birdwhisperer

birdwhisperer has 39 years experience and specializes in ICU, Pacu.

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1. Anyone else read this?

   birdwhisperer replied to GenSurgRNFA's topic in Headlines

   You also might want to check out what the ANA has to say . I am going by the nurses that I have worked with in 44 years and their ages and what I hear and see from the younger nurses. Search nursing workforce-ANA

2. Anyone else read this?

   birdwhisperer replied to GenSurgRNFA's topic in Headlines

   Well well well..... disbelievers eh? I am already seeing it. people in management, not so much , long as the numbers crunch who cares what you have? just wait.......... And where are all these new grads going? ....Not to the hospitals to be used abus...

3. Would you do it all again?

   birdwhisperer replied to wooten3955's topic in General Nursing

   I would definitely get a higher degree earlier on . There is NO respect at an ADN level, especially when the hospital is shooting for magnet status.

4. Is the nursing profession causing its own RN shortage?

   birdwhisperer replied to RNDave's topic in Professionalism

   When you have a CEO who is now earning million dollar bonuses for keeping the hospital above water, who NEVER will let nursing staff DIVERT patients to other hospitals when the hospital is busting at the seams despite the fact there are day long w...

5. An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

   birdwhisperer replied to disillusionedrn's topic in General Nursing

   One of the best articles I have ever read about what is REALLY going on with nurses and I have been in it to win it 40 years hope I can hang in there for 2 more years until I retire..... Thank you for this post it reaffirms. :)

6. Brian Short News

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

   Incredibly tragic and mystifying,heartbreaking and thought provoking. I have been a member of ALLnurses for a while, visiting here when I needed to read on how bad other peoples nursing lives were when I wanted to tell myself I'll be ok too. It is a ...

7. Do (in-hospital)dialysis nurses love their jobs

   birdwhisperer posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have done a little bit of all kinds of nursing in 40 years from high risk L&D to Pacu to Icu, neuro icu,Sicu, ER, but never Dialysis. I am currently in an acute care area with very little staffing for the nursing we must provide and am possi...

8. This is just too much

   birdwhisperer replied to seconddegreebsn's topic in Med-Surg

   I did leave...BUt who can you report things such as that to..State Board? Jacho?

9. This is just too much

   birdwhisperer replied to seconddegreebsn's topic in Med-Surg

   I would also leave. I have left a few places in the past few years because of unsafe working conditions. Places that are understaffed with high patient acuity either in an ICU, Home care, and the last being a Skilled rehab long term care center. In ...

10. Top 10 reasons we get fired!-Poor Performance

    birdwhisperer replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I would so love to be positive and I could have maybe 20 years ago...... WE are set up to fail with nurse patient ratios. The "grid" does not take into account acuity...what so-evah.....try being in an ICU ratios 1 nurse to 2 or 3 patients no secr...

11. First complaint against me...

    birdwhisperer replied to EMSnut45's topic in Relations

    How many times do people have to complain about you before you ask...is it me? or is it a sign of the times? Is it them not liking what you say and getting reported that you were rude. and because someone complained before...you MUST be a problem pe...