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Nursing would be worth pursing if the business side of it would stop abusing it. The only message I read here is, " Hey if you can't stand being abused and being pay very poorly for it.... don't sign up. But, hey, we are always hiring victims... here...

This is a horrid excuse... So this thread is saying if you can't put up with the abuse then leave. SO, nursing is nothing but an abused state of affairs...I seriously ca nnot stand what I'm reading and will write more later. I can't believe the crap ...

Where is nursing purgatory Sing Song? I really don't get the whole second degree, 10th degree... who gives a #$#. A person is a nurse is a nurse. So what? Kids in college can choose nursing for money or passion and person at 70 can choose it for mone...

This is awesome! So happy for you "Sing-song in my heart" You seem to have experienced a time when nurses got to be a nurse. I hope to earn one day what you do. I do share a very common core with you: I love helping the patients and not in a self-ser...

I totally get the work to death situation for many nurses.

Im a day nurse. Night shift nurses need extra care. Those nurses rock! Yeah, I get my fair share of crap that they don't deal with but to deal with your whole body going against what it usually needs to do.... I totally respect night nurses. Because ...

That's nice... so put up or shut up...yeah it's as easy as that. That's the problem with nursing or any industry here and now. I like how you put the spin on it that it would hurt the facility if you leave. There are plenty of people lined up for the...

I'm ticked off at the HRSA option. The HRSA option only seems to hire Master's or Doctorates although they claim to help RNs. Must be 10 year experienced RN's with clinical experience since not many HRSA scored places are hiring them (by then that RN...

I'm thankful that I'm in a field that allows me to take care of wonderful people... regardless of how crazy it has become.

One can compare the current health coverage mandate like auto insurance. It's best for everyone to have coverage (especially if someone is underinsured). I'm just so confused about all of the issues that are surfacing that were not expected, like the...

I see alot of strip malls starting primary care and visiting doctor businesses..... Where can RNs fit into the primary care role without paycuts except for getting Master's or Doctorates?

It's tough because you think that taking out the loans for a nursing degree will be worth it since "you can get a job anywhere as a nurse." But just like all job sectors, we are suffering too, especially with all the changes happening with reimbursem...

I'm just trying to get to the bottom of what might scare members like myself or not like myself. :|

Well, that's comforting.

Thank you ESME12, that's what I wanted to hear. You see, I understand any word I type here can be picked up by the search engines. I don't include words like where I work, what kind of work I do and who I know here that can lead to any one specific p...

Well then, um, sing song in my heart because I don't know how the *&^@ to make those characters here... there in lies the reasons why one should not vent here .... If I were to post in a newspaper my name would be attached unless it was Dear Ab...

Awesome, these kind of specifics are what posters need to know about. I totally agree... Thank you for the clarification on these posts. This goes for any site.

Not null and void so much because there are lots of great ideas here other than just honest opinions about various areas of nursing. I'll always come here for that! I'm just concerned with bias forming.

Isn't this creating an environment of fear? I agree that you need to protect your ID by not connecting to your social sites and stating names of places & situations at work. You can make it general enough. But fear of AN being hacked and your op...

I like your statements. I have to say, and I'm sure you'd agree... that in your time and mine, we have NEVER seen such advertisements to join a field of employment like what has been portrayed in the media for nursing. You don't see Johnson and Johns...

How can a professor be against mandated nurse-patient ratio? How can any nurse? Look... on the floor or anywhere, management (whatever form) will try to push as many patients, tasks .... whatever, no matter what patient acuity (how sick they are and ...

yea, I get that. You gotta be ok with the body stuff otherwise become a doctor. lol. I'm just getting burned out at bedside. apologies all for my slanted view ..... Anyone have a villa I can rent for a couple weeks?

I just don't think hospitals should manage bedside nursing to be such a miserable existence to where nurses want to run away. But then, I guess you're over a barrel to go thru this hell in order to do what you really want to do in nursing? I would lo...

Yeah, why is it that some women are so... cutthroat? Even the nurse who seems so "sisterhood" will throw another nurse under the bus for a smile or approval from a male doctor or nurse. I see alot of one upping from the women nurses.

I definitely appreciate the humor. The last part I don't get but whatever. I do notice that there is more antagonism between women than between men in general. I see more support in general as a guy nurse than I see between female nurses. I don't thi...