ClaraRedheart BSN, RN

First of all, I'm sorry that you're being treated that way. As nurses, most of us are outward focused, so when we see someone who is the opposite as a co-worker, it can be difficult to make space for them. I've had co-workers who I've overheard in pa...

I'm light duty so I was working as a unit secretary on an ICU stepdown unit. I was shocked to see that many of the nurses had just as many patients as those that we usually have on a med-surg unit. The monitors were right there and it was sad, but in...

Here's the problem if you DON'T call off sick and come to work infecting your co-workers... they're going to be in a worse position next week. They'd better learn to deal.

Glad you're looking into this now. I did CMSRN through MSNBC. I wasn't paying attention on the requirements until 2 months before it was due to expire. Not sure on ANCC, but with MSNBC, if you turn recert in with less than a month due, you pay the la...

I started wearing them! Even if Covid wasn't a thing anymore, I'd continue wearing them. Think of all of the splashback that you've felt while emptying bedpans. Just one more protective layer to keep it off of my hair since washing it after work ever...

I want my husband vaccinated, stat. I've worked with covid patients his age that are deathly ill. He refuses. His reason is that everytime he was forced to get a vaccination in the navy, he got sick. Fair enough. I still love him. I'm just looking at...

Wow! I'm in North TX, but my hourly wage is almost twice what it was when I started 7 years ago.

Hi. My hospital is currently up for magnet renewal, but we're losing staff constantly. I've even said myself that I can't do another COVID round, but it's here, and I'm still there while my co-workers are leaving and we're having to train staff that...

Thank you so much! I love this idea! I suspect our ED is already doing something similar as all of our patients are on non-select rather than allowed to order room-service. I don't see why we couldn't have set times for covid patients and still allow...

Agreed. I don’t think any hospital losing staff like this deserves to be considered for magnet. I realize that this is a nation wide (likely international) problem but magnet and all of the extra hoops that we have to jump through (and I chair an ext...

You’re probably right, but it would be in their best interest and save money in the long run if it means they’re not having to train new staff or hire expensive travel nurses because the experienced nurses are leaving.

I was also very reluctant. After many others in my hospital got their second dose, I finally asked my doctor. My thought was... why would this work any better than natural immunity from having covid back in July. She convinced me that it's the safer ...

Just a fair warning... I have a good friend whose position in nursing so far has been to ask for the most you can get. She's gotten fired for petty crap that would NOT get you fired anywhere else in a state where there are unions, and one major hospi...

Yuck. I'm sorry. If a professor is that bad, with my experience, I'd wait a semester. Nursing was my first love. After a video of a man shoving a huge needle into his body in a community college psychology class, I thought that I could not overcome m...

This is such a fantastic idea! I was thinking prior to reading this article that maybe they could hire more EVS and train them to go into a covid room to empty waste baskets. It's such a small thing, but we don't have time for it. Maybe hire a nurse...

I'm so sorry you are dealing with that! It sounds truly horrible! I'm on a unit that was the last resort for covid patients. They're going in regular rooms and there are patients in the hallways because there is no where else to put them. I had one o...

Our unit was the last safe space from covid at my hospital. We’ve run out of space, so we’re getting them in non-negative pressure rooms. We also have patients in the hallways. Anyways, I’m a new covid nurse just now learning the markers (d-din...

The hospital that I work at is one of the largest systems in my state. We've gotten nothing at all for the last four years. They cater a meal, but our acuity is so abnormally high that I couldn't even step away long enough to go get my free breakfast...

I'm pretty sure many of us are hypochondriacs ? My mom is a nurse and tends towards self diagnosis. I turned out to have brca2 from my dad which has killed 3 generations of women in my family, so had a prophilactic mastectomy. I'm sure someone called...

I was a little sad at graduation when most of my small cohort had jobs but me and one other person. I certainly didn't begrudge them their happiness though. If you're going to work with people as personal as nursing is, it helps to learn to love them...

Serious question. I had it back in July and have felt relieved for awhile. Our hospital has limited vaccines for frontline staff. I chose not to get vaccinated, because the virus itself should have created an immune response that the vaccine is mean...

Yes. Been there, done that. My first year as a nurse I cried all the time. Going to dayshift and getting proper sleep helped, but it's still my nature. I was trained as a charge nurse and did it a few times. I never cried while charge, but I t...

Just curious what happens if you spend 12 hours running on all cylinders and need to sit and chart after shift because you couldn't stop? Where do you chart? I guess I'd have to see the plan to judge fully. My nursing unit does not have more than two...

The malpractice insurance is a really great idea, and I think would help to decrease some stress. It's not as pricey as I thought it would be!