sjlang

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1. Substandard Healthcare d/t high Patient to nurse ratios

   sjlang replied to shandy84's topic in General Nursing

   Good luck to you, and bravo for speaking out. We've got to change the system/healthcare culture or die as a profession. Your situation brought back so many memories and feelings in me. I was also an ICU/PACU nurse in Arkansas. The chief surgeon (and...

2. Return to nursing-Fear of new facility-options?

   sjlang replied to sjlang's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the "dose" of reality. I'm afraid that you've got the right client, dose, etc. I'm hunting, too.

3. Return to nursing-Fear of new facility-options?

   sjlang replied to sjlang's topic in General Nursing

   I am looking for work elsewhere. I'm just trying to figure out what that might be doing. Although I was an excellent nurse in the past, I'm afraid that after 8 years my skills may be rusty, and I know some equipment, standards, and practice have chan...

4. Return to nursing-Fear of new facility-options?

   sjlang posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been out of nursing for over 8 years due to health problems. I'm well now and after a struggle of finding a fit after my long absence, I decided to try a job with adolescent offenders that requires more therapeutic relationships and conflic...