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SoundofMusic

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  1. Need advice about leaving a position.

    SoundofMusic replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if you've considered it, but could you possibly MOVE closer to the job you really want? My husband and I have moved to be closer to jobs, and it's worked out great. We rented our home...

  2. Who is GENERALLY more of a "PAIN"?: Co-workers OR Patients?

    SoundofMusic replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

    Well, patients can be a pain, but the difficult co-workers only make the job of caring for patients all that much harder. It's the sullenness of so many co-workers that I find difficult to deal with....

  3. Things you'd LOVE to tell the doc and get away with it....

    SoundofMusic replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    Be cool. Just be cool with the nurses. We're just people like you. Have a sense of humor. Smile. Don't be so serious all the time. We can get this done without all the grumpiness and arrogance....

  4. Letter to My Manager

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    Dear PCD: I was just wondering. Do you ever offer up sincere praise or compliments to anyone besides those who are equal or above you in status, or to anyone besides those in your Good Old Girl...

  5. Letter to My Manager

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Just one of our managers makes me feel valued. The others make me feel as if they just don't like me at all. One gives me grief every time I ask her a question -- about anything. I am at the point to...

  6. Things you'd LOVE to tell the doc and get away with it....

    SoundofMusic replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    Just a few things. I'm not hostile towards docs. . I feel they work really hard -- but I work really hard, too. And I'm with YOUR patients all day long. So, could you just give me the courtesy of...

  7. Letter to My Manager

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Of course, I won't send it. I just need to vent -- the snide comments and attitude, and having to deal with it for 14 hour period are just too much for my psyche to take without getting some of it...

  8. Have you seen a decrease in verbal abuse by physicians?

    SoundofMusic replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know. Nothing has been saio about it officially where I work. I do feel that the physicians I encounter have been for the most part, respectful. Some get a bit annoyed at times, but it may...

  9. "And it's all going to be your fault"

    SoundofMusic replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    This reality of nursing is why I'm not sure I will last long in the profession. It's just such a constant mental and emotional strain to work in this environment, to work so hard for so many people,...

  10. "And it's all going to be your fault"

    SoundofMusic replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    honesty, you could have and should press charges against this patient -- especially as he assaulted you with intention of harm and did so practically off hospital property. there is no excuse for this...

  11. Unit now overstaffed, and we keep getting floated

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    Everytime we come in now, someone is floated. First it was all about overtime, but now that our managers hired so many new grads, we are now overstaffed and experienced staff get floated. Is this a...

  12. Sometimes I feel so old (as a 2nd degree nurse)

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I'm not downing the younger nurses. In fact, I really, really enjoy working with them. But I also see younger nurses in the ICU's and THOSE are the ones who intimidate me. I feel that they are...

  13. Sometimes I feel so old (as a 2nd degree nurse)

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    I graduated from nursing school at 44, and now am successful on a unit and turning 46. It's a med surg/tele floor, and I'm happy there, but definitely want to move on after my contract is up. The...

  14. Don't want to be a nurse anymore

    SoundofMusic replied to belindalou's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I really value my time off. And I even hate to do two shifts in a row! I am just too tired from that. I have learned how to SERIOUSLY relax on my days off. I have done overtime ONCE, and it just wore...

  15. Do you love nursing or hate it???

    SoundofMusic replied to ysin's topic in General Nursing

    I definitely have a love/hate relationship with it. I left a former creative career in marketing and PR to do this. I DO miss the creativity part, but like you said, as time goes in, whatever field...

  16. One year in, yet still making errors -- stupid ones!

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    Today I had a PCA pump and totally documented it all wrong. I KNEW how to do this, but just didn't remember. We don't do them much -- I probably haven't had a PCA pump in 4-6 months. I know I should...

  17. Getting called off

    SoundofMusic replied to pottie's topic in General Nursing

    It has happened once to me. I sort of squawked, though, and they dropped it and let me come in. I really don't want to use PTO as I have been diligently saving it for vacation. If I would start...

  18. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    SoundofMusic replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I was a second degree nurse, with a former career in marketing and PR. However, as time went on, I became suffocated by having to spend so much time on a computer, just emailing, basically, for a...

  19. My Name is BlueHenRN and I Almost Ate my Young Today

    SoundofMusic replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    I had a preceptee the other day I would have liked to have taken a bite out of. Talk about clueless and, dare I say it, just OUT THERE. She cannot smile. She cannot stay with me. She runs around doing...

  20. stressed..other nursing options??

    SoundofMusic replied to LovePurple's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would only have to say, remember that you are NOT alone on a floor. Ideally, you have a charge nurse, a manager or two floating around, and other experienced nurses you can ask questions of. Yes, it...

  21. Bedside Rounding

    SoundofMusic replied to ophirose's topic in General Nursing

    We are required to do it. Yes, it takes a lot of effort, but I'm glad we do. Our patients can sometimes not always be so stable, (even though they're supposedly admitted because they're stable). I...

  22. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    SoundofMusic replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Please don't call me . . . honey. I am not your "honey" and I really wish you'd stop treating me like your wait staff. I am a professional with a college degree. Two of them, in fact. I am likely...

  23. One year in, yet still making errors -- stupid ones!

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    That's a good description of it -- the Duh Mode. Things I SHOULD know -- yet I boggle it. I have also, too, had many successes. I wonder if they try to build you up, only to then tear you down. It...

  24. One year in, yet still making errors -- stupid ones!

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    A big thanks to everyone who replied. You really lifted my morning here, on my day off, where I am going over everything in my mind, over and over. This really helped. It's the "bonehead" errors that...

  25. No such thing as a stupid nurse

    SoundofMusic replied to Mommy_of_3_in_AL..RN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that many nurses are lazy and are "gifted" (I love that one) at milking the system. I don't think these types are stupid at all -- they "learn" how to do their job without working as hard --...