Arizonarn

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1. From the Other Side of the Bed Rails - When the Nurse Becomes the Patient

   Arizonarn replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Spirituality

   This week I, too, became a receiver of care from the "other side of the bedrails." I had fallen at the bowling alley, hitting my left hip hard. Initially, I thought it was only bruised; walked, 1 foot at a time, up the three steps to the main floor...

2. Nursing in the Non-profit sector

   Arizonarn replied to lsm8477's topic in General Nursing

   I work in the non-profit sector as a staff nurse in a variety of settings, as I work through an agency. One setting is a community mental health clinic, where I am responsible for medication management for clients who are severely mentally ill, case...

3. Burnout

   Arizonarn replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

   I have been an RN for 34 years, working in a variety of areas during the early years after graduation. For the past 29 years, I have worked almost exclusively in psychiatric or substance abuse nursing. During that time, I've experienced burnout, or...

4. Nursing schedules

   Arizonarn replied to SEANurse2b's topic in General Nursing

   On night shift in one facility (8 hr shifts) we worked 6, off 2. It was by a concensus vote by the entire night shift. While the schedule meant we worked 5 weekends in a row (the down side), the two weekends off were both 3-day weekends, we could s...

5. Nursing schedules

   Arizonarn replied to SEANurse2b's topic in General Nursing

   On night shift in one facility (8 hr shifts) we worked 6, off 2. It was by a concensus vote by the entire night shift. While the schedule meant we worked 5 weekends in a row (the down side), the two weekends off were both 3-day weekends, we could s...

6. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   Arizonarn replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   I have always disliked this particular saying because of the generalization. I found the thread fascinating, though, because I was at the receiving end of less-than-enthusiastic older nurses as a new grad; nurses who responded to questions or reques...