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SoundofMusic

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  1. Any projections for nursing employment in the current and near future economy?

    SoundofMusic replied to Saifudin's topic in General Nursing

    LOL. Well, the problem here is that the problem plaguing us is the same problem plaguing the rest of the country. There is no money for any meaningful reform -- counties, cities, and states are broke...

  2. I hate nurses, what should I do?

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

    But when is anyone going to do something about it? I have heard through the grapevine that Jhaco is now going to start doing something about horizontal violence? Well, duh -- isn't it about time? Why...

  3. Dansko clogs

    SoundofMusic replied to mamason's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Oh, wow -- a forum where I can sing praise to my Danskos!! These shoes saved my feet, my back, my career, my sleep -- my LIFE. I used to go home w/ excruiating pain from walking in the wrong shoes...

  4. Customer Service ratings ....

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Well, this is what I don't understand. We have several hospitals in the area, but it's a LARGE metro area, and we are usually full and I don't see what the options are. I guess they might be trying to...

  5. How to avoid burnout?

    SoundofMusic replied to C. Howe's topic in General Nursing

    I think what's helping me right now is to take additional courses, add to my knowledge base, become a resource person on a few additional items on the floor, and try to attend those CEU lectures. To...

  6. 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

    To the devoted son who stayed in the room w/ his demented mom all night -- you ARE one amazing person to be here with your aging parent, to stay, to help, to do what a family member SHOULD do when...

  7. Sick of making mistakes and questioning why I ever became a nurse to begin with!

    SoundofMusic replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am in the same boat -- about six months off orientation now and it seems I make a doozy about once a week!!! And I can't even tell you why. Of course, it's often always due to being rushed, over...

  8. What are all the things you should have on your first nursing job?

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

    At the beginning I had A "gear" pack that I wore around my waist to carry stuff -- can't believe I even did that. Stuff I bought after seeing I needed it: Good shoes! A 2nd stethoscope w/ my name on...

  9. How do you get over your new RN boo boos (mistakes)

    SoundofMusic replied to love-d-OR's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am about seven months off orientation now, and it seems I'm still making mistakes, even worse ones. Every day I walk in, there seems to be something that just gets thrown at me and there just aren't...

  10. 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

    What I'd like to say to many of them is this: Our country is in crisis right now. We actually don't really HAVE the money to be treating you, so you're DAMN LUCKY that the law insists we keep you here...

  11. One year into nursing and I'm burned out already!

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    I hate to whine, but as a nurse on a med sur/neuro floor as I head into my 2nd year, I see no end in sight to the paperwork, especially. They just keep coming up with additional forms of...

  12. One year into nursing and I'm burned out already!

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Your comment is absolutely not off topic -- it is right on. THIS is what has burned ME out. Answering the call light when you are in the middle of a blood draw, or a code, and having to do this for a...

  13. Any projections for nursing employment in the current and near future economy?

    SoundofMusic replied to Saifudin's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure, but one hospital in our rather large urban area all of a sudden has no nursing openings. Sort of scary. Our hospital is still hiring, but it seems to be affecting some. Our hospital does say...

  14. One year into nursing and I'm burned out already!

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Jokerhill, I appreciate your words of wisdom. I do feel like I will always be the "newbie" on this floor, always the "orientee" and so many nurses there sort of hold it over me when they get the...

  15. Career change at 54 to Nursing?

    SoundofMusic replied to had999's topic in General Nursing

    As long as your health is good, and you can withstand a very demanding 12 hour shift, can pass the courses, etc. you CAN enter the field at a late age. They need nurses so they don't discriminate...

  16. Dropping out of 4th semester nursing

    SoundofMusic replied to meghanlane's topic in General Nursing

    As a mom to a child w/ autism, we know all about the gluten free diet. It does seem to help a lot of people, especially celiacs, and just anyone in general w/ sensitive stomachs. GFCF foods are...

  17. Bad Managers

    SoundofMusic replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    So far, I really have enjoyed working for our managers. Now, when I was an orientee on the unit, they seemed sort of crappy to me, but now I think that I've stuck it out and proven myself a bit, they...

  18. What to do about barrage of questions from families

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am frustrated and stressed at times w/ family members who show up, usually after they get off work, barging into the rooms and DEMANDING to know every answer to everything about what is going on w/...

  19. How to Gain Respect in the Workplace

    SoundofMusic replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know. I think just doing your job and put one foot in front of the other, and ignore these types. They are always there, usually NEVER EVER have a nice life outside of work, and you just go...

  20. first year nurses.......what is the longest you have stayed passed your schedule.....

    SoundofMusic replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What gets me is that on our unit, the travelers seem to have no problem staying late. No management getting on top of them. They get paid "out of a different pot" and so they just stay late if they...

  21. first year nurses.......what is the longest you have stayed passed your schedule.....

    SoundofMusic replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I will, on average, stay about 20 to 30 minutes past my shift. Our managers float around and ask "what are you still doing here?" I just clock out at 730 and do the extra half hour on my own. Everyone...

  22. Putting the Passion back in Nursing!!!!!

    SoundofMusic replied to nurse_sho's topic in General Nursing

    I find that abiding by all the "rules" and trying to complete all the paperwork every shift really robs ME of my passion for it. I feel sort of like a robot at times, a chart monkey. I wish they'd...

  23. How are those doctors treating you?

    SoundofMusic replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say on our unit at a large hospital they are fine, for the most part. There are a couple of outlier ass****s that come in from time to time, but we just ignore them and don't respect them -- so I...

  24. Keep forgetting my labs!

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    We are switching over to a new scanning system in our hospital, and now labs are all done through these handheld machines. Our techs are usually helpful and can get their labs done, but lately, some...

  25. Is nursing really that stressful?

    SoundofMusic replied to dslite's topic in General Nursing

    Well, yes, and no. It's extremely stressful the first couple of years, because you just don't know what you're doing and there isn't a lot of time to "study up" while at work. Sometimes during a 12...