jelptex

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1. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

   jelptex replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   Interesting post. I, too, have been told I was "not a good fit." Can anyone define ?? And WHY, (please WHY) would anyone want to be a ("nurse") notwithstanding my 33 years in this "profession". ? Need I "roll over","sit", "fetch". Oh yeah, it's YOUR,...

2. Nursing Shortage?

   jelptex replied to mboulis's topic in Ohio

   Idealist, not realist. Bought into the hyperbole. Nursing? Ya gotta be kiddin' me. After 33 years as an RN.............NO WAY.

3. ICU BURN OUT

   jelptex replied to KSAHR's topic in MICU

   Natosha: SIX WHOLE YEARS !! 33 for me. 25 as a critical care specialist. Have travelled the US (licensed in 16 states).

4. Nursing the old fashioned way

   jelptex replied to Scarlette Wings's topic in General Nursing

   Gotta love the old "black&white". Worked everytime. Easy, cheap, effective. Banned by endoscopists though !! (NEVER turn your back on someone with a "scope) !!

5. Nursing the old fashioned way

   jelptex replied to Scarlette Wings's topic in General Nursing

   I remember starched white uniforms, backrubs, fresh ice water, cookies& flowers at the nursing station, AND.... Please and Thank you were common in the patients' lexicon. Along those lines...I never could spell very well. Wrote "hospital" instead...

6. How did you get into the ICU?

   jelptex replied to missbutton's topic in MICU

   jUST, exactly, WHAT IS A NURSE? ASK THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Your petty egos and inflated sense of SELF denigrate the profession. Been "in it" too long...and have my share of misery, to let this triviality go unanswered.!

7. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   jelptex replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   Interesting comment. Perhaps it could be expanded to include "nurse managers", nursing directors, nurse administrators, nurse "educators" and ALL of their non-clinical ilk. At the risk of "flaming" from my non-clinical colleagues... BEEN THERE LATELY...

8. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   jelptex replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   And that would be?....for example...

9. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   jelptex replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   "role model"? Since when is one's choices (even if deleterious to oneself) considered a factor in job performance? Especially if it does not impact in any way one's performance. Hypocrisy (me:NO) Pontificating (you:yes)

10. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    jelptex replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

    Bedside nursing is a "minefield", filled with lottery winner wannabes. Am I paranoid? No. Just an experienced realist.

11. Can RN work as CNA in MA?

    jelptex replied to ladybugsea's topic in Massachusetts

    "Frowned upon...?" Why should a licensed, experienced, RN NOT be allowed to work as a CNA? In a tight labor market, perhaps this represents a realistic (though undesirable) choice. MD=RN=LVN=CNA. What "qualifies a CNA" when someone with more experien...

12. Is this really slander?

    jelptex replied to winredsox's topic in Activism

    be verry, verry careful. fear rules the employment marketplace. retribution rules "management". it's a minefield out there. tread lightly, or boom ! (unemployed via principle) ...

13. Got No Job? Come be an RN !

    jelptex replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Can anyone tell me why (in this MISERABLE US economy) an experienced RN cannot apply for work as a CNA in order to feed themselve/family?

14. I'm exhausted...it's ridiculous (and unsafe)

    jelptex posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi !! Just got home after the most ridiculous assignment of my (33 year) career. As an agency nurse, I accepted an assignment at at local nursing home (night shift). Bottom line --- 58 patients (that's right 58 !!) on my floor. Only RN in the facilit...

15. *Vent* RN's make toast?!?!?!

    jelptex replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Why do we do this? After 33 years as an RN, I humbled, disaffected. discouraged, ... Running out of "dis" word It's a J.O.B. I have become the very person that I've despised in my career... Wouldn't give a plug nickel for the "newbies".