brad30

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1. If you could redo it....would you choose nursing?

   brad30 replied to ICURNPA92's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with brandy. The nursing field is made up of either unhappy people that are stuck or those that are living an illusion. And the latter make perfect employees 🤑😷🤮

2. What sort of physical labour do nurses do?

   brad30 replied to kater_92's topic in General Nursing

   350+lb intubated/sedated pts and q2turns = worse back

3. Ready to change

   brad30 replied to brad30's topic in General Nursing

   I went to the ICU and it is better for me. Did not burn a bridge. The advice received was invalid. For those that have the same concerns in the future, do not be dismayed. If you want to do something else in nursing, do it.

4. If you could redo it....would you choose nursing?

   brad30 replied to ICURNPA92's topic in General Nursing

   Not a chance. The only way for me to make reasonable money in nursing is to work night, weekend option. That will be fun with kids on the horizon. I started to go to school again but quit. I do not see light at the end of that tunnel, for improving m...

5. What sort of physical labour do nurses do?

   brad30 replied to kater_92's topic in General Nursing

   250+lb intubated/sedated pts and q2turns = bad back

6. I see burnt out nurses walking amongst the living

   brad30 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a 30/M, been working 1.5 yrs as an RN. Worked tele for a year and I have been in ICU for 6 months. I am pretty happy where I am at and will stay for a couple years to get that indispensible critical care experience. I thought that I would go int...

7. Ready to change

   brad30 replied to brad30's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I am required to stay on the unit. The first year is a residency program. And the second I work for the same floor.

8. Ready to change

   brad30 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I signed a 2 year contract on a med/surg floor. I didn't want to do it but it was the only job that revealed itself at the time. I am one year into the contract and I want to go to the ER. I want to travel as an ER nurse and I will need 2 years exper...