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You may have better luck in the big cities of Texas.

Glad to hear of your new and enjoyable transition to home health.There are many nurses struggling with the 12 hrs shifts in hectic hospital situations and like you would benefit with the breath of fresh air that home health work can bring to one.About 15 years ago I did 3 years of home visits as a RN in Dallas and loved every minute of it,never seemed like work as in the hospitals,of course that was before the new and more time consuming paper/computer work came into being.I found the patient and family members appreciated the one to one undivided attention I could give them which was almost impossible in the hospital where I was juggling admissions,discharges and the myriad of things that kept me away from better patient care and education.Wishing you as many happy visits as I enjoyed.

Great,well thought out article.To a point the soft skills mentioned are very important as a business model and as a life model however based solely on this model it seems that admin.would do better hiring the car salesman or Miss America a type to be at the bedside in order to make sure the patient and family are 'very Augustine's.That being said once a nurse has become proficient in nursing skills the Attitude is the difference between a proficient nurse and a great nurse.When a nurse enters the room of a patient they are selling themself by gaining the trust and reassurance needed in the healing process.The goal should be that the patients knows they can trust me,the nurse,with their health and even their life during my shift.

I believe that you were the VICTIM of the corporations that now ,for the most part,control hospitals like a fast food franchise,where the dollar bottom line ,shareholders equity,has made staff sitting ducks ,where cost cutting at the expense of staff and patient health is numero uno on their agenda.Most corporations that own hospitals,Tenet and HCA being the giants in the 'industry-I repeat INDUSTRY of healthcare can,t wait for carers like you who unfortunately have the 12 years of nursing experience which they see as extra dollars in wages going to a 12 year nurse that can be eliminated and replaced by a fresh grad who eventually will be replaced in similar fashion when attaining the years of experience you have and with similar charges of med error,amazingly self reported even,or talking to the wrong supervisor with attitude and myriads of false reasons to maintain that corporate profit,running into billions of dollars,a nd like a hurricane leaving destruction and devastation in the lives of nurses who never saw it coming.God bless you and all nurses who have been victims of the corporate greed that infects our healthcare industry that stomps on its carers in the pursuit of the almighty dollar.WE NURSE NEED TO FIGHT FOR AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. replaced in similar fashion when they have achieved the experience level you have acheived

I have enjoyed the privilege of working with many foreign nurses,mainly Filipinos,who have left their country to enable their families many living in poverty to survive solely through their financial support sent back home.The nurses I have worked with have been very hard working and skilled in their nursing practice and great fun to be around.I admire their sacrifice for their families back home and appreciate that many cultural issues make them the great people they are.

I worked at SAMMC ten years ago for 18 months and loved it.I worked on the ortho floor and found everyone great to work with.As a civilian RN probably working on an open ended contract with the company you mentioned I enjoyed working with the military staff and patients but happy in the knowledge that I could not be deployed to a war zone and be the object of enemy fire as the brave military people I was around,whatever my political beliefs were which swayed to the 'blood for oil'persuasion.I was working among friendly courageous people and knew it.The only way I know to work for the military facilities as an RN is as a private contractor as I did or joining the military as an RN and being subject to transfers at anytime,which could mean Seattle,San Diego,WashintonDC,or Germany or any other base around the world but I don,t think they give you the option of where or when and I don,t believe they pay well except for the excellent benefits.Hope that helped.

I agree with the previous post.If you know that,s what you want GO FOR IT NOW.

Just prioritize the best you can.Then if that doesn't,t work keep trying different ways or get suggestions from others you work with or those here on line that are in similar jobs.As a med surg nurse I like most nurses feel like we could have done more but that,s the nature of the beast.Best of luck!

