Chiggysmom

Chiggysmom

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  1. New nurses feel like quitting?

    Chiggysmom replied to Patti_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm with you on this RunningWithScissors!!! If I was younger, I would go back to school for something else! I'm 52 y/o and figure by the time I would get out of school for something else, I would be...

  2. New nurses feel like quitting?

    Chiggysmom replied to Patti_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In deed, it surely is a huge shock when you find out what real nursing is all about. It is extremely physically and mentally draining. There's nothing left of me by the time I get home after working...

  3. Why such high new RN turnover?

    Chiggysmom replied to Calder's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are so-o

  4. Why such high new RN turnover?

    Chiggysmom replied to Calder's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My heart so goes out to you. I know exactly how you feel (used up, disposable and stuck in the middle between patients, families, doctors and other staff). I wonder is administration really so...

  5. Why such high new RN turnover?

    Chiggysmom replied to Calder's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You would think at some point they would wise up and reason that they should pay the seasoned nurses more to make them stay and raise morale a little but that would be smart and they're just not all...

  6. Why such high new RN turnover?

    Chiggysmom replied to Calder's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Really Good Observation Mom to

  7. Do we need to take drugs.. in order to do our job?

    Chiggysmom replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    I would vote for this! Never happen

  8. Do we need to take drugs.. in order to do our job?

    Chiggysmom replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Nascar Nurse, How do you gain the knowledge and the skill to be able to cope with lots of stress? I honestly mean no disrespect at all to you, but you seem to come across as insensitive. People...

  9. Do we need to take drugs.. in order to do our job?

    Chiggysmom replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    I feel for you, oh my gosh, I had never really thought about people getting their pets put to sleep just because the animal is an inconvenience for them. That would be so difficult. I love animals...

  10. Do we need to take drugs.. in order to do our job?

    Chiggysmom replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a novel idea! Since nurses work for an institution that is "supposed" to be committed to the health and well being of human beings, maybe just maybe the medical establishment should be looking...

  11. Do we need to take drugs.. in order to do our job?

    Chiggysmom replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    You are so

  12. Do we need to take drugs.. in order to do our job?

    Chiggysmom replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    green tea i so agree with you but i don't know how we "slow the heck down". when i'm at work it's almost like being in a game show or something. i just run, run, run the entire 12 hr shift and every...

  13. Best Nursing Shoes/Sneakers

    Chiggysmom replied to gladtobeOB's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I don't think Paleo man hiked around on concrete floors for 12 hrs at a time, barely sitting down. I tried Birkenstocks and they are as close to the ground and certainly not marshmallow soles, as...

  14. Best Nursing Shoes/Sneakers

    Chiggysmom replied to gladtobeOB's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm gonna check out the new Danskos you suggest! I agree with the 12 hr thing. It's just so tiring to work 12 hrs and it's really tiring when you do two in a row, I'm always exhausted in every way...

  15. What it means to be in an "outbreak"

    Chiggysmom replied to Aeterna's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    OMG! At the hospital I work at, if you're caught without your gown and gloves on in an isolation room, you could be fired on the

  16. Thanks ALLNURSES

    Chiggysmom replied to Aviationurse's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Happy Birhday! Sorry you're going through such a trial at this time. Try to be positive, there is always something to be positive about and thankful for, somewhere, someone has it way worst than you...

  17. Best Nursing Shoes/Sneakers

    Chiggysmom replied to gladtobeOB's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have Birkenstocks, Danskos/Sanitas, MBT (at $245.00) and Allegrias. Birkenstocks are comfortable but the sole is really hard so I have to wear thick SmartWool Hiking socks with them because they're...

  18. If you had to do it over again would you?

    Chiggysmom replied to Tally4970's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly! We are treated like "HealthCare's B__tch!!! Right at the bedside is the worst job. I'm going to have to figure out something else to do as well because I don't think I'll last at the...

  19. If you had to do it over again would you?

    Chiggysmom replied to Tally4970's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if there's a more thankless job on the planet? Only every once in a blue moon does someone truly thank us and show their appreciation to us. The administration absolutely doesn't...

  20. Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    Chiggysmom replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    This is so-o right! This is just one of the things that is wrong with nursing but that would be a good

  21. Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    Chiggysmom replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Hear,

  22. Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    Chiggysmom replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    How right you are! We are nothing more than slave labor. We aren't treated any differently than the people that go down into the coal mines or those that work in the steel mills! We're just slaves...

  23. Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    Chiggysmom replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Can so relate to this! The hospital I work at has no union and I am certain they will NEVER even let a union get to first base because we are so oppressed and walked all over and they've been doing...

  24. If you had to do it over again would you?

    Chiggysmom replied to Tally4970's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, your insights are really good and it didn't even take you years and years to garnish them! One of the most frustrating things about nursing these days is the lack of autonomy that we have. They...

  25. If you had to do it over again would you?

    Chiggysmom replied to Tally4970's topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering how long you've actually been doing