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I am relatively new here but from what I have read so far I like this site. However, I see a lack of support from one nurse to another. In the hospital the doctors are bad enough to work with but when you have no support from other nurses it can make...

AMEN. And I would like to add... the grass is not always greener on the other side and one should not talk about a surgeon complaining about working hard and not getting recognition when that's all that seems to be going on here... Maybe the surgeon ...

Letting my stressors get me down makes me tired. Some people spend so much time whining and complaining about their jobs, kids, husbands,that makes me tired. Walking through the door after a 12 hour shift and instantly becoming a mother and cooking a...

Good nurses kill them selves for their job Nice nurses should be politicians

Me again, Vicki RN. Not to be annoying , but if I am don't read this then. My hubby works on chimmneys and towers and things. Any way my point is a kodak camera company spews out more air pollution then if every person in that city smoked. I live nea...

Hmmmm I smoke. I take two breaks each day and sometimes three and I make up for it. I work long hard hours, I skip lunch sometimes or eat in what seems like seconds, I do not preach to smokers or non smokers about what wierd, bad, or what ever habits...

I agree with everyone.... Uniforms and identification badges are notenforced. Hopitals and other medical facilities allow aides and MA to do things only nurses should be doing to save a buck or two. I have a friend in Maryland, an MA who helps change...

I think a lot of hospitals under staff the night shift. But until nurses stop working over time and continue to over come and adapt it will always be that way. Even day nurses are short handed these dyas it seems, not as bad as night shift though. Vi...

I love being a nurse, have always wanted to be a nurse and would not give it up for almost anything!! Vicki RN

I think male nurses should be able to work in any nursing area they want just as female nurses should be able to. Um a few of these replies were somewhat... different.. Like what do toilets have to do with L&D? If men have their places and female...

this is not directed right at you. I just chose this spot to reply to the bashing I see going on. How can nurses stand united as one when they can not even get along on here? Every one is entitled to their own opinion and each of us should respect th...

Sounds so easy. How do you get millions of nurses together to unionize when they are all working long hard rediculous hours? And how do you find your way through all the red tape and different laws? And how do you even go about getting union represen...

I totally agree with the last part of your statement. If nurses want better treatment and wages... they need One Union and One voice. United we stand divided we fall.... we have no union in my town in Pa. They tried to get in but other people at the...

I would recommend nursing to anyone expressing an interest, if I felt they really wanted to go in that direction. I do not like to hear " I became a nurse to make money..." A good nurse is someone who wants to be a nurse, who cares for and respects c...

I totally agree. Borderlines will suck you dry and reek havic if they are inpatient too long. I worked in a MICA unit and many of our clients were borderline. I learned to spot them the minute they came through the door. Unfotunately the MICA unit is...

I have just started coming to this site and I love it. I work with kids in a behavioral health setting that has a variety of different aspects. I work with kids in RTF (residential treatment facility) and community kids who cannot function in public ...

So funny and so true. My husband of 13 years still is amazed that when he loses the battle with some tool or other I just do as your wife did and calmly rap it and take him to the hospital. Thanks for the good chuckle.

Caroline I totally agree with the bottom part of your statement. Experienced age is helpful. I do disagree for teh most part though that a new graduate will not be very welcome on psych unit. Good staff do what they can to help each other out regardl...

I have seen EMDR done on 10 clients and I have seen no real change or only short term improvment.

I have been in psych nursing for three years now and I love it. I have worked with adults and I worked on a MICA unit which is mental illness and addiction problems. Now I work with adolescents and enjoy that. Always be on alert because you never kno...

I went into pediatric home care taking care of terminally ill children right out of school then I went into psych nursing a few years later and I love it. I know med surg would not be easy to jump in to now but if you keep up on new techniques and tr...

we have a Dr. Sosic (obgyn)and Dr. Soares (orthopedics)