caringchic

thanks so much, had my first interview to day second interview on Wednesday, I think it would be so fun and give me a break from the bedside.

I am interviewing for a Precert job today w/ a big insurance company, I am excited but nervous, I really want to get away from the bedside. I too think it would take awhile to get used to the slower pace, inpatient is just dang crazy any more!!!

You go girls it is so inspiring to hear other nurses more seasoned than I who appear to be able to critically think be devalued by their employer!! It has been my experience that most employers really only want followers, willing to follow the script...

I absolutely loved the OP! That nurse had it all figured out and it was awesome, so refreshing to see that other nurses experience similar events!

Sorry, I clicked on reply in this OP but somehow got out of sequence, sorry for the confusion.. OP Re: "And it's all going to be your fault" You do sound a bit jaded, that is coming from a new graduate. However, maybe you are taking it as a person...

I recently had this happen to me, pt drug seeker, known to the unit, kept insisting I give meds for which there was no orders, she told me she was going to report me for unethical nursing, I informed her I had spoken to the doc, no orders rec'd chart...

try re-posting when you have somewhere between 3+ yrs under your belt your perspective may be significantly different.

Do a search on this site under the word burnout and you can read and make an informed decision based on serveral different perspectives w/in this given curse uhh, I mean profession called nursing. From my experience NO, hell no, it is in the end the...

MSN SUXXXXXX, Intelli Staff SUX, fellow nurses really need to be cautious when interacting w/ this company.

MSN is the worst, I repeat worst travel agency and their partners Inteli Staff are unsafe and unreliable. I have worked for them in various locations and make it my perogative to expose their risky business. Be extremly cautious when interacting w/...

OK I want the dirt from other nurses who have traveled.. I have been traveling locally and contracted for the last 11/2. Been an RN for 7 yrs, never had problems until I started traveling. I recently took a day shift job on a busy PCU. High acuity ...

So i work on an CCU/ICU sometimes a step down unit, depending on how bed control is allotting bed space. Anyways.. I had an order to hang a lasix gtt and when I asked if the unit had any protocols or policies r/t Lasix gtt. I got a look of bewilde...

YEP to all four, especially on those days from hell. Wouldnt it be nice if all systems could talk to one another especially nurses!

This is a long vent/ any suggestions, comments, critics or plain snide remarks, let me have it... I started in healthcare 13yrs ago as a CNA in LTC thought I could save the world, that is a good environment to appropriately downsize that dream! ...

I have been denied promotions, tx, and other career growth steps b/c of my absolute determination to pt advocacy ahead of company propaganda. However the reputation of "trouble making" has been less than ideal. One think I remind myself of is that ...

to the original poster, in the start of your career there will always be times when pressure is great, patients to many or to demanding and the shortcuts seems like the best way. I think every nurse takes shortcuts at times, the ones who say they ...

to babybug, when you are a licensed RN then feel free to write a post beratting another nurse about their nursing practice. Until then why dont you learn from someone else's mistakes b/c lord knows you dont have time to make them all yourself.

thanks, my old hospital is on a hiring freeze right now, so I am currently looking. I just dont have it in me, I am so burned out right now. The only way to get support is as a staff nurse and even at that I am begining to think at a facility back...

Did you get in writing? If not you may be screwed, if you did, ask about their employee grievance policy or speak to their General Manager.

OMG I could tell you some stories to make your hair stand on end.. I worked at two different facilities, one as a staff RN and one as a traveler.. both places are not facilities that I would recommend to a new nurse or probably not even my worst enem...

they terminated my contract immediatelly sighting "interspersonal difficulty". One RN who is a new nurse makes for such statement. I was amazed that this could not be used as a learning situation for both of us. I was especially frustrated given m...

This spring I will have been licensed for 8yrs. Worked in a huge variety of settings, however I am so burned out on nsg, healthcare and anything that has to do w/ organized health systems. Nsg is great b/c there is a million different avenues to pe...

I feel your pain! I worked in an LTAC for about two weeks and that was enough fear factor for me! I was the charge RN, sometimes the only RN, w/ an LPN, CNA and an RT. Who informed me after the fact that she was not able to intubate and we were n...

I have experienced some of those things which were exactly the reasons I got burned out and quit for a time. In my original response I wrote that prison culture is very different from life on the outside. you dont get to be overtly helpful and car...

the benefits are great i worked for the state at one prison and yes the PTO and health isnurance is great plus you could contribute to state retirement plan. private institutions have OK benefits. Just make sure you have good boundaries and are not...