Truth66

Truth66

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  1. Am I Just a Cynic or Is nursing a poor career?

    Truth66 replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately there are far too many nurses who litteraly don't have a choice about their working conditions. Especially those who work in smaller communities and who don't have the option to simply...

  2. Am I Just a Cynic or Is nursing a poor career?

    Truth66 replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was just reading some of the posts in this thread again and I wanted to expand on something. First of all I'm hoping that I don't come across as hating nursing with some of my negative posts. I...

  3. Am I Just a Cynic or Is nursing a poor career?

    Truth66 replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing would be the great career that it should be if nurses were actually treated with the respect that they deserve. I've been Nursing for 12 years (next month) and the amount of crap that I see...

  4. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    Truth66 replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    Bravo!!! This demonstrates that once law enforcement is involved the person is either going to be charged or sent for a Psych evaluation. There needs to be a zero tolerance for abuse period and stop...

  5. Sterotypes of Nurses Continues and Is Getting Worse

    Truth66 replied to nursinginga's topic in General Nursing

    Well what can I say other than this was a pathetic video. For the record I'm a Male Nurse and Nurses in general are not nearly as respected as they should be. I know that a female co-worker of mine...

  6. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    Truth66 replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    Well, this is clearly assault. Now I'll proceed based on experience. I've worked in LTC for nearly 12 years and I've seen numerous examples of assaults against various staff members. One of the...

  7. Do You Look Like A Nurse?

    Truth66 replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes a stupid coment deserves a stupid answer. I'm a nurse working in a Long Term Care facility for over 11 years now. A few years ago a resident's son was watching me doing my med pass and he...