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Yuppers, my "panhandling" is of bedpans, o course.

well I DO take offense. I am not encouraging people to "run from job to job" and I am not encouraging people to "jump ship." You missed the point I was trying to make, to encourage others to take an objective rather than a subjective view of employme...

How does one explain all those different employers on your resume when applying for a new job? HEY GIRL -- Who is writing the resume?

The teeth have been extracted not only from unions, but from professional nursing associations in our country. This means that employers can screw nurses over and there is no recourse. Period. My advice: learn the warning signs of a TOXIC UNIT. Test ...

So, the months go by.... and how are you doing, TNN? I went through a gritty exit from what I thought was a secure job last year. I've been working in a new job, and was happy until last week when I discovered the same pattern all over again. MEDIOCR...

"I have a dream...." that one day the nurses in the USA and worldwide will take the reins of control from the medical-industrial complex.... ..we are everywhere.... we are everywhen.... who nurses the nurse?

NurseKat64, you are the answered prayer of each patient who is touched by you. God bless your hands, your day, your life. panhandler

TNN your situation is so very ugly. I have been wondering about setting up some rules of conduct in ADVANCE of employment with any institution. Does anyone have experience with or ideas about nurses presenting their own CONTRACT at time of employme...

This little "thread" is part of a whole cloth. It is a cloth of greed and abuse. The only way to fight fire is with fire: our last refuge of sanity is the law of the land. We need legislators to be on our side. The question is, can we bribe them enou...

Have you lost sight of the big picture? You forfeit your rights as a citizen when you work for the Medical-Industrial complex. Without a written contract (which probably would pre-empt your getting a job offer....duh) you have no "rights" --- none at...

Golly gee, guage14, I thought MNi wanted to know why she SHOULD become an RN.

Why should you become an R.N.? some factoids: .Only 60% of registered nurses are employed in acute care hospitals. .Nurses in the profession are viewed as trustworthy, according to public opinion poles. .YOu have to be an RN to open a nursing home so...

IMHO you should get out of the toxic situation you are in. Go to the DON and ask to be transferred out immediately. Decline any of her questions as to why. If you are pushed to the wall, just say "I want my old job back." Keep your connections with ...

I work 12 hour shifts in ER, where the pace is fast. our state requires that nurses be given a break after 4 hours. We are allowed one break per day. This means that any way you divide up the hours, a nurse will be working greater 4 hours without a b...

OMG OMG OMG What I am seeing here is the tip of the iceberg. Here's what we know: 1)The "nursing shortage" is a manufactured lie. 2)Experienced, innovative nurses are ground to a pulp by the system, ON PURPOSE. 3)There is WAGE-FIXING rampant in the h...

Lady Charge, surely you must be aware of the prison-camp studies. It is human nature to immitate the captors. "Trustees" ie pets of the bad guys treat fellow prisoners worse than the guards do. Not exactly your enlightened behavior, but built into th...

A few words of advice: NAME RANK AND SERIAL NUMBER. My sister the professor of nursing would advise you to go back and learn more. Myself, I learned enough. Stick to simple phrases and beware they are trying to elicit an EMOTIONAL REACTION from you...

I just got a notice from the lawyer I am hiring to defend my license to the BON: this chap (recommended by the State Nurse's Association) is charging about $400 per hour. He wants a RETAINER of $2K. THAT is the reality. WHen you get stabbed in the b...

I hope the facility who terminated you gets turned every which way but loose by your attorney.:angryfire Poor TNNurse. You are living a nightmare! I am going to slip you some mental coffee. Honey, I hear you, hundreds of miles away, in Florida. Ditt...

[They'd never come up with anything stupid, that insults your intelligence and good taste, correct??? 1)Seven staff nurses from the ICU in a full page ad with isolated photos of groups of other hospital employees depicting the wonderful ethnic mix o...

Florida atlantic coast, here, working nights in ICU.... I went back to nursing after a ten year hiatus (the last of which was in community college taking the refresher program). Nursing (as a job) has lost ground. I accepted 1/2 the vacation time and...