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  1. 1/3 of my paycheck goes to tax!

    I see it like this, I work 3 days 12 hour shift a week. For those 2 days, I get paid; And on the 3rd day I work for free. Sucks....esp when my feet are sore from standing all day running back and...
  2. Will less than 1 year experience in med surg enough to land a job somewhere or transfer to a diff unit? Im talking about average 6
  3. Burned out?

    I wish my previous nursing instructors could read this post. they always seems to say that nurses are in Great Demands and take pride in what we do. But its not always the case from reading from...
  4. Which one is more stressful: med-surg or LTC

    Med-surg is no better than working in LTC. Yeah, its a different kind of stress, but in reality, im telling you right now, based on what ive experience, ran away from both LTC and med-surg as far as...
  5. I hope you're not comparing these jobs to nursing because they're not profession. Reality check, compare nursing to physical therapist or nutritionist, those jobs are less stressful than what we do....
  6. That is a big NO! Sometimes, when im on the floor, i wonder why the heck did I choose this career? Especially when my feet aches from running around all day, and patients and doctors giving you a...
  7. Im ready to call it quits too in my work. Im debating whether to stay for 1 year or call it quits in 6 months. Im fairly new there, but with the heavy med-surg work load, I feel so overwhelmed most...
  8. Almost Fired !

    I work in Med Surg-Tele floor and I feel your pain. I just finished my orientation not too long ago and I feel like i've been thrown in a pack of wolves on my own. I hated this floor. There is...
  9. Two years of med-surg are not magic.

    I see many nurses not lasting too long in med-surg because of the workload. Many nurses in the med surg unit I work are either unhappy, tired, irritable, and just dont care anymore attitude. Some...