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  1. Sleeping On Unit

    feelix replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    I recently attended an ANA course where they were advocating for nap time to be incorporated into nurses shifts to promote mental wellbeing. Nurse managers, having being promoted because of who they...

  2. I Am Absolutely Miserable Because I Hate Being A Nurse

    feelix replied to PerkyWallflower10's topic in General Nursing

    Kennedi, Twenty-two years of hell. Did it for my kids. I found about what a hell-hole nursing was during my internship, but had no choice. Dodged bullets by working part-time at multiple jobs so...

  3. I Am Absolutely Miserable Because I Hate Being A Nurse

    feelix replied to PerkyWallflower10's topic in General Nursing

    Retired and seeking a career in art. Retirement, however sucks due to a fixed income that will either pay for rent or food after taking out taxes and

  4. Nursing Instructor with severe foot problems

    feelix posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hello all, I quit my full-time faculty job at a university due to my foot problems and took up a position as an adjunct at a community college so I would not have the same time committment. This...

  5. Nursing Instructor with severe foot problems

    feelix replied to feelix's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I am on physical therapy now and it is making a world of a difference. Let's

  6. Skipping Pinning

    feelix replied to oldie's topic in General Students

    Skipped the pinning and ring purchase. I was a mature adult and these honors meant nothing to me. Saved me a lot of money and time. The instructors, however, gave me a lower grade, as they were...

  7. NICU Nurses Are Not Nannies

    feelix replied to byebyebedside's topic in General Nursing

    You can incorporate care into the teaching plan. For example, include teaching how to change diapers and letting them know the next diaper is theirs. Teach them how to set a timer for the next...

  8. I Left hospital nursing. What are you doing now?

    feelix replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I left the floor and never looked back. Even home health was better. Eight tears is more than enough. Start getting your pre-reqs in while you work then go for NP. There is a glut of NPs and...

  9. Mid-Life Blues

    feelix replied to middle-aged newbie's topic in General Nursing

    It is not just the young people doing it. Once behaviors are established, they last a lifetime. Effective managers see through and discourage such behaviors. Weak managers rely on the gossip circuit...

  10. Mid-Life Blues

    feelix replied to middle-aged newbie's topic in General Nursing

    The clique is hungry for blood. They attack newbies and older nurses. Getting inside the inner circle will help survival. Laugh, joke and don’t appear smarter than they are and they me leave you...

  11. Should nurses be forced to wear tracking device at work?

    feelix replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Maybe your doctor uses a

  12. Demonstrating enema help please!

    feelix replied to kfynn589's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    And after the breakup you may get an additional opportunity to demo in personal injury court, how you ended up perforating your ex’s

  13. Negative Feedback Loop

    feelix replied to dumbnurse's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    S0ome schools are getting away with paying instructors half a salary by sending one clinical group one day and another clinical group the next day, all under the same section. So the section comprises...

  14. Negative Feedback Loop

    feelix replied to dumbnurse's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    After COVID-19 there is a new phenomenon. There is a bifurcation of simulation instructors and clinical instructors. Simulation instructors are usually the inner power circle unwilling to risk their...

  15. Possible career? Seeking Insight

    feelix replied to Evergreen's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Teaching as an adjunct clinical instructor at a school is less stressfull than being a unit based educator. On the other hand, the latter get paid much more with benefits, adjuncts mostly don't get...

  16. Nursing Instructor with severe foot problems

    feelix replied to feelix's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hmmmm!

  17. Has anyone dropped out of a PhD program (or contemplated it)?

    feelix replied to saheckler's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I dropped out after the first semester and did not look back for the following reasons: 1. There was a lot of pressure from my academic job to obtain a doctorate but zero financial or scheduling...

  18. Be A Nurse They Said...

    feelix replied to Beth Prather's topic in General Nursing

    We keep advocating for increased enrollment as it helps keep the lights on at nursing schools. Everyone knows that is not the solution. The solution is to plug the sinkhole that keeps sucking...

  19. RaDonda Vaught - What is she doing now?

    feelix replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I understand a nurse making a mistake (raise your hand if you haven't). I can also understand a nurse being incompetent. But what I don't understand is a nurse being openly hostile and vindictive...

  20. What Do Downton Abbey, Poldark, and a Heart Valve Have in Common?

    feelix replied to Nadine Buchanan's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm!

  21. Continuing to work with patient if change job?

    feelix replied to Ms Blue Sky's topic in General Nursing

    She can’t do that if she signed a non-compete agreement. The only way she can do it is by remaining PRN with the other agency if they

  22. RaDonda Vaught - What is she doing now?

    feelix replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Can we leave her well alone now that the justice system has pronounced its sentence? Let her enjoy the little break from hospital drudgery so many of us resent and yet are loathe to

  23. Radonda Vaught Sentenced

    feelix replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Why is nobody talking about how the system failed by not identifying like sound, like name medications. Why was there no requirement for double checking, two nurse sign off, or any other way this...

  24. Radonda Vaught Sentenced

    feelix replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    She was not convicted before

  25. Radonda Vaught Sentenced

    feelix replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    You seem to know her intimately to be making judgments about her temperament. Everyone who can owns a gun in the