Redeye

Redeye

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  1. I have only been a nurse for 7 months. I am a navy nurse full-time at a very small hospital and I work med-surg at the local civilian hospital prn (about one shift per week) to gain more clinical experience. I am feeling very discouraged because I ...
  2. Obstacles to providing care

    I think a study about medication admin is a good idea. At my facility I spend the majority of my time giving medication. If one is not available then I have to stop what I am doing and call the pharmacy or call the nursing supervisor in order to get...
  3. Nurses suing hospitals

    Have you considered joining the California Nurses Association? It is a Professional Nursing Organization/Union and they have done some serious legislative stuff for nurses. If there is not union representation at your hospital then you can actually...
  4. new grad seeks advice

    It is so true what you said "You have to wake up and go to that job everyday no one else." I am having increasing difficulty with every day I work, waking up and going to "that job". A med-surg job that I took to make myself feel better about my nu...
  5. ADN or BSN?

    It all depends on what your long-term goals are. If you are interested in one day getting an advanced degree in nursing (i.e. nurse practitioner, nurse anesthetist, case mangagement) or if you plan to one day move into management, a BSN is the way t...
  6. New Grad Positions

    You can get a job as a new grad just about anywhere. What I would recommend is choosing a hospital whose employees seem happy. Ask around, maybe spend a day on the unit. Also, make sure they have an adequate orientation phase. You DO NOT want to ...
  7. Why should I be a Nurse?????

    Sismom, Yes, there are a lot of issues going on with nursing right now, and some of them bad. But what I have come to realize is that it is a blessing in disguise. Because of all of the complaining and griping I have seen on this web site, I have d...
  8. Do we get what we deserve?

    Has anyone ever considered that nurses are undervalued, overworked, and underpaid? Of course you have. I see it in every bulletin board on this web site. I am a recent grad from nursing school(May 2000) and in nursing school I always heard from my...
  9. nurse-patient ratio

    What is all of this talk about leaving the profession? We are a large and potentially powerful group. This means that if we don't like what's going on in our profession (staffing) we can change it. We just need some dedicated people to devote some...
  10. I think we nurses need to take control of our careers instead of being at the mercy of the hospital administration. We are obviously not being adequately represented in the hospital executive board. Why is that? Why don't we have a nurse rep to fig...
  11. Contract Nursing

    I am currently researching different nursing care delivery systems. Are there any nurses out there who have done contract nursing? How is it compared to being hired directly by the hospital? Pros & Cons? Working conditions, pay, job satisfact...
  12. Sounds like you have a good idea here. What are you going to do about the competition? (nurses who are willing to work for less) You would have to provide a better service than the competitor if you are going to charge more.