The Y factor

Congrats on the new challenge. Are you going to Colorado?

i see, so you would perfer: did you hear what happened to jane. she got t boned while driving on that snow covered road. so you would be stuck at work anyway and now pressure from the admin and fellow staff that has been placed on people not comfortable or knowledgeable has caused an possible fatality. come on be real now. three or four months. where do you live alaska. getting comfortable is different then trying to go out in a blizzard risking your life. in my neighborhood flash floods can occur. the police will block of the area, the intellegent people will stay at home and not risk getting stranded or worse. even the coast guard search and rescue with the best navigational equip will ground the helis if weather is an issue. if you are gunho so be it do not force your risky behavior on someone else. it comes down to comfort level. just like everything else blizzard to them might not be a blizzard to you. some people are comfortable working in icu some are not. if your are not comfotable working with critical pt do you think you should float to the icu. so what would be different when your talking about your life? as far as awd and all that....you cant expect everyone to go out and buy tractors. different people have different financial situations that would make owning a awd vechile prohibited gizelda said it best..... after all we are human not superhuman and nursing is your job not your life. as stated in nursing school if you cant take care of yourself you cant take care of anyone else. i think it would be hard to pass meds from a gurney now thats common sense!

haha, I like it!

i am fortunate enough not to worry about snow, but i do not see the benefit to risking my life and becoming a potential pt. this would count as an act of god and i think you should try your best but i would not risk my life for any amount of money. if your employer valued you, your life, and your family they would not want you to endanger yourself beyond your comfort levels. ruby it sounds like brainwashing sheeesh

It seems only the older less fit nurses are the ones really complaining about what the younger nurses are wearing. It probably sounded like this when Nurses first decided to get rid of the nursing cap and gowns and go to pants. I feel people do not need to wear potato sacks to be professional. I think your presence and interaction with everyone around you give you more respect than a fitted scrub outfit. The unit i work at is a melting pot, unless admin is going to issue everyone scrubs then other nurses should not mind what people look like, as long as it fits the uniform appearance and is clean.

forget the nursing, most people talk about how much they like nursing and helping people (bs) but five minutes later they are complaining about their job, the pay, and the management. i would encourage you to look into becoming a pharm d. they are giving out bmw's to new grads, making over 100k yr one guy said he made 50 an hour. so if your really want to hear all the moaning and groaning and wiping *** then become a nurse if you want to make cash and not strain your back become a pham d. one nurses opinion, the y factor

thanks that sounds like a good plan.

anyone know where to start out? been looking online about seminars any advice.

well Joe, first were you above the blood alcohol limits if not then you might be able to work your way out of this. If you were then your in a big mess. Personally if you loose your drivers lic and never sit for the nclex consider your self lucky, because i would hate to be in your shoes if you had ran over someones child. imagine that your one night to day killing an inocent person: mom, dad, sister, child. I see it everyday! if your were not above the limits then good luck i hope you resolve this issue and get yourself a good lawyer, if your were intoxicated then you made your bed. sorry you really should have known better.

just give me and extra sick day or two and ill use that for mental health day. if you were to use pto you have to preschedual it. as opposed to having a rough shift the night before and saying im using a MH day or im calling in sick.

so anyone doing the independent contractor route is it worth it? any headaches factoring in personal health insurance etc. im really interested.