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Good for her but she's talking about continuing to dance after she's working as a nurse? I thought there were like behaviour codes at hospitals. You know they want nurses to be "Florence Nightingale" pure as the driven snow? haha. I thought I heard of some nurse who lost her job for making her own website featuring herself in all her naked glory.. but maybe this is OK now.

My hats off to you! I live in an area that gets a lot of snow. One year we got 46 inches. At the hospital I was a CNA at, when they knew there was going to be a big snow storm they had nurses spend the night so they would be available for their shift. They actually used an empty patient room so people could get some sleep while they waited to go on their shift. I don't know what to tell you. That's ridiculous that they couldn't think ahead. I mean they KNEW it was a huge snowstorm - what were they expecting? I just can't believe people snuck off to get home. I would complain to your supervisor whenever they get back. I guess with global warming we can expect more of this crap.

I worked at an SNF for a few months. It was horrendous. I'm not trying to knock SNF nursing - some people love it. I was constantly running from the moment I clocked in. You don't have enough time to spend with your patients. I'd be constantly pulled in all different directions. I would so love to get a hospital job but I think that door has closed. I felt that when I had to call the hospital regarding a patient the hospital nurses looked down on me. I often had to work by myself on a floor with 25 patients. I hope you are happy with your choice.

Thanks for the responses. I talked to my therapist and she reminded me that I changed careers at 45 years old - no easy feat. She also gave me some tips to stay more focused on what I am doing. I am also telling myself that I am competent. I totally feel like I am not but my insecurity is affecting my performance I think. I am also looking at some other positions. I will try to apply at some hospitals locally but they usually want hospital experience but at least I will give it a shot. I feel like I am seeing the reality better - it just never occurred to me that I might not have enough clinical experience for this job.

I've only been working as a nurse for 3 years and I am starting to wonder if I am in the right profession. Right now I work as a private duty nurse with a pediatric patient. My first job was in a nursing home and I was asked to resign because I made too many med errors. Then I got into private duty nursing. I got fired from a couple of cases because the parents didn't feel confident in my abilities. Now I have been with this case for two years. I know there were about 3 times when the mom wanted to fire me but she wanted to give me a chance. I recently wanted to switch from working nights to days but the mom doesn't think I can handle it. ( her words) She feels that even after two years I still don't seem to know her child and she still doesn't feel comfortable leaving her child alone with me. I made little mistakes that after being a nurse with this much experience I shouldn't be making. I can see her point. I dont' feel confident in myself. I don't know what's wrong with me. I feel like I am so unsure of what I am supposed to do that I end up not taking action quickly enough. I don't want to go back to nursing home becaue I just can't handle the fast pace. I also don't think I can deal with the hospital environment -if they would even hire me. So what else is there? I love working with patients but it seems like my critical thinking skills and memory are lacking to do this job well enough. Is there anything else out there for me to do? I feel like I am lost and don't know what to do.