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again, the last laugh I will have. Did you enjoy your 3 rounds of mandatory MRNA vaccines? I warned you to find a better profession / find another way to make a living.

I could continue arguing with you, but it would just go back and fourth. You are obviously an intelligent person. We need that in nursing. Yep I agree my posts "flame" and I bring the heat. If no one challenges this complacency we will only doom ourselves. That is why I am good in my role today, I think differently, try to be creative, and go against the grain. I am sharing that with you in this post. Not saying you are going to like it. OK fine you got my grammar. My point still stands.

I cant argue with you! We'd probably get along.

And read the post, it got PLENTY of attention (65k views, this site made $$ off of ads due to that post) because I had a solid point. Just because you don't like it, does not mean it is not worthy.

I completely disagree. This has a huge impact on our public image.

I am not a troll but I am a truth bringer. I get it, you are all a "click" and want to gang up on an outsider by calling me a troll. It's cool though I've been doubted and repressed my entire life, I know how to handle this. I m glad I triggered some of you who are doing nothing now other than arguing with me to help cope with an obvious decline in the profession. It's OK; I am here for you and will listen. Please see the Image I posted; it shares the stages of coping. Regarding the recent trend of unprofessionalism in nursing, I believe many of you are in stage 2, judging by your responses. I myself am in stage 3 and approaching stage 4. I hope in the future, nurses will find ways to enhance their professionalism. These tik tok videos are not professional. I m finding here people are defensive // coping // ignoring // just getting by. I'd like to end this post with the definition of professionalism. pro·fes·sion·al·ism noun the competence or skill expected of a professional. "the key to quality and efficiency is professionalism" the practicing of an activity, especially a sport, by professional rather than amateur players. "the trend toward professionalism"

we need to judge, they are killing our profession. We are in the situation we are in today,with the world, because we let idiots do stuff for to long without saying anything. You don't believe me that our profession is in dire danger: I've done my part by warning you all. Where is HR in all of this? Where are nursing leaders?

See this is part of the problem, eveyone wants to be blind folded like bird box. First it was the birdbox blind fold, now it is the covid mask, what's next? If you cared about integrity and the profession's future, I think these things need to be considered. Just because the "trend" exposes nurses' lives in the fashion in which it is currently doing through social media does not mean this is best or what should be happening. Can we blame nursing educators for failing to share professionalism and humility with students? Do we blame society as a whole? Or are the days of honor, self-respect, preservation of struggle, and humility only a thing of the past? I, for one, believe we are witnessing a decay in nursing standards. What comes down the road from here, if this trend continues, is nothing good.

Just about every post here has helped to restore my faith in the profession. Maybe it is because this is a third party nursing website that tends to attract a "higher quality" nurse? Or perhaps we are just part of the older population, as I am in my 30's, and I can be experiencing a normal generational dissatisfaction with the youth. I know many of you gestured that my initial tone was harsh/rude; it was meant to be that way as I am upset with the unprofessional trend. I LOVE the different aspects of nursing, even though I have struggled like many of you, and I would fight to defend the profession's integrity and value, as I am trying to do with the discussion here. I feel my message was not geared towards many of you potentially great nurses who post here; I really don't know the extent of the audience that exists on this site, and therefore, I doubt many of you are part of the problem. The nurses causing this disturbance are not posting on allnurse; they are on insta, tik ,snap , etc... Don't forget to make a tik tok video about it while you dance inappropriately in the med room. Where is HR in all this social media mix? Dropping the ball?

still working in nursing btw, doing my best to climb ranks. things have been working out. Still don't recommend this feild. TY for talking crud. I always come back and I always have the last laugh. ALWAYS

I was expecting to be attacked, TY for the constructive feedback. I have not seen the crying videos and I probably shouldn't see these. To be honest I do my best to avoid most social media these days because of things like this. The less I know, the better. but WOW! Crying videos now too?? people wake up!!

I agree with this thread after all these years, if you can find something better do it. Nursing is being flooded by new grads who didn't deserve to pass nursing school. They are killing the profession.

