twilite

twilite has 30 years experience and specializes in private duty, nursing home, corrections.

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1. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

   twilite replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

   In response to Goodbye to Nursing for me.. It seems like a lot of people think we stay in it cause its a challenge and we like a challenge and that sort of thing. My own take on it is that speaking formyself and mnay of my friends. when we initiall...

2. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

   twilite replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

   Healer 27, God bless you for listening to that voice in your gut that's giving you the best advice ever. I wished I'd listened to mine. Here I am 30 yrs later and trying to get disability for my poor broken down arthritic body and burnt out spirit. ...

3. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

   twilite replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

   It takes longer to go from sitting to standing and even longer to stand up straight You can't run down those corridors anymore You can only limp slowly down those corridors Your thumbs ache constantly trying to punch those pills out of those cards:u...

4. As LPN's age

   twilite posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   As an LPN who's now 60 and been doing mostly longterm care for most of the last 30 years, I find my body wearing out. Well, my tolerance for the intense pressure and stressful, and overworked conditions wore out a long time ago.However, I perservere...

5. Does anyone love their job?

   twilite replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

   Ugh, no .. I feel working in nursing is equal to being in an abusive relationship. Been in nursing 28 years and am training to go into office work now. I haven't been this excited since I don't know when.

6. Anyone work weekend DOUBLES? Feedback NEEDED!!

   twilite replied to a_clay's topic in General Nursing

   I can tell you that I worked Baylor shift as an LPN for 7 yrs in a ltc. There were quite a few cna's who also did the baylor. It is very tough, the 16 hours would be even more so. It will leave you no "you" time at all, if you have school all week...

7. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

   twilite replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

   I thought it was great. Matter of fact, after being in nursing over 25 yrs, I could relate to it almost entirely, if not entirely. Its funny, and it has more than one grain of truth in it. Don't let a little joke upset you, lighten up, you'll need...

8. What punishment should this nurse get?

   twilite replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

   Don't we nurses get enough punishment just by working as nurses. Where else can you work and get so little thanks, & respect?? Nurses are expected to be perfect little people, like machines. We embrace humanity in our patients, but tolerate NO...

9. New Grad Burnt Out after 3mnths

   twilite replied to joey1967's topic in International

   I'm sorry to tell you this, but after being a nurse for 20+ years, I've seen it all. Especially the inconsideration towards nurses, lack of respect, guilt trips placed upon us, and all the rest of the garbage that goes with it. Most of the jobs I h...