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SoundofMusic

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  1. working during clinicals

    SoundofMusic replied to Rachel D's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am planning now not to work during clinicals. My husband will also be retiring from the military that year. We plan to move out of our higher cost rental and find almost a cheap apartment -- or...

  2. Our boss is so awful!

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I wanted to update this post. Our boss has put in her resignation. In the last few months, many of us on our floor wrote letters to HR, and HR even showed up on our unit to do focus groups. Enough...

  3. Our boss is so awful!

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    She's the leader of the unit and basically, if you do anything to get on her bad side, she will DESTROY you. We've had probably 3 or 4 nurses since I've been here who in one way or another either...

  4. Did I pick the wrong career?

    SoundofMusic replied to blackpants22's topic in General Nursing

    I've felt the same way you do now, many times. I would regularly scour the want ads after work, just dreaming that I could get out of nursing and back into something more normal. I mean -- most jobs...

  5. What do you hate most/love most about your job? List one of each.

    SoundofMusic replied to AtACrossRoads's topic in General Nursing

    Just hate the stress. The very hectic moments trying to get so much done in so little time. Really hate the nasty co-workers and most of all, nurses who eat their young. I hope for some of them, that...

  6. Chief of staff stood up for us ... a total "WOW" moment.

    SoundofMusic replied to Meg88's topic in General Nursing

    For whatever reason, this story is bringing tears to my eyes tonight. All we nurses need sometimes is a hug and to be told we're really doing ok. It's just a breath of fresh air from the usual. What...

  7. Nurses as secretaries

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is an idea that I feel is very unsound in nursing, and that is to place a nurse in the role of secretary for the day. Because our hospital has frozen hiring now, and because we can't keep a...

  8. Nurses as secretaries

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed,

  9. Nurses as secretaries

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    What is so darn hard about understanding why I don't want to be a secretary or to see my job turn into one where I am expected to routinely perform administrative functions? I don't want to be truck...

  10. Nurses as secretaries

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    This attitude is pretty incredible. Sorry, but I do worry about the finances of my hospital. I'd like for the hospital to remain financially viable not only for the community but for me to have a JOB...

  11. Nurses as secretaries

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah but -- wouldn't it be more financially PRUDENT to hire a few more secretaries, let nurses me nurses, and create more efficiency and safe care for everyone???? You have at $60 an hour paid someone...

  12. Working prn while working elsewhere part time

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone done this successfully? It's my first foray off my unit where I now work 2 days a week. I want to sign up for prn shifts at another hospital closer to my house to make a little more money...

  13. Working prn while working elsewhere part time

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, all -- did know this was so common. I'm all for it, with my ADD type mind. It's sad, but after 2 years, I'm so bored I have to slap myself during the day at work. I need a

  14. Do you usually stay in the specialty you start out in?

    SoundofMusic replied to tigerlily345's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I started out in neuro/tele, and I never thought I'd even start there --but I did. And I have learned so much about the brain, but also the heart, and also the kidneys, since they are so...

  15. Hostile work environment

    SoundofMusic replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Ain't it the truth. I'm also a second career nurse and it's unbelievable what I see on our unit on a daily basis. Nurses who are SO rude, so unprofessional. Managers who haven't a clue how to motivate...

  16. Working prn while working elsewhere part time

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. I think it actually sounds like I can make it work, and I SO look forward to trying out another unit. I just want off of mine, to stop thinking that it's the only game in town, and to stop...

  17. ...Then you let it go. That's how you take care of yourself...

    SoundofMusic replied to southernbelle4lu's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I think that the job we do is huge, and complicated, and there are at least 1,000 TASKS per day that we have to carry out. I think it's normal for our brains to want to process that all a bit --...

  18. Safety Beatup

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well, I just got home from an hour long safety meeting, mandatory for everyone who works at our hospital. They are upset at the high number of safety events yet .... they have cut staffing, refuse to...

  19. Safety Beatup

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Romano - I'd love to take a vacation, but just can't for many reasons. I'm not stressed over it as much as I am just astounded by the way things are going in healthcare, with nursing, with everything...

  20. Help me, I'm a new nurse with anxiety/depression.

    SoundofMusic replied to yng65's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Well, your'e not alone. I had to go on zoloft right at the start of nursing school, and unbelievably, I was able to wean off of it before becoming a nurse -- but I definitely have high moments of...

  21. When did you become competent with starting an IV and blood draws

    SoundofMusic replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Blood draws within the first year as we had to do them every night at 4 a.m. on night shift. But I was very anxious about it. Now I can usually get 95% of my blood draws. IV's definitely took longer....

  22. To all the moms out there: How did you do it?

    SoundofMusic replied to Karina1481's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, yeah -- reading what CFitz wrote, I have to agree in a way. If you can afford to stay home w/ your kids, do it and perhaps do the nursing thing later. They grow up SO fast. I went back into...

  23. To all the moms out there: How did you do it?

    SoundofMusic replied to Karina1481's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I did it w/ 3 kids. Two were older and were in private schools. I'm lucky my husband makes ok money and I can almost stay home w/o having to work, but w/ a family on one income these days, mom...

  24. Am I being "dumbed down" in my current dept?

    SoundofMusic replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I understand what you are saying. I've been on a tele/stroke floor now for 2 years and I'm feeling bored and on autopilot most of the time. It's nice, but deep down I know I should move on and obtain...

  25. Urgent care centers

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone work in one of these? If you do,what is your typical work day like? What sort of thinks/people/diseases/problems do you see coming through your doors? Is it like an ER, easier? Worse?...