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  1. PLEASE tell me there is more to nursing then this.... otherwise, it's for the birds..

    fungez replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, a lot of days I feel like a glorified pill passer. I assuming you're fairly new. Things do get faster with practice. But really, that's all nursing is. Say hi, throw some pills at them....

  2. Registry nurses where do u get ur health insurance

    fungez replied to NoeIssa's topic in General Nursing

    I have my own insurance. It's about $260/month for me and my daughter. It's got a 5K deductible, but after that it covers 100%. It doesn't cover pregnancy. There's a lot of pros to having your own...

  3. Only tobacco free employeess??

    fungez replied to NeoNurseTX's topic in General Nursing

    I've never smoked but stories like this make me want to pick up the habit. This is not about our health. This is about looking good and reducing insurance premiums. If hospitals are so concerned...

  4. Cosmetic Surgery RN- waste of time and experience?

    fungez replied to nursemimi08's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't want the job, I'll take it. It sounds fabulous. A year away should not hurt your later hospital employment. If you're really worried about that, stay PRN at your current hospital and...

  5. Call offs. I love getting the phone call, hate getting the paycheck

    fungez replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, the only thing worse than working is not working. I really hate this oncall thing. It really bugs me. Either let me come on or call me off altogether. I'm not going to sit around, twiddling...

  6. how old were you when you realized you weren't going to make real money as a nurse

    fungez replied to pilotstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, the money is better than it used to be. Everything else, however, is worse. When I graduated in 1991, my hourly wage was 12.01/h - 18.68 in 2009 dollars. In 1997, I was making 15.50/hr -...

  7. just another vent, unhelpful co-workers

    fungez replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    Let me guess...she gets away with it because a)she's your boss BFF OR b) your boss subtly encourages such behavior with the divide and conquer managment

  8. Broke My 6 Week Contract

    fungez replied to jlbic's topic in General Nursing

    Remember, it's not life or death. This will resolve, one way or the other. Keep us posted and take care of

  9. how old were you when you decided to become a nurse?

    fungez replied to bridezillatobe's topic in General Nursing

    I was 20. And for purely pragmatic reasons. I was pregnant with a loser, and my crystal ball told me I wasn't going to get any help from him. So I picked at job with guarenteed employment and...

  10. please help with my situation

    fungez replied to shuubie's topic in General Nursing

    think of this as a grand adventure. Yeah, I know it's scary moving to the middle of nowhere where you don't know a soul, but this could be a wonderful experience. Give it a year. That year will fly...

  11. PaY and working conditions in Kansas / California

    fungez replied to silvervesper's topic in General Nursing

    I lived in Wichita for 30 years. It's got three large hospitals (Wesley, Via-Christi St. Francis and Via Christi St. Joseph) as well as numerous clinics, nursing homes, and I think a heart hospital....

  12. I'm back after a long time!

    fungez replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes. I worked in a similar environment once. The boss, who was a real weirdo, liked to play head games and used "divide and conquer" techniques to pit people against each other. Her own...

  13. Returning to bedside nursing after 9 years!

    fungez replied to Tina, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know your age but as I've gotten older it's harder for me to see where to put the foley. My vision is complicated because of previous surgery and there are some things I simply cannot see to...

  14. Coworker reported me for something I hadn't done = Final warning

    fungez replied to NocturneNrse's topic in General Nursing

    Don't confront her. If you're with her alone she'll probably say you touched her or something. As soon as you find a new job, quit this one. Don't give them two weeks, just quit. Normally I'd never...

  15. Why does HR mess with people's heads

    fungez replied to esunada's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't worry about sounding anxious. In fact, I would try my best to sound psychotic and homocidal. Anyone who blows someone off for that long deserves to get a fire lit under

  16. Why does HR mess with people's heads

    fungez replied to esunada's topic in General Nursing

    Why does HR mess with people's heads? Because they can! Because they cancancancan! Human resources = useless. I've heard more horror stories about people's jobs being held up due to HR dragging...

  17. Nursing Diagnoses: Useless Statements secondary to Professional Insecurity

    fungez replied to Fribblet's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't think you were incoherent. You expressed yourself very well. Nursing diagnosis and careplans are just makework dreamed up by nursing instructors. But it's good practice for the real world...

  18. has anyone ever expirenced burn out on a job?

    fungez replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work PRN. My biggest source of working stress was being forced to work their days, having to put in for a day off a month in advance, or in the case of the holiday schedule, FOUR months in advance....

  19. how to be perfect in a world expecting you to be perfect..

    fungez replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    I too have a lot of trouble with the 12 hour shifts. About hour ten I just start melting down, can't focus, and start slurring my words due to sheer fatigue. Everything goes to heck the minute you...

  20. White Supremacist patients

    fungez replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    Well, you can always bribe your charge to assign a minority nurse to him. That might be fun. Seriously, I would just ignore it, as long as he was civil to everyone. Everyone is entitled to his...

  21. Did everyone flunk their college writing courses?

    fungez replied to AZO49008's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I think allnurses is one of the more well-written forums. Once in a while I'll see a post that is mildly hard to comprehend, but I can usually understand what the person is getting at....

  22. so i cried at work

    fungez replied to LookForward's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I've bawled at work plenty of times. Never one of my prouder moments, but it always blew over. I don't know how old you are, but age does help. I also do my best to look really scary. No makeup,...

  23. don't burn bridges!

    fungez replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It always cracks me up how managers can help create the most unpleasant, toxic, unsafe working environments and then we say, only a crazy person would work here, we are the ones with the problem. You...

  24. Civility in Nursing - can it go TOO far?

    fungez replied to blondielocks's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm. I don't know if this will help you, but it's known that V.I.P.s tend to get worse care. If you google that phrase a couple of NY Times articles will pop up. I think this recent trend towards...

  25. I can't take it anymore!

    fungez replied to shortsuzy87's topic in General Nursing

    As tempting as it would be to tell your boss to suck it, give your notice. That's only 6 more shitfs. Who cares about burning bridges, you'll never go back there anyway, but you do want to be...