kentnurse97

kentnurse97

Medical Surgical and step down units

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About kentnurse97

kentnurse97 has 19 years experience and specializes in Medical Surgical and step down units.

Graduated from Kent State University School of Nursing in 1997. I am also a Certified Medical Surgical Nurse. I have worked at Cleveland Clinic, Providence Hospital, Richland Memorial Hospital, a Dialysis Clinic, been a prison Nurse in a Psychiatric Hospital and now work at the VA hospital where I feel very at home in my profession. I enjoy caring for the Veterans and giving back to my country in this way. I am constantly learning, growing and developing as a Nurse and encourage all new nurses and students to set their own standards high, then to continually raise their personal standards. Those around us cannot lower our personal standards, only we can and I choose not to allow that.

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  1. Help me! 24 and burned out!

    kentnurse97 replied to swestfall's topic in Nursing Career

    Any education that you can get in Nurisng Education is never wasted. If you stay in Med Surge, then it is used with patient's. If you don't then maybe you could be responsible to train other nurses....

  2. Help! Specialize... or Med Surg???

    kentnurse97 replied to camillea's topic in Nursing Career

    I am a med surge nurse, but I have done many kinds of nursing, SICU, IICU, Dialysis, prison nursing, Hospital nursing on a cardiac unit and personally, I believe we hone our skills better on a med...

  3. When a pt "gets" to you

    kentnurse97 replied to mmc51264's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes! We do seem to be the scape goats for so many family members. The ones that I love are the ones who care for Mom or Pop at home, but when the brief needs changing, they call the nurse. I explain...

  4. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    kentnurse97 replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I am with you on this one!! i hear the same thing where I work. Patient's say "the nurse" told me to do it, and when I explain that it was a CNA or a tech that said that, the patient says, "well it...

  5. Should I stay or go? 1st Year RN wanting to quit without another job in place.

    kentnurse97 replied to pthelper777's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I sincerely feel your pain. I have been in positions that were far too demanding and required me to be on call 24/7 and had very little staffing. That is not the way it is everywhere, although,...