If you read the story, this woman was an independent 84 year old who had made the decision to enter the facility to convalesce following surgery. If she had instead returned home with a home care nurse, something Medicare would have provided, arg...
As a Minnesota nurse, I too found this article very disturbing. I have been in nursing for 25+ years. First my BSN then went back for my MSN as an adult clinical nurse specialist. I graduated in 2011 with my MSN and have not practiced nursing sinc...
RNInterupted replied to lalexa15's topic in Relations
Unfortunately, not all hospital management has the backs of their nurses. I have been in nursing for 25 years and I have seen people go from being completely respectful of their nurses to downright mean, ugly, and abusive. Anymore these days hospit...
RNInterupted replied to Jmallard's topic in NP Students
If you are already having second thoughts now is the time to re-evaluate before you spend a lot of money on something you don't want. Good luck with your decision:-).