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Thank you for your suggestions, I'll check them out.

Well here goes, I realized I'm now in the older worker catogory, I mean the thought really hit me over the head. It's a place that feels soooooo weird and uncomfortable and judgmental. I am currently unemployed and want to get back to patient care - have searched for refresher courses without any success - if anyone has any info it would be greatly appreciated!! I worked for almost 20 years dealing with healthy donors and in long term peds care. I'm so ready to return to nursing patients but can't seem to get there from here. I'm a very young almost 59 yr old wise woman with much life experience to offer, have many working years ahead of me and I'm ready to get started in a new direction. Any other wise women out there in a similiar situation??

About CORI's what's taking so long? I was told that the state laid of half the department that handles them. Smart move huh? I've been waiting over three weeks myself. Nursing shortage ????????????? With facilities operating with about half the nursing staff jobs are scarce, at least in Western MA. As a result patients aren't getting the teaching, support and the care they need and deserve. I've viewed it from both sides and it's not good and safety is a great concern. How did it get this bad so fast?

I'm discouraged to here of your villain preceptor, unfortunately this situation is more common then we want to think. I feel this is a growing problem in nursing, I just don't get it!!! Why can't nurses support each other? In this situation it seems this nurse is probably insecure in her own knowledge and somehow embarrassing you or being rude, in some sick way,makes her feel better! There are nurses who have no empathy and should leave the profession, I've met a few. Even though I've been a R.N. for decades I still want to believe that coworkers are honest, trustworthy, know the meaning of team work, and want to be supportive. But........... I have worked with "super nurse" - knows all, can do all, shares nothing, I've worked with some very manipulative and mean spirited nurses - and I JUST DON'T GET IT!! I should stop myself here. In my last job I was told not to trust anyone, can you imagine!! I quit eight months later, what a toxic enviroment. At this time I haven't decided what direction my career will take. I do love nursing but we need to support each other and stick together. Why do you think nurses are working with inadequate staff as the norm while we're expected to do more faster. If we spoke with one voice to management stating, that our work enviroment is unsafe, patients aren't getting the care they need, needless errors are occuring due to overload, we're sick of getting dumped on, and we're not going to work under these conditions any more! Maybe something would change, but there are a lot of nurses who don't want to speak up, and prefer to complain (I really mean *****) and put coworkers down and act helpless when it comes to working together to try and make changes toward a safer work enviroment for everyone. Wow, I guess I really needed to vent my frustrations. After all that, you sound like the kind of nurse I would like to work with. I would not let this preceptor situation continue - we all must insist on being treated with respect and common decency. This is what adults do, genuine adults that is. Don't feel because you're the new nurse that you deserve any less. Don't give anyone permission to treat you this way. Good luck . Thank you all

Help, I'm thinking of a career change, Dialysis nursing interest me but I don't have any experience. I interviewed for two Dialysis jobs but a nurse with experience was hired. How do you get experience if you can't get hired ? Both of the positions were at Fresenius centers which had two shifts. I'm thinking of taking e-learning courses offered by this company, do you experienced Dialysis nurses out there think this would be helpful? I would also like to ask what you like best about Dialysis Nursing? Any info will help. Thanks, a want-a-be Dialysis Nurse.

Reply to most important in new health care system I too am for single payer - must be non profit. To let Corporations continue to make profits from our high premiums needs to stop now. It's really insane. Think of all the administration cost that are duplicated over and over again in each and every insurance co., think of the salaries and perks for CEO's and executives in each and every insurance co., I won't go on and on, but one more issue, it's way past time for our elected represenatives to get the insurance corp. out of their pockets.........oh and dental ins. should be part of the plan. This is my first post and I thank you for the question.