Cultmember

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1. Nurses are truly underpaid

   Cultmember replied to holly2422's topic in LPN/LVN

   Dear new LPN, What you are experiencing will never stop no matter where you go.. Be it in LTC or Acute. This IS nursing. Your reaction to the reality of nursing is honest and true and trust me when I say this--- if you didn't respond this way to you...

2. Day 4: 2016 Nurses Week Top 5 Things Contest

   Cultmember replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   TOP 5 THINGS I HAVE LEARNT: 1) Men are easier patients than women unless the male is suffering from OCD 2) Nurses gain weight despite all their running around and poor calorie intake due to the stress hormone cortisol that is released at a steady rat...

3. So I kind of messed up

   Cultmember replied to oopsmybad's topic in General Nursing

   I am both happy and sad to hear that you are continuing on toward becoming the next top model..oops I mean nurse! Happy that you are getting a second chance, but sad that you will probably live to wonder why you wanted this so badly. All the best t...

4. I'm Done With Nursing.

   Cultmember replied to RegNurse1987's topic in General Nursing

   Dear RegNurse1987, I thought you had taken a page out of my own journal! Yes I feel like you do and with only 5 years of experience in acute under my belt. The double speak is what gets me the most. The alleged patient centred care that is suppose...

5. Why are Nurses and CNAs so mean/rude

   Cultmember replied to guest05/03/16's topic in Relations

   I think nurses are mean because they not properly managed. I have witnessed a nurse abuse a patient and she is still employed. I have always witnessed CNAs throw patients onto beds, and are still employed. In health care, it is not how you do your jo...

6. Disrespectful patient

   Cultmember replied to hwknrs's topic in Relations

   I could not believe what I was reading---that you, the nurse, actually proceeded to chastise your patient for not cooperating when you wanted to get your vital signs. Excuse me, dear nurse, but the patient has a right to refuse having his/her vitals...

7. Nurses smoking weed?

   Cultmember replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

   I don't toke but I know other nurses who do.. Most nurses drink. I went out with a group once and watched an otherwise calm nurse drink an entire pitcher of Margaritas to herself as though it was water. Another nurse shot back straight vodka like t...

8. What nursing task do you loathe???

   Cultmember replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

   There is nothing more horrific than when a patient calls to use the commode during a night shift. I don't know what it is but my rage just hits the roof. And, if the patient takes forever and a day to get up and to pivot and all the rest, I am seet...

9. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

   Cultmember replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Headlines

   A 55 year old woman came into hospital for a routine hip replacement. Post-op, she complained of pain and was given 3x the prescribed amount of injectable Dilaudid because the nurses who had given her the painkiller failed to document. The patient...

10. So I kind of messed up

    Cultmember replied to oopsmybad's topic in General Nursing

    Oopsmybad, I truly feel bad for you because I don't think you will be going forward in your intended career choice. On the upside, and I know it's hard to hear this, nursing is only meant for perfect people.. Men and women who do not make mistakes, ...

11. Depression and nursing

    Cultmember replied to canoehead's topic in Stress 101

    Emergency_love, you're absolutely right, nursing is a terrible career choice because of all the points that you've made in your post. I have called myself Cult Member because that's how I feel--that I am in a cult where the leader is an insane manag...

12. Interviewers said I seem like a 'Know-It-All'???

    Cultmember replied to NurseMedic28's topic in Professionalism

    Oh hell no, they want empty vessels which they can fill with every nonsensical form of logic there is.. For example, the hospital here is now forcing nurses to take two 45 min breaks during 12 hour night shifts because "research proves that sleeping ...

13. Finally decided to quit nursing

    Cultmember replied to jennjen512's topic in Professionalism

    Awesome! Good for you! You're a hero for throwing caution to the wind and refusing to be institutionalized! Your life is yours to live.

14. How easy is it to lose a license in correctional setting?

    Cultmember replied to reptilesavvy's topic in Correctional

    That is so *****messes up that I believe it because it involves nurses. In nursing school, we are taught to advocate for our patients, to be "whistleblowers".. At the same time, though, if a nurse actually follows her standards of practice by reporti...

15. How easy is it to lose a license in correctional setting?

    Cultmember replied to reptilesavvy's topic in Correctional

    The CYA rule doesn't apply if management has decided to tear you a new one because of lies they've heard about you. Failing to tow the party line--- and trust me there is a huge one in nursing---will get you at the end.