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baleen

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  1. So many nurses want to make others miserable, as the OP indicated about the comments. At least on SDN they are overtly aggressive and transparent a don’t try to sabotage people in such an...
  2. First 8 months in ICU-2 jobs over- Question

    Put letters in front of my name? What? I never put RN in front of anything because I know I am made for more than this. Who the *** are you? Someone for whom this is the pinnicle? I can do the ICU,...
  3. This snitching thing is a nursing epidemic. Handle your own ***. People don’t have a good work ethic, take it up with them or shut up and do more work. It will bite them in the *** later, as it...
  4. First 8 months in ICU-2 jobs over- Question

    I think it was mostly me in these places. Sure, the coworkers at one place were backstabby, but I don't think they would have been, if I had a better attitude. The other place, I just thought the...
  5. First 8 months in ICU-2 jobs over- Question

    I hear that. I suppose I'm all over the place right now. Wish I had made different decisions but, for now, I'm looking at what I want to do, so I don't run from things, but rather, run to things. In...
  6. So, if anyone has any ideas I'd surely love to hear them as regards my situation or your experience. I got into the ICU as a new grad last year (2018). Since then I've had two residencies (one I was...
  7. did you get a second interview
  8. I have to say, at every turn, the truly curious are stymied by a culture in nursing that eschews the really deeper questions. If that, "I don't know. Im a nurse, not a doctor" mentality bothered you...
  9. After completing nursing school, and a capstone in an ICU, I have realized much about my above thoughts. For anyone still interested in my little journey, ill share some of them. First, I should not...
  10. Didn't get senior practicum in NICU

    Not close to retirement. It's a job, that I can see won't fulfil my needs ultimately, unfortunately. Im a bit older, so I have a decent idea what drives
  11. Didn't get senior practicum in NICU

    Hi. I wonder about this. I only plan on being a nurse for a few years. I wanted Critical Care for practicum but got intermediate trauma. practicum doesnt make or break the "career" but what if you...
  12. Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    Case in point. The insecurity seeps through the cracks. As for the OP. And, full disclosure, I am not a nurse, I am a Tech, and have a month left of a BSN program...... It does seem that nursing is...
  13. Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    Yes, I see your point. One thing that also bothered me however, was some of the NP advanced pathophys classes I saw. They were very disappointing in the same way I talked about above. Similar class,...
  14. Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    The thing is that with the internet, and too much ambition early on, I was able to remotely sit in on many nursing school classes. Its free. Its not omniscience. Its the internet. And if you sit in on...
  15. Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    Well, if you think that the quality of nursing coursework is not a huge issue for the future of nursing respect, scope of practice, and being seen as skilled work, then I fundamentally disagree. I am...