Ruthfarmer

Wonderful story.

Computer use and short staffing! Being required to do more with less. None of this makes for best practice, much less, personal care. Management seems to prefer nurses who dart around and barrel up and down halls--Tasking. Nurses are very oft...

Lindarn, I would like to give you multiple kudos and bravos.

I, too, read the post and read the link, last week. I think it's a very fitting analogy in many respects.

Keep your personal life personal. It's not your manager's business.

i wholeheartedly agree with what everyone else has said about balance in your life. it's not balanced. there's something else here that i would point out that is equally unhealthy. it would seem to appear that perhaps it maybe that your entire i...

It will be ok. I know you are frustrated, but things do have a way of working out for the best. Right now, though nites are what you want, there may be some reason why that's not the best for you. I am delighted that you aren't getting flipped ar...

I can tell you that the market in SW MS and SE LA is hard for nurses right now. It has been for the last two years. Generally speaking, many of the few places that do hire recent graduates are snake pits. They are places you probably don't wan...

Get out and interview. Be frank when asked about your RN work experience. There's no shame in saying that a job was not a good fit. It's a bit unrealistic to expect a new graduate to be immediately proficient and successful in an ER setting. Du...

Not only do they feel they can do as they wish, they strictly are doing as they wish. If you won't go along with the substandard program, then they have on hand dozens of applications of people who will. The economy is emboldening these sort of mana...

Dearest Weebee, Have no doubt that you did the right thing. Have no doubt that you are not alone. You are so right in recognizing that an unsafe environment is one that you don't want to work in. It is a sad thing indeed for nursing to be such a ...

A professional person's personal choice of "fragrance" is all good and fine until it makes for an insufferable work environment for others. That goes for nasty body odors or perfumes and colognes. Those patients who need help with hygiene should...

Good for you and thank you for putting patient safety first. We need more nurses like you!

Brother, I feel your pain and your frustration. I finished nursing school at 42 years of age. I have a bachelor degree in journalism and a master of education degree. Before becoming a nurse I had worked as a handicapped preschool teacher/coordi...

I worked night shift for over a year. I had to be vigilant about protecting my sleep, and I really required more sleep to work nights. I always found that I "lost" an extra day, and when the schedule called for nights that weren't consecutive, I ...

I have had EMS bring bodies in that are cold and stiff and have been for some time. They haul them in going through the motions of CPR. This was in a rural area, where the coroner was the local big fish (MD) in a little pond. He couldn't be b...

One of the problems with some nursing schools is that instructors often have no education background. They may have exceptional knowledge, experience, and clinical skills. Unfortunately, if they aren't naturally inclined to be a teacher and they l...

When I visited the nursing school I was to attend (in 2007), the program director sat me down in her office and told me, "When you get your RN, there will NEVER be any reason for you to work anywhere, or any shift that you don't want to. You will be...

I love it.

I'd really like to give you multiple Kudos for this.

Anyone can sue anybody for anything any time. It take lawyers and money to get frivolous and unlawful suits dismissed. Unless a person has plenty of money and doesn't mind spending it on lawyers, they would be well advised to obtain med mal ins...

YES. Having coordinated med mal defense and having worked as a Medical Malpractice investigator for the State of Louisiana, I will say categorically and emphatically that each and every nurse should have his/her own medical malpractice insurance c...

The economy of SW MS and SE LA is stagnant. There are no jobs here. For every job vacancy announced, there are dozens of applicants. Working conditions are not good.

Some patients touch our hearts so dearly. Thanks for sharing the tribute to your special patient, Sgt. Harry.

Some of our patients touch our hearts so dearly. Thanks for sharing your story.