jenruth

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1. What makes a nurse unemployable?

   jenruth replied to jenruth's topic in Career Support

   Right. Running a computer business was interesting but isolating. Contact with people was limited to answering questions and sending a "Thank you for your purchase,"email. However, I don't think I have it in me to "go postal." I have a couple of nur...

2. What makes a nurse unemployable?

   jenruth replied to jenruth's topic in Career Support

   Thanks for your advice. Refresher course already taken, and no, I never did anything horrible in my previous jobs except to not take a lot of crap. Very disappointing that these "in-the-box" thinkers in HR are the gate-keepers of our profession. If ...

3. What makes a nurse unemployable?

   jenruth posted a topic in Career Support

   A huge question. Because of responsibilities at home, I have been self-employed in internet sales. I sat at my computer and processed customer orders all day, 7 days a week. My contact with the outside world was pretty much limited to anonymous ema...

4. Telephone interviews....

   jenruth replied to Diana Lynn's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, Go to http://www.careerbuilder.com. They have lots of great info on interviewing, resumes, etc..Just follow the links. One advantage of a telephone interview is you can anticipate questions and write out your answers. Practice answering the tou...

5. Evil People

   jenruth replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

   I can relate to all these posts. What really irritates me about these people is, while they're yelling and making a scene, they often make sure to let you know they have a lawyer. So I document very thoroughly.

6. "Your servers today will be..." Opinions please!

   jenruth replied to Nascar nurse's topic in Geriatric

   The LTC industry is so broken, they don't know what else to do. The big LTC corporations are beating the customer-service thing to death. It's like a nursing home is really a hotel, and the all of the staff are "servers." Puts alot of stress on Nursi...

7. What Gets to You??

   jenruth replied to mshooha's topic in Emergency

   Ok, back to the poster who has an office person telling Nursing what to do. This has been an irritation to me since I was a new graduate. Always snippy, superior, and demeaning to the nursing staff, these lard butted, coffee-cup jockeys usually have ...

8. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

   jenruth replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

   That's right folks. When you commit to a career in health care, holiday work is often part of it, kids or not. As a former DON, I know this time of year can be a nightmare for those who do work schedules. Let me remind you all;Those who don't have ch...

9. NO Lunch-- Ever?!!

   jenruth replied to Limik's topic in General Nursing

   For what it's worth.....There's a thread in the Nursing Activisim section of this site about nurses who don't get a lunch break. A formal study concluded that nurses who miss lunch breaks make more errors. I'm sure the same can be said for Doc's who ...

10. Nurse Mobbing/bullying

    jenruth replied to LuciGirl's topic in Relations

    I have to laugh. Stand up to a bully and watch them go whine to management. I respond to these cowards with, "Nothing to do today?" This statement really sets them off, and often sends them squealing to some supervisor. I've been called rude, mean...

11. "Socialized medicine"

    jenruth replied to Grushenka's topic in Activism

    Very true. It could never be completely free. What worries me about socialized medicine, is that it would remove the individual person's power of choice. Every aspect of one's healthcare would be directed and managed by bureaucrats. Noncompliance wo...

12. Laws re: mobbing/bullying?

    jenruth replied to misscus's topic in Activism

    Unfortunately, every workplace has a few or more troublemakers. There are laws regarding a "hostile" workplaces or work environments. Without knowing the specifics of your situation, I would suggest you first review your employer's policies. Most emp...

13. What do you think is a major problem in nursing?

    jenruth replied to sweetyjen's topic in Safety

    Your post really "put the icing on my Friday afternoon cake". I understand why you and your co-workers have low morale. I can't understand why this blatent abuse of nurses is still going on. Some places have really tried to make working conditions be...

14. Your Ideal Patient

    jenruth replied to Smilyn45's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't "go to the bathroom" in your bed!

15. Employers ignore "safe workplace" issues.

    jenruth posted a topic in Activism

    A colleague of mine, recently took a job in a large LTC center, on the 3-11 shift. Scheduled for orientation on a 30-bed Skilled-Care Unit. After an hour she agreed to work the hall alone, because another nurse didn't come in. Around 6 PM, she notic...