if something goes wrong with a ...
  4. Charge nurse

    I don't really like being charge. When I am assigned to be charge I have to take a full patient assignment myself and get no extra pay for it. The unit manager just assigns someone to be charge every shift. It's a lot of extra work and extra responsi...
  5. Bullied by a new grad, wth???

    Unfortunately this kind of stuff happens all the time in nursing. It's one of the things I really hate about this job. You can work your tail off and the next shift nit picks everything apart as if you sat with your feet up all shift. It drives me nu...
  6. Who is responsible to find shift coverage?

    I think that if MA 1 agrees to take a shift for MA 2, the shift now belongs to MA 1. If MA 1 will not come in for that shift she should be held accountable for it. It's a crap thing to do to MA 2.
  7. Workplace Bullying-Nursing or 7th Grade?

    I've been a hospital RN for nine years and I was talking about this very subject with a non-nurse friend of mine at lunch today. I told her that I find it strange that the supposedly "caring" field of healthcare attracts so many people with nasty and...
  8. Does nursing really suck that badly?

    I couldn't agree more. I could have written this myself.
  9. Does nursing really suck that badly?

    This.
  10. Does nursing really suck that badly?

    I've been a nurse for almost 9 years and yes, it can suck that badly at times. I wondered the same thing before I became a nurse. How can it be that bad to have job security and make decent money? Well, you will never understand until you do it. Unfo...
  11. Nursing Shortage

    I agree with the part of your post where you said that hospitals like to make one person do the work of three people. My unit at my hospital is always short staffed but that's the way they want it. There could be jobs for other nurses if the hospital...
  12. Nurse-Patient ratios in rehab?

    You are very lucky. I work at an inpatient rehab hospital as well. I work from 7a-7p but with 8 patients every day. I wish our medical director would set a limit of 6 for us. I don't think they care that much about patients or staff though unfortunat...
  13. Words of encouragment...please

    I failed a couple of tests in nursing school but I still made it through. I failed one big test because I had something weird happening the night before the test. I was getting strange stalker calls on my home phone all night! I was home alone and wa...
  14. Officially giving up

    I don't know what state you live in or which other states you have tried exactly, but have you tried applying to smaller towns and rural areas rather than larger cities? Perhaps places that are considered less desirable locations may be less saturate...
  15. The sight of blood makes me pass out.

    I can clean up poop from bedpans and bedside commodes all day and it doesn't bother me, but having to squeeze poop out of a colostomy bag...yikes. I have to hold my breath and try so hard not to let my face show any signs of wanting to gag. That gets...