dlgg

I sympathize with your concerns. I am a nurse and was totally ashamed of those in the nursing profession when my own father was hospitalized. He was on an oncology floor where he was dying of leukemia. I bought him a tape player, like a walkman, to listen to music to when he was alone so that he wouldn't be lonely. Well, he was 64 years old and had never had one before, so that when he sang to the music he forgot he was singing out loud! His nurse came in and told him that he was rude for thinking that he was the only person on that floor. She went on to say that he was making noise and disturbing the other patients and he was very selfish! He told me about the episode and I was furious. I went to the charge nurse and told her and she said she would handle it. Later that same week the rude nurse came back in and said right in front of me to my father, so I heard you ratted on me for yelling at you!!!!! Hello????? This man is dying of cancer and all this so called nurse could do was yell at him for singing. There were only 2 nurses during his stay that I felt comfortable leaving him with. The worst part was that they all knew I was a nurse and that still didn't get him better care. That was in pennsylvania. Luckily he died under the care of a very caring nurse. I know nurses are overworked and underpaid but the attitudes of nurses have definitely gone down the tubes. So you may find that attitude is not just one limited to new york.

Thank you to the three of you who responded to my plea for direction and help. I especially thank galenight because I do believe I need to remember WHY I became a nurse in the first place. I will be doing some serious soul searching and see what I come up with. Thanks Again! dlgg

Hi, I am an LPN in the state of PA. I have been an LPN for 20 years and am currently taking liberal arts courses at my local community college. I am not sure if I want to continue in the nursing field. So far, I have only worked for a short time in the hospital setting, I worked post partum and the operating room. Then, I moved out of the hospital into a nursing home and then an insurance company and then an ob/gyn office. I have HATED my career as a nurse thus far. I got scared and thought that I couldn't handle hospital nursing so i chickened out and went into a nursing home. At the time I did that, 1981 nursing homes were NOTHING like they are today, and I recognize that much more skill is required in a nursing home today. To make a very long story short, I have always wanted to work in the ER, but can an LPN get emergency nursing certification ? And can anyone tell me what the certifications required are ? I know acls, but i don't know what others would be helpful, i have read the abbreviations here in other posts, but i haven't a clue what they are. Where does one go to get certification ? Finally, I am struggling to decide whether to stick with nursing and try some other areas to see what I like, but I am already 40 years old and I need to come up with a plan soon. My other choice is to become an elementary school teacher. I am so torn !! I was reading other posts in a section called would you recommend nursing as a career, and i got scared to death, especially the post from a nurse who says that nursing as a career is pathetic. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!