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As I was saying, I would recommend becoming a nutritionist or social worker. They also work in hospitals and home care. Before you can work any nursing job they give you a very tough physical. Lift fifty pounds-twice. Walk on the floor with your knee...

I would reccomend

This is a no win situation. I was in a similar job and they all had a great time with each other. Never worried about audits .Didn't want me to surf the internet . I got an Iphone so I could always check the news and Facebook[on my lunch half hour]. ...

One night. in an act of desperation, I googled "I hate nursing" I love this site and visit everyday.

They have been saying that since I graduated in 1976!

I think it means low pay and dead end job.

I don't care. All I care about is how much they pay.

Yes, it is that bad.

If the LVN had called the supervisor she would have been protected. You can't assume you know what the supervisor would do. Of course the RN has some explaining to do. I have a feeling the LVN got chewed out over her attitude. I don't think anyone wo...

Ok, I have to chime in here. I am an RN with home care experience. She did not call the supervisor. That is what she did that was wrong. There is always someone in the office or on call to report to.LVN's can take orders over the phone, but this w...

I have a BSN. I went to University 30 years ago. it gave me a lot of options.

The longer you work with people who have thick accents the easier it becomes to understand what they are saying. I too have worked in large NYC hospitals and have no trouble with comprehension. If you pay attention you can learn a lot of words in nu...

I was working in a large NYC public hospital. The kind of place you see it all. One day, a fourteen year old was admitted to the floor I floated onto. He was vomiting after meals . His father was very controlling and it seemed to me, making his son r...

Always remember this: Use the job. Don't let the job use you.

It depends on the work site. I have learned that you can tell if your in a bully site in the first month on the job. In retrospect I should have just left. It is really a management issue. They allow it to go on. Some don't want to be bothered. Their...

of course, the best, hard to dispute excuse of all times, that never fails is: diarrhea!!!!!!!! really who wants you to come to work with that!

Of course they lie! When I was a supervisor and someone would call out we would be polite to the caller on the phone, but when I hung up, it was always "What do you think is really going on?" We had one aide who kept having her grandmother die and ta...

psych consult !

I would just write in the letter that you have found another job. Believe me they know why your leaving.

Before the HIPPA law, in NYC, when I would visit an AIDES patient, their neighbors would follow me and pepper me with question like"Does he have AIDES?" Is it dangerous to have his garbage near me" I would not answer their questions, but a lot of oth...

People don't want to be tested on a routine basis for HIV against their will. Always use caution. I remember how the first AIDS patients were treated. Home care workers refused to go into their homes. Hospital workers refused to to bring dinner trays...

I was never able to become invisible. I tried so hard to keep a"low profile". It would only last so long and then I would have say something. Being in management is the best if want to change things. Why are nurses so catty? For a long time I never t...

Nursing is a brutal job. There is no way around it. If you are a very sensitive person and it is getting to you, then I think you should find another line of work. It is not for everyone all the time. I've almost always worked part time for the last ...

I have known several Filipino nurses who always messed up the psych questions and failed. It might be cultural. It's been a long time since I took the test and we were informed about what area we were weak in. I can't imagine how hard it is to take a...

One time I had to give a deposition in a sexual harassment case that a nurse in my hospital filed against a doctor. She wanted my story of the night when he harassed her. I called NSO and they asked for my policy number . I could not find my policy....