SisterofMary

This is a very healthy and compassionate response.

Honestly, So sad how this reality mimiced mine and so many others.

Wow...this is how I feel internally. I don't wat to continue nursing as an N.P. or otherwise.

This.

I really appreciate this article because it resonates deeply with my experience as a New Graduate. I started out in a sub-acute/long-term care center for children. It was a "cushy" job in hind-sight. I worked nights and I was eager to get into a hos...

I am a nurse of 2 years and a recent hire on a acute medical/surgical floor. I'm learning so much, which is great. However, it also feels like a whirlwind. Does anyone have any pet peeves - behaviors that patient's have that make you frustr...

How is that even legal?

Every so often at our facility we come across patients who are evaluated by our psychiatrist and deemed "incompetent to make decisions." These patients can sometimes be alert and oriented or alert and confused. Typically they are patients who have an...

This is good advice!

Nurse Beth...this would be awesome. I wish this were the case. However, I feel like, at least in my facility, the nurse that comes in no matter how fatigued, how tired, how sick, is the nurse that is revered and is being a "team player." And the nurs...

I feel like this question as been abused over time but I think in nursing school I was taught to respect my position and the importance of nursing care in patient's outcomes. Although I respect the doctor tremendously, should I consider myself an equ...

Thank you to all who commented on this thread. Everyone provided some food for thought and argued both sides... I don't know if I can say that as a nurse I am equal to a doctor in terms of years of study and salary...although I suspect that doesn't a...

True.

Well said....

True. I mean I guess it is okay to be a subordinate. I think I over estimated the role of the nurse as like I said in nursing school as much as we are the patient's advocate/first line of defense, it doesn't always feel that way in actuality.

Pretty sure that the way they went about it is wrong and illegal in many ways...she was forced to assume risk of the patient but not going to even see them?

Thank you everyone for the conversation....I appreciate it. I've been a nurse for just shy 2 years. So I don't consider myself experienced just yet I jstarted in acute care recently which is a whole diff. animal from sub-acute. But where I work ther...

That's a good way of putting it and a different perspective.

True. Good food for thought...

Insightful.

Agreed. Just came out of working nights and everything I say tends to come out like mush so I don't get my concepts out the way I'd like. But I am trying to find a way to explain nursing role to people who aren't in health care when such discussions ...

I got into a discussion with someone in terms of nurse/doctor relations. They stated that nurses weren't equal to doctors because of schooling/knowledge/pay....which I agreed with. Though I said that doesn't minimize the importance of nurses (and oth...

Thank you....it helps to know that this is not forever and I am not the first nurse to be in this position. I appreciate your transparency and honesty.

This is more than applicable at the moment. I worked sub-acute before moving to a acute-care hospital on a medical-surgical unit. Although I have a basic understanding/foundation, I am finding the move difficult to adjust to. Heavier patient load wit...