Cliff-RN

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1. Need a hug

   Cliff-RN replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

   Hey Beeker....I feel your pain. I'm on my way out of the profession and some other nurses I know are doing the same thing. We talk on forums like this because talking out leaving the nursing profession openly at your workplace can get you in some hot...

2. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

   Cliff-RN replied to asdf88's topic in Critical

   As far as reasonable accommodations go....on the level 1 trauma SICU I used to work at, we would receive as many as 15-20 GSW patients in our ER a night at times. Meaning they all pretty much had to go to the SICU where blood product administration w...

3. I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

   Cliff-RN replied to jane82's topic in Safety

   Okay, this is just killing me.....As a former level 1 trauma SICU (surgical intensive care unit) nurse and a university college of nursing instructor, something needs to be said. Now from what was described, I picture the patient who had a CABG and a...

4. I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

   Cliff-RN replied to jane82's topic in Safety

   I'm not religious but I will say a prayer for you. To be honest, under those circumstances I don't think most nurses without trach experience would have been able to respond to that situation appropriately. And to all those nurses that try to insinua...

5. Burned out and hate nursing

   Cliff-RN replied to RN1023's topic in Stress 101

   Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, so this is mine and please don't hate me for it. I cannot stand nursing. I have been a nurse for 7 years and worked in many different hospitals and and in many different patient care areas and levels of acui...