sistasoul

sistasoul

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  1. home health paperwork

    sistasoul posted a topic in Home Health

    Hi all, I have an interview for a Home health company next week. I am a little leary about the paperwork. I keep hearing about how nurses have hours of paperwork to do after they get home and that it...

  2. Need advice regarding reducing work hours due to anxiety please.

    sistasoul posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hi all, I dread going into my job due to the stress level I have when I am there. Even just walking on to the floor with all of the call lights, telemetry boxes beeping, occasional yelling out from...

  3. Need advice regarding reducing work hours due to anxiety please.

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hi HouTx, I am now considered a part time employee at 32 hrs a week and would still be considered a part time employee at 24 hrs a week. Right now the hospital is remodeling the 5th floor and we have...

  4. Need advice regarding reducing work hours due to anxiety please.

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in Health, Stress Management

    That is hilarious. What a great memory you have. I love that song too but it is not why I chose the

  5. Need advice regarding reducing work hours due to anxiety please.

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Sounds fun, I love the elderly. I would much rather take care of a 90 year old than a 40 year old. Different generation, different demeanor and less demanding. I worked in LTC for the first 6 months...

  6. Need advice regarding reducing work hours due to anxiety please.

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Thank you Viva, I have read many of your posts and enjoy your writing talents. I know it will not get any better. I am surprised I have lasted 4 years. Did not think I would last a year with this...

  7. Job Satisfaction: Can it be real in this field?

    sistasoul replied to thelittledoe's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I can count on 2 hands the number of uninterupted meal breaks I have had away from the floor in 4 years. Still have to punch out though. I am done with bedside nursing as soon as I find a way to get...

  8. home health paperwork

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in Home Health

    Farmer at heart RN, It would be multiple patients per day and I know a nurse who works there. She said it was a lot of paperwork and she did a lot at home and that Docs would be calling her at home...

  9. home health paperwork

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in Home Health

    Thanks all who replied. I think I will look at a different avenue to get away from the crazy hospital. That is just too much for

  10. i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

    sistasoul replied to Jenni811's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I also hate my job. I have been a nurse for 4 years in a med-surge floor. The constant stress and liability along with the micromanagement of charting are driving me too the point of just quitting. I...

  11. Interviewing tips for family practice please.

    sistasoul posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Hi all, I have an interview next week at a family practice. Would love to land this job as I am tired of working weekends and 2nd shift and the constant stress of the hospital. I am sure there is...

  12. Interviewing tips for family practice please.

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Thanks for all of the replies. I did not get the job but it is OK. The job was for telephone triage which I would have hated. I like to hands on care of my peeps. It was not advertised as a telephone...

  13. Advice needed

    sistasoul posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hello all, In 2005 I got hired at a local hospital to work as a nursing assistant. I quit due to personal reasons during orientation and left without giving a notice. Highly unprofessional and...

  14. Facebook while on the clock?

    sistasoul replied to maureen924's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have never seen this behavior where I work either. It is way too busy. It seems nurses are always fighting against the clock to get all of their patient assessments and charting done. Where are...

  15. New Nurse can't eat lunch

    sistasoul replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    Does she know most nurses do not get "real lunches"? Meaning an actual 30 minutes away from patient care or

  16. I apologize..

    sistasoul replied to letsbefriends's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Your post was beautiful. It is so true that we don't have time to comfort our patients the way we would like. I am sorry you had to be put through this. It is very busy where I work but having the...

  17. Interviewing tips for family practice please.

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Thank you all for your ideas and advice. Strengths are easy to come up with. Weaknesses are always a struggle though. You don't want to say anything that will take you out of the running from getting...

  18. Interviewing tips for a family practice position.

    sistasoul posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hi all, I have an interview next week for a family practice position. I would love to land this job as I am tired of the insanity at the hospital and working weekends and off shifts.I am sure there is...

  19. Why are new nurses treated poorly?

    sistasoul replied to rnckr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Though there may have been teaching going on the tone of the OP message was one of the nurse being condescending. Whether that is true or not is hard to ascertain from not being privy to the...

  20. Why are new nurses treated poorly?

    sistasoul replied to rnckr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This standard answer of "because you let them" is BS. Why does the person who is being "bullied" need to change their behavior? What about the "bully". They are the ones in the wrong and their...

  21. Why are new nurses treated poorly?

    sistasoul replied to rnckr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Plain and simple. Some people suck and some

  22. When Nurses Cry

    sistasoul replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Sheila, I would love you to be able to take care of my mother if she was ever placed in a LTC facility. I agree it is heartbreaking. Being sensitive is a beautiful thing in this world. Don't worry...

  23. When Nurses Cry

    sistasoul replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I have cried quite a few times at work. The worst for me was the 88 year old man who I was discharging to a rehab facility to get stronger from a fall before going home. His wife who had recently had...

  24. Nursing: Then and Now

    sistasoul replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I have been a nurse for 4 years. I have talked to a few nurses who had been nursing in the 70's and 80's. They all say the biggest change is that you had more time with the patient back then then...

  25. open house interview by invitation only?

    sistasoul posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, Need advice. I have an interview Friday for a medical surgical unit. The interview is an open house format by invitation. I have never had this type of interview before. Should I bring extra...