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  1. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hi pwetmore, Thanks for sharing! If you had to identify what feelings(s) propelled you to start your own biz, what would you say they were? (for example, hopeless, overwhelmed, exhausted, afraid,...

  2. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hi again, Spidey's mom! What's your theory? Why do you think customer service is out of

  3. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hey emtb2rn, Thanks for sharing! How does it affect your personal / family life, having to work every other

  4. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks,

  5. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Oh man, Conqueror+. I just might have to swipe your analogy. So, so, so funny. Thanks for summarizing so much in one

  6. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Double Dunker, Thanks for giving such a descriptive response! You make it easy to picture the scene... What do you find yourself thinking about the manager (or organization) when he or she...

  7. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hi helen09, Bravo, bravo, bravo -- that you strive to be positive when training newbies! What helped you to stay positive, despite more patients and less staffing? Thanks for what you

  8. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hahhahah, KatieMI! If you locate that "no thinking" policy, I'm sure everyone here would like to have a looksie. Why do you think that is? Why do you think there are policies for documenting the...

  9. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for sharing your experience, rpsychnurse! I love the description in your first paragraph, and your honesty / humility in the second. When you're in situations in which you feel like you...

  10. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for weighing in, XNavyCorpsman! I'm not a nurse, so pardon me if this is a ridiculous question. Do you have any input about the scheduling

  11. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks,

  12. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Lisa.fnp, Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Your post almost clarifies this for me, but what exactly is a traveller? Nurses who travel to another region because of a shortage? Why do people sign up...

  13. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Kooky Korky, Thanks for sharing! Of course none of us here are mind or motive-readers, but if you had to hazard a guess, why do you think the new CNO didn't bother to meet the staff? Just...

  14. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hey prnqday, Thanks for weighing in! What do you usually do when the lazy techs don't report abnormal vital signs? Say something? Keep it to

  15. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hey JerseyTomatoMDCrab, Thanks for sharing your thoughts! For you, what do you feel most regarding the two items you mentioned? Angry, annoyed, hurt? Offended, resentful, resigned? Something else?...

  16. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hi MilliePieRN, So I must confess something here. When I asked you what poor communication and inaccessible management looked like, I had no idea it would be this bad. Your handy dandy CNO appears...

  17. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hi vanessaem, Thanks for sharing! I can see how that'd be an annoying irony.... Out of curiousity, when the slow poke nurses ask you for every single detail, how do you typically handle the...

  18. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, Libby1987! If I can ask, what are all the ways you've tried for coping/dealing with the stress of balancing the work load of staff with co. productivity

  19. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Spidey's Mom for this detailed response! It SO helpful, and gives me a clear picture of why computer charting's a problem! Thanks! And, whether "you dinosaurs" retire soon or not (ha!), I...

  20. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hi SuzyQ! Thanks so much for you response! Can you share more about what you mean when you say "out of touch upper

  21. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Farawyn, Poor staffing problem couldn't be more obvious in this thread. I'm going a little deeper with this follow up question if you're up for it: When you think about the short-staffed problem...

  22. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Ew. What is it about the "customer is always right" attitude that gets under your skin the most, Malamud69? Thanks for

  23. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Cruella (which I'm sure you are not!) :) How often would you say you think about or feel the impact of these aspects of your job? And, pardon my ignorance but, what's a mandatory assignment? I...

  24. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Ellie G, What's the consequence for showing up

  25. What do you hate most about your job?

    PancakeSaturdays replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in General Nursing

    Hi scoope23, Thank you for your input! If everybody's answers were a horse race I'd be seeing Lucky Short Staffing in the lead by a long ways. What kind of impact (if any) does the short staffing,...