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Well, I have had my share of "rude", from instructors, to preceptors, to managers, it can be endless, but I regard them all part of the experience in my determination to be a great nurse. I pity their disdain to teach and reach the next gerneratin of caregivers, o'well, their loss, just think they had a chance to show proudly their expertise to you and they chunked the chance. I hope you get to feeling better, and go to work with a spirit to learn, no matter the obstacle. It gets better.

I too work for a state facility, the best way is to find other employees that you can voice concerns with to either find ways to work with the system or change it. The union is an organized effort, but you and your cohorts can be as effective if you work together. In most cases the Adminsitration is aware of the hardship and can give you some dates and times when the overtime may end. It is usually when they can hire, train, and put new staff into population.

Reporting her may not result in her being fired, this maybe the only way she can get some help. She not only violated hippa, but she does not appear to have respect for boundaries, and should not work in an environment where people are vulnerable.

i had a similar experience the first time i attempted nursing school, i still relive those moments and it makes me work harder at not being perceived as incompetent or careless. i am so ocd about my care and patients that i think i am a better caregiver from the experience.

Some voices just carry!!, I too am a loud talker... And when I notice it I really do become embarrassed. I think I maybe partially deaf. But I am working on it. My dear friends always give me gentle reminders to pipe it down..

I really feel that forums even this one should be used with the utmost discretion. The information displayed by someone here on this site which mentions "state of Texas " is taking it for granted that another state employee may not be able to identify that message.. Be carefull, not for the sake of lossing your right to speak your voice. But in some unfortunate turn of events that these site may become the weapon used against you to prove you have broken privacy requirements.

All I can say, where there is a need, there is a nurse. Go for what interest you! I hope you find it as interesting as the other experienced post have demonstrated.

If your jobs provides you access that is not priviledged to the public, then I think that your views can be cultivated by your environment and will depict information that can distort and mislead even if unintentionally. I would reframe from remarks unless in an environment of people with equal knowledge and access.

HIPPA is so major, that if I have relatives, friends or any associates that come to my facility, I will not go and visit until they return home. I will usually send a card, or leave a message on their phone, but thats it. I know I would never disclose their information, or access it unlawfully, but its just that there exist such a large grey area for what you know, and what you can discuss, that I have decided I dont want to know any, unless it pertains to my work.

Although you will gain valuable experience from the access to patient care, be aware that it is a real job. Try to get a PRN shift so that when your class schedule changes, like during the summer you can balance both work and school. I tried both, and summer semester which was 4 days a week for 2 months took a toll on me. I was working 7p-7a 3 days a week , and considered full time. There were no PRN shifts available. and I was 1 of 4 people attending school on that shift so trying to find replacements or switching became impossible. Not to mention the sleep deprivation.

I'm not certain that this qualifies as a ghost story. But on a Med-Surg unit that I worked on several years ago there was a light that would dim really low, then flicker. When it happened we would say "go check you patients", you know as a sort of joke. Well after a while, there was a real noticable correlation between that light and the deaths that occured on that floor. I would say about 99% of the time on the 11p-7a shift when if dimmed then flickered someone was about to die or already gone. The floor has since been turned into a day surgery unit, and is closed at nights.