Tenacious Me

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   Nursing Is No Longer Worth It

   Tenacious Me replied to AnonymousSuper's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Just want to clarify that I don’t work for that greedy corporation
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   Nursing Is No Longer Worth It

   Tenacious Me replied to AnonymousSuper's topic in Disaster Preparation

   The OP and similar posts really nailed it! When I started in nursing over twenty years ago, I never thought there would be backstabbing, sabotage, under training and all of the other bad nursing...
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   Headache from N95

   Tenacious Me replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

   No headaches so far, but I have had pain behind my ears from the weight of the
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   Covid19 and nursing home placement

   Tenacious Me replied to Daisy Joyce's topic in Disaster Preparation

   And that’s all who’s hiring right now in healthcare around here - travel nurses for hospitals, hospice and COVID nursing homes. No thank you! They’re calling us heroes during this disaster, but...
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   Rejecting an interview

   Tenacious Me replied to JBonc's topic in Nursing Career

   You can reject the interview and remind the recruiter about your original interest in the other job; no bridges burned. I’ve come across a few recruiters lately who’ve been playing the same
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   Abandoning Ship

   Tenacious Me replied to cin808's topic in Nursing Career

   I completely understand. Due to the virus, the time is right to try other areas of nursing that aren’t direct patient care and your risk for infection is lowered. It’s something to think
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   Fired

   Tenacious Me replied to Lilynelo's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry this happened to you, but it sounds like you dodged a huge bullet! You now have the freedom to find a better and less stressful opportunity elsewhere. It’s been my experience that when jobs...
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   Disrespect & Profanity

   Tenacious Me replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

   In my most recent work adventure, one of the medical directors would cuss during our rounds calls to express his displeasure with area hospitals and their staff, and even non compliant patients who...
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   Need Some Encouragement! I’m Going Back To Nursing School

   Tenacious Me posted a topic in General Students

   My current employer is going through major reconstruction” and my department is on the chopping block for layoffs. Although it's sad, I'm excited to take this time to finish my BSN. I only...
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    Cm is a thankless job!

    Tenacious Me replied to lisa41rn's topic in Case Management

    I too feel the same. You bust your hump day in and day out, and often get no thanks at all and it's off to the next train wreck. I have to constantly remind myself that I cannot change anyone but...
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    Overwhelmed at my new job..

    Tenacious Me replied to nikkimgxo's topic in Nursing Career

    The one thing that nursing will teach you is patience. As you learn more, things will become easier and you'll have your own rhythm and pattern of doing
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    Back to school for nursing. Help!

    Tenacious Me replied to Rudem3's topic in Nursing Career

    ^ I agree. What would you like to specialize in? It's important that you be able to apply everything you've learned in theory to real world situations. Going straight through to your MSN may not...
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    Wanting to Work from Home

    Tenacious Me replied to OliviaRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm currently working from home as a case manager. It definitely has it's perks - saving money on gas, childcare costs, lunch, incidentals etc. The drawbacks - work is always there with you, frequent...