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  1. Would you recommend nursing to your daughter?

    nurseinlimbo replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    sgts the problems I have had with management include being passed over for a position when I have worked in a facility 3 yrs prn, and a brand new hire, not even orientated, got it. That has happened...

  2. Help! Question for all RN's! ARE NURSES MEAN TO EACHOTHER??

    nurseinlimbo replied to AudioGirl's topic in General Nursing

    I would have to say yes. I have been a nurse for 3.5 years, and an aide for 10 yrs before that. I have found that many nursing environments are toxic. There are always older established groups that...

  3. Contacted Oprah Show About Nursing Issues

    nurseinlimbo replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    I think it would be great if someone would address nursing issues on television from a nurses perspective. All we ever hear about is "code burgundy" (bed closures preventing patients from accessing...

  4. Would you recommend nursing to your daughter?

    nurseinlimbo replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a daughter, but if I did, I don't think I would want her to be a nurse. I went back as an adult student after 10 yrs as a NA, thinking that RN would give me more autonomy, flexibility,...

  5. Nurse tracking devices

    nurseinlimbo replied to PattonD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Gee, I'm surprised that we don't have to wear them home too..... I'd never agree to wear one, not because I don't do my job but because if my employer doesn't trust me to do what I am supposed to do,...

  6. Why are Newbies Such Whiners?

    nurseinlimbo replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    What I think is interesting is that one nurse can think that you are doing really well, catch on quickly, are good with your patients and conscientious with your charting, meds etc. and the next one...

  7. What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

    nurseinlimbo replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure that the first message that every new grad gets when they start on the floor is how little they actually learned in school. We never got to start even one IV before we graduated, had very...

  8. What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

    nurseinlimbo replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Here in Canada, preceptors do get extra $$ for precepting. My first preceptor out of school had never done it before, so had little teaching experience to draw from, and had herself only just returned...

  9. How many of you balance a sport or hobby?

    nurseinlimbo replied to nurseinlimbo's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like my life. We have a 10 acre acreage, with lots of fences to fix and work to do on the yard and house. My husband works FT at a 8-5 job with w/e off so that helps, but still don't seem to...

  10. How many of you balance a sport or hobby?

    nurseinlimbo posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am wondering how many of you are serious about a sport or hobby that requires daily participation and weekend or day long competition or attendance to other relevant events? I am into riding reining...

  11. Why are Newbies Such Whiners?

    nurseinlimbo replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I just about snorted my coffee! Thank you for saying what I've been too polite to put into

  12. What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

    nurseinlimbo replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I would agree that a new nurse who asks a question and then argues with you would become hard to take. When someone does this to me when I'm teaching them something about riding a horse, I shut down...

  13. Why are Newbies Such Whiners?

    nurseinlimbo replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    This has turned into a very interesting thread. I guess from my perspective as a newer nurse (grad '03) and recent student in the OR, I just wish that nurses with more experience could put themselves...

  14. Why are Newbies Such Whiners?

    nurseinlimbo replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Yes that is a catchy title. I agree that sometimes new nurses may perceive things differently, and that corrections are waranted when they are necessary. Common sense would suggest that giving the BP...

  15. Eat Young/Unhappiness - Mostly Med/Surg?

    nurseinlimbo replied to RachieH's topic in General Nursing

    As the last poster has said, it is being abandoned or chastised that is the problem. Experienced nurses take for granted that we will know how to do something that comes as second nature to them, and...

  16. Eat Young/Unhappiness - Mostly Med/Surg?

    nurseinlimbo replied to RachieH's topic in General Nursing

    In Canada, I don't think it matters where you work, it's the same. The shortage is overworking all existing staff, and new grads usually end up in casual or prn positions, sometimes temp. PT. So they...

  17. How much OT did you work in 2006?

    nurseinlimbo replied to nurseinlimbo's topic in General Nursing

    I worked approximately 330 hours of OT between two casual/prn jobs. one is an 8 hr, the other a 12. I worked almost every weekend, expecially from April to October, because during the week I was in...

  18. How much OT did you work in 2006?

    nurseinlimbo posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering what it's like in other areas. Are you short staffed? Crying for prn/casuals? Do you get turned down for vacation time regularly because there is no one to replace you? How many OT...

  19. They Think I'm Working Christmas??

    nurseinlimbo replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    At what point do you become concerned about patient safety? How alert are you after a night shift. I know a girl here who would go from a night in the hospital to a day shift in community health and...

  20. They Think I'm Working Christmas??

    nurseinlimbo replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    I have one shift scheduler who tries to get me to come in for "part of a day shift" 7am to 7pm when I've just gotten off a night at my other job. I guess she figures its not in her facility that I'm...

  21. They Think I'm Working Christmas??

    nurseinlimbo replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    I just got a rotation with 6 shifts per pay period two weeks ago, and wouldn't you know, I got to work a night Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the day after (Boxing day in Canada). I am also...

  22. Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    nurseinlimbo replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Last Christmas I was working on a geriatric unit that had started taking acutely ill patients that were overflow from the medsurg floors. We usually got patients who had dementia, or some other...

  23. What's your holiday bonus?

    nurseinlimbo replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I forgot, Hubby got $100 gift certificate for Costco, $100 for Marks Work Warehouse and a nice dinner out to Tony Romas and tickets to the WHL Teddy Bear Toss Hockey Game. It was a nice night...

  24. What's your holiday bonus?

    nurseinlimbo replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    He he he, funny posts. I want one of those jobs where they pay based on service, maybe they could give me $1 for every hour of unpaid OT I worked this year (365). But seriously, from my hospital job...

  25. anyone else struggle with Anxiety?

    nurseinlimbo replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

    I suffered from anxiety all through school, especially in clinicals until I really got to know my instructor. With each new one I would think "this is the one who will kick me out". It was so bad that...