NurseMMM

I must have hit a nerve or something? So how many hours have you practiced in your BSN program this year taking care of a patient? As opposed to an ADN program that focuses on clinical care? I don't need statistics, it is a well known fact. ADN's...

Going back and getting your BSN is not usually a factor for making more money. It is usually because of wanting a higher education with the ability to advance to management in nursing. ADN programs do better for the NCLEX because you get more bedsi...

I know that most nurses who belong to a magnet hospital appear to be happier. They are apparently paid better and have sign on bonuses. Recruitment bonsuses and retention bonuses.

I was just happy to pass. Never worried about getting an A. If I ever did, that is? Can't remember. Not making As or Bs or even Cs, never mattered once I was out there working. It didn't make me a better nurse. Hard work and determination did. ...

Pediatric patients restained in their beds by nets and or wrist restraints, both day and night.

I don't need a vacation, thank you. And find your remark insulting. Guess you are one of those nurses who get a chucle at someone elses expense? huh? What I need is respect. Or atleast someone to validate that offering a nurse half of what she is...

Agency nursing simply stinks. Don't do it. Its not worth the extra money.

You are a new nurse. You are bound to make mistakes. Your human. Just try to be more careful next time. Check and recheck, twice if you have to. They should be giving you extra time for it, because there is a learning curve with new grads. You'...

At our facility, we have a response time of 20 minutes for the MD's to come to the hospital. Which sort of makes me uneasy most of the time. Alot can change in 20 minutes.

While I was in nursing school, but that was 25 years ago. If you didn't fit what they had imagined in their minds as a Florence Nightengale, you didn't pass. Or they found a way to get rid of you. I graduated in a class that started with 4 men, on...

Oh, unless you work at the medical center where I live. They short staff you if you work thru an agency. I did this for extra Christmas presents this year. They gave me a shift working a step down unit. 6:1 ratio. All patients on ventilator and ...

Ginger! Wow! Cause in NY, or atleast where I live in NY- the pay at an LTC is absolutely lousey! I checked a nursing home close to where I live and they offered me $20/hr! I almost choked! I am making twice that in the hospital! So, for me- it ...

Dying at home versus Dying in hospital? It depends upon the patient who is dying and the factors surrounding the eventual death. For most people, dying at home is more dignifying for them. They reach a point where there is acceptance. Where going...

A union would definately stop the nurse abuse out there. A strong one.

Before I took my NCLEX, I took a medication preparation review course. It helped my confidence. I went in a without fear and came out knowing I aced it.

I believe LTC nurses don't get respect because the pay is usually less. The care is not acute. And the requirments for certification, etc less difficult to obtain than such as CCRN. Not that you don't work your tails off. You do, we all do. I ha...

Have you ever researched the reasons why a nurse loses her license or is suspended at any state licensing site? Alot of them are LPNs who probably worked in a nursing home. Do you think they will support you if you make an error that may cause them...

I don't believe most people realize what we have to endure sometimes as a nurse. And be expected to remain emotionally and physically intact after such an incident. Why were you left alone with him to begin with? I hope he rots in jail. And I hop...

Well, thank god for Supervisors like you, Trudy. I believe that what goes around comes around eventually. And it is my hope that these terrible people get what they deserve someday. And if someone is reading this and is one of these terrible nurse...

In the same hospital, I witnessed one MD in the OR, calling the nurse a "fat ass" because she wasn't moving as fast as he would have liked. She also was in tears. I don't believe anything was done about that incident either. They always made excus...

One time, I worked with a Philopino nurse. She was a sweet soul. Some of the nurses decided she was an easy target. They tormented her sweet soul. Made her feel inept. She came from an LTC into the OR. She ended up quiting because of the abuse and go...

I feel terrible that you have experienced such an outcome. Unfortunately, most nurses have a deep sense of "lack of control" and transcribe their insecurities on what-ever punching bag that they can find. I have seen this many a time while working ...