dareese MSN, RN

I have worked as a camp nurse for many different types of camp. However, I have been less than impressed with my experience each time. I was wondering if it is just me and that I am not cut out for camp nursing or if in general, this type of nursin...

Our lifeblood has been drained and nursing shortages have reached critical levels. We must act now to fight for our survival as nurses before it's too late. We need to come up with swift and creative alternatives to our present broken healthcare sy...

Sure. I believe that there are LPN to RN programs. I enjoyed working with LPNs at the beginning of my nursing career. I was the charge nurse and the LPNs worked under me. I did not have to spend time directly supervising them as they were compete...

Appreciate your weighing in from an educational perspective. Excellent points!

Wow-what a shame! Hospitals are missing out on great nurses if this is a trend nationwide. Are other hospitals across the country similar in this practice?

I just read an article called "Medicare Support for NP Training Addresses Nursing Shortage" https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/966228 where Medicare is considering support for clinical training for NPs. Although the title is deceiving (support ...

I see that some nursing homes are starting to think outside of the box like the one mentioned in this article. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/01/10/nursing-home-worker-shortage-ripples-through-communities Maybe it is a start...

I agree about utilizing home care more. I still can't understand why insurance is willing to pay for hospital services but home care reimbursement is very limited. It seems to be a win-win to be in the comfort of your own home when ill especially f...

Our local hospital has a 1-year new grad intern program which seemed to be a little long in my opinion but apparently, it is necessary by the comments on this thread. These newbies are eased into nursing responsibilities very slowly and I would imag...

Well, that's a shame if hospitals are not hiring new grads or utilizing LPNs as they should. I am starting to see a common thread here....

Well, that's a shame!

This is a very interesting thread regarding the downfall of healthcare in the 70s which I was unaware of. Who would have ever thought that it would come to this, our current state of affairs.

I'm not sure if I was unclear. No, I am not saying that these practical nurses would get their BSN immediately. It would be more like a practical nurse program for an LPN with additional training over time to build on their education. The goal wou...

This hierarchy of nursing roles had worked for decades. Smart administration! And I bet that the RNs appreciate the help.

I am actually surprised to hear that many nurses do not feel that there is a shortage of nurses in hospitals and nursing homes. Is it just in my neck of the woods? We were always operating short prior to covid with open positions. It seems that if ...

Great ideas! I would love to figure out a way to consolidate all of our collaboration and somehow get it to land on the desks of those who make decisions regarding our hospital systems. Are there any administrators or nurse recruiters out there who...

I agree that a shorter education may be a problem. But what other options are there? Maybe it can be a stepped approach like LPN where the responsibility is less. Certainly, a BSN nurse would have more responsibility. Yes, I think it will take bu...

Do you feel like you are at your wit's end in your current nursing position? Are you burned out or feel unappreciated at your current job? In general, nursing tends to burn out good employees, and we as nurses keep sticking it out even though we ar...

Hopefully, with the worst of COVID behind us, nurses traumatized by the havoc and devastation of the pandemic can start to debrief and heal. For many nurses, COVID brought double hardship. Dealing with all the changes that occurred to our everyday ...

WOW! My heart goes out to you for all that you have gone through this past year. I am so saddened by what happened to the residents of long-term care facilities, some necessary and some not so much. To say it was an awful time for them is saying i...

Well done going back to the bedside to help out the cause!! Too bad it was a horrendous experience. I, too, was the new nurse at a hospital during covid, and it was pretty awful, although I kept it to myself. Some of the nurses and aides were very...

Congratulations. Good luck in the new position!

Wow! Are you considering changing positions? There are loads of nursing jobs out there right now.

I can see how that would happen! There is nothing worse than being a displaced nurse in a chaotic and stressful situation. I feel your pain!

First of all, I want to congratulate all of the new nurse graduates. Choosing nursing as a career is the best decision that you could have made. You will always have a job. I just wanted to offer you a few tips as you begin your exciting jour...