saminaross

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1. Frugality thead:work less, spend less

   saminaross replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   I totally agree. However I went about my working life in a different way: for 17 years I worked as a traveler in critical care, saved majority of the money, and then bought a 484 acre farm and now work 2 eight hour shifts a week on the weekends and a...

2. Healthcare is really business care

   saminaross replied to Rnhenri's topic in General Nursing

   I did travel nursing for 17 years out of a total is 36 years as a RN in critical care units. Every time I had to sit through general orientation and listen to the hospital's goals and mission statement I knew what I would find on the unit: unhappy bu...

3. who has left nursing ?

   saminaross replied to sabatical's topic in Retired

   I retired at age 61- totally sick to death of nursing management style of threats and attempted intimidation, nasty doctors, families from hell, mentally ill and drug addicts and alcoholics filling up ICU beds. I just decided it wasn't worth it anymo...

4. ADN's being pushed out

   saminaross replied to MSN Student's topic in ADN/BSN

   I have 34 years experience as an RN with the last 17 years working in various types of Intensive Care Units. Prior to that I was in Nursing Management in positions ranging from DON to Supervisor. All of this with an ADN. Now I am going to have to go ...

5. Nurses Burnout

   saminaross replied to nrajwani's topic in Critical

   I took close a year off because of burning out due to nursing administration and the sociopaths that hospitals seem to hire to be directors. I'm sick and tired of dealing with manipulative, lying sick people who can get hired into administrative posi...

6. Parkland SICU August 2013 residency

   saminaross replied to NursieDP's topic in Critical

   God help you all. You need to read the Dallas newspapers about what has been going on at Parkland since last year.