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I was a nurse for 40 yrs. Started as a floor nurse but times were different. RNs were treated with respect both by the patients and the MDs. We only worked 8 hr shifts but for 30 patients we had 3 nurses ...1 RN the others were LPNS. We did not split the floor by numbers on doors. We split by what the patient accuity. Nobody got all the total cares. We worked as a team. We did not have to chart every time we turned around! If it was important yes it was charted, but for the most part a note at end of shift was plenty. The supervisor made rounds EVERY HOUR. If a doctor acted poorly, the supervisor took over..if that didn't work we could go to Chief of Staff . Today there are cell phones in everyone's hand! Your told not to use them but nothing is done by admin. RNs act like robots-- must get report, must go to breakfast, must pull my meds and they haven't seen the patient because they don't like bedside report!! Yes, you are right to move on. Try other sides of nursing! So many choices these days!! The important issue is to stay with nursing because you have the heart!! You could be the one who figures this mess out!! Good luck to you!!

I'm a Travel Nurse and have recently been told that a hospital wants only those RNs who know EPIC charting. I have been working with Cernar Citrix. What's the big difference? I was given a 4 hr class and thrown into computer charting 6 months ago.. how much difference is there??

Have you read "Transcultural Nursing:Assessment and Intervention" by Joyce Newman Giger. It may point you in some direction. Or contact the Tribes themselves;they might give you some options. Just a thought.

Boy am i glad i found this topic!! I couldn't stand being told I did too much for my patients and that "my kind" of nursing isn't done anymore. I've been a RN for 35 years and a hospital trained nurse that can delagate with the best of them but it's so much easier when you are in a room and a patient needs something done to GET IT DONE! A total care patient given a bath can gve you a whole perspective on the care needed for that day. A bath takes such a short time (true all pain and scheduled meds come first). As hospital trained nurse we were taught how to plan our day and care. New nurses don't really get hands on training except to 2 pts at a time. I think that puts a graduate at a disadvantage.

Had a patient who had his leg broken during a motorcycle wreck. Long healing time and a long leg cast were in his future. At discharge,his friend picked him up ON A MOTORCYCLE. A few hours later I was taking report on my new patient--you guessed it-His other leg was broken!

I've worked night shift most of my 34yrs. Right now our schedule goes work 3day 12hr.weekend off 2 work 2 off 3. I've also worked where the nurses on the unit set their own schedule as long as the days are covered.