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1. People really need to stop coming into nursing

   chicagotoots replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

   . Southwest florida..on the Gulf

2. People really need to stop coming into nursing

   chicagotoots replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

   Southwest florida...a/k/a Paradise Coast

3. People really need to stop coming into nursing

   chicagotoots replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

   Spent the majority of my career in the midwest, major metro area and agree 100% there is a HUGE difference in nursing in the southern states. It is well known that northern nurses often quit positions in the south due to the working conditions, no su...

4. People really need to stop coming into nursing

   chicagotoots replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

   Dont resent you..just feel you are unprepared for the reality of the profession. You are who will be OUR nurses in the future. I just read an article of a Texas high school/hospital who will grant an associates in nursing out of high school on a pi...

5. People really need to stop coming into nursing

   chicagotoots replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

   Remember when Nursing Boards were only administered 2-3 times a year and you had to wait months for results? Now the tests are administered by computer, year around and preliminary results available in a few days. This is how nurses can retake the ...

6. Sure didn't expect this!

   chicagotoots replied to thegreenmile's topic in Retired

   You can appear younger by college graduation dates (second career RN), look 10 years younger (good genes), but you will be expected to move physically and have the energy of someone much younger ... Your body will betray you and you may decide that f...

7. Sure didn't expect this!

   chicagotoots replied to thegreenmile's topic in Retired

   Less money? Really? Why sell yourself short. If you dont place a value on your education, experience and hold yourself to be paid what you are worth, the prospective employer will sense desperation on your part and not hire anyway. There is usual...

8. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

   chicagotoots replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   There is no "care" in healthcare. Nursing has changed from a caring, patient care profession to one of producing results..quality monitors, patient satisfaction scores, doing more with less... Working short and sucking it up, using broken equipment,...

9. People really need to stop coming into nursing

   chicagotoots replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

   You would think so but not. Management can manipulate the contract language, chamge the job posting language to eliminate nurses who wish to change specialties, require certain certifications, use interview scoring systems which are subjective to we...

10. People really need to stop coming into nursing

    chicagotoots replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    Tell it like it is. I have been an RN 30 years and have seen great changes in the profession and it is not good. Older nurses are being nudged out of the profession to make room for new nurses who can be molded to the business model hospitals are p...

11. Perfume at work?

    chicagotoots replied to fawnmarie's topic in Uniform/Gear

    Not only your patients may suffer if you perfume up, but also your co-workers! I hacpve had to leave an area due to wheezing when a overscented worker arrived. Keep the fragrance for date night and out of the hospital.

12. Became an agency nurse...whoa

    chicagotoots replied to ksuSN12's topic in Agency

    Welcome to temporary nursing. Limited orientation/training..dont expect help because you will probably be on your own. You are there to fill a need and they arent going to invest any more time in you then they have to. Trust your nursing skills, d...

13. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    chicagotoots replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Quit a job, with proper notice, this week due to limited help, pushing to do things faster, check all the boxes to document care (generate revenue), seeing shortcuts taken by staff to save time, they offer nurses big incentives to work more shifts (b...

14. Fustrated and looking for helpful tips!

    chicagotoots replied to dotplanet78's topic in Emergency

    How are your evaluations? Have you done anything on your current unit to set yourself apart from the other nurses on the unit? Consider getting ED required certificiations such as ACLS, PALS on your own. This would show that you are serious about...

15. too old to go into E.D.?

    chicagotoots replied to takamine98's topic in Emergency

    Have worked with LPNs in the past who primarily work in the Urgent Care area. Occasionally they float to the main ED to help out but have to have an RN cover them for IV push meds, they are not assigned cardiac monitored patients since they don't ha...