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Bingo!

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"?

I heard in Texas, people can carry in churches now.

From people that are the true bullies? Let me share a couple of "bullying" stories. Back in 2009(?), I was working for a university and I witnessed the floor manager pat a floor nurse (like how you would pat a golden retriever) in the head pretty hard and stated she was a good nurse. Wouldn't you consider that bullying? I saw that and my jaw practically dropped to the floor. The look on this floor nurse I will never forget. Talk about demeaning. This was an RN floor nurse and she was a pretty damn good nurse. Heck, most of the RNs on that floor were awesome. This same manager practically cornered me in the locker room one day and well...you as an adult can figure that out.

In a combat support hospital, you better believe medics and LVNs will be packing *wink* *wink*...God, I miss locking and loading a rifle, SPORTS, function checks, cleaning and putting back a rifle together (except hand guards) and unloading a magazine or two down range. It's like playing an electric guitar. Nothing like the gun powder and carbon smell of a M-16A2 rifle or .45.

I'm an LVN and after decades of hearing about LVNs vs RNs and what's a true nurse blah blah...who cares. Also include that LVNs are getting phased out too BS. In the end, we are all on the same side along with the doctors, aides, assistants, and nurse practitioners.

Ha. I like how you have quotes on the word bullying like it doesn't occur. Buddy, just a year ago, I was orientating in this clinic and one of the senior LVNs at this clinic was talking crap on how she was going to set me up. Right, I'm kwaaazy and I just imagined that right? Better up the dose on that seroquel I tell's ya. Your son's friend works in health care? BTW, do a search on bullying on this site alone and tell me how many nurses here are complaining about that. Next, go on your favorite search engine or You Tube and look that up and get back to me. If enough people are reporting it, you gotta at least give them the benefit of the doubt instead of labeling them as crazy.

Helped a mental health patient escape? Hmmm.....sounds like a horror movie like this one: Funny how an employee of 20 years with the same organization is fired from his or her job. A lot of that going around *cough* *cough*

I know, right? The first replies weren't very nice to the deceased. Every nurse knows bullying occurs at the workplace. EVERYBODY! Those that say it doesn't happen are in denial, naive(just graduated), sweep it under the carpet, keep their heads down, or participate in it.

LOL. I used to work med surg as a CNA and I was stoked when ever the charged nurse on the shift stuck me as a sitter on a patient. A break from 8 assigned patients doing ADLs, answering call lights, vital signs Q4, blood sugar checks, blood draws, ambulations, charting, I/Os, changing linens, and the wear and tear on your body and SOUL? Heck ya! This, btw, was in the 1990s. So, yeah, RN ordered me to watch a pt, I said let me get a Jolt Cola from the vending machine and I'll be right back ?

68WM6 = Army medic and LPN. I'm a military veteran. 8up or Ate up is the same as "FUBAR" Section 8, well, you work in healthcare for over 25+ years and something has to give lol.

Personally, I'd keep it active and take CEs and renew it per your state's policy. And keep reading them nursing articles etc.