junebride

So after dealing with an extremely demanding, non-compliant patient on our telemetry unit for a combined couple of weeks now, I am curious: How far does a patient have to go in abusing staff to be removed from the unit? This patient has managed to ve...

I have to say how much I adore you all for these often hilarious replies. What has actually become more clear to me is how unsupported we are by management and administration. We're a means to an end. Without us, the hospital does not exist. It reall...

I am so glad that I moved to Waukesha County. Everything that you have all said about MATC (Milwaukee) covers everything that I hated and all that is seriously wrong with that school. Absolutely no accountability with administration or staff. My actu...

I completed all of my pre-clinical prerequisites at Milwaukee Area Technical College, and since moving to Waukesha County decided to pursue my clinical process at WCTC. I am seriously already glad that I did. At MATC, the entire administrative staff ...

I TOTALLY agree with the previous poster about Marcus uniforms. They have probably the best and largest selection you'll find. I also wear the cherokee brand pants; I'm 5'9" but have REALLY long legs and most pants length-wise and inseam are a total ...

I can say I have nothing but love for the older male nurses (I mean over 30) that I work with. That said, the younger ones have got to be the most apathetic, jerky people I have ever had to deal with. They specifically work at night because they don'...

I appreciate all the responses from my male counterparts. What I really wanted from the original posting was honest feedback about this, and I got it. I saw that many of you were not very happy about being generalized, and many more felt like one of ...

I trained in LTC this week, and I hate it. Absolutely hate it. The reason I got into this field (I'm an RN student) is to care for and help people, but I spend every bit of my time rushing like crazy to clean, feed, and toilet people the entire time....

I'm agreeing --all of the LVN's and RN's that I met were completely wonderful and friendly, and seemed to be glad that I was there. I was made fully aware that they were not my supervisors, and they never acted like they were. I've also heard rumors ...

My best friend has been an LPN for about 6 years now, and she currently works in psych. Her program was of the intense, year-long variety, prerequisites and all. I have listened to her on and on tell me that RN's don't do anything, don't know anythin...

Thank you, coolpeach. I do not have an aversion to body fluids at all, in fact in previous jobs my coworkers would make fun of me for being "the boil whisperer". ( I actually love really gross skin stuff-fascinating) My favorite part of the whole job...

I quit a job in a LTC with no notice because it was AWFUL. I got a very threatening call from the Nurse Manager telling me that my CNA license could be put under state review and possibly revoked because I left and simply quit by calling Human Resour...

I am in my last semester of prereqs for the ADN program at MATC. I will comment on some things mentioned before: Parking is awful and expensive. The school is planning on bringing the UPASS system back, which means you can take the bus all the time f...

Thank you all so much for your thoughtful replies. I can tell this is a hot button issue, and I am glad to see so many people that keep it in the perspective of taking everyone on an individual basis rather than a stock stereotype.