unknownjulie

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1. Is Nursing Dangerous?

   unknownjulie replied to Bones17's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I find bed alarms and O2 alarms often are set too high for me. You need to hear them in the halls, but have to get right close to them to turn them

2. Is Nursing Dangerous?

   unknownjulie replied to Bones17's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Yes. Nursing is dangerous in many ways. You forgot about unsafe noise levels from screeching alarms. That being said, some states have better working environments than others. Good luck with your...

3. Is it just my facility or ...........

   unknownjulie replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Psychiatric

   The randomness to the attacks that I witnessed at my last Psych job had nothing to do with how the staff interacted with patients. I am glad that you and your staff have been lucky thus

4. Is it just my facility or ...........

   unknownjulie replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Psychiatric

   Sorry if it sounded this way. I was referring to the physical demands of the job, not the mental. I did find the lifting etc to be much less in Psych, but dealing with the constant assaults now is...

5. Exhausted; I want a way out.

   unknownjulie replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

   Where I live new grads are started at 22 an hour. I called 4 hospitals when I first moved here and each one quoted the same number. Ha ha ha. I did not even apply because even with my experience,...

6. Exhausted; I want a way out.

   unknownjulie replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

   No one should be made to feel bad for making a low salary. Possibly, these things can be negotiated at the start a bit, but for the most part in many places it is a monopoly. Each hospital in a...

7. Exhausted; I want a way out.

   unknownjulie replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

   People who have not had to deal with this just have no idea. It takes over your entire life, and can even wreck marriages. I am a single parent after going through all the stress. Just hang in...

8. Is it just my facility or ...........

   unknownjulie replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Psychiatric

   I agree. I noticed a large rise in violence when crystal meth came on the scene. Psych nursing used to be a place to hide out, but I've just seen way too many violent assaults lately. It's why I...

9. Nursing anxiety

   unknownjulie replied to Nursepierogi's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   Many nurses take meds and I also refuse to do this just for a job. You may just have lifelong anxiety being a nurse. I know I do. Even supposedly low key jobs have some nursing element to them that...

10. Exhausted; I want a way out.

    unknownjulie replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    If it makes you feel any better ljo28, I had one son and felt the same. I had my first son after not using birth control for ten years! Then another 7 years elapsed before I used fertility drugs etc...

11. Friends who aren’t in the medical profession

    unknownjulie replied to Idahoscrapper's topic in Health, Stress Management

    What's weird to me is that I will randomly seek out people to speak to on occasion and more often than not, they are nurses! I think nurses have a certain aura or something. I find them in crowds....

12. Single mother working 12 hours night shift

    unknownjulie replied to NolaBCbabeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Kids are smarter then we think. Have her sleep in her school clothes and get her some kind of cool alarm clock. She can go and wake your mom up when it goes off. Have something to eat premade in the...

13. Do I have rights against workplace harassment from patients?

    unknownjulie replied to Anagray's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    And where exactly might that be in nursing? Leaving is definitely an option, but there may be things to ease the struggle in the meantime. It sounds like she's invested some time in the

14. Do I have rights against workplace harassment from patients?

    unknownjulie replied to Anagray's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Wow, that would drive me nuts having people sneak up on me. My sister is always having these kinds of problems and she is very attractive. It will get better, as you get older, but for now I...

15. Exhausted; I want a way out.

    unknownjulie replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    You cannot subconsciously sabotage getting pregnant. I dont even believe that stress has anything to do with it, and maybe not even nutrition. I mean, crack heads and alcoholics get pregnant. I have...