angelfood45

OK you are right. I started at age 47 and relatively happy and inocent still. The first 3 years I wanted to just off the GG bridge, after my student loans where payed off so as not to leave my family in debt. I was a triathlete material skiing and biking with the body of a 30 year old. I am now cripled by the lifting and in pain all the time. I have seen friends hurt in thier first years of nursing, and their back will never be the same, there is not one who hasn't been injured just know that you will get hurt, both physically and emotionally. If you think about it how can you deal with people in pain all the time, and not be damaged. If you do get hurt expect to be despensible. Nurses don't burn out they are distroyed. there is no honor, or sainthood just working till you drop. Do you like to pee or hold your bladder half the day? You you like lunch or 3 bites of a granola bar and a sip of water. Plan to do something else, there is no amount of money worth it. Please

This seems like a logical choice in terms of less physical demand, however I was considering all of those lateral transfers. All kinds of standing still, with extra wieght on your shoulders, and the stress of working on call and having your schedule upset. I think it may be less, of one sort of physical demand and more of another.

I think some of the experienced nurses can no longer think in black and white. it is not realistic to think that we could. We have gone though these same experiences and handled each one according to the patient's need and managements expectations. Good folks that are hard working and love caring for others, can not be judged by this battery. I was really expecting clinical information, and confident that I would pass. But didn't I recall answering questions about my personal demographics. I regret doing it now. One section of the test asks you to reveal your age, sex and nationality. Under the contract with DDI there exists a cushion between the organization and the EEOC, the testing program is sold with this advantage clearly stated. What makes me uncomfortable is that you are not offered your results and can not obtain them. Under this contract the hiring organization is promised the benifit of safety from civil liberty, in that it makes possible for the test to be factored by of one of those vital statistics (age, race, sex) and the organization remains safely inside of the law, while discriminating factors are available to factor into the testing process. This demographic question section is cleverly sandwiched between the test question sections and you are instructed to answer each section in the order they are presented. Not a faie tool.

I failed the test yesterday. The Organization can't give me the results so that I might understand what they were looking for. It was my dream job and the manager had allready given me a telephone interview. I have 8 years of experience. I was never told if I would be answering the questions from the prospective of a floor nurse of management. It makes a difference in the way you think about the answers. The syntax is wrong. If you are english speaking and well read you will miss questions if you pay attention to that. If they say I always... and you agree. That should mean always. However There is the choice Strongly agree, always. You could miss several of these absolutes. If you are busy should you help another nurses patinet? if you are busy If any other service industry Yes. If you are busy saving a life? No If you know nothing about the patient and it is a medical matter NO Should you get someone to help, depends who? These are difficult questions, because there are no facts and that is what nursing judgement is based on.