sweetpea839

Hello all, Thank you for the help! I have gone on several mini-vacations throughout the year, butI don't know if that counts. I usually take the vacations and the last few days of vacation are spent worrying about the dreeded work that I must go back to. Managements ideas of customer service, I think, has really added alot of stressors to us as nurses. I agree that it has turned from emphasis on patient's health and well-being emotionally and physically, to "customer service" a kind of motiff you would expect to see in general orientation at "starbucks" or "kohls". I am sorry to say this, but the kind of care that rns provide doesn't come with a money back gartentee where you just bring your reciept back and you get your money back. We are dealing with people both patient's and staff members as a unit, not produce or merchandise. As human's we need to respect each other, management, staff rns, and patient's, to make a difference in the care of patient's, if you want to stay at the Hilton or buy a cup of coffee - go there, not to the hospital for "customer service". Is there anything I can do about my dilemma.

Just wondering if you are feeling at a loss when it comes to nursing politics, nursing guidelines, and the do's/don'ts of nursing? I know I love to take care of patients and provide for their best interests. I have been a nurse for 3 years and feel like around every corner management is out to get you, the patient's get more and more resentful or ungrateful. The patient's would rather try to be mean or hit you in the face than be greatful. What does this mean? Why do I feel this way. I work in telemetry adult.

:mortarboard: Good luck if you decide to go to Marquette University, I loved it and I am a travel nurse now! I didn't have the best grades in college, but I knew what I wanted to do and that as take care of people and if you put your mind to it, like meeper said, you can do anything!

Hello! I am a traveling Telemetry nurse and I am interested in possibly settling down in the AZ area and transferring/enhancing my nursing knowledge by adding peds to my belt. Is there an easy way to do this? What things do I need to know? Let me know.

We as nurses, have to think logically about this. We are the health care professionals, but we are also human. When I think of the "ideal" or "perfect" nurse, I don't think about what hair-do, what fashion of scrubs, or what his/her body looks like. Any nurse is also a human. We all have our vices and that doesn't make us bad or good roles models, it just makes us human. We can always strive to be the best we can, but we are not arian.

Hello, I am a traveling rn who has already had some experience traveling. I have been to new mexico, cali, arizona and wisconsin. I definitely want to go to the east coast sometime. My dilemma is that I have always traveled with my fiance and now I am traveling alone. We broke up about 3 months ago. Going long distances with my travel nurse career was never a problem until now. I had a travel buddy with me at all times. Now I am trying to decide where to go from here in glendale, az for my next assignment. I don't want to go to far because I am traveling alone. Should I feel this way? Has anyone out there traveled a far distance by themselves? How does it work for you? I did recently get a dog and he is good company, but just isn't the same. Please give me some advice. Also, i have cousins in the tuscon, az area and was considering possibly just going to tuscon for an assignment until i get used to being on my own so i have somebody who i know in the area. anybody know anything about tuscon? Later and luck, :caduceus: my tattoo.

new mexico, cali, arizona and wisconsin, all wonderful states to be in. You should consider traveling. it is a great oportunity.

you are not jumping the gun! It is a very unique field that you are in, nursing! You are in high demand in all states! Feel special! I started traveling when I was only 9 months of age in nursing (a telemetry nurse!). I figured if i didn't have enough experience and still have questions, (which i did and still do), there would be nurses nice enough to help me all over the united states. Sure enough, there was tremendous support out there no matter where I went. I have been in all over as you can see and nothing is more exciting than travel nursing. Not everyone can travel, especially those with kids and houses and have prior commitments to there home states. If you are single, able to travel, and feel up to having the time of your life, then traveling would be great for you at any "nursing age".

i don't think you have anything to worry about. as long as the tattoo is not offensive in anyway, you should be fine. I have tattoos as well and also have run into many nurses who have them and nothing has been said or done against them.

well, i have only actually performed cpr a few times, but you do get this adrenaline rush thing that makes you want to act extremely quickly in a case of an emergency. So, the adrenaline, along with your training which will need to be renewed every two years, makes you act fast. usually people don't need to sit and think too long. Members of a code team or doctors and other nurses are always there within seconds to help you "remember" or think on your toes if need be. So no worries, just do what nurses do best and keep the patient as the number one priority and you will do fine!

