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  1. recently let go of a job

    looking for work replied to Starseed6389's topic in General Nursing

    Roser13, I am not trying to squash anyone, or destroy their optimism. I am just hoping to save one person from the holy hell that has become nursing. I was a second career nurse, coming from the...

  2. Nightmare on Night Shift

    looking for work replied to Happynurse2222's topic in General Nursing

    JulesA, The nursing profession has one of the highest turnover/ burn out rates when compared to other career choices. In my area alone, there are faciltiies that have a 100% turnover every 6 months,...

  3. Feeling VERY Incompetent

    looking for work replied to kyfitch's topic in General Nursing

    ummm sorry roser13, but I am a realist, not a cheerleader at a pep rally. I had no access to these internet comment forums when I made the decision to go to nursing school. Wish I had. My decision was...

  4. recently let go of a job

    looking for work replied to Starseed6389's topic in General Nursing

    Obviously you have not been in this field long enough to see that it truly is all about money, any way you choose to fry it. I have seen and heard thousands of stories and examples of great nurses...

  5. Feeling VERY Incompetent

    looking for work replied to kyfitch's topic in General Nursing

    Hi kyfitch...years ago I was in nursing school and the clinical rotations were basically a huge waste of time. The nurses on the units refused to allow us to do anything meaningful, and we were...

  6. recently let go of a job

    looking for work replied to Starseed6389's topic in General Nursing

    Hello Johnathan. I have been an RN for many years and have experienced many negatives, such as you have. First, since being a nurse, I worked in hospitals, nursing homes, a jail, rehabs, surgical...

  7. Nightmare on Night Shift

    looking for work replied to Happynurse2222's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly JulesA? The practice of floating should be completely voluntary for the nurse and never , ever, ever for a brand new nurse, even if she wanted to float. Floating is just another term for a...

  8. Nightmare on Night Shift

    looking for work replied to Happynurse2222's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my, I see nothing has changed from the days I used to work in a hospital. I hate to be negative for you, but I see the hospital has no respect for you as a nurse, and likely has a revolving door of...

  9. Quitting job, attempted to call to meet face to face, sent email. Is this acceptable?

    looking for work replied to bear94's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I happen to think that giving two weeks notice (while professional and admirable) is a practice that went out the window, and is about as existent now as the curly cord wall phone. In most of my...

  10. Getting Discouraged

    looking for work replied to Jen51685's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Jen. Just some advice to you from a friendly observer who also had a career in accounting and switched over to nursing. All I can tell you, is from my own perspective, I made a huge mistake. I too...

  11. Will there ever be a surplus of nursing jobs again?!

    looking for work replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in General Nursing

    I happen to think that the "shortage" was nothing but contrived media propaganda in the late 1990s, which was hyped up by our government, depts of labor and industry, hospitals and nursing homes,...

  12. STARTING SALARY FOR NURSING HOME RNs?

    looking for work replied to andreaf.rn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    PA is

  13. Nurses Eating Their Young

    looking for work replied to Doc Lori, R.N.'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One of the things that I never understood was why these "precepting nurses" are allowed to continue down a path of emarassing, humiliating, and chastising new hires. In most of my experience, the...

  14. Nurses Eating Their Young

    looking for work replied to Doc Lori, R.N.'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Every precepting experience I had was horrible. Hospitals are really the only places that do this, which is why I dont work in them anymore. In fact, I made it clear in an interview once that I refuse...

  15. Do nurses get fired often?

    looking for work replied to queenjulie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have also noticed that the false "nursing shortage " propaganda helped to foster this environment of frequent firing. The more nurses there are, the quicker all nurses become a dime a dozen....

  16. Do nurses get fired often?

    looking for work replied to queenjulie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have noticed a disturbing pattern of new nurses getting fired. I attribute this to 2 things. 1. As soon as a nurse is eligible for medical benefits, days off and all of the other BS that is...

  17. *UNEMPLOYED NURSES*

    looking for work replied to bree*'s topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Perfectly said. My stint in PED Homecare was short lived, as I no longer believed in what I was doing anymore. One case had 11 different nurses assigned, yet no one was good enough. I honestly...

  18. BAD PRECEPTOR!!

    looking for work replied to NurxingRoxx's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I agree. Many orientation programs are set up to make the new hire fail. My very first job as a nurse is one I will never forget. I never made the transition, and left while on orientation. I found...

  19. Nursing layoffs or difficulty getting jobs? 2011 wages?

    looking for work replied to PhantomDelight25's topic in Florida Nursing

    Dont get discouraged and keep looking. Not sure where you are from, but the job market in my area is dismal at best. I could blog on for days about why hospitals arent hiring new grads. Its...

  20. Can you be fired after giving notice??

    looking for work replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I'd like to know something. Your profile states you have 1 year experience. Your generalized statement that most people who wind up on the do not re-hire list have mentally checked out before they...

  21. Can you be fired after giving notice??

    looking for work replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if you are talking about a union situation or not. My situation was in non-union. I was fired within 24 hrs of submitting my resignation. Most states can fire for any reason or no reason....

  22. Nurses Eating Their Young

    looking for work replied to Doc Lori, R.N.'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would just like to add to this post that is is very troublesome to see all of the nurses on this thread who have been on the receiving end of poor management and poor leadership. It seems to be more...

  23. Losing Hope now that i cant find a job

    looking for work replied to SweetP'sAunt's topic in General Nursing

    The biggest problem is that if you dont know somebody, somewhere, its very hard to get your foot in the door. Even if you get your foot in the door, its unstable. One hospital I worked at shut down....

  24. Nurses Eating Their Young

    looking for work replied to Doc Lori, R.N.'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Still not sure who you are. This is the reason the author of the article posted it on this blog. The behavior of the nurses in management and leadership today is reprehensible and has to stop. They...

  25. Nurses Eating Their Young

    looking for work replied to Doc Lori, R.N.'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you would like to make a statement then do it, but speaking in latin would otherwise cause me to use the language line at the hospital where I no longer work. I have no idea what you are trying to...