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  1. Should I be THIS freaked out over vomit????

    marie-francoise replied to Tysmommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    janfrn's response seems cruel, not to mention unprofessional - INSTRUCTING nauseated patients not to vomit since you don't "do" vomit, and then suctioning their mouth while they ARE vomiting?...

  2. Does anyone like Med-Surg?

    marie-francoise replied to swee2000's topic in General Nursing

    Seems as though workplace conditions - esp staffing - drives job satisfaction/lack thereof? I think nursing students are fearful of the undesirable staffing ratios we're hearing about, to which...

  3. Horrible first day

    marie-francoise replied to HealthyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, Healthy_RN - any follow-up to the above questions? Sorry to hear about your horrible first day - I would likely feel the same way you do, were I in the same boat. Was there anything specific...

  4. Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

    marie-francoise replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    In reply to luv2_help - I'm actually not a nurse yet, so am not an OB specialist. You could post a thread asking for advice,

  5. Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

    marie-francoise replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    THANK YOU, everyone, for replying to my questions. Much appreciated. Certainly a mix of responses, although I could tease out some common themes from the pro and con arguments for becoming/not...

  6. Relationship based care/Playing the game

    marie-francoise replied to Firefly RN's topic in General Nursing

    I had to attend an AIDET in-service at a prestigious magnet hospital that I found absolutely nauseating. Had to watch an awful infomercial-like video of an audience nodding their heads like puppets...

  7. Any Regrets?

    marie-francoise replied to nursedudeforchrist's topic in General Nursing

    But two who responded that they have no regrets are no longer doing clinical nursing or are studying to enter a non-clinical field, and a third says she should have chosen medical records? As a...

  8. Who took the NURSE out of Nursing?

    marie-francoise replied to celeste7767's topic in General Nursing

    I also came from a truck-driving family, but I understand what you mean. It's the characteristics of the type - those who actually really do embody the stereotype - not the blue-collar background...

  9. need advice badly please help

    marie-francoise replied to RN0707's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Those patient-to-nurse ratios are just insane. The "nursing shortage" I think is in essence a strike - just without picketing or demands; nurses just giving up on the bedside because they don't want...

  10. What do you think are the current major problems in nursing?

    marie-francoise replied to Barras's topic in General Nursing

    too-high patient-to-nurse ratios = burnout = nursing shortage. contributing factors: hospitals run as businesses, advertised as hotels, and their nurses not given the professional respect they...

  11. Think I'm on the road to burnnout already... VENT... sorry so long

    marie-francoise replied to PatricksRNMommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    No amount of "stress management techniques" will address the real problem that you are experiencing: too-high patient-to-nurse ratios! I fear the nursing shortage is a vicious cycle in which nurses...