Emilee09

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1. Burnout

   Emilee09 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

   I think the topic of Compassion Fatigue is very interesting!!!!! We use to toss around the idea of Post traumatic Stress for nurses, but.... it never really fit. Not sure who coined the termology but it really fits the profession- and if you add in t...

2. Burnout

   Emilee09 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

   I think its way to sad that our administration can't see what its doing to this profession. I totally understand what you mean by being "thrown out", and I too think its from salary maxes- they can hire two new for the price of one old- however when ...

3. Burnout

   Emilee09 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

   You summed it up great: Nursing is just hard work, physically and mentally. I think we all need to share that with as many people as we can, as often as we can. Unfortunately, this is a 24/7 profession b/c we do not stop nuturing/caring when we cloc...

4. Burnout

   Emilee09 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

   Gosh, what a topic! It is so great to read about this from so many different perspectives. I have been a nurse for 29 years and I love my job! I too had burn out- was physically ill and required a mental health break, to recover. Everyone has had val...

5. Help with Pulse Oximetry Question

   Emilee09 replied to purplestang's topic in General Students

   I work on the peds unit and we use the bandaide type pulse ox probes too. I think there is a couple of things we should do to make sure the equipment works well, first is to take time to clean the skin with alcohol where we are appling the probe- alc...