rangerslady

rangerslady has 14 years experience and specializes in Geriatrics, Mental Health.

Latest Activity

1. Why I'm leaving nursing

   rangerslady replied to UK nurse88's topic in General Nursing

   I finally retired from nursing because the job finally broke me down. When I first started in nursing, supervisors and managers were supportive of the staff. Doctors were somewhat respectful. What begin to wear me down was not anything to do with my...

2. nurses who are bad patients

   rangerslady replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Relations

   Yes, we have been nurses... however, we are also humans. Recently, I have had health problems. First, I was angry, because I had never had problems before even though job stress negatively impacted my health. I was cranky, at no time did I ever direc...

3. Why do you think nurses leave the profession?

   rangerslady replied to Nacki's topic in Professionalism

   All of the above. I especially like #10. The trend towards managers that are not qualified for the role/position they have has been a major factor is my desire to get away from traditional nursing. I have also noted that the older nurses seem to be s...

4. How do you feel about coworkers who refuse to work overtime?

   rangerslady replied to tuxedopenguino's topic in Career Support

   Don't feel guilty about not doing the overtime. If you get "burned out" then you are less effective for your patients. In my facility there were 4 pages of overtime every month. I did it for a while until the hours started to impact my health. I kno...

5. older nurses in new workforce

   rangerslady replied to rangerslady's topic in Job Hunt

   No, I haven't. I have been somewhat frustrated as on my resume (today's standards) I really cannot list any achievements. This is what most HR departments are looking for not skills. We were chronically short staffed, and often I was medication nurs...

6. older nurses in new workforce

   rangerslady posted a topic in Job Hunt

   I have posted before and did not get any replies, I am looking for another job after retirement from the VA. The job market has changed, ( and the way jobs are listed) and it seems as if most nurses are very young. Maybe my problem is that I have a ...