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EGspirit

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  1. Second guessing? Anyone else feel the same?

    EGspirit replied to grn0623's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing ever is what it seems. I used to own a sailboat. Why? Because sailing, when you see it from a bridge out your car window looks so freakin cool. And then there's that Christopher Cross song,...

  2. I’m not happy

    EGspirit replied to iwannabeanursee's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think there's a lot that can be said to help you here. And I don't mean that to shut you down, but LTC is like that, LPNs often find work in LTC as opposed to other places, so, this is where...

  3. It's Does No Good To Gripe About Nursing

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That makes perfect sense. It's like they say: In a pool full of drowning people, the life guard has to survive no matter what. And for sure, if a nurse pushes herself or himself to a limit and then...

  4. What I've Decided About my Education

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I worked ICU for 5 years, as well as cardiology. I worked in a Cardiac ICU in Arizona, was IABP certified, transplant patients, etc. To say "you should have a degree for that" is just not true....

  5. What I've Decided About my Education

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, no, believe me, I know that a bachelor's degree in anything but nursing is useless for the most part in the nursing field. And I'm not sure how it is in the Northeast. Your profile says you're...

  6. What I've Decided About my Education

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Granted, there are certainly some goals in nursing that cannot be done without a BSN. It is unlikely that one would become a nursing manager (supervisor, maybe, but not a manager), without a BSN. And...

  7. What I've Decided About my Education

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Why is that? Is it the hospitals or the competition for

  8. What I've Decided About my Education

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    What do you care? And I haven't discussed this before--I couldn't have. The idea just came to

  9. Double diapering alert patients who ask? I think it's neglectful. However...

    EGspirit replied to Surfin USA's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of people are coming down hard on the OP, but I sympathize. When I first was a CNA, I ended up working at a dungeon of a nursing home. I quit when I started nursing school, and I started nursing...

  10. What I've Decided About my Education

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I assure you, I wasn't trying to disparage your degree. I was talking about me and my choice regarding it. Clearly, I'm torn and would like to have a BSN. But at this time in my life, and with the...

  11. About BSN Degrees

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in School, College Programs

    I appreciate your insights. I was just out walking and thinking about it, and I think a BSN may be the terminal degree for me. If I could do adjunct instructing with that, then I would, but if I...

  12. About BSN Degrees

    EGspirit posted a topic in School, College Programs

    I wanted to get an MSN degree, but I think that may come later in life. Nevertheless, I want to get a BSN degree now. I find it very difficult to determine where I should get a degree from. Schools...

  13. About BSN Degrees

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in School, College Programs

    Thanks. I appreciate that advice.

  14. Those Who Have Left Nursing

    EGspirit replied to harumi22's topic in General Nursing

    I've left nursing twice, and both times I have come back. The reason being, I'm trained and educated as a nurse, and I was a good one. An RN is important, no offense, but a cashier is not (from a jobs...

  15. What Else Can I Do For A Living?

    EGspirit replied to RNCM123's topic in Nursing Career

    A high, five-figure job in nursing...If you don't want it, can I have

  16. It's Does No Good To Gripe About Nursing

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I appreciate your response to this, and I would certainly concur that legitimate union action and legitimate, professional efforts to affect good change are essential. One should not "suck it up" or...

  17. It's Does No Good To Gripe About Nursing

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Really? NurseGuilt? So, what then is "compassion?" When I first became a CNA, way back when, the first day, we got our text, a really nicely illustrated guide on how to do all the various CNA tasks....

  18. It's Does No Good To Gripe About Nursing

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, I hear you on that. And I know hospitals do that. But sometimes, people call in. Sometimes, too many people call in, and when they do, who is going to care for the patients? Sometimes the manager...

  19. It's Does No Good To Gripe About Nursing

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have to say, I've kept my manners. I've not engaged anyone with hostility even when it's been thrown at me. It's just a conversation. If you feel it makes you too emotional and requires that you...

  20. It's Does No Good To Gripe About Nursing

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I must admit, this was a new term for me. I had no idea I was an edgelord. That being the case, however, what I wrote is true. As is most of everything Tyler Durden

  21. It's Does No Good To Gripe About Nursing

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would certainly agree with

  22. It's Does No Good To Gripe About Nursing

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's really good

  23. It's Does No Good To Gripe About Nursing

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wasn't taking a vote. I would agree with that. Ah, snarky hostility. I missed the sweet sound of

  24. Bullying in the work place

    EGspirit replied to haney13's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Okay. Sometimes, I guess even if it's the better course to take, there are things you just can't walk away from. I've been there, too. rkitty, That's not bullying. It may feel that way, but it's...

  25. I wonder if I'm too old...?

    EGspirit replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you very much.