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  1. What do you think are the current major problems in nursing?

    ZootRN replied to Barras's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with many of the above posts, especially The Commuter's. To me, major problems in nursing boil down to two things: 1. Working short staffed majority of the time. 2. Nurses inhumanity and...

  2. Doing the right thing

    ZootRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I caught a huge med error made by other nurse. When I confronted her, she admitted doing it, but refused to file incident report, saying "that day was totally crazy, let it go". She is a charge nurse...

  3. Doing the right thing

    ZootRN replied to ZootRN's topic in General Nursing

    For

  4. Doing the right thing

    ZootRN replied to ZootRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm quitting from there. It is not even the med error itself but the atmosphere of covering up "right" people and reprimanding others for much smaller

  5. Doing the right thing

    ZootRN replied to ZootRN's topic in General Nursing

    Administering 10 times more of the med

  6. I changed my mind about becomin a Nurse...

    ZootRN replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Aspiring Nurse, Please do what makes you happy. Does not matter what it is, nursing, teaching or something else. Find something that works for you. Life is too short to do things that make you...

  7. Fired

    ZootRN replied to Blades's topic in General Nursing

    I was under impression that being terminated during probationary period is not really "fired" since you were not a permanent employee

  8. I am giving up

    ZootRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just can't do it anymore. Came home from work yesterday in tears, which happens often lately. Could not sleep at night, worried about everything that happened at work. Had family members yelling and...

  9. I am giving up

    ZootRN replied to ZootRN's topic in General Nursing

    Dear colleagues, dear friends, Thank you all very much for your support and kind words. I did submit my resignation and plan to take a few weeks off, to rest and to think about what I'm going to do in...

  10. nursing shortage?

    ZootRN replied to ilmbg's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with others that there is no shortage of nurses in the country, but shortage of nurses willing to put up with bad working conditions and poor pay. I think "real" shortage of supply we will...

  11. How many nurses want their children to be nurses too?

    ZootRN replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    I am discouraging my daughter to become a nurse. She wants to be a doctor anyway. But if not a doctor, than there are other specialties, as others said, with much better working conditions and fair...

  12. The Doctor said WHAT?

    ZootRN replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    In place where I work nurses ARE expected to be subordinate to doctors. It is not the best place, but it's a different story. You have your say in whatever, but it only goes so far. Nursing can think...

  13. The Doctor said WHAT?

    ZootRN replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yes. And when you are not a student anymore and a staff nurse, those doctors will run to your manager and will report you as being rude and inappropriate. Or if they won't, than you colleagues...

  14. Anesthetist or Physicians Assistant?

    ZootRN replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'd rather be PA. In order to become CRNA, you first have to go through the nursing school, then work in critical care for a year or two, than apply to highly competitive CRNA school and endure 28...

  15. Will this turn future employers off?

    ZootRN replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    It's really noone's business. Since you working toward non-nursing degree, you won't be able to get a tuition reimbursement, but that's about it. I would not tell anyone, because it may cause some...

  16. Meal and Potty Breaks

    ZootRN replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    I pee as many times during shift as I need too. Over last two years, it was only once or twice when I was not able to take a lunch break, and I charged for it and got paid for it. Take care of...

  17. I experience physical symptoms when I think about my job!

    ZootRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Commuter, consider yourself lucky, and I mean it with no sarcasm. I am pretty much in the same position - unable to sleep before going to work, unable to sleep the night after the shift, running...

  18. OMG.Do Nursing students really practice on eachother??

    ZootRN replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    In our school we were not allowed to practice on each other. Too much liability

  19. Transfusion too fast?

    ZootRN replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    I've done it more than once, with a pressure bag and using central

  20. My mother is embarassed that I'm going to be a nurse...

    ZootRN replied to iriska_meller's topic in General Nursing

    I have had a similar problem. My grandmother was a nurse, and my mother never truly appreciated her, although she worked so hard and brought her up as a single mother. When I told my mother I am...

  21. What would you change about your scrubs?

    ZootRN replied to daisygirl_001's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I would make scrubs more fitted (as I have a figure to show ), and made out of stretch materials for

  22. Oh my......nowwhaddoIdo?

    ZootRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I may be little out of line here, but why some nurses are so competitive and feel they are the only good ones

  23. How do YOU feel about nurses striking?

    ZootRN replied to LydiaGreen's topic in General Nursing

    I answered "yes", however I feel that asking if nurses "allowed" to strike you imply that nursing is suppressed and monitored group of individuals lacking any control over what they

  24. They want me on Renal Transplant/Nephrology Unit

    ZootRN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I never worked there, but interviewed for the renal transplant stepdown (never took a job because they ended up offering me nights). I was impressed by the manager though, who said openly she...

  25. Challenging boards?

    ZootRN replied to nursekatie22's topic in General Nursing

    If I remember right, if you challenged the boards the way others described (being a medic etc), you won't be able to practice in any other state except for California. Might be not in your best...