SaskRN thanks for the support and I am sorry you too have experienced this. I guess all we can do is try to let other nurses know, and maybe it might change. What better thing in our careers can we do...
Thanks for the support 3rd shiftguy. Yes I am afraid it is in sad shape. I so hope that our country does something about it and soon! Take care and have a great day,
Oh wow Julie what an awful experience during that most difficult time for you. Thankfully most of the nurses were there for you and your daughter.I am so sorry you had to experience that. I hope you...
I am sorry for your losses too Trauma. Hopefully it makes all of us better nurses. When I am caring for a dying patient, my feelings come back of how I felt at that time as a family member. Letting go...
Thank you so much Chris for sharing and supporting me. I feel the love here, and it's wonderful to know so many great nurses are around. I am sorry you didn't get to be with your Dad when he passed....
Thanks Sun for the supportive and kind words. It's so good to feel the understanding many here have offered me. I miss my Dad terribly and feel he is with me thru prayer. His memory helps me to give...
NurseMary thank you for your thoughts and I am sorry about your Dad as well. My Dad also was to be discharged on hospice the day he died. The hospice nurse I spoke with was wonderful. I cried as I...
Begalli thanks for writing. It was painful to write about. But wanted to clear my mind of it. I am so sorry about your Dad as well. It is so hard to go thru. It's a time when we "ask" our profession...
Happy Nurse it sounds like you are solving your own dilemmas..by changing your routine, by evaluating what you can do on your shift to make it go more smoothly. I wanna say as I read your post and...
I've been a nurse for a long while now but can still relate to the fears and anxiety some of you new nurses are feeling. My first reaction to reading your posts is how wonderful you all are to be...