I work for several agencies....just take your pick after you have called them and asked their rates, etc. The downside is the cancellations but if you have several agencies and you are flexible with...
Until a few years ago when there was a nursing crisis at cape cod, nurses would leave this profession and become waitresses for the summer...then go back to nursing after the summer. Does that sum it...
In my third semester in school my nursing instructor, who was very competent and even wrote some of the nclex questions (and eventually got her doctorate in education..where she is a professor in a...
I REMEMBER HAVING SOMEONE CALL ME IN WHEN IT WAS VERY, VERY BUSY AND i HAD BEEN WARNED AHEAD OF TIME THAT SHE WAS VERY DEMANDING. WELL, I WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN THE HALL , INTO HER ROOM AND SHE WANTED...
I wanted a job with a lot of flexibility and nursing seemed like the ticket. I could work double shifts a few days a week and have the rest of the week off if I chose to. If I had to do it all over...
I chose nursing over rad tech....a hugh mistake. in Massachusetts there is a big demand for rad techs. It's a nice, clean job with plenty of $ and lots of OT available. The rad techs I know love it...
No duh. I've always treated nursing as a business and never got caught up with "I'm here for the patients crap" It's a job and when you work for these corps.....they don't give a s ! I go in...
If you feel that this situation is unsafe and you want to bolt out the door I would go to the supervisor, explain the situation that it is NOT safe and she needs to maker it safer for you to continue...
karenne40 replied to Germanicus's topic in Men in Nursing
I can absolutely sympathize with you...nursing is a lousy profession. I've been a nurse for 11 years if if I was 20 years younger I would be gonzo. Have you ever thought about going back to school...
Tantarosa: I started to write you but my finger slipped and I'm not sure if you got my previous message. Anyway I can appreciate your point and hope that I would get someone like you if I got sick. I...
:twocents:Does anyone really like nursing...be honest! I work for several agencies and go to many, many places. To find satisfied staff is near impossible. The facilities are always short (esp....