newmissRN replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students
No I work in oncology. We see the patients so often during treatment that we get to know them. When they come back for hospice care and finally do die its seems more respectful to say it that way.
I went through a period of burn out about 7months after I started as a nurse. I took two weeks of vacation time to just unwind and it helped tremendously. After two weeks of being away from work I went back with a smile on my face ready to face anyth...
The unit I work on, there is an unlicensed tech that regularly refers to himself as a nurse. On many occassions patients will ask him to bring them their medications. Only at that point in time will he tell them he is not their nurse, and most of the...