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Dear DatMurse: Your comment does not help me. I find it disrespectful, arrogant, and lacking compassion. Please read the whole thread of this discussion. The advise from HouTx is very useful and something in it for all to learn from.

Dear DatMurse: Your comment does not help me. I find it disrespectful, arrogant, and lacking compassion. Please read the whole thread of this discussion. The advise from HouTx is very useful and something in it for all to learn from.

Your comment does not help me. I find it disrespectful, arrogant, and lacking compassion. Please read the whole thread of this discussion. The advise from HouTx is very useful and something in it for all to learn from.

HI HouTx - You responded to my plea for help 5 years ago when I lost my first nursing job after just 9 months. As I read your response again now I can remember how your words really helped me. I can't report that I have found another nursing job. I have not looked over the last 5 years because, truthfully, it really hurt and I had a lot to think about. I have a husband and 2 sons who I have taken care of even before I became a nurse and realized how much pressure I put on myself and my family. I learned I'm not the 20 something dynamo I used to be, but I am wiser. My kids are 5 yrs older and I am now ready to get back into the job market. I took your advice over the years and really thought hard about where I could improve. I am a volunteer nurse at a clinic so I haven't faded away all together. I have taken full responsibility for parts that I could have done better and learned that I needed to speak up more when things were not going well, seek help sooner rather than later, and be sure to communicate with the charge nurse in a timely fashion. Thank you for your advise. I still and always will love the nursing profession. Wish me luck.......

Thank you for your encouraging words. I still see a successful nursing future for me. I appreciate your taking the time to help me out.

I recently got terminated from my new grad position of 9 months. Nursing is a second career choice and I was very successful in my first career so this is a blow to my ego, I suppose. However, I learned so much and felt my confidence building when I got dumped. I could give a long laundry list of my responses to their reasons (and I have - in writing) but in the end I am where I am. I am afraid I will never work at another hospital again. I love the nursing profession (still). It feels like I fell in love with my new boyfriend and he just dumped me. True heartbreak. I want to move on. I want to stop feeling sorry for myself, or angry at them. I have learned so much. Any success stories? Any interview suggestions? Help.......

I love the idea of Men in nursing. They add a good balance to the staff. I love the girlfriends I worked with, but sometimes the emotion will get very high and found that having a male in the room very neutralizing.