Jmedic/rn ADN, EMT-P

Jmedic/rn has 3 years experience as a ADN, EMT-P.

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1. Burnout...what to do about it?

   Jmedic/rn replied to Destin293's topic in General Nursing

   The nursing profession has been bullied into a corner over the course of decades. Men in white shirts and ties with no background in nursing have been delegating work loads and patient nurse ratios while nurses have perpetually stared at their shoes....

2. What do you hate about nursing and why?

   Jmedic/rn replied to ccorreces's topic in General Nursing

   Where do I start??? I hate the unrealistic, untenable, and unsafe Patient Nurse Ratios. I hate the fact that a humanitarian vocation has been perverted into a money pit for greedy employers. I hate the fact that nurses have no rights what so ever and...

3. Nurses are people too

   Jmedic/rn replied to jupiter_rising's topic in General Nursing

   Your complaints are relevant and spot on! I'm a new nurse too and I am appalled at how dismal conditions are for floor nurses. Things did not get this bad overnight, sadly, for decades this profession has allowed itself to be bullied into a corner. T...

4. Unsafe Nurse Staffing Ratios - Not Just in the U.S.

   Jmedic/rn replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

   Within the next ten years the baby boomers in the Good Ole USA will be entering the LTC system. Our healthcare system is already overburdened with patient /nurse ratios at an untenable and unsafe level for many hospitals and rehabilitation facilities...