billyboblewis

I have found that the quality of cna's has really gone down the tubes and that only a small minority are good efficient workers. As to their pay being too low I disagree. They are basicly unskilled workers and if they have the ability they can increase their pay by increasing their education and level in the job market like myself or anyone else can. I can always say the same for myself but I have the same option as a CNA to increase my value.

That is a sad story and certainly not the story of the majority of nurses. I went to St Francis Medical Center School of Nursing a little while after graduating I started working there. I had previously worked there before I got my license as an orderly. When I started I already knew many of the other nurses from being big sisters there last year of nursing school and many others from time spent in clinicals. The hospital though located in Trenton NJ was really just a small town hospital where everyone knew each other and had all their lives. There were some bad moments of course but usually it was one big team of everyone working together to get the patient well. I went there from 1972 till 74 and am not really sure if many places like this still exist. My only worries were about getting high enough grades to graduate and after that no raising the ire of the nuns. Our patient outcomes I am sure were above average. If you made an error you usually discussed it with your headnurse and moved on a better nurse. Sometimes of course you had to talk with a supervisor usually a Nun who would give you a sterner lecture. I think that if you are having a terrible time as the writer discusses you really need to seek some professional help. I dont believe that is the norm for a nurses first year.

I would much rather work 8 hour shifts but there are very few around any more. I was working 7 12 hour shifts every 2 weeks but management lowered it to six because of the over time..4 hours what a joke

One day when I was working on a step down unit as a fairly new nurse I was doing an overtime shift. I was in the assignment area and the pm supervisor called me and an agency nurse. He said to me go to ICU, you are in charge and the agency nurse is working with you. That was my first ICU assignment with less than a years experience as an RN. I made it through the nite and had no complaints from the oncoming shift of experienced ICU nurses

A lot of getting a job depends on being in the right place and the right time. You also have to be able to sell yourself to the interviewer as the person they are looking for. I would recomend you start reading some of the self help books on salesmanship and even How to win friends and influence People. This information has helped me throughout my career. Dont be the bland person who just gets passed over.

I do not like 12 hour shifts. I work nites and only have energy to sleep on my days off. We work 7 days over 2 weeks and it wears me out.

I have worked in nursing and in sales for most of my life and I have learned to never show anything that might upset or offend your client. This includes my tatoos, I always wear long sleeves which in nursing is a good idea anyway. I always am clean shaven no beard or mustache. This helps me build trust and confidence of my patients. When I am in my free time I expose my tatoos and too be perfectly honest if I could start all over again I would not get them. Any thing that upsets or offends your client makes your job tougher and invites complaints!!!

There are many people practicing illegally and this matter should be brought to the attention of management and the Boards. It is a red flag that you found so many.

It is unfortunate you got into that position. I would take steps to make sure that it did not happen again.

I guess I have missed out on something in life. In my fifty adult years I have worked in all areas of many cities and rural locations and never felt the need to carry a firearm. This includes many jobs where all the work was done in the worst areas of town..ie the hood.

As far as I know firearms have only one use and are designed to cause injury of varying degree. People and the other items you speak of are used for many different and positive things the majority of the time.

I work as a nite supervisor/case manager with title nurse consultant. I get salary of 50k, no overtime and am expectect to worik about 84 hours a 2 week pay period. Since there is no chance of pay increase I do only the minimum possible and do not go out of the way for this alleged non profit organization I work for. Home health and staffing are not leaders in salary an often owned by private individuals. A staffing job would be the least stressful and a good deal at that salary. If you are looking forward to a higher salary as a don/adon you are looking into a real mess as your work will often be 16 hour days and if something goes wrong the blame will generally be placed on you and solved by firing you. Good luck

It is sad when nursing comes down to accounting. I work on salary now as an RN nurse consultant for a charitable organization. They are very skimpy and try to get as much work as possible for as little pay as possible. They often try to sneak in taking your pto and holiday pay when you havent used it and making it add up to your salary. Fortunately I am on ss and do this to live at a more comfortable level. I do not bend over backwards for my company but I will for my customers as they are referred to this week. If I had the energy I did when I was younger I would organize this company as I did to a facility which took advantage of me when I was much younger. I dont know any other way to fight charitable greed.

and you never know when your best friend or relative is going to go craz

Interesting opinion for a nurse.