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  1. Hating Nursing School - Don't know what to do

    marie-francoise replied to nicolie1125's topic in General Students

    I think a lot of hatred of nursing is a LEARNED hatred. I think many, many enroll in nursing school with an honest desire to be a nurse; but it is only through immersion in a nursing role that one...

  2. Hating Nursing School - Don't know what to do

    marie-francoise replied to nicolie1125's topic in General Students

    You sound like me. I, too, hate nursing school. The book stuff is not hard - it's the clinicals I absolutely abhor. I don't know if it's that I actually hate nursing, or the atmosphere of the...

  3. so my year is almost up, who is gonna stay in the hospital, think I will PRN

    marie-francoise replied to Lorelai22RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Seems as though, as medical technology keeps getting better & more complex, and regulations get more numerous & more complex, and patient loads get larger and patients more acute - this is all...

  4. I hate nursing

    marie-francoise replied to prettylittlenurse2b's topic in General Students

    I can empathize with the OP to a certain extent. Bedside nursing is a TOUGH job. It's not a job most of the general public would choose to pursue or to stay in long-term, and it's no wonder there is a...

  5. CNA job making me almost want to give up Nursing

    marie-francoise replied to AZMOMO2's topic in General Students

    This newstory on the most depressing jobs, ranked, may interest you:

  6. (vent) Group projects

    marie-francoise replied to SoloWytch's topic in General Students

    Group projects are the biggest, steaming heap of hippy BS ever conceived of.

  7. Letter to Congress: ANA "Safe Staffing Saves Lives" campaign

    marie-francoise posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Just a reminder that you can submit the following letter on safe staffing to the ANA, who will then send it to your Congress people. It's really easy - you can even modify the letter if you like....

  8. How do Nursing Instructors deal with this? Clinical site RNs don't want us around

    marie-francoise replied to chicagrl's topic in General Students

    I, too, have found the non-structured, unwelcoming atmosphere of clinicals to be just plain ridiculous. My classmates and I count the hours and seconds until clinicals end - and these are 13-hour...

  9. I think I HATE what i'm doing...

    marie-francoise replied to ilovematt48's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a senior and am "muscling through it" (that's a good phrase). Nursing school has given me good knowledge; but, had I to do it over again, I would have studied something else. Working my summer...

  10. 13-hour clinicals too long?

    marie-francoise posted a topic in General Students

    Anybody here think that 13-hour clinicals are just too bleeping long? I know 12-hour shifts are becoming a norm in nursing - but I find 13-hour clinicals to be soul-, body-, and mind-draining. (And I...

  11. 13-hour clinicals too long?

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

    True. Just seems that the nature of clinical - i.e., the bewilderment of a novel setting, downtime boredom, and lack of control - makes those hours just seem to draaaaaaaag. And interns having to...

  12. 13-hour clinicals too long?

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

    I'm in my third of four semesters, doing my psych rotation. I think if nurses reached out just a bit more to students during clinical, to involve them in patient care more, it would help hugely....

  13. Staffing petition

    marie-francoise posted a topic in General Nursing

    A petition that encapsulates many of the problems in nursing, with emphasis on nurse-patient ratios:

  14. What didn't they teach you?

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

    I think ADN programs should have 1 fully didactic year (class, book-reading, lab), followed by 1 diploma-style, clinical year during which we are purely learning in the hospital/psych/LTC/clinic...

  15. My doubts about a future in nursing

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

    I don't know... some responding posts seem to be helpful and smiling, but really have a jab to them. The OP, meanwhile, was just being honest and open, without being personal to anyone in particular....

  16. Letter to Congress: ANA "Safe Staffing Saves Lives" campaign

    marie-francoise replied to marie-francoise's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So, based on the (very helpful!) responses of everyone... Below is a consolidated list of the various pieces of potential legislation/initiatives regarding nurse-patient ratios that were mentioned in...

  17. My doubts about a future in nursing

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

    Very well stated,

  18. My doubts about a future in nursing

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

    What surprises me in some of the previous responses is the TONE - especially the sarcasm, snideness, and defensiveness. What I see in the original post is a list of honest observations, whether...

  19. My doubts about a future in nursing

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

    I was also a little surprised by the negativity among the responses on this thread. I mean, if someone professes doubts about a career they're contemplating - nothing wrong with that. No reason to...

  20. My doubts about a future in nursing

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

    Actually, I suspect that many of the things you say are quite true. And the truth hurts sometimes (for those shaking their heads at such "negativity"... Just because the truth is unpleasant doesn't...

  21. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

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

    It looks as though something is giving, and has been giving - i.e., the nursing shortage. No home-grown nurse wants to stay at the bedside, for good reason. Not only are hospitals not hiring enough...

  22. Letter to Congress: ANA "Safe Staffing Saves Lives" campaign

    marie-francoise replied to marie-francoise's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    thank you. i also wonder if some hospitals advertise nursing jobs with no real intention to fill them. such practice would make them seem as though they were "trying" to staff adequately, but save...

  23. Letter to Congress: ANA "Safe Staffing Saves Lives" campaign

    marie-francoise replied to marie-francoise's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    As I stated in a previous post: This represents an important first step because: 1) It's the ANA 2) It's going to Congress 3) It acknowledges one of the greatest problems facing nurses today 4) If...

  24. Nurses...Miserable?

    marie-francoise replied to JerseyGir1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would recommend you read or at least skim the following: Faye Satterly's "Where Have All the Nurses Gone?" (short, concise book) Suzanne Gordon's "Nursing Against the Odds" (also a very good read)...

  25. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

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

    Maybe just apply for any job that looks tolerable and pays tolerably? Even if non-nursing? Sounds as though a non-nursing job might be preferable to bedside nursing, esp to hasten your recovery from...