jenruth

A huge question. Because of responsibilities at home, I have been self-employed in internet sales. I sat at my computer and processed customer orders all day, 7 days a week. My contact with the outside world was pretty much limited to anonymous ema...

Right. Running a computer business was interesting but isolating. Contact with people was limited to answering questions and sending a "Thank you for your purchase,"email. However, I don't think I have it in me to "go postal." I have a couple of nur...

Thanks for your advice. Refresher course already taken, and no, I never did anything horrible in my previous jobs except to not take a lot of crap. Very disappointing that these "in-the-box" thinkers in HR are the gate-keepers of our profession. If ...

Hi, Go to http://www.careerbuilder.com. They have lots of great info on interviewing, resumes, etc..Just follow the links. One advantage of a telephone interview is you can anticipate questions and write out your answers. Practice answering the tou...

I can relate to all these posts. What really irritates me about these people is, while they're yelling and making a scene, they often make sure to let you know they have a lawyer. So I document very thoroughly.

The LTC industry is so broken, they don't know what else to do. The big LTC corporations are beating the customer-service thing to death. It's like a nursing home is really a hotel, and the all of the staff are "servers." Puts alot of stress on Nursi...

Ok, back to the poster who has an office person telling Nursing what to do. This has been an irritation to me since I was a new graduate. Always snippy, superior, and demeaning to the nursing staff, these lard butted, coffee-cup jockeys usually have ...

That's right folks. When you commit to a career in health care, holiday work is often part of it, kids or not. As a former DON, I know this time of year can be a nightmare for those who do work schedules. Let me remind you all;Those who don't have ch...

For what it's worth.....There's a thread in the Nursing Activisim section of this site about nurses who don't get a lunch break. A formal study concluded that nurses who miss lunch breaks make more errors. I'm sure the same can be said for Doc's who ...

I have to laugh. Stand up to a bully and watch them go whine to management. I respond to these cowards with, "Nothing to do today?" This statement really sets them off, and often sends them squealing to some supervisor. I've been called rude, mean...

Very true. It could never be completely free. What worries me about socialized medicine, is that it would remove the individual person's power of choice. Every aspect of one's healthcare would be directed and managed by bureaucrats. Noncompliance wo...

Unfortunately, every workplace has a few or more troublemakers. There are laws regarding a "hostile" workplaces or work environments. Without knowing the specifics of your situation, I would suggest you first review your employer's policies. Most emp...

Your post really "put the icing on my Friday afternoon cake". I understand why you and your co-workers have low morale. I can't understand why this blatent abuse of nurses is still going on. Some places have really tried to make working conditions be...

A colleague of mine, recently took a job in a large LTC center, on the 3-11 shift. Scheduled for orientation on a 30-bed Skilled-Care Unit. After an hour she agreed to work the hall alone, because another nurse didn't come in. Around 6 PM, she notic...

Please don't "go to the bathroom" in your bed!

Everything RN34TX just said, IN TRIPLICATE!. Does anyone have any idea how many nurses leave jobs because of abusive families? LOTS! The big "profiteering" nursing homes especially, are terrified of losing business, but could care less about losing n...

"Glorified nurses aide." That's exactly how I felt when I enrolled in an LPN program over 20 years ago. While there is definitely a place for LPN's in health care, I felt it was too restrictive. I quickly withdrew, and signed up for college courses w...

Some hospitals and facilities in "Right-To-Work" states are making attempts to improve working conditions. However, it's "business-as-usual" in most places. Unfortunately, that means Right-To-Work for less, without dinner or rest breaks, accepting ma...

Every nurse in these states should fight for unionization. Employers in Right-To-Work states can arbitrarily hire, fire, change the rules, reassign duties without consulting the employee, etc... You name it, they can make a nurses work life a living ...

This is a dangerous situation. Instead of fixing the outmoded and broken down healthcare system, they further complicate the lives of nurses by hiring UAP. No matter what new designation of healthcare worker is created to ease the nursing shortage, ...

I agree. When you can't think about going back to work without feeling ill, It's time to GO! A bad job situation steals your lifes energy. It's amazing what a positive difference a job change can make. New people to work with, new place to excercise ...

I have to agree with you, Angel337. Forget Retail! I returned to nursing last year, after 3 years in another career. I can tell you the grass sometimes isn't greener, just different. I would never advise someone to leave nursing. It's a very person...

I'm not rich. Worked my way through a very difficult BSN program as a CNA. After I got my RN, a supervisor said, "How could somebody like "you" have their BSN?...Guess you had nothing else to do." DUH! Back then I said nothing. I was shocked. Thes...

When I was a DON a few years back, I was bombarded every day by nurses telling tales; Pointing out the faults and "stupidity" of their coworkers, especially new hires. New nurses would work about a month, then leave without much explanation. I got so...

Too bad if you're on her s@#$t list. Hang in there; You did the right thing. If the patient had been injured, guess who she would have pointed the finger at. She needs a reality check, on how a patient's safety is more important than her "power trip....