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I recently did a conference or inservice about positivity in the work place. I feel like this has been done because a lot of nurses are disgruntled and I feel like for good reason. Basically they want us to just be positive and never complain. Like a grin and bear it sort of philosophy. It made me angry on so many levels. I will probably be in someones black book but I mentioned to our head of nursing that our complaints may have validity. Many times we are frustrated because we feel we are doing our best for the patient and can't seem to make headway on their care and need input. Another reason we may complain is because of staffing and we are feeling stressed over this. I wanted to mention this if they loose 6 nurses and wonder why the grin and bear it philosophy didn't work they know why. Any thoughts ?

I started home health less than a year ago and boy do you have to use what you have. I am becoming a better critical thinker because of this. Sometimes I do worry whether or not I made a good decision. So far so good. Lately very interested in computer science and plan on persuing an IT degree. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

I am trying to get out of the nursing home I am in b/c of the administrators and managers that are on duty both day and night. They are down right verbally abusive and I can't seem to get out fast enough. I am on third shift and I am working so much I have no time to look. I just had an interview, but I was too tired to respond to questions w/o sounding like an idiot. I work 4 nights one day off then 5 nights. I can't keep this up with 2 small children! My kids get home @ 330 and my husband @ 8 or 9pm. Im too tired to know what I'm doing @ night. I'm going to have to cut down to part time just to look!! Any suggestions?

I'm currently 7mos past graduating rn. want to move on to somethng else. I'm interested in surgery-not sure what type yet. what do you all reccomend? I'm currently stuck in the Rehab part of a LTC facility.

I hate nursing for all the right reasons. I work in the rehab section of a nursing home. A very good one at that. People fight to get family in ours. The problem is.....they think that third shift does nothing. So we are given so many nitpicky things to do along with last med pass, treatments, tube feedings and Iv care that I don't get to pee until I get home at 9am. Enough with the rant. I think most of us really like bedside nursing, but hate everything stupid and unnecessary that takes us away from it (triple documentation-mar, tar and notes and or other mar documentation on the same thing!) I feel burned out. Can't sleep. Eat too much some days and nothing the next. We shouldn't be put through this. I want my life back and I want to feel normal again. Perhaps I haven't found the right job. I will continue looking.

Can you do ANG full time? Kind of like a tech job in army national guard.

I feel the same way in my LTC and I don't know what to do about it. I have 30 fairly sick people at night. Some with iVs Gtubes and the like. I am discouraged from assessing these people b/c I need to get out on time. They want me out by 730, but can't assess them until last med pass @ 630 then need to give report until 730 then still need to document on 7 people. They get on us for getting out @ 830am. If we don't get done we get in trouble too. What to do? I just graduated in may. I'm rethinking things too.

You're an experienced nurse so I would like to ask a question. At my LTC facility I feel like they don't want to know if something is wrong. I work 3rd. I'm told I should know something is wrong if vitals are off. I feel like I'm risking my license each time I go to work. I mentioned something the other night that wasn't quite right. I mentioned this to my supervisor-she agreed. MD contacted. The unit manager said I'm basically in so many words stupid. Again my supervisor agreed that this should be mentioned to MD. I hate it here. what should I do. The unit manager says we are just looking for trouble if we mention issues. I say the trouble is there already and we should do something before the trouble becomes a mountain.

I feel extremely overwhelmed and I'm learning nothing. I have to rant because I don't know what else to do. I work night shift at Rehab side of LTC. We do all the piddly jobs that dayshift doesn't want so I have not time to read up on new admits. I have 30 pt normally, but the census has been low and they have been admitting very sick people to make money. People that should be on hospice care. On top of that I just graduated in May. My night manager seems to love to treat me like an idiot if I can't get every thing finished or if I have a question. I am crying often b/c I hate it so bad. The third shifts are usually 5 days in a row with no break and I have small children at home. No one else on 3rd shift has small children so they don't get it. I know nothing about my pts due to bad reports. My cna's don't work with me. I have to stay on top of them so they will get their work done and that doesn't work as often as we've had pts go bad. I really wanted to be an OTA, but my husband complained that it's not enough money. I feel this whole situation is going to break apart the marriage. I spent too much time trying to make him happy and I feel so miserable. I'm more willing to divorce then spend the rest of my life this way. HELP!!