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  1. This is becoming boring

    baleen replied to Juanito's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    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

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in Critical Care

    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. First 8 months in ICU-2 jobs over- Question

    baleen posted a topic in Critical Care

    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...

  4. How do you deal with being called a "snitch" by your co-workers?

    baleen replied to 1Jessie86's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    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...

  5. First 8 months in ICU-2 jobs over- Question

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in Critical Care

    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...

  6. First 8 months in ICU-2 jobs over- Question

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in Critical Care

    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...

  7. OHSU March 2018 Critical-Care Nurse Internship Program

    baleen replied to Cujothebadger's topic in First Year After Licensure

    did you get a second interview

  8. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen posted a topic in General Students

    I am in one of the top nursing schools in the country, and, coming from the interesting pre-reqs like chemistry and A&P, to the nursing model, which, I am sorry to say, is devoid of any real...

  9. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    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...

  10. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    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...

  11. Didn't get senior practicum in NICU

    baleen replied to Mnstn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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

  12. Didn't get senior practicum in NICU

    baleen replied to Mnstn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

  13. Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    baleen replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  14. Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    baleen replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    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,...

  15. Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    baleen replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  16. Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    baleen replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  17. Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    baleen replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    I just don't see people giving anyone more respect because they are telling them they "I should have more respect!" It may feel like a release to "fight" back against people not giving you your...

  18. Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    baleen replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    What I am responding to is the "thou dost protest too much" offense taken, aspect of a lot of the comments. When people are secure in their ego's, their sense of purpose and worth they derive from...

  19. Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    baleen replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    The OP feels like a waiter/waitress and it has NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU! I hate all these nurses that are so insecure that they can't listen to someone's thoughts on the job without taking it...

  20. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    A very thoughtful and insightful comment. Thank you HermioneG. I look forward to getting back into the hospital and being more inundated with interesting stuff. I did enjoy the more acute clinicals....

  21. Leaving Bedside Nursing

    baleen replied to Deebuzz's topic in Nursing Career

    I think nursing is hard in the way that status is an important dictator of wellbeing, and nurses get a lot of crap from all over. They are not trained enough and in a rigorously focused enough manner...

  22. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    You had great comments I wasn't ready to hear at the time. Self pity. Wanting to set myself apart. Some time has gone by, and I am not so desperate. Nursing is a great profession. I do think school...

  23. New Grad ICU Residency w/o ICU capstone?

    baleen posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was not able to get into the ICU for my capstone. I had a whole plan set up and it has been altered. Such is life I suppose. I am on an Intermediate Trauma Unit at a level 1 hospital for my capstone...

  24. New Grad ICU Residency w/o ICU capstone?

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you all for the replys. Its great to

  25. Intermediate Trauma to TICU?

    baleen posted a topic in Critical Care

    Hi, I want to know how difficult it is to go from an intermediate trauma unit to a Trauma ICU. I am pretty sure that the ICU will fulfill more of what I am looking for in nursing, but I hear people...