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Here's my take. I've worked healthcare for 27 years. I couldn't care less what people think. I've got skills and experience in the military, LTC, major city hospitals, visiting patients in their homes, and office nursing some RNs (especially new grads) wished they had. On the flip side of that, I do get envious of RNs and NPs sometimes because I wanted to be an RN a looong time ago. I know RNs and NPs that do make you look inadequate though ? and I have worked with really good ones over the years. I miss seeing their faces.

Just working healthcare will burn you out...period. I got burnt out as a CNA, tele/monitor tech, and LVN in long term care. Even as an LVN "office nurse" case manager, there are days you feel that especially if you can't find a facility for your patient in your desk to rehab at (or for custodial/subacute care). Believe me, the pressure is on you all the time because the hospital loses money if the pt stays in the hospital too long. So finding a rehab/custodial/subacute/board& care facilities is critical and the pressure wears you out sometimes. Subacute and custodial placement are the hardest facilities to get if the patient isn't wealthy and Medicaid ain't in place. Not to mention lack of beds even if those facilities want the pt. I was a home visiting nurse for years too. Just prepping your stuff for home visits the next day while your wife is cooking gets old after a while when your wife is giving you the stink eye to help with the dinner since she is also a nurse ?

I got placed in that type of position a long with visiting patients in their homes (under NPs and MDs) with the HMO/Company I worked for(I did blood draws, vitals, assessments, and etc in pt homes). Had to learn about Medicare, Medicaid, private pay, discharge planning in our hospitals, what made pts meet skilled care criterias, DME, medication costs, and all that jazz. It was cool for 10 years.Worked with cool case managers(one of them hired me as a CNA before transitioning to case manager decades ago with the same HMO), NPs, managers, LVNs, RNs, lab techs, and other crazy folks ? in our office / hospitals.

?? I've got a tote bag that has my former company logo all over it.

Here's another long time nurse that can acknowledge that BULLYING does occur.

I took a couple of those courses (FEMA). Interesting and dry subject at the same time. But it all makes sense if you are into disaster preparedness. The terrorism subjects are the scary ones to read about. Very eye opening. You'll never look at the stuff in your house the same again LOL. I'd rather read a med surg, drug, EMT or CPR book any day though to be honest.

"My children (21, 16, 16) seem to take advantage of my cognitive problems and confusion but they are pretty overprotective of me as well." The *expletive* ? LOL So how much cash do you still have in your purse? Any weird charges in your credit cards? This would be elderly abuse.

*beep* A!!!! Hoooooah!

Do you guys also iron them after washing and drying them? I remember years ago, I showed up to work with wrinkly scrubs. A doctor chewed me out for that and I never showed up for work ever again without ironed scrubs LOL. I'm ex-military, we iron our *expletive* anyway!! I slipped that one time.

I read ya. But man, some of these PROFESSIONALS are bordering on criminal acts (felony)than just ticky tacky mild personal beefs. Correction, what they did was a criminal act.

The worse bullying besides being threatened to be killed or "assassinated" by psycho managers or a coworker *cough* is the gossiping and character assassination. Sweet Jesus. I remember I was one week or two from going on my annual vacation back in 2012, and my coworkers including my manager made up stories I was retiring to the Philippines and stated I was a "flight risk" like WOW!!!!??? Flight risk as in a criminal about to run away from the country? LOL. Then this other instigator coworker of mine's was saying I was too old to get a job there blah blah etc etc and I needed up to date pictures on my resume. Uhh..I was going to Tokyo back then to propose to my then GF and coming back to work after my vacation 2 weeks later since you know, I had a good current LVN job and a mortgage to pay. LOL. So freaking funny. Yeah, I complained to the union and I think HR if I recall. Hilarious. Of course, you can guess this was a toxic workplace and got retaliated on for complaining about being HARASSED. I think we had HR sit down with us numerous times along with the union about our "morale" problems lol. I'm an idiot for not suing when I look back. And there were other crap going on since then too. So, I laugh when people say bullying doesn't occur in nursing.

I agree with you. Remember this: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article207364464.html

When somebody used to read our diary? I miss the 1980s lol. A lot of angry older sisters out there. Haha. Hopefully they've forgiven family members for that. But yes, it's a snitch Stazi/Gestapo culture we have now at work and outside it. Not only will these "people" report you, they'll set you up too.

This should be changed in the future to "how often do you take your 3 piece suit to the dry cleaners as a nurse"?