I am coming back to this forum, after being away for many years, to communicate this message to you: Are you kidding me? Why is this profession on "blast" everywhere? Every Instagram post has some covid/nursing/hero quote within it. Nurses are now dancing all over tik tok? Do you think this is cool? Do you think this is what professionalism is about? It is to the point where I am almost ashamed of being a nurse; our traditional nurse leaders are rolling over in their graves. Have humility, stop talking bad / complaining about how awful your jobs are. You came into this profession, probably for the $ and cause every other post on facebook influenced you. This is all part of the agenda: flood hospitals with nurses to drive down wages, make working conditions worse, and pay less. Basic supply/demand strategy used by all corporations to make their workers replaceable). There are plenty of good nurses out there, I am sure. I am just disgusted by the profession's turn: Nurses are shaking all their goods for social media; nurses have no respect for their patients and do nothing but talk chit. I am nothing like most of you, I am ashamed of you, have some respect. Be humble, stop fishing for attention on social media.

i still stand b y what i said. Do something better.

I like you, have found myself in a situation where 2 weeks may make or break me. I would suggest sticking it out, even if you do not make it. I have been a preceptor to several new grads before. I find that when their systems of organization are broken, they really struggle to manage the shift. I think there needs to be a basic structure to your shift as a nurse. First is report, as a new nurse drill the nurse to make sure you are getting all the info you need before you start your shift, cause i m sorry, no a NEW NURSE does not have time to sit through the chart at the begining of the shift to find info on a patient. also in report critically think about your patients and it is a good time for both nurses to think about patients/find issues/work together. Make sure from report your are getting this info from the leaving nursing: How the patient came in? (found on floor at home, pox 82% when ambulance came, etc..) PMH (DM, HTN, CVA, Cabg, etc..) Diagnosis: this is important, why the **** is the patient actually here, and make sure it is the actual reason, lots of times nurses do not even know this, but this is usually important. This could be a UTI, CVA, 10/10 back pain, etc.. Make sure you know why the patient is there i can not stress this. --and also what are they doing for the reason why the patient is there (here with uti, so on antibiotics) here with cva (on ASA, on coumadin etc)) also important diagnostic test (here with UTI, on vanco, urine culture +Ecoli) w/e it make be, here with TIA MRA + stendosis >90% Left ICA (related and significant diagnotistic test always important) -then make sure you are getting all basic info in report (code status, where they live (snf, home alone, home with family, 24hr care giver), etc..) Then assessment (neuro, resp, gi, gu, skin, etc) should get and over view on assessment then plan (pt here to finish abx then d/c to snf) this should cover most of a basic report then after report, run in and check on ur patients for 30seconds each (make sure bed alarms on, safety maintained, etc.. do not run an get them crackers, make sure they are stable and bed alarms on if needed) then you go through the chart, look at your meds and orders and note whatever is important that you do. then start to pass meds to patients (pass meds on your sickest patient first) while you are passing meds, do your assessment on these patients. if you have any orders to do on these patients (dressing changes, lotions, creams, repositioning, etc) do it now too. Call docs when needed, determine how important it is that you speak to doc right away, if not that important write it down and complie a list of stuff you need to go over with doc. do this on all your patients (easier said then done), get all there needs met, delegate, everything else that comes in between and then chart. sorry just trying to s hare with you the basic structure of what i think new grads should be focusing on. May help you, may not, some may agree, some may not. Stay strong.

i would suggest seeking a lawyer for such a situation. I m just confused to why someone would voluntarily give up their license. Most people work extremely hard for their licenses and would not put themselves into a situation in practice where they would just give up their license without a fight in court/justifying their actions.

