CristyGerald

I totally understand you. Working in night shifts and having lack of sleep makes us more sensitive and irritable. We love our work and we get irritated when someone intentionally or unintentionally disturbs us like noise, disrupts our lightings, etc. We concentrate and focus on our work and we want to give our full energy on it. We need to recharge also to have a good sleep especially on our days off.

Hello... Remember that only thing that can continue are the things that we let them. You have a self respect and you want to avoid fights or being let go. Some things are not in our control especially the attitudes of these people that are racist, even if you report them to supervisors. Yes, you can leave that town..you have a self respect for yourself while others do not have a self respect for their own. You cannot stay or live in a place like that, it is torture. You deserve appreciation, treated fairly, and respect too. It will be a challenge to stay, and it's not impossible. You just got to deal with it. I understand there are instances where you just cannot ignore as it disturbs you. Pray for those who persecute you, you are above these racists people. All the best to you. You can check this link too How to deal with racist people - Creative Spirits

To the husband and the patient: We are your nurses. We do our best to deal with you with utmost, love, patience and care. Please bear in mind that we are not your slaves. We have personal things also to dealt with but we put that on one side as we put your needs in our priority list. However, there are more sicker patients that require attention than you do and this is called triage especially if we are under staff and the doctor is attending also to some patients. Please wait for your turn to be attended, however please be assured that it is in our best judgment and discretion to give you the first aid and offer you comfort measures while we wait for the proper medical attention. We are not your slaves, we are with you in looking after the best of your health.

Just wondering how the job hunt is going for you since you made this post. Did you take the course after all? If not, keep in mind that the AHA has made new guidelines as of 2015 and the new courses are just now out. Most companies won't have the new material published till next month. Here's one with the most recent material: https://www.acls.net/. They have some algo cards that may be useful to study with too.

You can check out this page for a basic idea of what salaries are across the country. Remember to negotiate your salary when you get offers and look for the best you can get. Good luck!

Awe...maybe she doesn't have a good home to go to or she just needed some attention. Some kids just need a bit of attention and love sometimes.

I wouldn't worry about it. As others have said, everyone has their niche. I think it is important to let supervisors know, however, so that you can be placed where you'd be most useful and comfortable. I think professionally we have that obligation to do our best, and if moving to a unit where we'll have the best patient care is what it means, that's the best thing to do.

Speaking of salary polls, if you're looking for one, you can see it here . It's always good to know where the good pay is. I'm currently looking for a job...so maybe moving will be an option. Thanks for the posts, it's giving me good insight on what state might be the best for working.

When nurses don't care how much pain a patient is in, it sounds to me like they've stopped seeing patients as people and are stuck in the day-to-day grind. They're thinking they know how it should work, and the patient is complaining too much. That's why it's great when you've been on both sides, the patient side and the nurse side. Although, if you're luck and haven't experienced pain as a patient, that doesn't mean others don't experience pain. It's a great idea to have nurses observe the acute pain team. Compassion seminars and professional development in the area of patient communication are other areas to work on. Nurses need a break too and need to continue developing their abilities to communicate with patients, hear them and help them.

The best is to utilize your abilities in a well positive way. No need of afraid anything.