tayelleRN

hey, if you leave then the patients won't receive the best of care...LOL...keep your head up...sometimes it's nice to be needed. trust when it's time for their vacation they won't hesitate.

as an agency/travel staff nurse, i OFTEN confront drama @ different locations. just being a traveler is threatening to some degree. their attitude is since you're making more MONEY than I am, you need to pick up the slack. don't get me wrong, there are some who are warm and welcoming but there seems to ALWAYS be that small population of nurses who just don't accept you. my solution is to avoid them @ ALL cost unless it is work related. oh but no...now, by doing that i am suddenly anti-sociable and unfriendly. sometimes i can't win for losing. we all go through different experiences in this field. yes, nurses can be deceiving, back-stabbing...you name it. i have definitely been in that environment...and i know i have not been the PROBLEM. nurses can and should show more love for one another. hopefully we are all doing this for the same reason. i don't know about the rest of you but i go to work to work and not to socialize...it's ALL about my patients.

if you are a member of the army reserve and your desire is to be commissioned, all you presently need is an ADN. should your assigned unit get mobilized for active duty, your ADN is still good enough. but should you desire to be a member of the regular army (full time), then you MUST have a minimum of a BSN to be commissioned. the army has off and on for years, considered changing this but has not come to any definite conclusion. the majority of the army reserve officers (nurses) i work with have only an ADN. i am not sure of the requirements for the af and navy nurse.