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  1. Why Nurses Book Off Work

    Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. My first forray out of bedside nursing was as a clinical practice nurse at a major teaching hospital. I floated around the different practices -...
  2. Why Nurses Book Off Work

    PS It would not have made one iota of difference to me WHAT anyone put after my name. My perception of being in hell had nothing to do with whether or not anyone addressed me as
  3. Why Nurses Book Off Work

    When I worked as a hospital nurse, I "booked off" work all the time, only I called it "calling out sick". I've maintained jobs (this was back in the 90's) when I only made it to work about 1/2 the...
  4. Was I wrong?

    We all know as nurses we cannot simply "follow doctor's orders" if we know harm will or may come to a patient if we follow the order. Because you hold a license and are responsible for your own...
  5. I graduated in the late 1980's. Even then, in a good job market, employers liked to see hands on experience in a hospital, nursing home, ambulance crew as an aide, tech, EMT ect. before hiring....
  6. Yeah, I wasn't trying to be sarcastic either. I'm just telling you what I know from experience. I graduated nursing school 25 years ago, and it was easy to get a job back then. However, I'd spent my...
  7. Anyone studied Nursing Informatics?

    Actually, I've been a practicing RN for 25 years now. I was a nurse's aide for 4 years prior to this while a student nurse, and prior to that an aide for 1 year while still a senior in high school. I...
  8. Jeez. This is tough. I would recommend a travel nurse assignment but it sounds like you don't have any experience yet. The difficulty with moving to a new State is, what if things don't work out at...
  9. Has anyone studied nursing informatics and/or worked in this specialty? It seems interesting but I'm not sure of all thats involved in this sort of work. Where specifically does a nurse with this...
  10. Do nurses really "eat their young?"

    Yes! And their old and everything in between. This can be an obsolutely vicious
  11. I just got fired... what the hell happened?

    I hope I didn't come across as discouraging anyone from hiring an attorney. I think an attorney would be an assest in a situation like this. However, if you want to sue anyone, and have an attorney...
  12. I just got fired... what the hell happened?

    Ugh! The embarrassment. I know all about it. Look, did you steal from your employer? Did you cheat your employer? Did you lie or misrepresent yourself in any way to your employer? Did you...
  13. I just got fired... what the hell happened?

    Hi Nocturne. Hope you're feeling a little better today. I had posted yesterday about how this same thing has happened to me, and more than once in my 25 year career. Its happened 3 times. I can...
  14. I just got fired... what the hell happened?

    This has happened to me, and more than once in my 25 years as a practicing nurse. Its really painful, I know. Usually its because you've ruffled someone's feathers somewhere, usually a person in a...