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I am an RN currentlly working in an ONC inpatient unit. I heard about jobs being offered in for an EPIC implementation in our facility with an ONC specialty. The job I applied for was Analyst 1, as I have no former training as an analyst. I was tol...

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 it even varies unit to unit, satisfaction of the p...

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 have you been out of school/work?

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 is to work as a nurse. So when you have been a nur...

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 pay!

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 nightengale to the bedside and cure world hunger and en...

Have you tried nursing homes?

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 helpful and honestly no matter how much I like them...

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 of the frusterations go and get some fresh air in ...

never heard of this before now

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 sitters. I personallly am very happy to have a GOOD sitt...

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 hospitalists...specialists not called much at night...this is not so ...

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. What should you say when manager asks you about ...

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 NURSING rights..many ,many complaints but also ma...

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 mind and good attitude. It is difficult to "recharg...

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 more than happy to help..honest people who have d...

I know how you feel times are hard everywhere I think many of us in the same spot and it can be stressful! just know there are people who can relate. and life is not perfect, dont be so hard on yourself....it will change again soon just have faith...

I have had and continue to have the same issue with my mother in law and grandmother in law and have educated them a couple times. They have both been hospitalized before and should know better. I understand that they do not see all that goes into ...

Not all nurses are bad. Many of us go into precepting newer nurses to be a resource and help to the next generation. Sometimes the newcomers simply do not understand the issues or fully understand the impact of certian decisions have on safety for ...

I believe everyone is judgemental. I have found it impossible not to judge myself or the quality of the work that I do. Think about it this way, you must assess every situation before you take action and you must prioritize your day. I understand t...

Nursing is stressful and also rewarding. I believe it takes a special kind of person to be a good nurse and many people who do not like it simply are not good at it or had some clues along the way, well before graduating nursing school that this wou...

we have a cardiologist named peter marks lol.

I work in Oncology as a charge nurse/floor nurse and I love working with our Leukemia patients the most. I like getting to be there to help them out and seeing them pull through it and being a part of thier life in a time I am certian they wish they ...

I agree with those who love the patient care aspect. We sometimes have such little time for the real getting to know someone as well as an aide might who bathes and feeds or truns the patients. I went from CNA to LPN to RN and with each role change ...

Easiest job as a nurse? I worked third shift for an agency who sent me out to pretty much baby sit a very well run alzhiemers unit. The dayshift RNs did absolutely everything and all meds were given before I even came in. There was one CNA for lik...