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I left bedside nursing after a 20 year intermediate care career. I couldn't agree more. Nursing was getting unsafe. Support staff and younger or newer nurses began to say "no" at work, and showed up and did not do their jobs. Instead of a career ...

I worked with her, too! Only she added online shopping and texting with her kids to the mix...

I left nursing after a 13 year career due to "games" just like this. No one wants to train anyone properly. No one wants to help coworkers. My support staff got to the point where they would outright tell me "no", and management informed me that t...

Walking into a patient’s room to do a large medication pass and assessment, passing my CNA leaving the room and looking around to find; garbage on the floor and in the bed, overflowing urinal, empty water mug, bathroom full of dirty laundry on the fl...

I have encountered some odd people in my 18 years of working as a CNA and nurse. Mostly in the form of coworkers. I have always promised myself that the day this job makes me cry is the day I give my notice.

Your boss sounds unprofessional and a little immature.

I was basically badgered into getting BSN by my nurse manager. She talked about a bonus upon completion- never happened. She needed more BSNs on her unit to look good for Magnet status. The VA tells different people different reasons and excuses.

NO! Lateral bullying, horrible Co-workers, lack of team mentality, workplace cliques and subsequent immature behavior, understaffing and too many sick calls. I could go on. Intermediate care/transplant/cardio/ thoracic/PV surg for 12 long years

One morning while getting bedside report from night shift, I noticed a new sheet in the bedside clipboard. I asked what it was for, and my coworker told me it is to be filled in every hour to prove we are rounding on our patients. At that point, I ...

Mother of 3 here- was lucky enough to have stayed home during my last pregnancy, but worked during the first 2, right up until the days I went into labor. I guess I was also lucky to not have issues, as I never used being pregnant as an excuse to no...

I am a VA nurse, going on 12 years. When I was new, nurses reached nurse 2 status with longevity. If you worked there long enough, were able to function as a charge nurse, you eventually became a nurse 2. Now, we have to pick QI projects and impro...

Yes!! this, SpankedInPittsburgh!! the long, going on and on about personal life/problems/cats/kids- also the bodily functions; belching, etc-- to even taking bites from my meal or demanding that I share my food with you!!! I don't really make eye c...

I resemble that remark. I am one of the ones who complains while I am at work. I try to keep things fun, cooperative and light- but since changing careers and becoming a nurse about 12 years ago, I find that this profession has changed me! I think...

People are generally lazy, and selfish. There are a lot of know-it-alls in nursing, and nursing is a game. Who can come up with excuses or reasoning not to take high-acuity patients, new admissions, or even answer call lights. Co-workers, support ...

I have been an ICC nurse for over 10 years, and this is a problem that just gets worse. If management isn't a presence on the floor, there isn't much you can do. I took a class on communication and was told that the millennial generation has been ...

Nursing and healthcare is a game. I get to work, meet in change of shift huddle, then my co-workers play games to see who can get out of taking a higher acuity patient or admission. Then we get report and learn about how busy the shift before was- ...

I became a CNA before entering nursing school to see if healthcare was for me. There were nurses at the small hospital that I worked at who claimed that they didn't go to nursing school to *toilet patients* (not the phrase they used). I also worke...

Took an "escalating behavior" class at the hospital where I work. The instructor was very surprised and angry to hear us nurses tell him about what we endure on the floor. I think he was shocked to know that the hospital security and/or VA police d...

Hell to the no!! Mostly because of the other nurses and people in health care. Just horrible.

I learned that most nursing instructors were not very nice people, and that nursing school was not like college when I went in the late '80s. We had to basically teach ourselves and be expected to know everything already.

What quazar so eloquently said- ditto.

Please do not delete your post! I think it will stimulate some good conversations. I went into nursing in my late 30s, 2nd career. One of MANY issues that I experienced in my 10+ years in nursing includes what you are talking about. I have a BIG ...

I have never heard of anyone being asked about taking the NCLEX or the time between graduation and passing the NCLEX in a job interview- ever. A girl in my graduating class also took 6 times to pass. She was a good student and is a good nurse.

I can see by re-reading my message where you would assume that I am comparing it to other careers. I am actually pretty bitter that I was cheated out of a proper orientation. I just wanted to state the fact that this happened to me, I changed caree...

I was scheduled to work with my preceptor once. I was told to pair up with another RN once. Two shifts of orientation. I was lucky to have been a student on the floor I work on. I have been a nurse for 10 years now, and when I run this scenario p...