travel50

travel50 has 26 years experience and specializes in LTC, geriatric, psych, rehab.

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1. Are we experiencing mass burnout in healthcare?

   travel50 replied to SheaTab's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   I have just quit my job of 10 yrs., and it was b/c of the harrassment from my immediate boss at the corporate level. If I can do so, I may never work as a nurse again. For 26 yrs., I've been the...

2. found ANOTHER one :(

   travel50 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I had to try and help deal with that years ago when I was in nursing school and was just an aide. That wail is unbearable to me. I remember that we could hear her all the way down the hall. And...

3. Do you carry personal liability insurance?

   travel50 replied to Who?Me?'s topic in General Nursing

   I carry my own professional liability insurance. Costs $99 a yr and it is well worth my peace of mind. I went years without it, but I am seeing more and more lawsuits. Most suits seem ridiculous,...

4. relocating

   travel50 replied to travel50's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the response. I have the LL Bean catalog out thinking I might should invest heavily in it. I'm thinking the warmest boots they have, lots of wool, layered clothing, good warm hat, etc. I...

5. set up for failure

   travel50 replied to evette74's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   I had never been a DON before when I was handed the job 4 yrs ago. It was certainly not my dream to be one. But I did the best I could with it. Dearly loved my residents, and the staff and I worked...

6. relocating

   travel50 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am looking to relocate in Cook County, Mn. We presently live in the deep South. My husband will be going there for his job. Does anyone know of job opportunities on the Grand Portage Indian...

7. If you could build your perfect Nursing Home......how would it be?

   travel50 replied to Ling07's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Sounds like some of us need to start our own nursing homes! Great ideas. I have just resigned from a nursing home where I have worked for the past 10 yrs, most recently as the DON. We have had pets...

8. is nursing theory important to nursing practice

   travel50 replied to precious nikz's topic in General Nursing

   "Let's hope the caring ideal continues to seem like common sense to you -- and to many others. But don't forget the fact that it seems like common sense to you because somewhere along the line, you...

9. is nursing theory important to nursing practice

   travel50 replied to precious nikz's topic in General Nursing

   I agree...and we had a RN here one time who was about to change a treatment order on a resident's bottom b/c "it doesn't look too good. It is purplish!" The resident had expired...and she didn't...

10. is nursing theory important to nursing practice

    travel50 replied to precious nikz's topic in General Nursing

    Here is my problem with nursing theory. Some nurse comes up with a "new theory", write books, teaches on it, lectures, etc. I look at this "new theory" and think, well good grief, who doesn't know...

11. Questions on patients with Anthrax

    travel50 replied to AmyL's topic in General Nursing

    Do you actually have a patient with respiratory

12. Health Care pay decrease with new health care plan?

    travel50 replied to chrisciwi's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with 3boysmom3, if I don't have the money to buy it outright, then I do without (Except for my house).That has been my motto for many, many years. I was raising 6 kids, and I could not afford to...

13. Things that leave you stunned.

    travel50 replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    My son, when he was 11...I thought he had the measles. His MMR had been ineffective. He'd had the mumps after the shot, which is how we knew. I failed to revaccinate. So I thought the rash, the...

14. Do you ever feel guilty about....

    travel50 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    No, I don't feel one bit guilty. I do what feels theraputic to me when I am off. If I don't, I'll never survive when I get back to work. You can't keep emptying the glass and expect there to still...

15. You should NOT become a nurse if...

    travel50 replied to dani888's topic in General Nursing

    if...there is anything else you can think of to do! Yes, I've had a bad