Dana1969

Wildnurse, the only motive I have is to relate the horrible experience I had at HNU. There were 110 students in my section, without even enough chairs for everyone. I had to sit on the floor, and take notes on my lap (and there were two other satelli...

The Magnet designation is pure fiction. I work at a Magnet hospital in the East SF Bay, and the only way we got Magnet was by buying it. No sooner had the Magnet surveyors left, then Management went back to understaffing the floors, starving us for s...

I am broken I have been overrun, under-supported, and run into the ground. The patient's on my unit are so heavy, and we are so understaffed that my objective each day is to just keep them alive and unharmed. I can't get supplies, administrative supp...

I work at a government run Magnet hospital in the East SF Bay area, with a group of wonderful RNs. The problem is, Management is pressuring RNs to sign off on training which they haven't received. This is how it works. Our Nursing Education departmen...

At my hospital, certain nurses enjoy privileges like enhanced promotability and better access to training by virtue of membership in a vertically integrated ethnic group. It sucks, but it's reality. I try to be friends with everyone and help out when...

Broken...the CEO just posted an Executive Memorandum stating that we are going to have to "do a lot more with a lot less." So broken, can't sleep anymore. The years go by and I watch young women get promoted up the ladder while I do four jobs and get...

Let me give an actual example, PCEA (Patient Controlled Epidural Analgesia). A patient comes from PACU with a PCEA after a hip/knee replacement. Specialty RNs assigned to the hip/knee unit are given 10-14 days training on the care of there patients. ...

Magnet = Mud-Net Driving nurses into the ground, before the altar of Corporate Greed.

For preceptor placement, you are completely on your own. They stress this from the first day of orientation. They strongly advise you to begin your preceptor search upon enrolling, as failure to obtain a satisfactory preceptor placement by the deadli...

I applied and was accepted to HNU's FNP program but was floored by what I saw there during orientation. Inadequate staffing and facilities, the books weren't even available in the bookstore even though the term had started. MBA2RN's comments are righ...

The training never takes place. We are notified of a change to policy/proceddure, then given a link to an internal website, which discusses the policy/procedure in step by step in detail. Sure, if its just a change like you say "to the official butt-...

I gotta say I'm with RNsRWe on this one. The manager fired you for a reason. If you think four years and a new degree change anything, it doesn't. Having a new shiny new BSN isn't going to change that reason. Move on and find something better. Good L...

B52 = Benadryl 50mg + Haldol 2mg Depth Charge = Prune Juice + Milk of Mag @ss-Cannon = Go-Lytely or Mag Citrate Twist & Shout = Q2Hours Turn Orders (at Night) Code Brown/Chili Bed = BM Vitamin H = Haldol Vitamin A = Ativan Walkie - Talkie = A Sel...

Here in CA, Kaiser is in a hiring freeze, Sutter is striking, Muir is laying off, St Rose (in Hayward) is just swirling around the bowl before the final flush, the local VA is in complete retreat...cities in CA are declaring bankruptcy (three in the ...

Having an MSN will make absolutely no difference in hiring. Washington tried an all MSN new grad class once, and it did not end well. I doubt if they will make THAT mistake again. An ADN/BSN/MSN with no bedside nursing experience is still just a new ...

Washington Hospital has CANCELED its Fall 2012 New Grad program!

Northern CA job market is very tough right now. John Muir (WC & Concord) just announced a lay-off, Sutter is striking, Kaiser is on a hiring freeze, and the smaller hospitals get left with the crumbs. I've never seen it this bad before. Nursing s...

Three years ago I was punched by a pt, completely displacing my cheekbone to a position approximately two inches lower and just in front of my right ear. Two years ago, I was punched in the testicles by a "developmentally challenged" pt. While I roll...

I have seen "in-sourcing" used extensively at my hospital in the SF Bay area. I work NOC shift, med-surg and many nights I'm the only native born English speaking nurse on the unit. I can go all night hearing Tagalog, Hindi, Urdu, Mandarin, and vario...

I only have four years in, but I feel completely burned out. I've lost 35 pounds, running my behind off on a busy med-surg/stroke unit. My boss is an ogre, the senior nurses are all her "spies" who run to her with half-truths, innuendo, and bald face...

Thank you for the wonderful post. It is inspirational. But don't fuss and fret over the label of a "diagnosis". You are still the light you have always been, before and after the labeling. I don't except the stimatism of "Psychiatric Illness." There ...

The GI doc, who ran from the room yelling, "I'm going to get some Haldol", when a pt punched me in the nads. When I was able to stand and had stopped retching, the pt gave me a hug and said "I love you" (after the Haldol).

Our union (CNA) has zero power in our facility. During the last contract negotiation, two the four nurses on the bargaining team were summarily fired (given the choice of submitting their two week notices, or being terminated that day). I worked with...

I'm a second career nurse with just two years of med-surg experience, and over twenty in management. And based upon that (modest) experience, I believe that the turnover in new grads is high because of several factors. First, nursing schools aren't t...