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    What do you do when the thing that makes you a great nurse manager is also your primary source of burnout?

    peacepilgrim66 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, Similar situation here at a LTC facility. I love what I do as a manager, but my availability to cover the floor is burning me out. Staffing is short everywhere and we are a NO agency facility....
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    Controversies Surrounding ANA

    peacepilgrim66 replied to fostercatmom's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Haha. I thought ANA was Against Nurses Advice! Don't know much about the American Nurses
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    CDP Experiences?

    peacepilgrim66 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I am growing my experience in LTC further into caring for clients with dementia. I have an opportunity to pursue CDP (certified dementia practioner). Anyone else here with experience in that...
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    Useless Shift Report Information

    peacepilgrim66 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    A previous co-worker of mine said best when she said, "Everybody's breathing and Nobody's on the
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    Trouble communicating with patients?

    peacepilgrim66 replied to tropsnegRN's topic in General Nursing

    Great topic. I try to offer to do something toward meeting their request, even if it is not what they ask/demand. A little try often goes farther than we think. I try to hear what the residents are...
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    Nursing job is making me sick ?

    peacepilgrim66 replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    Go with your
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    How Much was your First RN Paycheck?

    peacepilgrim66 replied to igottaconquer246's topic in General Nursing

    1994 my starting pay was
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    Going into nursing with no prior medical experience. Am I insane?

    peacepilgrim66 replied to Mmonroe2004's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had no medical experience prior to nursing. I was actually an international missionary considering trades to help me into other countries. I wanted to go into agriculture, but a good friend...
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    What was nursing like in the year of 2000?

    peacepilgrim66 replied to jezun's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was working in rural Idaho in 2000 (nursing home, hospital, ER, lab, pharmacy and clinic all rolled into one). Paper charting vs Electronic seems to be the biggest difference. The next biggest is...
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    Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    peacepilgrim66 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! 1000 pages? That is crazy. E-Mars only adds technology to the mix - which can still be just as daunting. For paper MARS, I used a paper report sheet with columns for times and checked off each as...
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    I am not good at nursing

    peacepilgrim66 replied to Lostinorlando's topic in General Nursing

    Mistakes in the mechanics of being a nurse will never convince me I am a "bad" nurse. Nursing to me is how we approach a living human being and the struggles they face in their health. You have a...
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    Places with most demand for RNs??

    peacepilgrim66 replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    Maine is desperate for nurses, especially in Long Term