I understand that jobs are hard and nursing was never promised as an easy job. I think that hospital nursing is changing and always has been a constant changing environment. The hospital I work for...
Where I am from I have not seen anyone need to take a refresher class unless they have been out for over a year or two from direct nursing care...even then I am not sure how much it helped. How long...
Well just saying you will not understand nursing and priority until you have to do it. I have said many times before, nurses know what its like to be students but students do not understand what it...
WHAT bonuses for doing what should be required to HAVE a job??? bogus~! I mean a bonus for showing up to work on time ...i get a bonus for that! I get to come back tommorrow to earn a days
So true and this is something extremely difficult to teach new nurses. I try and tell them I understand that you want everything to be on time and in the real world we would float like florence...
OH BOY ! I dont think this is anywhere near solved...but I appreciated hearing all opinions! I can tell you things I have agreed with while reading all these posts. Students really are not very...
Yes I understand somethings are hard to let go...Like the previous person has posted you need to find a way to let it fade out and away from you. I used to walk home or ride my bike to just get some...
i would not take that as a personal blow. I am assuming that the conversation didnt include your name or refference to you when I say, nursing at least where I work has a huge push to not use...
lol. YEP there is the lower staffing thing. Our facility we have one nurse less from 7-11 and some nights prepping people for GI procedure etc is a constant pottying game. We use...
Oh wow! If you have downtime you may want to spend that time thanking your lucky stars! Holy yikes even night shift at our facility is busy! There are occasional slow nights but not often at all....
That is true Tricia Nursing is the only job I can imagine really LOVING like I do, it is very very rewarding. It is also very very frusterating...always running, always FIGHTING for patient rights or...
Even as an expirienced nurse I have these times where I take certian thoughts or emotions home with me. I have to remind myself that I will better serve my patient if I come in with a fresh rested...
THIS is a topic I could RANT all day on! bar none people cheating the system is stealing I believe they should be treated as criminals if found guilty! We do all pay for it and there are people I am...