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You have my best wishes for long-term success and fulfillment, Fashionably L8. Be that Good Nurse, be true to your patients AND yourself. ?

Bless you. I appreciate your thoughts, garciadiego, and I still believe in those things. Had I spent one more moment in the environment we are discussing, I no longer would believe those things. There is much I still have to offer the world, but with...

I worked inpatient oncology nearly the entire 12 years my hub had CLL, and he was immuno-compromised the entire time. Medical oncology is filled with the stuff you see only rarely in any other setting....all the abx resistant stuff, and oddball infec...

The post I am quoting was well over 2 years ago. I am humbled beyond words to admit that I retired before my time (and may, at some point be faced with homelessness) because of what you faced. Perhaps it was because I'd been faced with similar moral ...

Nodding my head with enormous respect for all of you. The straws that finally broke this camel's back were: 1) having to "fix" something....the phone, the fax, the computers, the orders, incorrect meds (or none!) sent by pharmacy, the med cart, the ...

As few as 2 years ago, I thought I could do anything nursing-related....but LTC broke me. I feel fortunate to have retired (much earlier than planned) with my integrity (and license!) intact. LTC nurses have my unending respect and admiration. ?

Thank you all for posting on this topic! I just made the decision to retire from bedside nursing....a profession I was proud to be in when I started so many years ago. There are many fond memories of lives touched and I feel fortunate to have partici...

"It's The End Of The World As We Know It" by REM If not the end of the world, the end of my license.....

Bluegeegoo2....GREAT!!!! You have my respect, and best wishes for a happier, more fulfilling life. I am still stuck in the insanity of LTC/Rehab - and given the fact that the ENTIRE administration in our facility is in the process of resigning AGAIN...

Purplegal, it intrigues me that - a year into it - you continue to be concerned about the "status" of your position. Or is it your career in general? IMHO, the "status" of a nursing position - or even as a career choice - is irrelevant. Good LTC nur...

The rolling tide of SNF Takeovers hit my 5-star facility well over a year ago, and we became LT and PAC. Since then, our once-happy little organization has been afflicted with several maladies: vendor service issues r/t non-payment, staff and nursing...

Having been a victim of "extenuating circumstances".... I recall allowing myself to be swallowed by the Guilt Monster once, over this. Called in a "I might be a little late" alert, four hours before the start of my noc shift, because I got caught in ...

To kbrn.... I hope clarity re: benefits has reached you by now. Our takeover actually got us better health insurance choices and other benefits (some of the Mother Ship's Right Coast facilities' staffs are unionized, I understand), and although the d...

HA! Just when I thought it couldn't get much worse....(kinda like using the Q word )...it has, with Mass Staff Defections. Our core nursing staff is down to 3 RNs and 2 LPNs (ALL part-timers), MDS and DON have put in their notices, our NHA was replac...

Thanks for the update, mtjoanna. Big Fish In A Small Pond/Small Town Mentality Nepotism Blacklist Blues here, too. Relocation isn't an option for me, but as I've reached a point eerily similar to yours in your previous position, I'll take a much long...

The BEST "thank you" I've received (in my current position) was a hand-written note from my NHA, praising a unique strength I bring to the team. Granted, I'm old-fashioned, but that simple note beat any monetary or other expression of gratitude hands...

Dear OP, As a (now) curmudgeon, who was in a similar spot in her career as an RN about 2 years in, I have to agree with Nurse Beth. Co-workers you trust acknowledge your skill and ability - in departments that are often tricky to navigate for newer n...

No matter what setting, this has ALWAYS been a bad omen for me. That, and someone using the "Q" word....

Wow. Just. Wow. When I transferred to current from facility from an equally good 5-star sister, we had a hard-working but caring, cohesive facility. A new EMR sent a few staff into retirement, then a big out-of-state corporation bought out our collec...

I collected several "scope coats" in bright colors and flowery patterns before the company stopped selling them. Not only do they keep the skin oils away from the tubing and my neck rash-free, but I can spot My Ears a mile away in the dark. Most docs...

Did all the right things. Mentored the youngsters every chance I had. Carved myself several 'niches'. Became a Super User for the new EMR From Hades (and was one of the few SU's patient/dedicated enough to lead the docs through their first, frustr...

Agree with posters who discouraged MA to RN (although the skills training helped me significantly). CNA to RN, at least in the states I have practiced, offers more easily accessible options for "upgrade". Also agree that, if you have a dependable sup...

Sad as this is, I think another tactic to "influence" new staff (of course, I am being kind). Lots of deadwood being pruned lately (AEB a 30-year nurse in uncontrollable tears over this), and Press-Gainey and ACA being what they are these days.....to...

Respectfully and in good faith, if subjecting myself to abject poverty to obtain an MSN causes me to consider those who don't "victims", I have no desire to do so. I happen to love bedside nursing, and I am danged good at it. A career as anything els...

Tru dat. I'm still uncertain if it was my age, my wage, or my disabled spouse's drain on the corporation health plan that got me canned.