At a young age I figured out that I was not going to be the solution to chronic staffing problems. Now if a co-worker had an emergency to deal with I would be happy to help out in that kind of situation.
ritamaecannon replied to sweetgeorgia's topic in New Nurse
Many business are pushing their employees to the max for all sorts of reasons. Nursing is a tough profession. It has been good to me.......but am looking forward to the time when I will put it behind me. May you have peace in your new choice. The edu...
ritamaecannon replied to beeker's topic in Relations
Family is an extension of the patient and that is where the challenge comes in. There has to be middle ground with patient safety at the top. People are in the hospital for a reason and the nursing staff has to be able to their jobs; like observing ...
ritamaecannon replied to MusicEMT's topic in Activism
While I was reading the previous threads the question kept coming up in my head, what is it about our culture that is compounding the already obvious problems. Music that openly celebrates violence. Those very realistic computer games that young chil...
ritamaecannon replied to indomie23's topic in NP Students
I am looking at retirement in about 5-6 years. If the DNP had been on the table many years ago I would not be doing what I am doing today. I had considered a Phd years ago but it came down to that old benefit ration thing. The cost and effort was no...