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I could not have said this better! I, too am a former IT professional. Have been an RN for 5 years. EVERY DAY I work, I am SHOCKED by the disrespect that nurses show each other, the doctors show, the...

This article is very oversimplified. In my previous job, I was targeted because 1) I had a BSN where most of the RNs did not 2) I am a second-career nurse 3) I am over age 50 4) I have a fairly ugly...

Anyone who has ever reared a child or trained a dog understands that kindness works better than the hostility and anger you seem to value. I have mentored using kindness and I can assure you, the...

Thank you, I'll read these books. Unfortunately, the doctors in my hospital put off the DNR conversation until it's too late or just never have it at all. Recently, an RN was reprimanded for...

The place is one huge clique. The manager is the one who reprimanded me for "not wanting to take direction", and since that time (my last day of orientation), she has clearly expressed her dislike...

I am just finishing one year as an ICU nurse, have 4 total years experience. The Charge Nurse has been a nurse for 31 years, only a little more than 1 year in ICU. I work nights. I have been...

You could be describing the place I left last summer, a Federal place. I tried every tactic known to elicit cooperation from one CNA who refused to help me in any task, was insubordinate, and openly...

Thank you for this. I crawled out of that hospital on Saturday feeling like scum. I considered not even going back. I had not a single moment of peace when I was off. But wait....there's more. ...

I have 3 years experience on an Onc floor, but I'm new to ICU. Last shift, a newly intubated s/p cabg (2 days) pt was intubated and an OG tube was placed @ 1500 and the MD said it sounded like "it is...

What a wonderful service you have performed by posting these concerns. I am a second-career nurse who lived through the nightmarish decline in IT. I supported a family on my own by in my 20-year...

Exact same situation here. Every chance to take a shot and it is taken. I'm a second-career nurse and I've had the opportunity to mentor new hire computer programmers (my previous occupation for...

I too, am at the 6 month mark and quite discouraged. I am on a busy med/surg unit, night shift. We are going to team nursing where the RN (me) is responsible for 10-13 patients while the LPN gives...