As one who has been a nurse for a long time and have been a manager, I've had this happen more then once. One time in particular was a nurse whom I actually fired for creating a hostile work...
Excellent topic, thank you for bringing it up.
I'm 57 years old, single, and have been giving this much thought this past year. I would love to retire. right.now. but realistically can't afford...
Yes! I feel this way about bedside nursing too. I've been a nurse since 1995. The beautiful thing about nursing is there are soooo many different jobs we can do. I've done acute care in different...
familychick replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor
When I worked the floor, I always answered the calls/texts or called them back. If I didn't want to work I told them "No, thank you for asking though". No excuses, no reasons, just a polite and firm...
I completely disagree with the notion of just putting up with her behavior. We need to get away from allowing nurses to eat their young. We need to get away from turning a blind eye to bullies....
My recommendation would be to buy a home near your husband's work in the less expensive area.
There are so many nurse jobs, maybe you can get another job closer to your new home.
I have done...
familychick replied to MickeyJ's topic in Nursing Career
Just in case you are not able to read that PM I will give you my contact info here at work. I am the Supervisory Clinical Nurse (Unit Manager) of the inpatient pediatric unit at Northern Navajo...
familychick replied to MickeyJ's topic in Nursing Career
Hi MickeyJ, Shiprock is a town on the reservation. I live near the reservation, not in it. The little city where I live seems to be family friendly with lots of activities. I just moved from one...
familychick replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing
Well, personally I don't drink or smoke (now that is just plan stupid) or do any type of narcotic, but only because I don't like the feeling. I do not understand why it would do any harm in smoking a...
That sounds like a rough way to grow the much needed tough skin of a nurse. The reason you gave sounds very reasonable to me. I have been in management and in charge of hiring (and firing). I would...