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  1. What are your thoughts on Disney or AIDET "customer service" training?

    marie-francoise posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm wondering - have any of you gone through either the AIDET or the Disney "customer service" training/in-services? If so, what were your feelings about them? (I sat through an AIDET in-service that...

  2. I hate nursing..

    marie-francoise replied to flygirls2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Some of the most miserable moments in my life: 1) The day before med-surg clinicals (dreading them) 2) Being at med-surg clinicals (hated them more than I've ever hated doing anything else in my life)...

  3. burn out in first yr

    marie-francoise replied to futurenicunurse2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I hated nursing clinicals more than anything I've ever done in my life - esp the med-surg hospital clinicals; but, really, all of them. Was never so miserable. Totally turned me off to bedside...

  4. burn out in first yr

    marie-francoise replied to futurenicunurse2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm done with nursing school, but have to say that it taught me that bedside nursing has got to be one of the most difficult jobs around. It seems to me that the level of stress & expectation...

  5. "Other" healthcare careers...

    marie-francoise replied to ONCRN84's topic in General Nursing

    Do what you want to do. Listen to your gut, not the opinions of others. I also cannot see myself at the bedside for very

  6. I hate nursing..

    marie-francoise replied to flygirls2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's almost laughable - I like when staff coach the patient by asking the ill patient who is lying in his/her bed not giving half a $!%# about these survey questions, "So would you say you'd...

  7. I hate nursing..

    marie-francoise replied to flygirls2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    True - and you will see on Web boards that older nurses regret & rue how nursing has changed over the years. It is a repeated theme. The mighty dollar now rules health care, and this has made for...

  8. I hate nursing..

    marie-francoise replied to flygirls2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think it's entirely normal to hate nursing. There are a lot of RN's out there who are not at the bedside. They will talk about the good sides of nursing, yes; but they are not at the bedside....

  9. Took NCLEX-RN Exam today (YIKES!!!)

    marie-francoise replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The NCLEX-RN was one of the most bizarre tests I have ever taken. Weird questions. Did not reflect what was taught in nursing school, or the content of those thousands of NCLEX practice questions....

  10. New Nurse who hates her job...nursing is not what I thought

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

    What you are observing is a common theme in bedside nursing - much of it does suck. My eyes started opening in nursing school during clinicals. Too much patient turnover, too many patients per nurse,...

  11. stressed..other nursing options??

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

    I really do think that the nursing shortage (that was) has to do with these real stresses of nursing. Desk jobs ARE easier, and frequently better compensated. And working conditions in nursing seem to...

  12. Jaded with lack of end of life quality?

    marie-francoise replied to shocker29's topic in General Nursing

    I think that families don't see that there are alternatives between the extremes of tubes everywhere vs. doing nothing. I guess it's denial. I heartily agree with what you're

  13. Is is it normal to not like nursing?

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

    Ah, what they DON'T teach us in nursing school. There seems to be a studied avoidance in nursing school of discussing the topic of nursing's true stresses & martyr-level sacrifices, not to mention...

  14. Life is too short to be this stressed

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

    I'm a recent grad also wondering if hospital bedside nursing is worth the stress & abuse. One of the major lessons I learned during clinicals is, "now I know why there is a nursing shortage!"...

  15. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    marie-francoise replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with this. Not all truths are palatable, and I would say that this is true, that this is truly what's

  16. Completely burned out

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

    Disclaimer: I'm still a student. Yes, even just from clinicals I can totally see why you'd be depressed at the thought of going into work. I'm having many second thoughts about going into nursing. I...

  17. Almost finished and want to quit

    marie-francoise replied to misplaced1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the same boat you're in. Almost done with my ADN, and the one big lesson I've learned from nursing school is that much of the nursing scene today (esp. hospital nursing) is an abyss I don't...

  18. Nursing School vs. Reality

    marie-francoise replied to BeOne77's topic in General Nursing

    Who is,

  19. Fed Up With People Saying There Is a Shortage

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

    I guess "shortage" depends on what we mean. Hospitals may deliberately not hire enough nurses; so a shortage will then exist on the unit, which becomes understaffed and not as safe for patients. So,...

  20. What's going to happen when we ALL leave the bedside?

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

    Don't feel survivor's guilt!! Don't feel guilty. Lots o' people are away from the bedside not feeling guilty. Not sure if you're male or female - but I've noticed that women tend to feel guilty more...

  21. To Quit or Not to Quit

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

    I won't flame you - I agree with you. You're being honest. I can see how real-world nursing can be much worse than clinicals - you have a real patient load, and all the responsibilities and...

  22. To Quit or Not to Quit

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

    This is so TRUE! I mean, can't they tell us how a shift goes? - the sequence of report, assessments, etc.; and how to look at the wall board, when the physicians visit, how and when to check the...

  23. To Quit or Not to Quit

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

    Yup! I've hated clinicals from day one - especially the med-surg clinicals. I'm soon to graduate, and my hatred for them has increased further, esp. now that we're doing 12-hour clinicals. I've...

  24. unhappy and don't know what to do next

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

    If I were you, I'd look into the costs of an individual health insurance plan. I'm on one now. You don't have kids, so you have flexibility. Kids change everything. So, maybe take advantage of...

  25. Leave Good Job for Nursing?

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

    I agree. I'm finishing up my ADN after working at desk jobs. I also have two other degrees (went into nursing later in life). BUT, I have to say, after learning about nursing and going through...