My 3years of travel assignments started about 18 months pre9/11 .As in all types of work there were good times and not so good times but fortunately mostly very happy and positive times for me.Prior to my travel assignments I Had been a nurse for over 30 years,in fact training in another country,England,and having already uprooted from one system to another I guess in hindsight that was my first travel gig.I realized a long time ago that the attitude you bring usually is reciprocated.That if I was open to new ways of doing things the process would only enhance my work and the reason to work would remain the same-caring for sick people which once I could get through the distractions of the change in charting,computer systems and surrounding personnel ,would always give me job satisfaction despite the end of shift exhaustion which all of us nurses know first hand. Before my foray into travel nursing my experiences working most of my shifts as a float nurse in a large hospital and working over 15 different units prepared me to not be afraid to ask questions and to always look for the Nurses on that given unit who looked like they were not burnt out,stressed out and looked like they were enjoying their work and realized that unless I or someone else were there the load would be heavier for each nurse. So after introducing myself on whatever unit or later,whatever hospital I was in my questions were the same.'Where,s the med room,where,s the restroom and where,s the coffee pot as I usually worked night shift.Wherever I worked,float pool or travel assignment East coast or West coast,Northwest or deep South I have always found nurses to be good people or they would not be in this caring profession.But I also realized that nurses are human and as such,divorce,death in the family,child rearing issues,one,s own health issues,all these things can make it difficult to do the job of 'caring for others 'a mighty task ,so if I encountered such I would offer my help as needed and nearly always found it reciprocated. With this kind of attitude many nurses make GREAT travel nurses and have no problem fitting in and are almost always welcomed by the staff they will be supplementing.Once a nurse has taken that bold step of going to a new state and a new hospital they will find many memorable experiences,make many new friends and be rewarded manyfold B

Jasano I really am sorry to hear of your frustration at knowing you are an experienced nurse and not getting the job you desire.As a male nurse who trained in England in the sixties I did find back then us male nurses got promotions many years ahead of our female colleagues as there was a bias to male enhancement,s at that time.I was offered a unit manager job after only 1year as a staff rn but only because I was single and probably able to relocate easier than married females with husbands and children obviously being their priority.In fact there must have been at least 6 maternity managers I had encountered whilst in training and I guess we're my role models when starting out.One year later I relocated to the US to earn the kind of money I needed to survive in a relatively low paying career after I realized that the job satisfaction I enjoyed would not pay the bills.Now as an older/ancient nurse I am seeing hospitals in the states looking for ways to get rid of us choosing lowly paid new grads and discriminating against higher paid experienced nurse forgetting that nobody but experienced nurses can mentor the fresh nurses.In your case in Ontario I guess the gov intervention to give employers financial incentives to hire new grads does not make it a fair playing field for people like yourself who has much to offer.Nursing jobs have their cycles and right now new grads are having to relocate here in the states to get their first years experience.So they relocate to the low paying south where employer rights have superseded employees rights and thus corporations fatten shareholders pockets whilst caregivers and their patients are pre-tempted by the quest for the mighty dollar.The hiring cycle will change-just when is the question.I wish you well with your search and would highly recommend networking with old buddies.Many jobs have come from this way rather than resumes.Also follow up resumes if utilized with an unannounced visit to the one hiring and try in person to sell yourself.

You have made a wise decision.In 1965 I told my Dad I was going to be a male nurse and started that year despite my dad saying it would never last.Well still going strong.NO REGRETS

Pray for the patient,s being looked after by a hospital facility that is pushing it's nursing staff to get their BSN in order to push the facilities desire,for whatever reason,to Magnet status.Many good nurses will no longer be able to give that energetic nursing care needed by that patient,who,sees in their nurses eyes total exhaustion ,that comes from their impossible balancing act of additional schooling in addition to working a full time job and their home life caring for husband and children.NURSES ARE ANGELS.But how long can those wings hold up.

As a supporter of healthcare for all,which should be a God given right to everyone born in this the richest and most powerful nation on the face of this earth I have a big concern.That deductibles set by insurance companies and our government will be detrimental to this version of ACA being successful.Working class people who scrape together the monthly premium will be in for a rude awakening trying to pay the high deductibles before the insurance will pay a dime.I personally feel that this will hopefully push our country to Universal Coverage similar to Medicare or the European model of care for ball