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Thanks for your reply.

"A problem is only an opportunity for a miracle." ~~ Rev. John Maxwell

Please help. I need advice on how to deal with someone that loves to micromanage, nitpick every single action that takes place. I don't think this person is truly happy with themself and tries to shine by making others look bad in front of other co-workers. Any tips or a good book. I have two books that has helped: Bible and one called How To Get Along With Difficult People. I would like some steps or a process I could follow to help me cut down on the amt. of gossip in the unit. :deadhorse :thankya:

I have been a nurse 14 yrs. and I still feel overwhelmed at times, and it does get better. Maybe you should work only 8 hr shifts instead of 12. Maybe you need less pts. for awhile.

coworkers can make a job seem impossible to tolerate day after day. Just this week I had another confrontation with a co-worker. I came home crying. I get sick of all the gossip in the unit. I have tried to stay out of it, but you just seemed to get pulled in whether you want to or not. I have deceided to start saying, " I don't know" or " I don't remember" when ask what somebody else said or did in RE: to this or that. I figure if I can break the gossip chain then maybe it will cut down on the drama in the unit. These two ladies in the unit do not like each other. I try to like both of them. (this story is really childish considering this is grown and well educated women) They are always contradicting what the other one has to say or do. One of the women is more confident, The other woman is afraid to really face the other one and straighten out the problem. Therefore, since I am friends with the more confident lady, the other lady picks on me to get at the other. Well, this week I told her that i was tried of all the nonsense, and I wanted to talk it out. can you believe she refused to talk it out and try to resolve the problem. I deceided I coiuld not work like this another day. I went to my supervisor and told her what was going on and she is going to talk with her next week. Now I am worried that this is going to make things worse. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks.

I forgot to mention Correctional Nursing doesn't pay that good here. It has been since 1995 since I did it, but I was making 27,500/ year , maybe that will help.

I live in Upstate SC. I am not sure what RNs in your area with experience would make, but I know nurses with 15 years experience in nephrology nursing that make close to $ 30.00 an hour in the hospitals around here. I hope this helps. Good luck on your move. :balloons:

That is Great!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good Luck on your new job.

Thanks for the tips. I have been reading about travel assignments and how some nurses didn't get the whole truth, so this helps me know what to look for. I have not did much traveling out of my area, but I have done agency nursing and know how the benfits and salary can change once you accept the assignment. Thanks again. I am thinking about traveling next month. ? Quik Travel Staffing, do you know anything about this Co.?

Has anybody worked with Quik Travel Staffing? If so, let me know what you think. Thanks in advance.

Thanks for taking the time to reply to my note. My brother told me the same thing, that I would find another group of pts. that needed me. I know that is true, and God will take care of my other pts. It is just hard to deal with right now. Thanks again:)

to talk to someone. I quit one of my jobs this week. We have alot of issues at work and I just could not take all the drama any more. I had been there for about 2 years. I am sad because I am going to miss the patients. I have cried about it, but I know God will take care of them. I am just going to miss them so bad, but I can't go back right now. I needed a break from all of the bull. Nurses should work together, not against each other. Dialysis is a hard job even on a good day and good team work can real ease the burden of staff shortage. I thought typing this letter and just getting it off my chest would help, but I am sitting here crying thinking about "my" patients. I tried to be the best nurse I could be, but it was not good enough. My patients seemed to feel good when I was there taking care of them, but some of the staff just wanted me gone. The patients don't know what is going on behind the scenes, which is a good thing. I couldn't tell them I was leaving. :o

I have the Core Curriculum for Nephrology Nursing textbook, but I thought about buying another book . I seen the distribution of questions on the NNCC website. The book I am using has a chapter on TPE, history of nephrology nursing and a chapter on research. I don't think these topics are on the test, but if they are I want to study them. I am afraid that one of those topics might fall under concepts of renal failure. The book that ANNA offered as a review guide (Nephrology Nursing Certification Review Guide) is no longer offer. The other book I am thinking about getting is Contemporary Nephrology Nursing Textbook. Anybody got any advise. I would appreciate it. Thanks:idea:

In 1994 I started out at 13.25 as an RN in dialysis in SC without experience. In 1996 I started at another clinic at 16.00/hr. I work through an agency now making 30.00/hour. I think the nurses that work there make about 22.00/hr. I hope this helps. The hospital dialysis nurses usually make a little more.

I work for an agency and have for over 2 years and I work at a hospital PRN. I took the job at the hospital to fill up time when the agency didn't have alot of work. I like having these jobs instead of one full time job, because I get to pick when I work on both jobs.