shazbo

not too bright=marginal guidance system

i think anymore my pts look at me and say "if she can do it i can do it". one survivor to another!

try nursing for 31 years and tell me how healthy you are!

boy,you've got a hard job. thanks for doing it. i imagine your nurses are going to need a little while to adjust to the new policy.have inservices been given along with this policy change? perhaps your senior nurses can take those mothers that need extra time and by example the others will see how this has helped. i hope if it were me i'd put aside my issues for the sake of a heartbroken new mom. in the end it's not about us,is it? this probably hasn't helped at all but i just wanted to offer my support.

don't get old.

i think i would cut and paste it back to him with the relevant blanks filled in and the life ins. stuff cut out. you have "saved him time".

i'm looking forward to being called retired nurse

the baylor program can vary somewhat place to place but basically you work every weekend, 2 twelve hour shifts. depending on the facility you may get partial benefits including health ins.paid time off,pension etc. sometimes you can only work every other weekend for the premium rate but then no benefits. i have seen other threads on this so check them out. good luck

i'm still working the floor but in a baylor program that has saved me. 7p-7a q sat/sun. work 24 get paid for 40. the combination of nights plus only 2 shifts per week will hopefully see me to the finish line. it offers me not only a living but a life.

i'm sorry you got fired from your first job; it most certainly won't be your last job though. i was lucky enough to have maybe 15 years under my belt before it happened to me.i learned something from it.firstly, humility.i'm not everybodys cup of tea?how about that? i'm a good nurse though and if you don't give up but rather keep going you will discover just how good a nurse you can be. and no,no one knows everything about their pts. but a good nurse anticipates probable outcomes and to do that you must know as much as you can-read the chart-put things together to have the clearest picture of your pt.imo you can't know too much. keep your chin up and best wishes

probably disney nursing

world traveller with hefty budget/ master gardener/ i still want to be a midwife/ a part-time cloistered nun?/ and i'd like to try being a wolf. this is weird!

i'd rather chew nails than go to the er but maybe cp/sob/etc would get me there but please not in an ambulance!

dearest nurse-heal thyself.lose the job,there will be others. take good care of you and yours.your health is paramount.

i've been a nurse since 1975 and still working. my mom is a retired nurse and when i was 14 [really] i worked as a nurses aide along side my mom every other weekend. it's how i learned to love nursing. please do yourself a big favor and get some low level experience before making such a huge decision. call me old fashioned but i think nursing is a vocation. one other thing- i'm encouraged by nervous new grads-it's a sign they comprehend the seriousness of the job.