BrokenRNheart

I am writing this totally heart broken and at my wits end. I started my career as a nurse receiving compliments on what a good job I did. I felt that I was one of those people that had to do my job well and couldn't settle for any less. I had to ch...

This addresses safe staffing issues. Here is where you can be heard. ANA has all the emails set up and you just fill out the form and it gets sent to your representatives. It's a start. You can edit your message. I added that nurses need to be pro...

About lateral violence http://www.jointcommission.org/NewsRoom/NewsReleases/nr_07_09_08.htm However, I don't see this making any changes. As with anything else, what will happen to the employee that tries to enforce this........unemployment?

I don't have time to go through and read or thank any of the posts right now. I will get back to this. For now, I thought you all might find this interesting. I will look for the link and add it later. Recently, JCAHO has finally decided to address...

Sometimes "nurse run" doesn't get it either. Get the wrong nurses to "run" and you are just as screwed. I happen to know of a place with a nurse retention committe that has only two nurses on it. They are limited as to what they can even ask for. ...

The problem is that there are too many organizations fighting for their own cause. Each of them have the same goal - safe staffing or set ratios. One of the reasons that we can't get any where is because there are too many "little" groups trying to...

Based on how catty nurses are, I would say that 99% of the nurses in the field are unfit. This is part of our problem. 1) The hospitals are catering to the new young blood regardless of their true dedication to the field and desire to sweat and ...

I have been thinking about this topic again. Rather than start a new one, I searched and thought I would kick this up. A recent shift that I worked made me think about this again. We started our shift with call lights going off non-stop for about ...

No advice but I feel for ya. I am sickened by the job every time I go to it. It doesn't matter what area. I am tired of being rushed beyond the extreme of being able to think safely and act safely and praying all along that you have done just that....

I experienced a similar situation. We didn't know what to do. We did know that in order to call animal control you have to be willing to tell them who you are on the complaint (in that city). That creates a dilemma as far as any anonymous call ma...

Unfortunately, nurses that speak up or write up get harassed, bad evals, fired - you name it. It does seem like a waste of energy, but I am not giving up. I am giving up on nursing though. Every time I work, I see patients that have suffered in s...

Seems the whole medical atmostphere has gotten sour. From management to co-workers to other departments and patients. It is just not a pleasant place to be at all. How did we end up here?

The labor department takes care of not being paid. Contact your labor department and tell her to get another job. Best advice you could give her is to get out of the medical field. This is the first taste of what really goes on. Good luck.

It is not well known and unfortunately, nurses seem to be the least interested in acting to make a change. As you have seen in this profession, some of the nurses are the reason for the shortage and dissatisfaction with vindictive and dishonest beh...

Obviously, the administrators have some secret to the magic of handling 15 minute checks along with other tasks that keep you away from the room for 15 minutes. Problem is that they are not sharing it with us. Repeating this post: Petition set up so...

"It is, especially up front, expensive to get your marketing package up and running as professional as you can do it. That takes time, effort, and money. Do not cut corners." The reality and biggest drawback for me. I have had my own business but it ...

I don't have much faith in union after dealing with it. Things really weren't much different. I guess they can control how many patients you have....that is probably the most important thing to me any way. I will try again. Here is a newer petition...

Exactly...as I said....responsible for our own knowledge, our own license and our own a**

I believe they need to look at our LPN's for staffing and offer assistance for them to go from LPN to RN if they are going to be giving money away to people with NO nursing experience at all. They need to assist our LPN's to an RN first! If they ca...

Just been made aware of this petition. Why not take advantage of all the "nurses" that we have out there. LPN's already have the education and training. It would be a cheaper and quicker resolution than trying to hustle more students through especi...

Don't count on making a living at it. Wasn't all they said it was cracked up to be. You can try with just your experience and market yourself....of course you will invest before you earn. Not a BIG market for this. Most of those nurses have "real" j...

As they continue to take away any possible desirable reason to go into nursing. As the changes keep coming and to top it off......too many patients. So....what will happen to all those nice scrubs that have been designed, I wonder.

OUCH.....I never thought about that ....or put it into words any way. You are right.....SADLY.......right. Hmmmm I'm still not giving up. California did it! California DID IT! CALIFORNIA DID IT! It can be done! Not doing anything is the worst thin...

I don't see any reason why we shouldn't be able to carry them as long as we were professional about it. But, just like our use of internet.....people have screwed it up. Immaturity in the field and seeing people texting and socializing on their phon...

Some links that you all might find interesting: Petition set up so signatures cannot be seen publicly on the web: http://www.petitiononline.com/nurse/petition.html For WhistleBlowers Protection....more for doc's at this point but, hey...what can I sa...