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Interesting post. I, too, have been told I was "not a good fit." Can anyone define ?? And WHY, (please WHY) would anyone want to be a ("nurse") notwithstanding my 33 years in this...

Idealist, not realist. Bought into the hyperbole. Nursing? Ya gotta be kiddin' me. After 33 years as an RN.............NO WAY.

Natosha: SIX WHOLE YEARS !! 33 for me. 25 as a critical care specialist. Have travelled the US (licensed in 16 states).

Gotta love the old "black&white". Worked everytime. Easy, cheap, effective. Banned by endoscopists though !! (NEVER turn your back on someone with a "scope) !!

I remember starched white uniforms, backrubs, fresh ice water, cookies& flowers at the nursing station, AND.... Please and Thank you were common in the patients' lexicon. Along those lines...I...

jUST, exactly, WHAT IS A NURSE? ASK THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Your petty egos and inflated sense of SELF denigrate the profession. Been "in it" too long...and have my share of misery, to let this...

Interesting comment. Perhaps it could be expanded to include "nurse managers", nursing directors, nurse administrators, nurse "educators" and ALL of their non-clinical ilk. At the risk of...

And that would be?....for example...

"role model"? Since when is one's choices (even if deleterious to oneself) considered a factor in job performance? Especially if it does not impact in any way one's performance. Hypocrisy...

Bedside nursing is a "minefield", filled with lottery winner wannabes. Am I paranoid? No. Just an experienced realist.

"Frowned upon...?" Why should a licensed, experienced, RN NOT be allowed to work as a CNA? In a tight labor market, perhaps this represents a realistic (though undesirable) choice. ...

be verry, verry careful. fear rules the employment marketplace. retribution rules "management". it's a minefield out there. tread lightly, or boom ! (unemployed via principle)

Can anyone tell me why (in this MISERABLE US economy) an experienced RN cannot apply for work as a CNA in order to feed themselve/family?

Hi !! Just got home after the most ridiculous assignment of my (33 year) career. As an agency nurse, I accepted an assignment at at local nursing home (night shift). Bottom line --- 58 patients...

Why do we do this? After 33 years as an RN, I humbled, disaffected. discouraged, ... Running out of "dis" word It's a J.O.B. I have become the very person that I've despised in my...

Let me repeat myself... I should have gone into the "hospitality" industry. At the very least, one could "earn" tips. Your Momma, YOUR DADDA, your Abuelita. You CARE ??

I honestly believe that, after all these years (33) as a registered nurse....NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND would choose this "profession". I'm trying to leave. And actively discourage ANYONE...

Nursing is analogous to "walking in a minefield". From the moment you "apply" you are scrutinized. HR, Admin.Staff (peer interviews). ...