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  1. Rn hurt by cold behavior

    How sad, I am truly sorry for the way your were treated. I am heart sick at your circumstance, how can any place justify themselves as a health care center when they treat staff as poorly as they have...
  2. Fitness Nursing

    There is a nurse who started a certification in fitness nursing, it may be a start for you to find out more about what the options are.. http://www.fitnessnursing.com/ Seems to me there would be a...
  3. In many of the jobs I worked our teams were made up of male and female nurses. From our point of view, it was an advantage in our specialty - the nurses all came from many other specialty...
  4. Surviving a passive aggressive co-worker?

    This is the point where I get confused, you have done everything you can in an impossible situation.The confusing part is your managers attitude. The employee may be smart and sharp per your...
  5. Dealing with nosey nurses

    Set limits, ask them a ton of questions since you are the guest, agency nurse.... ask questions relating to you doing a great job while working this facility. Then, as Caliotter states above think...
  6. I'm grateful for you crusty old bats

    If the Red Hat society was so successful, why can't we start an Old Bat
  7. Why hire RN's when other disciplines can do the job

    We are not as expensive as the lawsuits they will endure if they replace licensed staff RNs and LPNs with unlicensed "nursing"
  8. Why hire RN's when other disciplines can do the job

    So sad and so true. But, as Lindarn has pointed out, we will lose the last of our professional scope if we do not band together and define what nursing is and then control the profession by enacting...
  9. Nurses that Create a Hostile Work Environment

    Absolutely............you focused in on one of the major
  10. Nurses that Create a Hostile Work Environment

    I have found that in medical environments where the RNs are modeling professional nursing behavior ( focused on caring for their patients and not soap opera dramatic sabotaging of other nurses or...
  11. Nursing vs. Engineering

    Have you considered a career in Biomedical Engineering? It may bring together both of your areas of
  12. People that can't share feelings

    You are clueless about this specialty, so please respect the discussion. Escalating the thread is not helpful to those seeking important information about this
  13. People that can't share feelings

    Please brush up on your respect
  14. People that can't share feelings

    If the person is guarded,mean and irrational and thinking dangerous thoughts, it is very much our business...that is why we need to discuss how they are feeling................................having...
  15. People that can't share feelings

    Sometimes fear, of the unit environment and a testing of trust. Sometimes what a patient is admitted for is just the tip of the iceberg of issues that are simmering. Admitted for depression, but a...
  16. RN who's also a psych patient?

    Good luck to you, your medical background is your business. Sounds like you have a good MD and you follow your treatment plan. Follow your dream.... You can bring a lot to psych nursing including...
  17. My heart goes out to you, it is terrible to see the children placed in an unsafe environment due to poor staffing. It seems like you need to get the resume moving and get out fast before something...
  18. RNs without hospital experience

    Sorry no advice here, but wanted to wish you the very best with your nursing career
  19. Will nursing grow on me?

    You have been very misinformed. Psych nursing is not easy and although you will not have the clinical tasks that bedside nursing has, you need to be fully interested and present. A Psych nurse is part...
  20. Dental surgery vs. Plastic surgery

    I would take the dental position and work per diem at the plastic surgery job. Here is why, the dental job is closer to home with steady hours. I would offer my day off to the plastic surgery clinic...
  21. New grad w/question about CPR cert.

    No there are classes available,check with your local hospital or AHA office. For a small fee, AHA does have an online class. It has a great video and tutorial along with review tests. At the end you...
  22. Is pounding the pavement worth the effort?

    Not easy if you are new to area and have no contacts to call on your behalf. I agree smaller markets are better to
  23. Is pounding the pavement worth the effort?

    3bellesdad, May the Force be with you!:anpom: Good luck and give us an update when you
  24. pearlsreview.com?

    I like it for ceus, have used the courses in other specialties. I like it so much I am going to renew my membership. Sorry, clueless if it is comprehensive enough for a certification