NurseFrustrated

NurseFrustrated specializes in Med-surge, hospice, LTC, tele, rehab.

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1. I'm a sexless nurse

   NurseFrustrated replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

   If this works in your hospital (where the females cath the females and the males cath the males), and no one minds then what's the issue? As I mentioned before, it doesn't work in all hospitals due to...

2. I'm a sexless nurse

   NurseFrustrated replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

   Hello. Female nurse here. I understand your concerns, but at work, yes you are a nurse first and a male/female second. That is part of being a professional. Believe me, I don't mind to help a fellow...

3. Just got fired from my first real job as an lpn and need some advice

   NurseFrustrated replied to Crystal-Wings's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   Personally, I probably wouldn't do home care nursing as a new grad. You would probably be better off working in a hospital or long term care facility for a while so you could have back-up from other...

4. Charge nurse

   NurseFrustrated replied to Caleb_RN225's topic in General Nursing

   I don't really like being charge. When I am assigned to be charge I have to take a full patient assignment myself and get no extra pay for it. The unit manager just assigns someone to be charge every...

5. Bullied by a new grad, wth???

   NurseFrustrated replied to jayebug's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Unfortunately this kind of stuff happens all the time in nursing. It's one of the things I really hate about this job. You can work your tail off and the next shift nit picks everything apart as if...

6. Who is responsible to find shift coverage?

   NurseFrustrated replied to rn865's topic in General Nursing

   I think that if MA 1 agrees to take a shift for MA 2, the shift now belongs to MA 1. If MA 1 will not come in for that shift she should be held accountable for it. It's a crap thing to do to MA

7. Workplace Bullying-Nursing or 7th Grade?

   NurseFrustrated replied to rbs105's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I've been a hospital RN for nine years and I was talking about this very subject with a non-nurse friend of mine at lunch today. I told her that I find it strange that the supposedly "caring" field of...

8. Does nursing really suck that badly?

   NurseFrustrated replied to Irish_Mist's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I couldn't agree more. I could have written this

9. Does nursing really suck that badly?

   NurseFrustrated replied to Irish_Mist's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   This.

10. Does nursing really suck that badly?

    NurseFrustrated replied to Irish_Mist's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've been a nurse for almost 9 years and yes, it can suck that badly at times. I wondered the same thing before I became a nurse. How can it be that bad to have job security and make decent money?...

11. Nursing Shortage

    NurseFrustrated replied to zack1110's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the part of your post where you said that hospitals like to make one person do the work of three people. My unit at my hospital is always short staffed but that's the way they want it....

12. Nurse-Patient ratios in rehab?

    NurseFrustrated replied to coopman712's topic in Rehabilitation

    You are very lucky. I work at an inpatient rehab hospital as well. I work from 7a-7p but with 8 patients every day. I wish our medical director would set a limit of 6 for us. I don't think they care...

13. Words of encouragment...please

    NurseFrustrated replied to Suivredusoleil's topic in General Students

    I failed a couple of tests in nursing school but I still made it through. I failed one big test because I had something weird happening the night before the test. I was getting strange stalker calls...

14. Officially giving up

    NurseFrustrated replied to CuddleFox's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what state you live in or which other states you have tried exactly, but have you tried applying to smaller towns and rural areas rather than larger cities? Perhaps places that are...

15. The sight of blood makes me pass out.

    NurseFrustrated replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    I can clean up poop from bedpans and bedside commodes all day and it doesn't bother me, but having to squeeze poop out of a colostomy bag...yikes. I have to hold my breath and try so hard not to let...