Don't be so judgemental. These things do happen in real life, it is not a joke. Just have to wiegh the benefits and cons.

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don't worry about what I said, I am a traveler, so it takes me a while to set up a network of friends and such. When I wrote that message, i had just moved, but I have meet quite a few people at work that are nice and I am nice, so that kinda works out. If you move here, I would be more than happy to hang out with you. I travel with my fiance and am happy with the area I am in. I haven't gotten down to pheonix yet, but glendale area is packed with stuff to do, many malls, restaurants, some taverns and a view of some mountains. I am only 2 hours from flagstaff, az, which is the home of the grand canyon, very beautiful. and 2 hours from tucson. I like to hike and listen to jazz music in clubs, so that is what i try to find here. There are many apartments in the area that look very nice.

Yea, I am a travel nurse and I work at banner thunderbird. I live near bell st. Hopefully we could meet up.

Hello, Moved to the area last week and working at tbird on the telemetry unit. Everything seems cool with the hospital, I just finished orientation on friday and on monday I will be out on the floor. Exciting. Just haven't meet any cool people to hang with yet. Glendale seems very open and laid back, so should be ok.

Hey cool! thank you for the info. I just got into town this week! glendale is pretty cool and I think tbird rocks. I have found bell street where it seems that everybody hangs out at. I went to carrabbas yesterday, never was there before, but it was very tasty. e-mail me if you ever are in the area or want to hang out.

I don't know about skate boarding, but there are alot of four wheelers here as well as drag car racing. At least that is what I have noticed for the four days that I have been here. I love az so far, but have not really met any people to hang out with yet. I live near bell and 67th. write me back so I can find some peeps to hang with:rotfl:

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I have worked nights (12 hours) for about 2 years now. It is not bad at all, but now all my days off are spent staying awake at night. I got so used to working nights that i am now mutated into some kind of night dwelling creature. That's ok, there are lots of good info-mercials on at that odd hour. Actually, I have found that if you are going to go the coffee route, you should definitely keep drinking it throughout the night and not just drink one cup, because the low after the coffee makes you sleepy. I have also found that on nights when I am really tired and coffee just doesn't seem to help, my tiredness seems to come from dehydration. I go to the break room and drink a few glasses of water, that boosts me up for that extra few needed hours. Probably because coffee is very dehydrating. Also, some people try to use vitamin supplements. I have found that that doesn't work for me and just makes my stomach hurt. Just make sure you have adequate rest, eat a good meal before you start, have a few healthy small snacks during the night, and drink coffee or drink water !:smackingf

Thank you for the compliment about my thread. I knew everyone would know what a code brown is! by the way, how do I become a premium member, that sounds very authoritative.

just remember to have good aim!

nice that sounds like something you want to see rolling down the hallway.

I am wondering your take on this, because I believe that nurses are one of the most hard working profession, but do they get paid what they deserve? I think I am getting what I deserve by helping people, but others cringe at the though that some bartenders are making more then them. what do you think?

Please share with me your greatest code brown stories! Mine happened too be when i was a nurse's aid and i was taking care of a woman who would call her bms her babies. She would only pass once a month and they were the size of a large grapefruit, the actual bm had to be broken up to go down the toilet when flushed. Or........Maybe it was when my dear nursing school days when a nurses aid was doing an rectal irrigation ordered by the doctor and i was told, "oh the bm wouldn't come out right away, shouldn't be too big of a mess". It shot right back out and almost right into my face.

I am so happy to be traveling because it is wonderful, you get to go to different states and help others. I learned many things over the course of my travels, but one thing still stays very central in my mind. Another traveler that I met was very kind to me and took extra time to show me the ropes. This person knew what it meant to give the patient extra time and add the human touch into everything done. He held a patient's hand when in time of need, he was there to understand when a patient's last breath was taken, and he was the one who would me there in case someone needed a shoulder to cry on. It intreges me to know that throughout my travels, I will meet some wonderful people, and I can't wait to experience more to enhance my nursing knowledgea and also enhance my knowledge of more caring spirits like the one mentioned above.