weetziebat

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1. I want to do something else

   weetziebat replied to smileysenior's topic in New Nurse

   I've been a nurse for a looong time and it just keeps getting worse. I can understand why you say what you do, but it may have something to do with the hospital or unit you're working on. Before you go through all the expense and time involved in get...

2. Managing my time :-(

   weetziebat replied to weetziebat's topic in Hospice

   Yeah, I've been told my notes are very thorough.:rotfl: What I'm finding helpful (when I have time) is to go back and look through other nurses notes and see just what they chart. Wow! can be a real eye opener. I've got to stop thinking there is a n...

3. New hospice house, WHAT A RIDE!!!!

   weetziebat replied to ShayRN's topic in Hospice

   I remember reading your posts about the new job and have wondered how it was going. So glad to hear you like it. I don't work inpatient hospice, but I do agree that hospice is the most rewarding field of nursing I have ever worked in. The satisfactio...

4. Managing my time :-(

   weetziebat replied to weetziebat's topic in Hospice

   That's whats so great about this site - you get to see you are not alone with nursing issues and get good advice to boot. Been doing some thinking about why I feel the need to put in so much info. Doing the eval. and being the first nurse involved ma...

5. Managing my time :-(

   weetziebat replied to weetziebat's topic in Hospice

   Thanks for the encouragement. We've been at it about six weeks now and just about everyone is pretty discouraged, and the meds are the worst part. We're having ongoing conversations and some things have changed - unfortunately not enough.....yet anyw...

6. Going Saudi first

   weetziebat replied to Barbie38's topic in Immigration

   I agree that anyone would have much to consider moving half way round the world to any country, but the statistics you read about Filippinos having problems in Saudi are the uneducated folks who take jobs as housemaids, nannies etc. - where they live...

7. Managing my time :-(

   weetziebat replied to weetziebat's topic in Hospice

   Hi River, Don't have a clue what program we're using. Wouldn't be so bad if we could just freely type in information, but using the forms where you have to check the 'almost-correct' answer and then type in the 'real' answer, and having to 'fill-i...

8. Going Saudi first

   weetziebat replied to Barbie38's topic in Immigration

   Well, the OP hasn't been back and it now seems to be a battle between the rest of us. I really don't want to fight about it - every country has good and bad. If you search around you can find facts to back up just about any opinion. Personally, I lo...

9. Going Saudi first

   weetziebat replied to Barbie38's topic in Immigration

   you might want to make that a camel you ride to work on. have seen many camels in the back of pick-up trucks, and many goats in the passenger seats, but must say you'd be the first woman to ride a camel (or horse) to work. you're very welcome. i ne...

10. Happily Addicted to allnurses.com

    weetziebat replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Yep, know the feeling. Love your song!

11. Managing my time :-(

    weetziebat replied to weetziebat's topic in Hospice

    I suspect things will start to tighten up here pretty soon. Think the OT is being O.K'd since we just changed to laptops. Not something I imagine they'll be willing to part with long term. Have talked with nurses from other agencies who all say they ...

12. Is it always better to die at home?

    weetziebat replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Hospice

    llg, sounds like this is a real sore spot for you, and I'm sorry if I added to your grief by my response. In hospice work, I only deal with folks who want to die at home, if at all possible. Of course, it sounds like your mother made her decision, ha...

13. RNs- Mostly first born? Alcoholic fathers?

    weetziebat replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, yeah, that dark, dark horrible path. All alone with a madwoman, and as a child what can you do? :sofahider In my teens, I took myself off to a psychiatrist, thinking everything must be my fault, like mom said, but confused, not feelin...

14. Coping skills for dealing with trauma

    weetziebat replied to VivaRN's topic in MICU

    Regarding dealing with burnout. I'm sorry to say, and believe I am in the minority, but once I get burned out, nothing will help it but changing jobs. I've tried all kinds of advice but I just never get back the enthusiasm or joy at working there, an...

15. Going Saudi first

    weetziebat replied to Barbie38's topic in Immigration

    Barbie, I worked in Saudi for eight years. Most of that in Riyadh. I absolutely loved it. The last time I was there was in Sept. '05 Taif is a lovely city - much cooler than say Jeddah. True, the Filippino nurses are not treated as well as western nu...