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1. What is task-oriented nursing, and why is it bad?

   lilshorty replied to lilshorty's topic in General Nursing

   I actually will not be working in that type of float position. It's more of an occasional position. Also, I have since been offered a regular part-time position. It's kind of crappy hours, and nobody wants me there because we don't really need anothe...

2. What is task-oriented nursing, and why is it bad?

   lilshorty replied to lilshorty's topic in General Nursing

   Well, thank you all very much for your help. Now, it gets better. I was turned down for this job because I was too task-oriented, and becuase I "need to have a medical-surgical foundation first." Sooo, my manager has gone on to hire a girl who gradua...

3. too little to be a nurse?

   lilshorty replied to prinzessdy's topic in General Nursing

   I'm graduating in May and I'm 5'4". I've had a few people ask me how old I am, but mostly they're just joking. I look very young also, but I agree that you just have to act confident. When you present to people as being confident (not cocky) they usu...

4. What is task-oriented nursing, and why is it bad?

   lilshorty replied to lilshorty's topic in General Nursing

   Okay, all of this is comforting. However, it still doesn't explain what "task-oriented" means, and how I can change it. This is my problem. Nobody will tell me what to do differently. They say nurses eat their young. Unfortunately I'm starting to agr...

5. What is task-oriented nursing, and why is it bad?

   lilshorty replied to lilshorty's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you, that makes me feel a little better. I have interned for two years, and apparently the criticism comes from the fact that I have been compared with two other interns (one of whom is competing for the same job and has been working as a CNA/E...

6. Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

   lilshorty replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

   I saw the show, liked it except for that. It's kind of sad in a way, because it not only makes the nursing community look bad, it says that ALL doctors still feel that way about nurses. The hospital I work at has some pretty great doctors. They respe...

7. What is task-oriented nursing, and why is it bad?

   lilshorty posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a 4th semester nursing student at a technical college. I currently work as a nurse intern on a med/surg floor and float to ICU occasionally. I was informed that on graduation there will be no jobs except in ICU. There are two part-time jobs ther...