sarah2416

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1. Why Do Nurses Quit?

   sarah2416 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   I believe the main reason newer nurses leave is because of the "moral distress" that comes from working in corporate healthcare. Hospitals are being run by rich people trying to squeeze huge CEO pay...

2. Looking for patient stories about pressure ulcers

   sarah2416 posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   I'm the skin audit nurse for my ICU and am looking to motivate the floor nurses to implement prevention measures. Does anyone know of online collections of patient stories about the experience of...

3. A VERY frustrated nurse

   sarah2416 replied to RNnewbie2014's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I'm also a new grad nurse and have been on my own for two months now. A few pieces of advice: 1. Use your shift change report time wisely if you are continually finding things not done from the...

4. 12 hour overnight nurses, please tell me about your sleep schedule.

   sarah2416 replied to dandk1997RN's topic in Health, Stress Management

   Now that you have a routine with your night shifts, how do you plan your sleep in order to transition back and forth between days and

5. Going from peds home health to hospital

   sarah2416 posted a topic in Pediatric

   I am a new grad in a city where the hospitals have all been laying people off by the hundreds and closing units/whole hospitals. It's not the best situation for job hunting, but such is life. I may...

6. two weeks left til my exam, which nclex pn review should i invest in?

   sarah2416 replied to mfierce's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   My school makes us pay for the Kaplan NCLEX test prep. It's awful and I wish I didn't have to waste my money on it. Their prep tests have very limited numbers of questions, are very poorly...