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There are lots of positions that are not bedside nursing,

I believe union status reduces nurses from professionals to tradesmen. CHanges and standards need to come from within our own profession and individually

Magnet status is no m ore than Hospital PR

Don't know how I'm going to deal with this. In all my work I have been professional. I didn't go to school to be treated like a CNA. (No jab on CNA's, I was one and we couldn't do without them. I'm talking about Hospital management and administration.

You are not on a limb. If nurses were treated as professionals and held to professional standards those who are not professional wouldn't cut it! P.S. I have a daughter and gandson in Ireland.

Those of that take pride in our profession should have some recourse.

and employers wonder why no one wants to work on the floor?!?!?

I believe this relates well to my comments. Treated as professionals, perform as professionals or your job is in jeoprady

Did we ever gain ground? Who is working on changing this so nurses stay in the profession? I have enough previous business experience to go into another aspect of HEalthcare but I did pay for all the schooling to become a nurse.

Thanks for getting back to me! I have another question.. If I would specialize in LTC, Rehab, geriatrics this early in my career how would I get the ACLS and additonal clinical experience I need?

I'm 10 months into my second career as a registered nurse. In my previous career I managed departments of people for 20 years. If I had treated and managed my department co-workers as I've seen professional nurses treated I would have been doing the job all alone! Is it just me or is there a super CNA mentality to how professional nurses are managed? I've seen nurses reprimanded in public, scheduled to work days they were to be off without being asked, reprimanded for not "punching out" for lunch, and on and on and on. Finding out these things has been the biggest "downer" of my career change. I'm one who works extra when needed, arrives on time, does my work with compassion and skill and works as part of a team. I've been in environments where there is no team. When you take lunch you also answer your call lights during your lunch. Our ER send patients to just before shift change to clear their area for their shift. When asked why we don't talk about this I'm told "It's just the way it has always been". I've not seen nurses discussing patients between themselves to gain or share knowledge. I'm in shock at these situations within the profession. I've considered just getting enough experience to go Home Health. Anyone addressing these issues? Where does the timeclock mentality apply to professionals.

We needed an 83 and were told there was an 85% fail rate. 50% dropped out to get a different instructor. Those of us who made it were surprised at our grades. Turned out that if we did all weekly papers, research papers, asked questions, he was grading us on our overall participation, effort and grades. I got a B+ and as far as I know didn't pass a test unless he dropped questions. Figure that out????

I feel for you and Pathophysiology but I can tell you the more you learn and retain in this course the easier future courses and clinicals will be. Our instructor was tough and we complained during the course but thanked him after we used his information to get through other course. He told us to get: Pathophysiology, REviews and Rationales by Mary Ann Hogan - Karen Hill, Prentice Hall. Also Pathophysiology, Incredibly Easy, by Lippencott-Williams. It concentrates on the 3 main physiological responses, Inflammation, Immune and RAAS. Learn these inside out and upside down. I also lived with my A&P book and CD's. Good LUck.

Hi...I'm Kathy and I just graduated Dec. 06. I'm working Med Surg as a GN and will take NCLEX 2/14?!?!?!?!? I'm nervous but at 56 years of age I'm sure I've been through worse. Work is going well but I'm looking for input on time mgt. Does anyone use an iPOD to record activity to later chart information? Does anyone use a laptop and real time charting after every activity? All of my preceptors are taking tons of notes on paper and then entering the documentation into the computer. I'm trying to find out different rocesses that work or didn't work for others. Thanks!