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I served 11 years in the Navy NC. No where I have ever seen such an organization that rewards incompetence! It rewards those who work the least and punishes those that work the hardest. The senior ranking NC officers were underachievers as RNs who were assigned from clinical job to clinical and failed at eat to where they eventually ended up in administration. Participating in hot dog sales for fund raisers and raising money for the NC Association. That earned them points. The Navy Nurse Corps is for you if you are incompetent.

I was told by the Infection Control nurse that it is a national infection control standard that any working hospital uniform soiled by blood or other bodily fluids or infectious waste, need to be left and laundered by the facility or disposed of and reimbursed. Does anyone know about this?

Was your patient digging a ditch? They get so fifthly in bed! How dare you. Bathing, airway, breathing , circulation.

According to hospitals, there has never been significant evidence showing that the uniforms of health care workers carry pathogens. Thus is the reason why scrubs are not laundered and provided by hospitals.

I work in critical care so if they can usually expend that much energy, they are most often transfered out. However, I have experienced families that are out of control. Abusive, condescending, and even physically threatening. We have found that hospital management does little about this and often goes beyond extraordinary measures to placate these families and enable this behavior. This is done in the ideal of "customer service." We deal with it by taking turns with those assignments and thus sharing the "cup of poison."

I have been a nurse for 11 years going on 12. I was a RN in the military for 10 years. Your personal experience will depend on the team you work with. This includes your fellow RNs, your chosen specialty, your managers, ancillary staff, and team of physicians. However the biggest factor is you and where you allow yourself to be placed in the food chain. I would be lying to you if I were to say I never hated my job or considered leaving nursing. When I reflect on the moments it generally was related to being around a miserable bunch of people. When I reflect on the great moments, I was around very positive and supportive people. The other aspect of nursing to reflect on is that fact you will be working with people that make life or death decisions daily and therefore they will be callused and have a very strong personality. As I was getting out of the military with A CCRN and 10 years of ICU, I had several interviews. I made it a point to interview the facility. I asked about retention, vacation policies, professional development, and requested a tour of the unit. I chose the place I am currently working at now and I have very good job satisfaction. In my tour, the people were warm and friendly and the manager that walked me through seemed to be very well liked and respected by the staff. Some of the other places I toured had cold atmosphere and at one other facility, the staff seemed very avoiding of the director. All this helped in my decision process as I had several job offers. I hope this helps.