metowe

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1. Does allnurses.com make you a better nurse?

   metowe replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   When you ask that question, I wonder what motivated you to start this web site Brian? If you had to, would you go back to the frontline? Many, many, many Nurses state they could not and would not. So...

2. My significant other doesn't "get" what I go through on a daily basis.

   metowe replied to voraciousj's topic in General Nursing

   Your story of how you feel after a 12 plus hour shift is exactly how millions of other Nurses feel. My husband gets it now, but it took 10 years of marriage and the publication of my frustrations for...

3. My significant other doesn't "get" what I go through on a daily basis.

   metowe replied to voraciousj's topic in General Nursing

   The reality is, no one knows the stress bedside care givers go through except the person experiencing it. Had you known what the 'job' was really going to be like you may have chosen differently. Now...

4. ICU nurses attitude toward med-surg nurses

   metowe replied to smallboat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I disagree with meandragonbrett, one of the reasons for the shortage is Nurses are treating each other disrespectfully on a regular basis so 'just letting it roll off your shoulder' technique is never...

5. ICU nurses attitude toward med-surg nurses

   metowe replied to smallboat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I float to all floors in the hosptal ICU, Med Surg, and some whacky post ER holding depo. You all speak truth.......It is about mutual respect. I have seen a ICU nurse brow beat a med surg nurse...

6. Nursing, is it really that horrible of a job?

   metowe replied to michelle_d's topic in General Nursing

   What remains unseen is the reasons people view 'caring' to much as a detriment. Because I care to much I found myself continually frustrated and angry. When I searched for the reasons behind my own...

7. Nursing, is it really that horrible of a job?

   metowe replied to michelle_d's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing has a way of refining a human beings character. The true nature is seen when pressed on all sides. People are leaving the bedside due to the things you mentioned. The reasons written about the...