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My back didn’t appreciate the constant bending over and lifting I needed to do while working on the floor. I had surgery and thank goodness it’s way improved. My doc wanted me out of bedside nursing so I’m doing something else now. Nursing is very very tough on backs.

I support primary care docs. The one doc has his MA fill out prescriptions for him when he’s on vacation. Including for opioids. This stuns me. He has given her parameters and I guess she’s acting under his license. I refuse to refill anything because I haven’t received a current protocol for medication refills. I value my license and I will continue sending those refill requests to the docs. I want it in writing.

I started out in L and D as a new grad. My school was in the midst of some type of transition and I missed out on a lot of clinical work/skills. My first preceptor wasn’t great. She rushed through everything. After two weeks, I realized I was not going to be able to get to the level I needed. I realized the implications...two lives were depending on my skill. Also, if I stayed the course, they would eventually have let me go. I requested a transfer to postpartum. It was a challenge, but it was more manageable and I was very successful. There were many opportunities for me to transfer to L and D, but I didn’t do it because I found PP suited me. I would accept the PP job. You’ll be learning some of what is needed in L and D. Plus if you’re on a LDRP unit, you can volunteer to assist those nurses on slow days.

Peaceful protesting? Great. All for it. Violence, stealing, rioting, destroying? Not acceptable. No justification whatsoever. There is no excuse for the latter. None. And if anyone justifies it, excuses it, glorifies it, I’m sorry, he/she is part of the problem. Innocent people are having their businesses destroyed. Innocent people are being hurt. Innocent police officers are being attacked. City property is being damaged and destroyed. Who pays the price for that? Us.

Trump allowed fracking. And the pipeline. So the US is able to produce its own oil. That allowed prices to drop. We no longer need to suffer at the whim of despots in the Middle East. Our economy was in rough shape after Obama and all his regulations. We need the freedom to grow. And we need to bring manufacturing back to this country. Obama said that would never happen and we needed to get used to a new normal. I enjoyed ranting. I’m so tired of hearing the constant criticism of Trump. I hear it at work, and heaven forbid you give a dissenting opinion. I hear it out and about. Open minded people can’t possibly imagine that someone actually supports him as President. Since he was elected, plenty of us did. I think he’s done a great job, considering the circumstances. And I voted for him very reluctantly. He is not an ideal candidate by any means, but he’s the best of the ones we unfortunately have.

Oh please. Trump the dictator? He’s removed many obstacles to American success. He’s lessened bureaucratic regulations. He’s not using the FBI and IRS as tools to bludgeon those who disagree with him. He isn’t sending out his thugs in the middle of the night to burst into people’s homes and wake them up to arrest them after he’s notified the press. He has elected Supreme Court justices who actually value our constitution, not the laws of other countries’ courts. He doesn’t rule with his pen. He’s allowed industry to recover. He’s allowed us to become energy independent. He doesn’t divide us into groups of victims. He has achieved the highest level of employment for African Americans and Hispanics. And to top it all off, I very much enjoy the fact that I pay $2 something for gasoline, not $5 a gallon, which was the direction we were headed in. I enjoy the fact that I no longer have to hear about our nation’s public schools being strong armed to allow boys to shower in girls’ locker rooms. By the use of that pen. And that police officers are a little safer because the rule of law has support. And that there haven’t been riots caused by hateful divisiveness and rhetoric. Patriotic role modeling? I’m assuming you mean Biden. Who went into office as one of the poorest politicians, was actually in debt, and after using his position as leverage, managed to amass a fortune for himself and his family. What a role model! He strong armed the Ukraine to allow his son a pass on illegal behavior. I very much wish for this country to recover from the virus. If we can bring back manufacturing back, it will benefit so many. The American people have been sold out and it’s time to take our country back. Trump is in no way perfect, but he’s a damn world away from what we had before, which was utterly disastrous.

I am utterly and completely disheartened at the treatment of frontline nurses during this pandemic. It’s incomprehensible to me that administrators can force nurses to wear inadequate PPE or to have to constantly reuse PPE. And I think it’s utterly reprehensible how the CDC came out and literally lied to the public about the benefits of wearing masks and has covered for hospitals that haven’t provided adequate PPE. There is no recourse for nurses. Disgusting! While so many of our hospitals have focused on spa-like bathrooms and patient satisfaction scores above all else, the nursing staffs, the bedrock of the hospitals, have been treated as expendable and understaffing has become the norm. I did not hesitate when I was placed on unpaid furlough after I refused a redeployment to a covid floor. I did go home shaking. They needed RNs, I was informed. It didn’t matter that I was never fitted for a N95 mask. Didn’t matter that I’d never been oriented to the hospital, and didn’t matter that I never spent one second as anything other than an OB nurse. And when I said I had very serious concerns about bringing the virus home to my immune-compromised child, I was offered counseling for my anxiety. I believe in G-d. He blessed me with my child. I picked her. Luckily, they returned me back to my previous job after my punishment. I wish all of you the best of health and good things. You all deserve better!

I really feel for you. You need to stay home and recover. And you need an independent PCP, as others have advised. You truly are one of the amazing front line workers and you need to take as much time as you need. I do not see why this would harm your chances of obtaining a new job. Best of luck for a full recovery.

When hospitals care more about their fountains and spa like bathrooms than they do about their nurses, we see very clearly what they value above all else. It’s very sad what has happened to such an incredible profession. I too am finding this. I’m also finding that I’m treated far worse by administration and fellow nurses than I was in any other career I have been engaged in.

I am so thankful for all of the front line medical staff. I cannot imagine. At the same time, I do not feel guilty for one second. I have vulnerable family members. I would have left the job if I thought I was going to be exposed. I cannot bring this virus home. Perhaps I would have made a different decision years ago, before my family obligations arrived.

WOW!. You admitted defeat before you even began. I agree with all the above. If you hadn’t taken your first nursing class, you would never have taken the last one. You persisted. You graduated. Now you take the next step....you study and you take the exam. Then you find a counselor of some sort to help you through the next part...building up your confidence. My dream was to do L and D. For years. Despite all the nay-sayers (I did not work as a CNA or in any capacity in a hospital setting while I was in nursing school. I was raising my kids), I passed NCLEX and then I trusted that if G-d wanted me to have that job, not having practical experience wouldn’t matter one iota. I made my effort. I networked. And a couple of months after graduation, I was offered a L and D job. It was surreal and I did a huge happy dance. I was willing to take something else, almost anything else. And by the way, I didn’t do well at it and I moved to Mother Baby, which was my perfect home. So much for that! You will never know unless you begin the journey. And yes, it may take you elsewhere. Wherever you are meant to be.

I had this problem, to a certain degree. I did Postpartum nursing. Then I moved to a primary care clinic and talk to patients all day.

Several months ago, completely out of the blue, I began having an allergic reaction when I was cutting up jalapeño peppers. I was gasping for breath. I never had a problem before except coughing when they were stir fried. It was the craziest thing and now I don’t allow anyone to prepare them near me. I also can’t be around the residue if it’s sitting around. It was a pretty scary feeling.

Martymoose, I wish you all the best. Some of the comments were a little sharp or definitely pointed, and you remained calm and thoughtful. That says a lot for you. You do need a new job. My previous, toxic job was influencing my emotions outside of work. Find something you enjoy, it will make a world of a difference. Then you can work on cutting expenses, perhaps downsizing, whatever you need to do. Best of luck.

Personally I think it’s wrong that nurses are attempting to use labels that other people have earned after years of education and attaining medical degrees, in addition to sacrificing even more years to specialize. It doesn’t sit well with me. Why can’t we be happy with what we have? Why do we insist on being called something we are not?