Barb2000

The hospital I did clinicals at hired student nurses as tech's. Is this an option for you?

I have been a RN for 12 years, and these stories really upset me. I wish those nurses had been much more supportive to you. I have worked in places that had student nurses and new grads. I will say most of my co-workers were supportive to these nurses, but I still saw a select few experienced nurses continually put down the efforts of those new people who just wanted to learn. It's too bad that those type nurses have forgotten what it is like to be a new grad. We all know there is a nursing shortage, and the last thing we need to be doing is driving out our up-and-coming nurses. I hope you have an opportunity to get back to ER nursing if that is what you want. I am sure you will be one of those compassionate nurses that help someone new to the profession excel.

What used to take me 30 minutes, now takes me 60. This is due to the hurricanes (I live on the Gulf Coast). Construction on the roads (from Hurricane Ivan 2 years ago), is still going on, but hopefully in the next couple years, I'll be back to 30 minutes again.

I just got out of the military where adultery is a punishable crime. I only hope that although it is morally wrong to do this, a hospital cannot take action for this between to consenting adults. The patients should not be made aware of any personal business between any dating workers, whether one is married or not. That is the only problem I have with it. Does anybody really know what is going on in the home of this doctor? Maybe his wife is doing the same...maybe there is some sort of weird agreement betrween them concerning this. Who knows? But I definitely agree that patients should never know about anything personal with those who care for them, that is very unprofessional.

I worked in an ICU where occassionally we had pregnant women who were on treatments that could potentially harm the fetus. The approach was that you always treated the mother first. If their was an alternative that decreased fetal risks, that was always preferred, but if not, mom's health was paramount. In the case presented, if the mother isn't saved, the fetus would not survive anyway. So, if a nurse refused, they would lose both patients.