truthbtolled77

hello, i was just wondering what school you went to for pn? rn? you have obviously been to atleast a descent school:yeah: and i have not but i do want to know for reference and to know the rn school as i am looking! :anpom: have a bountiful :hrnsmlys:thanksgiving!

Of course they are kissing ass when any mgr. is around, but then act like your friend saying how that particular person is such a/an "fill in the blank here". Will we ever agree to just do our job so we can focus on why we are nurses in the first place. Hey if you really don't like the person...too bad, fake till you make it; just grin and bear it; say/do whatever you need to get through the day in a professional manner and take all that hate put it into some energy to focus on your work.*wine:oornt:

This is so funny you should ask! It happened to me once, then I saw it happen in another facility to a new nurse! What happened, exactly, to me is they were on me like white on rice, pressuring me to do my work...the paperwork (change-over) now that is not bad, but standing over me with arms crossed and asking "what are we going to do about this" in a very demeaning manner (like I was a child); constantly running to the unit mgr. to "tell" on me for not getting the trash before they arrived. STUPIDITY, that is what it exactly is! :spbox:Anything to get rid of you. They could not get me on nursing mistakes so they would do the most petty and ignorant things possible. I remember how the "in" group would take forever on breaks and leave me to be the only nurse in the whole facility...nice! Couldn't tell the unit mgr. because my first day she told me that she "hates nurses from ________school". To top things off they were all buddy-buddy with the DON. Yeah, I left, so did a WHOLE lot of people! It was not just me, I just held on the longer than the others. I have seen it happen to others as well. I told the new nurse just to hang in there, stand your ground, speak with the DON frequently and that I was there for her. I am not sure how some do not see this happening, or it is denial. If there are facilities that do not take part in this.....PLEASE let EVERYONE know, our jobs are hard enough! Doctors stick together but nurses don't why? That is exactly what we need to do...we don't have to be best friends, but damn it we are all nurses! Sorry, I get sick of no one ever standing up for what is right. Also, I have seen with my own eyes and heard with my own ears, covering for each other, yup I did do what was right, now I don't have a job and would do it again for the safety of a patient.*wine:vlin::cheers::kiss:hug::nuke:

This is for CuriousMe, sorry I had to post here, can't send messages yet. I hope you even see this. Don't worry, constructive criticism is appreciated. I absolutely see your point, literally. I may not be able to let go of the Emoticons though, they suit my personality. I will watch how they are used in relation to the spacing. Thank you and let me know if this is any better (I really do appreciate the feedback!)

:anbd:and i went off on a rant w/out answering your question. super example of common sense, right :grn:!? okay, now let me answer what you asked. if you get into nursing, there are opportunities for you to not have to work directly with wounds, bad injuries, etc. like being a manager, legal nursing, counseling, etc., the part you have to understand is you always have to be prepared for anything, even in those positions something bad could happen...for example (and hypothetically) a psych patient is very disturbed and finds something to cut themselves and it happens to be an artery... a lot of blood! what do you do? well you will have to be very well educated, both with experience and academically! in other words, you will have to do your time being a floor nurse (that is where you will get educated with experience), i am estimating five years and possibly more (that is what i have been told), along with getting your bsn, ms, etc., depending which way you want to go. you can see why, i hope, that you need to see what you have learned and apply it, over and over, to know what to do; you would be working with lives and as a nurse, you have a responsiblility to help, even when you may have more of a "desk" job or one that requires less of what you have difficulty with, ie. wounds (you may be walking by an emergency happening; i hope a nurse would stop and help, if needed). also, i think most nurses have their own vices when it comes to things that bother them, puke, poop, sputum, etc. , so i guess what i am saying is, yes, you do get used to it. your brain will adapt if you really like what you do (that's my theory atleast)!

my apologies :imbar, i should have been more gender neutral in my response :imdbb:. i am definitely all for whatever you choose and am so happy to hear your interest in something positive . unfortunately, too many of our young generation are steered in a negative direction . promise yourself one thing... do not let anyone break you down :anpom:! no matter what, you always have the choice to do right or wrong and if you make a mistake...own up to it and take responsibility for it. also, always work on sharpening your common sense too...very important (:redlight:) in life! you'll forever have to work on it...not you personally, in general. you are on the right path and you are showing initiative...you never know, you may be an inspiration for someone else (may be right now). its hard, life is at times...really hard :deadhorse...but it is also very rewarding too:flowersfo! much love and kudos to you:clphnds:! like i said, any questions, you know where to find me!

:eek:whoa! what is going on here?! have we not taken lifespan development..it's rhetorical, please do not answer. this girl is 17! she may have dropped out for whatever reasons (we don't know, so slow down the judgement:no:) and at least she is going to get her ged, she is thinking of becoming a nurse at 17:nmbrn:! come on, we need to support our youth, especially when they are thinking in the right direction! she is allowed to be confused, hell, i am still confused about a lot. let's see, i am not perfect, i have made plenty of mistakes along the way of life, i was much older when deciding to become a nurse, have had zero support, my health is crap, my money is crap, i have 3 kids, etc, etc:vlin:, we all have war stories. please, stop this madness and hear her out, this is where the "i am better than thou" attitude in nursing stems from, stop it! we nurses need to stick together,:igtsyt: all of us, and part of nursing is mentoring and teaching. she asked us about the nursing profession and not to sugar-coat that, not her personally. look, i am not trying to be brass, it's just that i am starting to see why some nurses are so hateful toward each other, we need to look at the doctors, they stick up for each other, while we, the nurses, are eating each other alive! it doesn't make sense!:icon_hug: i know i can learn from everyone, the young, the old, the poor, yada yada, not to mention being a nurse, you're in school for life... let's hear her out, support her, teach her and lead her in the right direction (nursing or otherwise), not attack her...let's be nurses!

:grad: maybe if you learn about anatomy & physiology, wounds/injuries/blood won't seem so bad. meaning, what happens with an infection, what helps to heal, how blood works; maybe, just maybe, it'll be easier to handle. most nurses, whether they want to admit it or not, have a vice that they have a hard time handling, it may be vomit, sputum, poo, etc:sstrs:. so don't feel bad about that. while in school, i agree with the other posts, work as a cna...some facilities may be able to take you on as a cna, but knowing you are nursing student, they may have special programs that pay a little more than a cna... i am not sure if that is possible, but call around and ask if they have that:confused:. as far as working 3 days, no wknds...well its a good chance being new you are looking at night shift, most likely, if that doesn't bother you, great...some love it:anbd:! no weekends, that's a tough one, usually and i do mean as in typically, it is mandatory to work every other weekend:lol_hitti. i hope this helps, i didn't sugar coat ( i think) if you need anything else... you know where to find me!

United States did start the whole "melting pot" country. With that came with it are different languages. Sure they can learn English and should, as a universal language to communicate with, but can people that share a language preserve their heritage as well? My husband feels as you do, not in the work place. I have no one to communicate with, as far as the foreign language I speak, therefore, my skills have diminished. I was born here in this beautiful country with no regrets! I do find myself under stress speaking in a foreign language under my breath, but I do try to make it as clean and professional as I do with the English language, you never know who is bilingual and could understand (a patient, a co-worker, etc.). Not all foreign speaking persons talk about others. This is not to stand on a soap box!!! On the contrary, I am just trying to shine a light on the other side of the situation. Also, just to add, before we expect others that speak a foreign language to speak English, we should focus on teaching the English speaking population proper English first, sometimes it is difficult understanding them too!:1luvu: