redhead80

redhead80 has 7+ years experience and specializes in ICU, Telemetry, Stepdown.

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1. Finally decided to quit nursing

   redhead80 replied to jennjen512's topic in Professionalism

   Wow, lots of comments! I agree with the first 3 of 5 on Why I Hate Nursing! Let's just say there's sometimes a huge language barrier between myself and some of my coworkers, due to heavy accents. But, a lot are indeed good nurses. While I don't despi...

2. Finally decided to quit nursing

   redhead80 replied to jennjen512's topic in Professionalism

   Yeah, healthcare in this country is a house of cards that will eventually collapse and then what will happen? Medicare pays less and less, the burden of proving we do not cause our patients to have MRSA, pressure ulcers, catheter infections, complica...

3. Finally decided to quit nursing

   redhead80 replied to jennjen512's topic in Professionalism

   Nursing sucks. I used to really enjoy working in a hospital when I was younger and a unit clerk. I did see the realities of being a nurse through just observing and then later falling from grace as a nurse. Doctors that were demeaning, heavy assignme...

4. Verbal, Written Warnings and Termination

   redhead80 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   I completely hear what you're saying! This scrutiny on small details by higher ups is just pushing me farther and farther away from nursing. All of my patient care has been fine-it is just all this documentation that has scalded me like a lobster in ...

5. Extreme difficulties for Experienced Nurses to find a job in San Diego

   redhead80 posted a topic in Career Support

   Hey! How many of you RN's (seasoned and new grads) are having difficulties finding a job in San Diego? Long gone are the days of when travelers had an easy time finding work. When I was a new grad 7 years ago, I could walk into basically any job and ...