cbond

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1. Speaking About Nurses Who Moonlight As Dancers

   cbond replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Headlines

   Good for her but she's talking about continuing to dance after she's working as a nurse? I thought there were like behaviour codes at hospitals. You know they want nurses to be "Florence Nightingale" pure as the driven snow? haha. I thought I he...

2. Is this considered a burn out?

   cbond replied to bTRUE's topic in General Nursing

   My hats off to you! I live in an area that gets a lot of snow. One year we got 46 inches. At the hospital I was a CNA at, when they knew there was going to be a big snow storm they had nurses spend the night so they would be available for their shi...

3. Going From Med-Surg in Hospital to SNF - Advice?

   cbond replied to hakunamatata's topic in New Nurse

   I worked at an SNF for a few months. It was horrendous. I'm not trying to knock SNF nursing - some people love it. I was constantly running from the moment I clocked in. You don't have enough time to spend with your patients. I'd be constantly p...

4. Thinking about Leaving Nursing

   cbond replied to cbond's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the responses. I talked to my therapist and she reminded me that I changed careers at 45 years old - no easy feat. She also gave me some tips to stay more focused on what I am doing. I am also telling myself that I am competent. I tota...

5. Thinking about Leaving Nursing

   cbond posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've only been working as a nurse for 3 years and I am starting to wonder if I am in the right profession. Right now I work as a private duty nurse with a pediatric patient. My first job was in a nursing home and I was asked to resign because I mad...