I am in my final pre-req. and plan on applying to RN program this fall. I am male, single and making a career change.
Why do nurses (non-union states) allow the poor work environment, no breaks, no lunch, etc. situation to continue? Isn't there enough of us to do something about it? Has anyone contacted their state legislator, senator to propose a bill to mandate better working conditions for nurses? If it's a problem and detrimental to the patients health, shouldn't we speak up?
Teamwork needs to be taught in nursing school. Learning to work together, enhance each others' work, joining together in practice groups, like doctors' do. And lawyers.
Nursing needs to come together in our own specialties, incorporate, and sell our practice to the hospitals and nuring homes. Have our own corporate attorney to watch our backs. But more importantly, become one as a profession.
This is not taught in nursing school. From what I have read on the listserve, it is dog eat dog, to get into nursing school, get through nursing school, and now, finding our first jobs.
Nursing needs to emulate other health care professsion, like MDs, PT, OT, who meet each other in school, before school, in residencies, etc. They get to know each other, strengths and weaknesses, and after they are done with their training, they come together, and form practices together.
I worked with several interns and residents, who, one by one, moved out of state, to the same state, and are now one large medical practice in Monana.
Nursing could incorporate in ER groups, like ER docs, ICU groups, med surge groups, OR groups, etc.
Each our own practice group. But again, this is not taught in nursing school. PTs, OTs all learn how to open their own practices after graduation and residency. Nursing also needs to have a mandatory 6 month to one year residency, after graduation, so new grads are not thrown to the wolves.
Again, this is stuff and mentality, that needs to be taught in nursing school.
lindarn
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Teamwork needs to be taught in nursing school. Learning to work together, enhance each others' work, joining together in practice groups, like doctors' do. And lawyers.
Nursing needs to come together in our own specialties, incorporate, and sell our practice to the hospitals and nuring homes. Have our own corporate attorney to watch our backs. But more importantly, become one as a profession.
This is not taught in nursing school. From what I have read on the listserve, it is dog eat dog, to get into nursing school, get through nursing school, and now, finding our first jobs.
Nursing needs to emulate other health care professsion, like MDs, PT, OT, who meet each other in school, before school, in residencies, etc. They get to know each other, strengths and weaknesses, and after they are done with their training, they come together, and form practices together.
I worked with several interns and residents, who, one by one, moved out of state, to the same state, and are now one large medical practice in Monana.
Nursing could incorporate in ER groups, like ER docs, ICU groups, med surge groups, OR groups, etc.
Each our own practice group. But again, this is not taught in nursing school. PTs, OTs all learn how to open their own practices after graduation and residency. Nursing also needs to have a mandatory 6 month to one year residency, after graduation, so new grads are not thrown to the wolves.
Again, this is stuff and mentality, that needs to be taught in nursing school.
JMHO and my NY $0.02.
Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN
Somewhere in the PACNW