nursedeedee

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1. 44 days and not one day off.....

   nursedeedee replied to J in MN's topic in General Nursing

   MY, my, my...this sounds like a marter to me. If this was mandated, I'm sure the labor authorities would love to hear about that one. No one can MAKE you work those crazy hours. Believe me, that is NOT the norm, so don't base your whole future caree...

2. Should we have a National Union ????

   nursedeedee replied to Rex's topic in General Nursing

   O.K. I shouldn' be a sceretary either because my typing stinkss!

3. Should we have a National Union ????

   nursedeedee replied to Rex's topic in General Nursing

   Well,Suzy K, Your pints well taken. Non the less, I am discouraged by all this nursing"mess" and if I did go back to school, It wouldn't be in nursing. My hospital doesn't pay you anymore money for holding one, but you sure as hell better have one ...

4. I wanted to walk out with 1 day left before grad!!!

   nursedeedee replied to Michelle_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Gee, you did have a rotten time. Believe me, some day you will look back and laugh at at that story. Yes with time and experience, you will learn how to prioritize, get away from the crazy talkative patients with tack, so you can get to the more cr...

5. Should we have a National Union ????

   nursedeedee replied to Rex's topic in General Nursing

   What the profession of nursing really needs, is to pull itself together, and standardize. Look at the teachers, they have set standards for education, ceritifications, pay etc....they got it together for the most part, and are benefitting. I have a...

6. What Freaks You Out?

   nursedeedee replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

   Alright, we were just talking about this at work the other evening.. A patient of ours that had been with us a while had just died. She and her family were great people and it was sad. But none the less, death is not pretty. I am an RN and work o...

7. Angels of Mercy

   nursedeedee posted a topic in General Nursing

   When a baby is born it is such a blessing, and an honor for nurses to assist, (often doing it solo) the new life into this world. Did you ever think of how much a blessing it is to be present when a person leaves this world? Death is a tough one. A...