ZZTopRN BSN, RN

Marie LPN: You are so funny!!!! I love your sense of humor. I always look forward to reading your posts. Love the little quotes too. Also I admire your level-headedness and intelligence. Good luck with your advancing to an RN. You will be a grea...

Why is backstabbing fellow nurses and "nurses eating their young" called "politics?"

Thanks for answering. I thought as much. I just couldn't get a handle on the word. Sadly, it so prevalent.

Sorry you are not as perfect as some that have never had anything but happy experiences. I have never seen an agency nurse on this board about being a scapegoat either. I have seen it both ways, what you are experiencing, and then there were others ...

RNRMERCY: You post was very kind and I thank you for it. I understand exactly what you are saying. Especially about courage, and I thank you for mentioning the book because it seems just like what I need. I don't know what it is about me that I do...

Clee: That was funny. How about old hag? I heard one of my male psych patients call one of our female residents that! I work one day a week at a residential psych center. It is funny how they present one face to you and another towards their fell...

I have also worked in jails and prisons in the past with agencies. I preferred them to hospitals. I am supposed to start working in a prison through an agency, everything is go except they are still waiting for my "gait pass." Security clearance. ...

I have Danskos. I really love them, but since they do not feet your feet snugly, (not supposed to) I can't run in and have to be careful on stairs. I was running down the hall one day and fell. The looseness and flexibility for movement are great,...

I am going to be starting as an agency nurse for one of the prisons in So. Cal. The pay is very good. Can anyone tell me about these prisons? Are they really bad? Or is it nurses don't care to work there. I have worked corrections before and fou...

Thanks snowglobe. I had worked for corrections in the past for agencies but that was about 12 years ago. Just wondered how much they had changed. But it still seems like the same old try to manipulate the nurse game. Thanks for the title of the b...

Hi again: Just got the copy of my evaluation. It stated that I was an "unsafe safe nurse in an acute hospital." Doesn't that state that all other healthcare facilities only hire "unsafe nurses." My unsafeness apparently is giving meds late, which ...

Music - Alabama Thanks so much for lending your ear and support. I just felt traumatized. So ganged up on. Can't understand why they would want to destroy you. However, I think it probably has something to do with corporate greed. They probably ...

HYSTERICAL!!!!!! I love the ones that say "tell your doctor if you have liver or kidney disease or other serious medical problems" Duh!! If he didn't know, he would not be my doctor. I also love the ads with the very attractive 21 plus years that...

These situations are horrible and hold us as non-humans, and what the hospitals and management do to destroy your career. Nursing in big corporate owned hospitals are absolutely dangerous. Before I returned to nursing in the summer, I had volunteer...

I thought this was quite funny. I guess I am laughing at myself. I have been scanning sunday paper for RN openings. I filled out an application for the State and was reading all about this big test and how you could get your results in an hour and...

Hi Big B: Thank you! You understand what I mean about the "test." The paper application that I got said if you answered no to any questions, like will you work rotating shifts, be on call, and mandatory overtime, they say "DO NOT APPLY." Nothing...

Miranda: Thank you for your kindness. It is hard right now, and I know I am older, but I know what I can do and I am not ready for the dinasour heap. I think they get thrown there when they reach age 70, according to some of the nature programs. I...

I have read a lot of your posts and have seen the things you have overcome and have arrived at a point where you seem to be at peace as having done this. I am not saying that there is not a lot of posters that can share very valuable input about the...

PS: I love your beautiful pictures of the "free and the proud."

I do honor you. You are kind, have overcome much and are wise. Addressing you personally I do not mean any slight toward any of the other nurses, I have learned much from some of these also wise, educated, and experienced nurses. I appreciate your ...

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You know, I am older and more physically fit and healthy than some of my younger counterparts who have physical problems, diabetes, bad backs or other medical problems or obesity and cannot move quickly. However, I catch it as being my age because I...

Thanks, Wolfie. It felt good to have support from someone, about anything. I am an older refresher nurse that just got chewed good by an experienced fulltime younger perceptor, who was unhappy with her workload and understaffing and took me as "free...

This was an on-line application. I was led to the "test" after reading all the links to read and was ineligible with my questions being no on on-call and rotating shifts. If you get a paper application, there is a statement that tells you not to ap...

I am over 60 years old. I was encouraged by a hospital I was volunteering at to renew my RN license. Since my license was lapsed for over 8 years, I retook the NCLEX again and renewed my license. I was told by nurse recruiters that they would want ...