imburnedout

imburnedout specializes in Med/Surg, IMC, ICU, Pedi, Hospice, LTC,.

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1. Jobs for burned out Nurses?

   imburnedout replied to imburnedout's topic in General Nursing

   LOL, oh no, I don't want to be a pencil pushing, duty dodging administrative nurse. There are lots of administrative positions in my area for LVN's. But I would like to find an area where people...

2. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

   imburnedout replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

   In nursing school, they don't tell you that you have just signed up for a 24/7 position because as soon as family members, friends, neighbors and church members find out your are a nurse, you start...

3. I'm in trouble for doing my job?!

   imburnedout replied to LokiM's topic in General Nursing

   What's even more messed up is that if you were not assigned the tasks and weren't doing them, those other people wouldn't hesitate to let you know that "That's not in my job description!". Nursing is...

4. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   imburnedout replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Not just patients, my own family members as well (in-laws), people never cease to amaze me: 1. Being a nurse does not qualify me to be the family doctor. If you are sick, call your doctor. I've just...

5. Death bed visions

   imburnedout replied to legend0710's topic in General Nursing

   Eric, I witnessed this many times while working as a hospice nurse. One event sticks out in my mind still today. I went out for an initial visit with a man who was dying of cancer; and it just...

6. Jobs for burned out Nurses?

   imburnedout posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've been a nurse for 7.5 years. Currently I'm not working full-time, only doing agency work here and there because I am SSSSOOOOO burned out. I have the opportunity to go back to school to go from...