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  1. Should I go onto become a nurse practitioner? Nurse bullying, life stress, and chronic health issues

    turtlesRcool replied to daisychains11's topic in General Nursing

    Depending on where you're working, becoming a nurse practitioner may or may not improve your quality of life or your pay. Around here, bedside nurses can make as much as NPs, but NPs have more...

  2. My boyfriend is still unvaccinated

    turtlesRcool replied to vio's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This smacks of false equivalency. Yes, vaccinated people CAN carry and spread the virus, but they are far less likely to do so than unvaccinated people are. Vaccines reduce the likelihood of...

  3. Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    turtlesRcool replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I agree that this would be interesting, but there don't seem to be that many of them. From what I've seen, almost all the COVID+ are unvaccinated with a few immune compromised patients in the mix....

  4. Pity Party - US Hospitals Hit With Nurse Staffing Crisis Amid COVID

    turtlesRcool replied to JKL33's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Higher short term pay, yes, but with a catch. Actually, multiple catches. Travel positions offer good money, but little stability. You might get a new position with little lapse, or you might...

  5. New Man of the House

    turtlesRcool replied to JBMmom's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Until it happens to them, it's just another story on TV. People are in very deep denial and in the thrall of "alternative facts." You can't use reality, even graphic reality, to change the minds of...

  6. Pity Party - US Hospitals Hit With Nurse Staffing Crisis Amid COVID

    turtlesRcool replied to JKL33's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't think there are many doctors who think we have it so good. Certainly not doctors who are actually working with understaffed nurses. Those doctors likely aren't getting good communication from...

  7. Medical Board Says, "Stop Issuing Bogus Mask Exemptions to Students"

    turtlesRcool replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Try being a child and learning on a computer all day. Try being a child and not getting to play with friends. Try being a child and struggling to read with a teacher you only see through a screen. Try...

  8. Doctor refuses to treat the unvaccinated

    turtlesRcool replied to jive turkey's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The doctor-patient relationship is just that - a relationship. Patients have a choice regarding which practitioner to visit. Doctors in private practice also have a choice regarding which patients...

  9. Looking for Advice/Perspectives

    turtlesRcool replied to thegreennurse's topic in General Nursing

    I would put to bed any hopes you have of doing school work while at any of those jobs. Even if TCU isn't as "fast paced" as your current job, it probably has just as much work, just with a different...

  10. Medical Board Says, "Stop Issuing Bogus Mask Exemptions to Students"

    turtlesRcool replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Before Delta surged, I would sometimes go maskless, but anytime I saw masked workers in stores, I put on my mask. Why? Because someone in a forward-facing job has to interact with me, but doesn't know...

  11. Medical Board Says, "Stop Issuing Bogus Mask Exemptions to Students"

    turtlesRcool replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Quite notably, there are several districts that have sidestepped prohibitions on mask mandates by simply adding masks to their dress codes. I think it's a fantastic, creative solution. From the...

  12. Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    turtlesRcool replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My heart goes out to all of you in COVID disaster zones. In contrast, my area has good vaccination rates, and our COVID hospitalizations have continued to be quite low. We've had many days this...

  13. How to Stop the Mass Nursing Exodus?

    turtlesRcool replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I believe it. But I also think that depends on how much of a perceived crisis it is. As the pandemic drags on, people are more likely to believe that hospitals should have figured out staffing by this...

  14. How to Stop the Mass Nursing Exodus?

    turtlesRcool replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I actually do think they'll go back to safe ratios. Safer anyway. Patients and their families are sort-of-kinda-okayish with delays in care as long as we're operating in crisis mode. But we're not...

  15. How to Stop the Mass Nursing Exodus?

    turtlesRcool replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There's not a shortage of people trying to get INTO nursing. There's a shortage of people willing to STAY in nursing. Big difference. While there are some who leave staff positions for lucrative...

  16. I'm Out... (Cue Mic Drop)

    turtlesRcool replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We are in violent agreement on that. But that also means they're not indifferent to the suffering of others or plan to cavalierly waltz into a hospital and contribute to the overcrowding. They...

  17. I'm Out... (Cue Mic Drop)

    turtlesRcool replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I agree. But I also maintain they don't think they are going to overwhelm the hospital because they don't think they're going to get sick. It's not reality

  18. I'm Out... (Cue Mic Drop)

    turtlesRcool replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I understand the anger and frustration behind the sentiment, but think this might be a bit too simplistic. I don't think the unvaccinated think they're going to overwhelm the hospital systems. Many of...

  19. How to Stop the Mass Nursing Exodus?

    turtlesRcool replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in Disaster Preparation

    On my hospital's COVID unit, the meals come at predictable times. The aides work in pairs to deliver them. "Clean" aide gets the tray from the trolly, and hands it to "dirty" aide who goes into the...

  20. I'm Out... (Cue Mic Drop)

    turtlesRcool replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    CT here. I look at some other areas of the country, and have a hard time wrapping my head around the refusal to do the basic things that allow us to have healthy, normal lives up here. My kids'...

  21. Short Staffed: An Epidemic

    turtlesRcool replied to KellyM RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think one of the hardest things about being short staffed is that in addition to just trying to keep my head above water, get things done sort-of on-time-ish, and not miss anything major, I also...

  22. Second Thoughts on Becoming a Nurse

    turtlesRcool replied to ThePrudentStudent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to go against the grain, and say that I'm glad I went into nursing, and I'd do it again. I am mid-40s, and went back to school in my late 30s to become a nurse. I work bedside in a...

  23. Achieve Test Prep for CNA to RN

    turtlesRcool replied to LJ1's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of people on here have clearly dedicated quite a bit of time to their replies, including going to research Achieve. Please listen to them. Achieve is going to tell you what you want to hear...

  24. Achieve Test Prep for CNA to RN

    turtlesRcool replied to LJ1's topic in General Nursing

    Enrolled and matriculated are not necessarily the same. Many colleges/universities differentiate between people who take random classes and those who are accepted into a degree-granting program. You...

  25. Short Staffed: An Epidemic

    turtlesRcool replied to KellyM RN's topic in General Nursing

    No. Honestly, as I said above, there are enough RNs out there. There just aren't enough RNs willing to work for the current pay and conditions at certain hospitals. And even that's not true....