kickme

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1. Still running in place...

   kickme posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   In the summer I posted about my plan to leave my visiting nursing job and pursue my foot care business full time. The foot care plan has unfortunately not panned out and I have been unable to leave my job. I am at the point where I just want out of...

2. I need advice

   kickme replied to rubevicious's topic in LPN/LVN

   I remember having that fear...you are not alone. I have to tell you that I learned more in that first year on the job than I did in school. I was lucky to have supportive co-workers who encouraged me to ask questions and if I felt I was in over my ...

3. So done...

   kickme replied to kickme's topic in Stress 101

   That would be amazing if my biz became successful enough that I could provide the opportunity for other nurses as well!

4. So done...

   kickme replied to kickme's topic in Stress 101

   Thanks - it seems fitting some day! I want out of homecare completely - I would rather do just about anything than that.

5. So done...

   kickme replied to kickme's topic in Stress 101

   We had one CEO who would leave semi-threatening group messages to the nursing staff. The union rep would call her up and within an hour of the first message she would leave another, telling us all how we misunderstood the first one and grudgingly rec...

6. So done...

   kickme replied to kickme's topic in Stress 101

   Thanks for your support, and I am sorry that you experienced what you did. It is a shame that so many employers take advantage of the already giving nature of their nurses and drive them to the brink

7. So done...

   kickme posted a topic in Stress 101

   I have been nursing for about 12 years as an LPN in homecare, and to be honest, I have hated it most of that time. The only things that have kept me from walking away a hundred times are the (mostly) wonderful people who are my patients and the need...