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Most of these places are like this and they don’t give a d*mn about you, your license, or the patients. Get out. Quit. They will not change.

Yes, you can be treated horribly at work - even abused - and can’t do a damn thing about it if the company won’t do anything. The only legal route is if there is some sort of discrimination. Maybe she can look into being discriminated against and fir...

Going into the excruciating detail about bowel movements is absolutely mind-numbingly boring. Those of you who find this kind of topic fascinating by writing long, drawn-out paragraphs about it... Sorry, but I must ask: What’s WRONG with you??

Unfortunately, you have to call these guys to handle these kinds of jobs.

How long have you been doing this kind of work?? Are you new to the field? Despite what others here say to the contrary, your question is that of someone who is very new to the nursing field. And from reading your other posts, that's not the impressi...

Bullying IS abuse.

You don’t need to wait 3 years to get an RN. First, it sounds like you have many prerequisites already done so that you can apply to an RN program, making it much shorter. Second, there are one year accelerated BSN programs and 1 1/2 year accelerated...

The nursing field (I’m talking about bedside nurses), is notorious for this kind of cliquish, cruel, bullying, Junior High School behavior by many nurses toward other nurses. It’s pathetic that direct patient care nurses (the few that don’t do this a...

Nothing ever changes in the nursing field. I am so glad I made the decision to get out and have been happily out for the past couple of years. This complaint has been happening for YEARS. Floor nurses are STILL treated like crap.

It’s not the exception anymore. Studies show that it is perfectly acceptable now for nurses to move from job to job.

The transition from nursing student to practicing nurse is notoriously stressful and difficult. Give it some time -- I'm not saying you'll grow to love med-surg, but you'll feel better about your job than you do now. And, all that stuff people say ab...

Hi, I don’t know how long you looked for work in the area you’re interested in, but maybe it wasn’t long enough. I know many brand new nurses (including myself - when I was doing nursing) who got the job they wanted right out of school. It is nonsen...

I don’t understand the introduction to this article. Doesn’t the writer mean the DOCTOR - not the NURSE - has a response of a blank stare, red face or is defensive?

Why don't you get a car?

It's called abuse - physical abuse. Can't you all GET this fact?? It doesn't matter what shoes/inserts you wear. NO ONE is meant to be on their feet that long!! Jesus!! WAKE UP!!

I want to add a couple more reasons to my earlier post as to why I hate nursing and got out: * CEOs of hospitals lobby (bribe) Congress to keep patient/nursing ratios absurdly high. Congress members accept the bribes and staffing levels are kept so l...

Why don't you change careers??

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The problem is, they ask on an application if you've ever been treated for a mental illness. When doing a drug test, they also ask what medications you are currently taking and why. It is unfortunate that employers are now allowed access to our most ...

The following reasons I hate nursing (I quit because of them) - and it was always and only while hired to do direct patient care. * Absurdly long shifts while constantly on your feet.Barely time to go to the bathroom or eat. * Because of the long sh...

You sound like you have really low self-esteem and let people walk all over you. Almost like you want to be invisible. What's up with that??

Yes!!!

I second this!

Nothing unusual about this. Nurses are almost always treated like they are expendable. They are also treated like children - having to bring a note from the doctor to prove she was sick! How stupid! She is a PhD for God sake! Even if she wasn't, thes...

You are right - I think that the majority of nurses hate patient care for the following reasons: 1. It is still looked upon by the public and management as a subservient job. No matter how many times the nursing organizations say that nurses are "pro...