nightnurse47

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About nightnurse47

47, divorced, 3 kids, 3 cats, 1 dog

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  1. Your Supervisor and Your DON

    I recently left a hospital where I had put 16 years in, a unit I loved, an education project I really enjoyed as well as signing a contract for the RN to BSN that would have cost me 10,000$. We had a new manager come that was so nasty that even work...
  2. I failed the interview personality test/survey!

    Ha! I'm loving this too...sex with a squirrel, what will they think of next? I am changing jobs after 15 years because of a new manager who thinks management by threats is the new way to go....so to express my lack of amusement to be working for the...
  3. Experienced Nurses Only

    I notice that the posts in the specialty forums tend to be from more experienced nurses. I think it helps students and others who are interested in becoming nurses to be able to participate in discussions about nursing. It gives people a chance to se...
  4. Psych RN's, being phased out???

    I agree! Our medical director just told us that psych nursing is projected to be one of the most needed specialties in the years to come...and as has been mentioned, everyone else is too scared to be locked in...:)
  5. Just thought I would jump in with my 2 cents... I am another one of those long time nurses being weeded out..I have been in this position in a mid size hospital for 13 years, long time manager retired and new manager from out of state came a year ago...
  6. Feasibility of non-smoking policy in psychiatric hospitals?

    Our facility went non smoking about 8 years ago for the psych unit and entirely, even on the grounds last year. We had the same concerns that many of you have expressed about the patients, but we were surprised to find that they handled it quite well...
  7. You know you work nights when.......

    I am loving these! Never know what day it is, and can't tell what I am supposed to be doing when the alarm goes off...is it 5:30PM or 5:30Am? Am I getting up to get kids to school, or go to work? I actually love summers because I don't have to get u...
  8. Trouble with Narcan

    Thank you for this post. Even as a 15 year psych veteran, I am increasingly distressed by the "labels" we put on patients. "Addicts" can have pain too, and as you said, each "addict" is someone's family member. I firmly believe that labeling patients...
  9. Do you have a diagnosis of mental illness?

    Hi Lady BugLass ! I am a 15 year psych RN with a long history of depression that is actually cyclethymia (high functioning bipolar) with meds on and off since adolecsence. Several years ago I was started on a mood stablizer with great results. I do g...
  10. I have insomnia!!!

    Hi! As a night shift nurse for 15 plus years I have had my share of insomnia! Plus, I just did a unit teaching project on insomnia, and learned some things that might help. There is so much information out there now, it is becoming a national health ...
  11. Background/Credit Check, Bankruptcy

    Thank you! Years ago, my husband lost his job due to downsizing, we were unable to sell our home because of a severely depressed market ( 10 homes for sale on the same 2 blocks!). We had to foreclose on the house and it went up for auction and sold 3...
  12. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    Last Year we got a gold colored key chain with a star on it. Color wore off and chain broke with 2 weeks.
  13. How did you hear about allnurses.com?

    Found it as a link, I think, may have been on MSN or Google search though. I don't post a lot, but this site gets me through a few long nights, keep up the great posts!
  14. Help! New Manager Blues!

    Good idea Daytonite, I will have a letter ready, just in case. This just makes me very sad. I really enjoy my job, and it feels awful to think I may need to leave after all these years when this person has only been here for 3 months and most likely ...
  15. Help! New Manager Blues!

    Thanks to both Timothy and Daytonite, What I have done is what both of you suggested, actually! I am proceeding up the chain, but with restraint. I am not filing a grievance, but to ask for help in working this out. I have in fact, gone as low profi...