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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 underhanded and passive aggressive way. I wish all those ...

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, but don’t like it. I know CRNA’s that felt the same....

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 done with and a full ICU nurse) and quit both of th...

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 always does for people that don’t have a sense of respon...

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 grass would be greener somewhere else, and then came t...

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 the meantime, I really would love to finish out a y...

did you get a second interview sisterhoodispowerful?

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 medical knowledge.....is heartbreakingly frustrating. P...

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 early, it will never get better in my experience, a...

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 have gone to nursing school. It was never going to ...

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 me.

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 only expect to do max 5 years as a nurse? would you s...

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 often a ton of serving, and much less than I would h...

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, but dumbed down for NP's vs MD's. Now that is a pla...

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 the same class but in a non nursing context (PA, ...

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 in a top ranked nursing school (nearly done) and i...

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 "due", but it doesn't change anything. Nurses need to ...

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 work, they do not so easily take offense at other's d...

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 personally. It doesn't concern you how they feel about the j...

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. But your comment was so kind and refreshing. It mak...

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 to demand more respect. They get on the job traini...

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 should be more rigorous in the medical aspect but I ...

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 instead. My question for the learned ones in this...

Thank you all for the replys. Its great to hear!

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 saying that the ICU's like having new grads that the...