timetoshine

timetoshine

Acute Care Hosp, Nursing Home, Clinics

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About timetoshine

timetoshine has 54 years experience and specializes in Acute Care Hosp, Nursing Home, Clinics.


I graduated from the Practical Nurse Program at Western Massachusetts Hospital School in Jan 1955. I received my Staff Development Certificate from the State of California in 1984.

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  1. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    or maybe not. this from the new york times.
  2. Nurses Eating Their Young

    Ruby-the situations you describe re: being late, inappropriate attire, etc., seems to point to the Schools training these people and the Teachers who allow this inappropriate behavior. Why these...
  3. Nurses Eating Their Young

    Document your experience as you have described here and ask for another Preceptor. Based on what you have described here he is not qualified to be your Preceptor. Your responsibilities to your...
  4. fun: what does this photo say to you?

    WHERE is my
  5. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    Yes Annmarie. yes, yes, and
  6. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    If what you say is true and I believe it is I can understand your frustration. If it were me I would write her up. In the write-up I would suggest that maybe she is not clear in what her...
  7. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    I have read those those threads also and dismiss them out of hand. Fortunately they are in the extreme minority. How they ever got through a Nursing Program boggles my mind. Using them as examples...
  8. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    I apologize for the bold type. It was not deliberate or intentional. It happened because I copied and pasted the title of the Article and I couldn't change it. The problem with Ruby's responses and...
  9. "Nurses Are So Mean"

    i think everyone should visit this post. for those who won't accept bully's exist in nursing you might just get a new perspctive about the seriousness of the problem staff development and funding dec...
  10. Nurse eating their young?

    Just for the Record. Being rude is a subtle way of "of eating your young" It dosen't need to be overt or violent. Seems to me this Nurse is a "Result Oriented" person. She is not interested in how...
  11. Does anybody really care?

    YES IRONSLICK, some of us do care. As a matter of fact many of us care a lot. I am a retired DSD and every class that went through my CNA Program had the same complaint. "What goes on the unit is...
  12. hate night shift

    ruby she sounds lke she has a problem with one Precetor. What advise would you give her for that
  13. First LPN job in LTC...is this the way it really is?

    I wish I could give you a hug. Everything you are doing is the right thing to do. But everything you, and the others, who find themselves in the same situation do, only contributes to the problems...
  14. Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    I have read every post in this thread and I want to shout "STOP ALREADY". WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE? Therein lies the problem. No one is in charge. There is no coordination of effort. There is no plan...
  15. Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    This is why "Nurses Eat Their Young". This is why Nurses "Burn Out". ER Nurses-Don't tell us you're in "Crisis Mode" 100% of the time. Don't tell us you can't adjust some of what you do to...