DizzyLizzyNurse

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  1. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Three-Fifths Compromise - Wikipedia, the free

  2. 5 things you wish you knew as a new nurse

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Bugs20091's topic in First Year After Licensure

    1. You can learn something from everyone...even if it's a negative experience. 2. Sometimes you won't like your patient or their families....and that's ok! Just hide it and do your job. 3. A lot...

  3. Movin on

    DizzyLizzyNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok I've decided to seriously look into doing something I've been talking about but haven't done. I've always wanted to move out of my small town. I was thinking NYC or California. I know the job...

  4. Movin on

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'd love to travel, but I only have 4 months of hospital experience. Maybe I could do rehab. Thank

  5. I feel like everybody hates being a nurse!!!

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to hershdawg's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you are filing charges against this

  6. How do you stay positive about your career?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Jw1724's topic in General Nursing

    I'd have a heart to heart. Your schedule is not going to change. He's just going to have to accept it and if he can't it's probably not going to work out. I mean, you don't have to be that harsh,...

  7. Movin on

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    My brother lives in NYC and I have a friend who lives in LA so I do have (non health care) connections in each area. I think I will apply for the other state's license and just apply for jobs and...

  8. How do you stay positive about your career?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Jw1724's topic in General Nursing

    It seems the main problem is your boyfriend and his nosy mother. I had a similar problem with a previous boyfriend and his nosy mother. You seem to have accepted the downsides of nursing as just...

  9. Not sure what to do. Licensed RN working as tech.

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Spikey9001's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not true anymore. I'd start applying for anything anywhere. My old job sent me to RN school, but didn't have a job for me so I worked my LPN job for 9 months until I got hired somewhere else and...

  10. Should I give nursing another try?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to almostmadeit's topic in Nursing Career

    You don't think there is a reason that nurses start off making decent money? There's a price in there somewhere. And it's because the job is HARD and demands a lot. Go work as a PCA or CNA. And...

  11. Fired for expressing concerns about patient safety and care!

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to hkrntobe's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Isn't it against labor laws to work 8 days in a row? I mean unless you chose

  12. So...you've had a bad day?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Been there,done that's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've always thought the reason we weren't supposed to say we were short staffed is because the hospital would rather the nurses look bad by looking lazy or slow instead of the hospital looking bad...

  13. Is nursing really that bad?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Reckless96's topic in General Nursing

    True. I love to read. I'd love to be paid to read for 8 hours a day or 3 12 hour shifts a week haha. But I think being told what to read, how long to read for, and HAVING to read would suck all the...

  14. Is nursing really that bad?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Reckless96's topic in General Nursing

    I will say to you what I say to anyone looking at being a nurse. Be a PCA or CNA and get your feet wet in nursing. Then you will have a clearer picture of what you would do as a

  15. Nursing Student in Recovery

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to jesskidding's topic in Nurses Recovery

    As someone who's mother died of a drug overdose last year, I just wanted to say what you are doing is brave and amazing and I wish you all the luck in the

  16. Do you give back-rubs and foot baths to your patients?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to silt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a touchy feely person. I like hugs from friends. When I worked LTC I'd give back scratches and back rubs to a few residents I was close to. Now that I'm med/surge, I don't get to know anyone...

  17. No job security

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to cantdoit's topic in General Nursing

    Time to put out some

  18. "Loosing" my license

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I've been thinking the same thing. I haven't ever seen anyone lose their license in 11 years of health care. I have seen a couple nurses 'let go' when they were coming to work drunk or stealing...

  19. New RN working in PCU want to quit.

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to deemarys's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Maybe the techs really are busy and also feeling overwhelmed. Are you helping them as well? (Within reason, of course, no need to try to do someone's job for them.) Just a possible thought. I also...

  20. Are there any jobs in nursing where you can work alone?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Kadambari's topic in Nursing Career

    I also worked night shift alone as an LPN with 2 CNAs. I like nights because I think there is more

  21. "working" when you're off...

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to blamejoe's topic in General Nursing

    You teach people how to treat you. I'm surprised that you get asked that often. It only happens to me every once in a while and I'll take a peek (maybe) and tell them to go to their doctor. If they...

  22. When patients hit close to home

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to LCinTraining's topic in General Nursing

    While still on orientation, I helped to take care of a guy who was in alcohol withdrawl. He was soooo sick. My mother died of a drug overdose last year and also had had drinking problems. When he...

  23. Lazy nurse or what

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Theguest2012's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Especially starting off with "I have no healthcare experience" and "I'll be starting nursing school soon." OP get a job as a aide so you can see some of what we do every day. There's a reason a job...

  24. Do You judge and treat patients differently depending on who they are ?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to star.crush's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Of course I would maintain my professional demeanor! If I was unprofessional with every person I took care of who had some gross infection or hygiene issue, I would have been fired a long time ago!...

  25. Working RNs and the CNA are to blame for new graduate RN program shortages .

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to murs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is like the time I was walking into work and some family member at the LTC place I was working at said loudly, "God there are too many nice cars in this parking lot." And then something about...