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  1. Age-old question... Should I leave the hospital for home care?

    What part of the country are you in Calliotter? Actually the census has been low in the hospital where I work ......I was under the impression that homecare was the wave of the future because of...
  2. Age-old question... Should I leave the hospital for home care?

    Voice texting? Sent from my iPhone using allnurses
  3. Age-old question... Should I leave the hospital for home care?

    Seniority! Haha! Sent from my iPhone using allnurses
  4. Just got fired-AGAIN!

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  5. New Grad in Home Health

    May I ask what your pay is? As you said it's the only negative...... I've been in a hospital setting for 15 years and looking to get into home care:). Thank
  6. I quit my Home Health Nursing job!

    Where did you guys end up after home
  7. What to do about a hyperverbal classmate?

    Manic?
  8. How many different nursing positions have you had?

    Wow! Lots of experience on this thread! I've been a nurse 14 years....4yrs M/ S/onc, 7 yrs OB, 1.5 yrs psych (where I am now). Couple yrs off after third child. Here's a question for all of you:...
  9. From PACU to Home Health

    Hi! I've been a nurse working in the hospital for 15 years. I've done labor and delivery MedSurg and now I am in psych.. I love Psych but the hectic pace of the hospital is really getting to me. Have...
  10. I'm burned out...what to do...

    You sound like you'd be a good fit for psych or
  11. How to stop crying on the job?

    On the light side I wonder if your a water sign? ? Sent from my iPhone using
  12. Psych nursing and primary care

    Hi. Anyone work on an inpatient psych unit that utilizes primary nursing? If so how does the unit function? Sent from my iPhone using
  13. Psych nursing and primary care

    Primary care as in each nurse does their own meds and keeps their own patients. We are moving from having a med nurse to doing primary care and I was wondering if there was a model that somebody could...
  14. Thank you Davey Do! That makes a lot of sense! Sent from my iPhone using
  15. Hi. Just a question. Why would ease of communication be a hindrance? Sent from my iPhone using
  16. question about "cutters"

    I could tell it wasn't United States because of the way you spell! I love that!? Sent from my iPhone using
  17. question about "cutters"

    RNcashy.... My sentiments exactly. Very well written. Are you from
  18. question about "cutters"

    I don't mean to keep backpedaling, I have OCD! I have tons of compassion for axis 2 clients because most of them have histories of horrible trauma. I also have a history of trauma so I do have...
  19. question about "cutters"

    Oh and I would hope the eye rollers would do that behind closed doors and not in front of the patient. All of what I'm talking about is behind closed doors and between nurses and it's really not as...
  20. question about "cutters"

    Terp, all true all true. Simply saying that nurses need to blow off steam once in a while. Doesn't mean we're not being therapeutic or compassionate to our patients. I have met nurses who are...
  21. question about "cutters"

    That was staff splitting. I have worked and other types of nursing like labor and delivery and MedSurg and oncology. Most nurses are very compassionate people however there are patients that drive you...
  22. question about "cutters"

    I do wish that nurse hadn't said something like that to a student. But in defense of nurses that are deemed as judgmental, most of what I've noticed in my psychiatric nursing career is that nurses...
  23. Has this ever happened to you??

    Feeling grateful that I work for a union and they cannot mandate overtime for the nurses in my
  24. Invega sustenna question

    Would someone please tell me what act
  25. New Onco RN struggling to adjust

    Hi Rn newbie! I'm a seasoned nurse with onc and OB experience. Having worked all shifts I can tell you nights take a toll on your physical, mental and spiritual well being. Hang in there! And to put...