SbRN2002

Hey. Thanks to all of the response. I am over this guy....Like you all have said in your responses, I am better off now. I am still hanging in at school. I take my final tomorrow. Everything looks good. Got everyone at church praying for me. I passed my clinical area. I will let you all know how I do on the final Tuesday.... Thanks a bunch guys ((((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))) Shannon:roll :roll

Thanks Guys!!!!!!! (((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))))))

My ex-fiancee decided that he didn't love me. He was seeing someone else the entire last semester behind my back. He got married to her on March 23rd.2002. We broke up on November 20th,,the day after my birthday.....She is expecting his child. I am ok with it. I realize she did me a favor...She doesnt know it yet.

Hey guys. Just writing to update you. I havent written in a while so i thought i would post on the last message I wrote. I am repeating Med/Surg semester. I didnt make it last semester. I failed by two points.....My ex decided that he didn't love me. He was seeing someone else the entire last semester. He got married to her on March 23rd. We broke up on November 20th,,the day after my birthday.....She is going to have his child...... Thank you guys for your help. Shannon

ok My first question is : Where do you guys work? just wanted to know so that when i graduate, I can make sure I come to work with you guys. THanks everyone. I had clinicals today. It was pretty rough. I had three total care patients. All had cancer. It was very depressing. I did my clinical rounds on the oncology floor this week. I like the ideas about riding the ponies and stuff outside of the stores. I will have to try that. Hehehehe. I will keep you guys up to date. I find out about my test grade on Monday, November 19th. Thats my b-day. I just hope it turns out to be a good one. I dont need a let down on my bday. SHannon

Thanks everyone. I did have several good cries yesterday. I felt better after I did. I thank everyone for helping me through this. I keep telling myself that everything is going to be alright. I do pray. Now, more than ever. God is the one that has helped me through this tough time. I would not have made it this far in school without him and I am not about to do it without him now. i am glad you understand. No one in my family or my friends know what the stress that is on me now. I am going to the Doctor tomorrow. She is very understanding. I am hoping that she can do something to help me. I will keep you all posted. We have only 1.5 weeks left of class then its our final. I hope i pass. I had a test today. I had to make an 88 or better on. Keep me in your prayers. I will do the same for you. Thanks Shannon

I am really stressed. I am in my last part of my Med/Surg semester. Things are getting harder every day. There is not enough hours in a day. On top of everything else, my fiancee and I are going downhill. I love him and cant imagine how to handle it. Everything is coming down on me all at once. WHY ME? I keep asking myself if everything is worth this much. I dont know what to do. My head hurts from crying all day. I feel like my life is falling apart at the wrong time. Guys, Help me please. I dont knw what to do. SHannon

OK I admit it there is a problem with a shortage of nurses and situations are bad.. I did not say that I would allow things to continue to go down as they are going. I wish we did have better situations with no problems at all...I see the nurses at my job suffer everyday trying to take care of their six patients. I used to work as a Ward secretary on the floor, but because of my desire to help the nurses, my nurse manager switched me to nurse assisting. Besides she did not even have to train me to do the duties because of school. But what can we do about the problem? We all need our jobs. We can't walk off and leave the floor when we find out we are short for the day already. I think thats called patient abandonment. We cant quit our jobs because we need a paycheck. So what do you all suggest we do about it? When i am in clinicals, I am assigned to three patients. I know that sounds small to you guys because you start at 5+ patients. I do have a clinical instructor and a primary nurse in charge of that patient also. But it is my responsibility to take care of that patient. Clinical instructor is supervising making sure I dont screw up and help me learn. The primary nurse just makes sure the IV bag does not run out or calls the Doctor when I tell her something is wrong. The hospital I am doing my clinicals has 8 hours shifts. They don't do twelve hour shifts. The hospital has 52 beds. Maybe I dont know everything you guys go thru. I wish I was already there with all of you. So what can we do about it. Complaining won't help. If we go to administration, they only just laugh at us. Trust me I have seen my nurse manager do it. We have lost 4 of the best RN's from our floor because they were tired of the way our floor is so fast. Med/Surg is a very busy unit.

