yeyirn

I suggest you really confront the person politely and professionally... :)

I am now reviewing for NCLEX. Hoping to take NCLEX by February. :)

What can I do to help you? You may contact me at [email protected] as well. I am a Pediatric Nurse since December 1997 and eventually became a Patient Care Coordinator since June this year. :)

:chuckle I hate being pulled-out to other units. Basically because of the fact that you'll be working in a very different setting, environment, and people...

steviarae, tahnk you very much! yeyirn

Honestly, I'm really working to earn money for my family. It's just so happened that I'm a nurse by profession. Regardless of my job or 'function' in this human world, it is also one of my responsibilities to 'feed' my family. But doing 'nursing' itself is as well a fulfillment task of taking care to people who are in need.... Good day!!! :)

I will definitely not assist in abortion...... Have a nice day!!! :chuckle

Dear Everybody, I am a Filipino nurse and presently working here in our country. I am very touched by all your words of praises to these Filipino nurses already working there. I can't help but to be teary-eyed by all your affirmations. I too would like to work there, of course to help my family here and to meet people like you. God bless. Yeyirn

Prunepie, I think in whatever course or profession, difficulties/hardships are possibilities.... and they're beyond our control. But having the likeness and interests would really be factors in dealing with it....academically, educationally, and professionally. So if you really have that concern in health care, just go for it! And be one of the millions who really care for the needy. Mathematics per se should not be a hindrance, because in nursing, mathematics is not that really difficult. Though we are really dealing with NUMBERS. Yeyi

Reality stikes true in our country these days. I've been in this institution for more than 6 years already. And I witnessed how our previous residents (MDs) went into nursing, in order for them to be accomodated in other countries, especially the USA. They are indeed after the idea of being immigrated to these countries, for a better living.....

Me again, Sorry, just have to correct some things......renerian, not renarian, and...."But here, we're not, cause if we are, you'll hear nothing....." Thanks......

I'm here again, guys.... Our story is like this....L am a pediatric ICU staff nurse, if our census is low, we'll be assigned in another unit. Fortunate for us if we'll be designated in another pediatric area. But sadly, most of the time, we'll be assigned to Adult ICU's. It always brought us uncomfortability, and even anxiety.....because basically its not our unit. It's not our place, and its very hard if you are not working in an area you're not familiar with. Anxiety would trigger low self-esteem among us. This somehow would cause us not to be happy when the time comes for us to report on duty. Instead of enjoying to giving care to our patients, we tend to loose interests in doing so. Good for you, renarian. You are being treated well. But here, we're not, cause if we are, I think you'll here anything from me. Its very sad that our managers here continue to ignore our predicaments regarding the matter. Well, I'm now working on my Research papaer.....and its about floating or pull-out. After this, I'm planning to present this to our administrator. Hoping that they will emphatize and much more do something about this. God bless.....

Finally, I'm here.... Anyway, I was browsing the net in search for some things about being a 'floater'. It dissapoints me a lot because of the reasons mentioned from the previous responses. But I'd like to verbalize more on the aspect of uncertainty and uncomfortable when being assign to another unit. Our managers here just ignore that issue. They would always deny our needs. Probably because they themselves doesn't have the chance to be a floater. I hope that this will be addressed properly by the administration. I'd like to reiterate further but, let me just adjust first...for being part of this discussion. Thanks...