kitty29

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1. Nursing Is No Longer Worth It

   kitty29 replied to AnonymousSuper's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Your words resonate to me! After spending 40 years greatly devoted to my career in Nursing many chapters in your story are my own! No support from management, back-stabbing, bullied....it all happened...

2. Is it wrong to turn down a shift?

   kitty29 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in Disaster Preparation

   You have an at risk child....your priorities are

3. Retired nurses responding to Covid-19

   kitty29 replied to Marisette's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I just turned 62 and did get a notification from a travel company I used to work with. I do not plan to take this or any offer. Not only am I at risk, I am unable to keep up with the physical demands...

4. Why are some RNs rarely busy, while others are always busy

   kitty29 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

   Boy I think we all have worked with people like that. The social butterfly!! Love to hear themselves talk! Usually members of the clique...beware!

5. Why are some RNs rarely busy, while others are always busy

   kitty29 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

   For myself when I worked I tended to be very organized....I worked NICU. How "busy* my shift was depended on the acuity of the assignment. I also worked nights. If all caught up and no family...

6. Almost A Year

   kitty29 replied to kitty29's topic in Retired Nurses

   Yah....it takes alot of physical effort to do what I want here...gardens, lawn...ect.. And although better, I still carry hurt from the back-stabbers in my former job. That tells me a Big No!...

7. Herd immunity

   kitty29 replied to CampyCamp's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I listened to an expert saying they felt it would not mutate again because it reached the high ability to spread. I am not as pessimistic...I feel this will end sooner than later. But people do need...

8. Would you refuse to care for a COVID-19 patient?

   kitty29 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I am retired. Although I am not in the workforce I feel for my colleagues. I am making masks for my community hospital and nursing home. Because I am considered at risk I would not re-enter the...

9. Herd immunity

   kitty29 replied to CampyCamp's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I am retired, following this closely as well personal concerns being considered at risk. My understanding f is the vast majority have had or will have this in such a mild form they never know! In my...

10. Almost A Year

    kitty29 replied to kitty29's topic in Retired Nurses

    I hear that! Before I left I did have a great deal of pain, often limping on my way to the car by the 3rd shift. And letting the RN liscence go is going to be very difficult. We worked so hard to...

11. Almost A Year

    kitty29 posted a topic in Retired Nurses

    Hi! So I did renew my RN although I do not at this point plan to work again....yet??? Interested on hearing if any of you did something within the field after retirement? Red Cross? Doctors Without...

12. One more day closer to retirement

    kitty29 replied to egglady's topic in Retired Nurses

    Almost a year of retirement! First of all I remember and thank you who posted for all of the support offered me back then. It was such a tough time. I still shed a tear from time to time. Christmas...

13. Exit interview survey, tell the truth, lie or ignore

    kitty29 replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

    I was

14. Is It Possible to Burnout in Retirement?

    kitty29 replied to Carol Ebert's topic in Retired Nurses

    I have not worked since April 18th, got my last paycheck this week. I am still adjusting to having my own life. After working straight nights for so many year sleeping well is a problem right now....

15. One more day closer to retirement

    kitty29 replied to egglady's topic in Retired Nurses

    I am doing ok. So busy packing and prep to move. I had intended to move over a year not 2 months! There was a family gathering a couple of days ago and many just learned of my retirement....so there...