Hey. I am sorry, but it seems that I offended some nurses.... The example I gave you about my patient was an illustration. I never said I was taking care of only one patient. We carry a three patient load. WHy work for a facility that would assign a nurse a 15 patient load? The max that I have seen the nurses I work with on the MED/SURG floor has been 8 patients. YOu guys must work in a very nurse shorted facility. THe hospital I work for would never assign a nurse to 15 patients or 10 for that matter. Even the ED nurses dont get over 8 patients. The nurses in the ER only have four rooms assigned to them. I was not meaning to say that you guys had nothing to complain about. I am sorry if I seemed to cut you guys down. I just wanted to remind you of the reasons we became nurses. I have seen students come to want to become nurses because it paid "WELL." They thought it was going to be easy work. I know it's not easy. They end up leaving the field and going back to school. Or even they dont even make it through school because they can't handle "living, breatheing, and sleeping NURSING." I see the nurses I work with suffer everyday. Because being a nurse is a complicated career because we have so many responsibilities and we have so many different kinds of tasks. Hey. I sorry i offended you all. I will keep my mouth shut.

What is considered "not enough pay?" In the state of SC, most nurses get paid $18.00/hour. Agency RN nurses get paid $30.00 to $35.00 an hour. I am working on a Med/Surgical unit in a hospital as a nursing assistant now. I have been on that floor for over a year. We have a very big patient turnover. I get paid 6.00 an hour to take care of 12 patients for 12 hours shift. I take care of the bed baths, changing patients, changing bed sheets, turning patients, taking VS, checking I & O's, doing FSBS on patients, charting VS and I & O's. I inform nurses about their patients about stuff that I know is not good. I help the nurses everyway that I can. I know nurses have a big responsibility. I know that it's stressful. I have seen it first hand. I have worked on several units: SICU, MICU, ER, Orthopedics, Peds. The only area that I have not worked is the OR, which i have no desire for that dept. I am sorry if I offended anyone. The point is,,,I have experienced the real world....

Hey. I am a nursing student. I am currently in my third semester of clinicals (Med/Surg). I have been reading responses to the survey and I just wanted to share my thoughts about it...Before I start, I want to state that I am not trying to offend anyone and I hope that I don't. It really disappoints me to read and hear the nurses complain about being a nurse and the workplace....Being a nurse is not about making the BIG dollars and being highly recognized for what WE do...A nurse has many responsibilities...WE are teachers, friends, listeners, counselors,...the list goes on and on. A nurse is understanding and not judgemental of the patients' lifestyle or illness. When I decided to pursue my dream to become a nurse, I knew about the long shifts at work, missing holidays with families, missing time with my hubby to be, and not being awarded "RN of the Year" for the work i had put forth. THe point is I am pursueing my dream because I care about people. I wanna be a support to someone in need and to lend a caring hand to someone that has forgotten what it feels like to be cared for. It takes someone with a big heart and soft hands to be a nurse. It appears to me that a lot of you have forgotten that. If there are such hard feelings about your work situations, make a career change. Try agency nursing. Its nurses like you that is ruining the NURSE name. Being a NURSE is very rewarding...Yeah, I am a student nurse, but I have experienced it....I have had patients thank me for helping ease their pain and comforting them... When I first started this third semester, clinicals were making me nervous...I was just scared to death that I was going to have to insert a NGT into some patient someday. Needless to say, that day came. My patient was suffering from Pancreatitis. He was a long time alcoholic and had been told many times by his MD to stop drinking because it was progressing his disease. He was in so much pain. I tried everything to try to help ease that pain. I rubbed his back, gave pain medicinces, assessed every few hours because I really wanted him comforted. The MD ordered a NGT to be inserted and placed on continuous suction. I was like "Oh my goodness this patient is really going to hate me because I have to put this tube down his nose...." I was freaking out because I had never inserted NGT down a real live human being. I had only done it on a stupid plastic dummy...I calmed myself down and gathered my materials to do the procedure. When I informed the patient about the NGT, he got really upset about it. I sat down and listened to him express his concerns. I explained it to him and told him it was going help relieve that abdominal pain. As I inserted the tube, I talked to him. After the insertion was complete and placement was confirmed, I had to give him an enema. I was feeling pretty lousy about having to put him through it all. When I was done, I helped him position in bed and get comfortable. I made sure everything was ok. As I was walking out of the room, the patient called to me. He thanked me for the effort I was putting forth for him and being so caring... That my friends is why I am getting my RN degree. Its all about helping and listening to your patient. I would encourage anyone that had a desire and a heart to become a nurse....If they felt the calling!