I worked on a tele med surg unit for almost 2 years. The last several months at my job the unit had been going through extensive changes. Many of these changes were not benefiting patients or nursing staff. It was only benefiting the bottom line of the hospital. Patient ratios were increasing, single rooms were becoming double, and we were being held more accountable than ever for patient satisfaction. How can this be possible when you are making the situations we are caring for these patients worse? To top it off we were being fed more work to do and they were pulling our unit secretaries. The icing on the cake is that 75% of the nursing assistants were of no help/burnt out and spent 90% of the shift hiding and taking extensive breaks. I am a strong delegator and I felt the frustration from personnel every time I was delegating; the spirit of team work was gone. I was working my *** off and getting lip every time I asked for help. I did not care and continued to delegate, but the effect of constant lip accumulated in my soul. All the changes on the unit, essentially my burn out too, lead to me not sleeping. Lack of sleep had a huge impact on my physical, mental, and spiritual well being. I had already called out several times recently, because of no sleep before work. Going to work a 12 hour shifts with absolutely no sleep is pure torture. Especially when you are continually walking into shifts and picking up tons of slack and have stubborn or little to no support. It came to the point where I was not going to call out again when my shift was starting in several hours. That day I had not slept for more then 5 minutes and knew there was no way I was going to get a lick of sleep. I tossed and turned and could not find a drop of comfort for many hours. I called up my unit and let them know I was not showing up. I then explained to my unit manager that I was having personal issues which were requiring me to need to immediately leave my position. She seemed to somewhat understand and still honored paying me the rest of my ETO. She could of refused doing this because I did not give 2 weeks. I was extremely well liked on the unit. I have an odd personality, I think, which has made me loved by other nurses in a brotherly and interesting way. My phone and email blew up with people wondering if I was ok and offering to be there. I was very vauge with them on why I left, some what ashamed and saddened, but I really feel that now a few weeks later I have healed up quite a bit and that I made the right choice for myself at the time. I did not seek any medical help for what I was going through. I have a personal disbelief in taking medications to help cope with stress. Although I would argue that I did leave my job for reasons that are medical; my health had been destroyed from the job. I have applied to several jobs now. I hadve already been contacted by several other companies/recruiters looking to interview me. I m just waiting to hear back to arrange date/times. My concerns focus around the fact that I did not leave with 2 weeks notice. Other than my immediate departure from my previous employer I have an immaculate standing with them. Management has even went into patient rooms, after my shift, and I have been cited numerous times for being an EXCELLENT nurse. How am I going to explain /and/or handle my job history when interviewing with future employeers? Should I call up HR at my previous job and ask them what information is on my employee record for when other companies call? Please offer advice, and please be considerate before you RIP on me for not giving two weeks. I truly could not have made it another two weeks in the state I was in.

I understand the boundary cross being spoke of in this thread. But op why do you give a $#1+. This was a year ago and you are wondering this now. Maybe you are lucky a nurse decided to give to ***** about you when you could not even love yourself. I suggest this situation be left t rest an toy both move on.

Necro bump but maybe good info for someone Sata means select all that apply. A certain type of test question

I had to quit. I was physically ill an unable to show up for work. I did not do a no call no show. 2 years on nights an my sleep was a mess an no day spots open. Want me to show up to a twelve hour shift on 10 minsof sleep an have god know what happen. There are certain times when the right thing to do is step down.

i understand your point that those vague statments can be argued as more trouble then good. I guess it really boils down to what is the units policy? I know when i worked LTC it was notes once weekly and as needed on patients. And when i worked rehab/sub acute it was once daily (days did odd numbers and nights did even number rooms) and as needed. Acute care i did a note on everyone. Find out from management. But as long as you are charting on important events, if any, i do not see much of an issue. Again you are coming from the ICU. Quite the jump. That is like a LTC nurse going straight into ICU, quite the opposite spectrum.

This is the way I see it. You are not completely miserable at your job right now. This is priceless. Your are getting ER experience. That is important. No amount of $ can replace being unhappy at your job. I would suggest you stay at your job until you become unhappy. At anytime you can transfer out to a larger hospital for different experience, you ll always have your basic ER expereince until then. Being happy is far greater then nursing ego/stats. Do not be a fool and contribute to burn out stats.

50 patients, did you say 50?!!??!?!?!?!? umm you bettter crack the whip on those aids and probably demand your med aide or GTFO that job ASAP. 50 patients!?!?

i do not see the point on leaving your job. If you are seriously happy at your job and 90% of your patients are coming in with ankle sprains, then why leave? if you are the rare nurse that is actually happy at your job and not ready to rage their *** off on management for all the b/s, stay and keep your mouth shut. You are still getting experience. Enjoy life.

sounds like you are coming from a well controlled icu setting to a cost cutting/LTC setting. it is very different. It would not hurt IMO if you wrote a 30second note in each patients chart that said something like "no complaints from patient, no change from baseline status, safety maintained, blah blah blah" so that at least you have something basic to cover your ass if you had to. But do not spend to much time on that, in this setting if nothing happened nothing is charted i guess.