Ruthfarmer

It boils down to fear. Personal and group fears foster the all or nothing mentality. Some folks feel threatened and some how feel diminished by the thought that someone else might have a differing perspective. Some folks are limited in their ...

Where I come from, you can spot a DFO a mile away. The DFO is the lady wearing house slippers who shows up at the ER with 65 other people when her nephew has been shot or stabbed. Wearing the house slippers out in public means she will be a DFO.

Perfectly makes the point of Response # 3 and Response #133 with the added bonus of vague pseudo-patriotic terms: hatred of America and the American way of life. Absolutely perfect!

Who determines what "unskilled" is. There are jobs that would appear to require no special training or education. But, the average person may not be able to walk in straight from the street and perform the job efficiently or well. Many of the job...

False Equivalency. Another tool used to manipulate people into acting against their own interests. People may well become "emotional" about: a 40 hour work week; stopping child labor; implementing safety standards in mines; requiring personal saf...

I salute your integrity. I wish you much happiness and success.

I've seen nurses "assess" breath sounds from the doorway, on a cardio pulmonary floor, no less. Absolutely unconscionable.

Well said!

Thanks for making this point. Having observed a considerable amount of care in magnet facilities in the last 6 months, I have not been favorably impressed.

Extremely well said. Extremely! Your overview of the policies and and economy and the focus of attention of the masses is spot on.

If you've managed to work out a compromise with a different shift or other situation, that's great. But if that doesn't work out, there's not need to beat yourself up over it. Sometimes a job is just not a good fit, and that can be for any number ...

I suggest that you do NOT consider returning to work for this facility. It is all too easy to "set a nurse up" and cause the nurse to lose his/her license. It is appropriate to say that "politics" were involved or that the position was simply "n...

This is a dangerous assignment. It is completely unreasonable and unacceptable. Each day that you accept thjs assignment you are risking your license. I would take my license and run.

Let it go, Sweetie. No egregious harm was done. This has made an impression on you. Take the lesson with you and let it go. Be kind and gentle and caring to yourself.

You are NOT "screwing" your co-workers. You have a health problem that requires care. Take care of yourself. Generally speaking, to most employers, a nurse is just an easily replaced spoke in the wheel. Make your own health and well-being your pr...

The reason it's taboo is that our society is often driven by fear and ignorance. Often people feel powerless and hopeless, and this feeds right into the fear. Often people are ignorant regarding options & solutions. Fear often furthers ignoran...

Bravo!

I have no way of knowing the details of the OP's situation. There are a number of reasons that sharing specific details would be unwise. Not sharing details, in and of itself, is not necessarily an indication of some egregious wrongdoing on the par...

Yes. Yes. Yes. These weak instructors have neither the heart of a nurse nor the heart of a teacher. They are often incompetent as nurses and somewhat incompetent as people in general. When dealing in any capacity with a capable person who is educ...

The economy is making things tough for new grads and seasoned nurses alike.

My first job out of nursing school was a similar nightmare. I could go on for paragraphs about the blatantly unsafe things I observed at a similarly short-staffed facility. Get out of that snake pit and don't look back. It's a catastrophe waitin...

Thank you for bringing this effort and this organization to my attention.

Beautifully told real life story. Thank you for sharing it. Non-nurses don't often understand the things we see and orchestrate.

CaffinePrnPo, you will do just fine as a nurse. Don't worry about knowing how to "read" people. You don't have to depend on "reading" most people. You can just come right out and ask people what they need, or where they hurt, or what you can do...

Experience will vary by facility. Not all prisons are the same. They are not managed the same. Yet there is a certain subculture specific to most prisons. This can be unpleasant and uncomfortable for nurses who have lived a sheltered life. Pers...