Kareylea

Kareylea has 3 years experience.

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1. Help! I have extreme compassion fatigue

   Kareylea replied to Blue Roses's topic in Stress 101

   Blue Roses, THere is a time to soldier on and there is a time to stop and take a breath. If even half of what you report is true, you are far past the soldiering on part. Your HEALTH is at a stake here and it sounds if it is in jeopardy. Part of ...

2. Funniest Things Doctors say!

   Kareylea replied to RNdiva505's topic in Humor

   Really? Bolus? REALLY?

3. Nurses fired for refusing flu vaccine

   Kareylea replied to BrandybunsRN's topic in COVID

   Three reasons I think the flu shot is an exercise in futility. 1. The Flu, unlike most of the other conditions which have a vaccine to prevent it, is a MUTATING virus. It changes as it goes. Hence the reason why there are several strains floating ...

4. Nurses don't save lives....WHAT?

   Kareylea replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

   I've seen this guy when I was at Nursing school. Or one just like him. "He" was a girl, very very bright and very arguementative. Although her grades were at the top of the class she needed to look for nearly a year for a job, and was flat out told b...

5. Change...good or bad?

   Kareylea posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I've been reading posts from allnurses and other forums, listening to nurse's stories and hearing horror stories all the time. I'm wondering...just how much has changed good or bad in nursing? I've heard about the work load changing but it seems ...

6. How much free time do you generally have as an RN?

   Kareylea replied to amk8987's topic in General Nursing

   I work 3-4 nights a week so my sleep schedule is usually messed up a bit. However, most of us work 3-4 nights in a row and get 2-3 or even 5 days off in a row. The lady that schedules us just got off the floor not that long ago and tries to schedul...

7. HELP

   Kareylea replied to rosez's topic in General Nursing

   Take a break. And I mean a real break not a few days off. It sounds like you need a holiday badly. Don't do anything go anywhere, plan anything. Just 'waste' your time a little, chill out and relax. Nursing is awfully stressful and the first ye...

8. Snow Days....

   Kareylea replied to Kareylea's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for all the comments (on both sides of the issue). I work in Huntsville, yes and while I understand the roads are clearer there they weren't here. But I took a look outside a minute ago and they actually plowed the interstate so maybe I can...

9. Snow Days....

   Kareylea replied to Kareylea's topic in General Nursing

   I'm in one of the cities that shut down completely and have to either go up a mountain (It's closed for obvious reasons) or over a bridge (It's also closed) to get out of town. All the roads in town are closed and so is the Interstate. I do not hav...

10. Snow Days....

    Kareylea replied to Kareylea's topic in General Nursing

    I'm supposed to work tonight. The storm hit last night.

11. Snow Days....

    Kareylea replied to Kareylea's topic in General Nursing

    I was called in this morning and told to come. Roads were all closed. Yesterday I got no call but the weather man said the storm was coming. Well I responded the last 2 times and came in when I was called (all false alarms) and the last time the road...

12. Snow Days....

    Kareylea posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well I'm in the South and I'm a floor nurse. We had a little winter storm in and I had to call in today because of the weather (all the roads are closed) and got officially reamed by my boss. Apparently, I was supposed to go in yesterday (I was not c...

13. How Much Nursing School Debt Are You In?

    Kareylea replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

    30 K + This was my second degree and I couldn't get a Pell Grant and I had used up my GI Bill on my first degree. But I consider the 30 K an investment in my future. I have more choices of employment, more jobs available, different work schedules t...