BelleKat

So actually,after I looked trough all the paperwork the IPN has kicked me out twice for paperwork even though they said they never would. I was in the middle of moving and hadn't forwarded my mail yet and the new contract went to the Port Office. When I didn't turn in the contact I never got I was kicked out.When I told them about this they were unmoved. The IPN has been a rash on my entire nursing career,just because I asked for help for depression after working in the Burn Center. They change the rules,they want me,at 51 with health issues to work in a hospital setting. I can only work part time,they aren't hiring part time. It was a catch 22. This is a heart breaking end to my nursing career,I could go through the board and get into "guess what" the IPN again whcih "works so well" for me. No thanks. I'm having a pity party I know and I'm sure nursing will survive without me and this post will probably be removed. Maybe I'll go into sustenace gardening,farming,anything where the back biting,back stabbing and all around nastyness that is nursing anymore isn't around. Adieu!

Yes,I'll tell you all I know,I'll PM you.

Since I got very depressed in 1987 following a severe health issue( I had just finished working 8 years in charge of a Burn Center) I was reported to the IPN for depression. I jumped through all of their hoops,sat in groups of addicts who mainly talked about how to beat the urine screens and showed up nodding off from pills. I went to the doctors they wanted me to see,I was cleared and cleared again. I did have some issues from work mainly because the IPN would only let me work in hospitals and hospitals are only hiring for their hardest to staff units like Bone Marrow Transplant. I also broke my back and have a fusion and an immune problem and would get ill after working in these units. I couldn't physically do it. Mentally I was on top,I know my stuff,I have worked in critical care all my career but it doesn't seem to matter. Basically in the IPN I couldn't take a job I could succeed in and because I wasn't succeeding they kicked me out. Now my license will be suspended. I'm sorry for the whiny self indulgent nature of this post but I feel like I wasted my life now. The IPN screwed me royally and I don't know what I'm going to do with the rest of my life.

Hi,in my opinion no it's not. Just on a regular floor it's difficult enough to learn the priority setting and organizational skills while learning massive amounts of new information with increasing amounts of responsibility.In critical care just double that. It also depends on your experience too,if you've been a tech in a critical care area and you are fairly familiar with their pt's and responsibilities it might go smoother but I think it is best to start in a more basic area. I'm sure there will be many other opinions on this. Good luck!

Doctors.residents,medical students are immune to all germs do ya know? I love when they go into the isolation rooms,use their own stethoscope while leaning over the pt,their tie is laying on the pt and their coat is touching the bed. So they put their now contaminated stethoscope around their neck maybe wash their hands and walk out of the room and say when you ask them about PPE that they "didn't really touch the pt". :angryfire:banghead: Then they go into the fresh post op's room check out the incision and wonder why a few days later that the incision is now purulent.

Have you read the thread ?

Gah! Now it's in Fl,well it was just a matter of time.

I've met some really dear people and it's true that they take a piece of you with them. If it ever stops hurting then you need to take a break. [[[[Diane]]]]

Thanks for your updates Indigo Girl and your sage,calming advice.

Karma :monkeydance:

The flu deaths in Mexico raise fears of global pandemic. This is a new flu virus that is not covered by the flu shot of this year and could take months to develop a vaccine for. This is very frightening. Mexico has shut down their museums,schools,libraries and theatres. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30386163/

Aww I'm so glad the baby made it,thanks for taking such good care of them.:flwrhrts:

Oh I think men are much more hazardous!:lol_hitti

Also maybe a note to risk management as this is hugely dangerous for the pts,they might want to know about how many lawsuits to anticipate. Sorry I know that's not very helpful but it really makes me angry what they're doing now. They keep precious few nurses on staff and threaten them with whatever if someone speaks up. It's "turn and burn" nursing still. That and they continue to perpetrate the myth of nursing shortage to keep new nurses coming out so they just figure they'll hire someone else who will do it when the nurses there resign. It's very discouraging,something is going to happen on par with what happened to the banks to straighten this out. There are people still raking in a lot of money(not the shareholders) and they're trying to sqeeze out every last bit before they're caught. As for the OP,if you feel you have to take an assignment you feel is unsafe fill out an incident report and see if the others who are placed in this situation do it too. Try not to be the only one doing something as that makes you a target. All the best :redpinkhe It will get better.

I'm so sorry to hear this,prayers and positive thoughts for the child and all involved.