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Yes! Now that I'm 63 I'm doing one on one care with a little boy who is total care. I work night shift and i snack all night and watch tv. I've done everything else in nursing. Old and tired. But I wouldn't recommend it for a new nurse. You need to use those new skills and be challenged. Or why even become a nurse?

Why are we making this an issue? Aren't we judged enough? Now we need the fat police on us? We don't get breaks, no bathroom brakes. We run our entire shift. Let's be kinder to each other and not judge

When I was in nursing school there was a student that graduated at 59. I thought that was really old at the time Now I'm going on 63 this year, been a nurse for almost 30 years. I wanted to be a nurse so bad I could taste it. Best decision I ever made. I say go for it. My body is worn out, I hurt a lot. But I'm currently doing pediatric home care. I take care of two kids. One I am busy with all night, suctioning, changing braces, etc. The other is 3 nights a week, I watch movies, answer email, snack. It's ooretty easy. One of the other nurses I work with is almost 80. I wish you the best of luck. If you really want it you can. You just have to make it work for you.

When I was in nursing school I wanted to be a travel nurse. I did, went to several states, even got to work at Johns Hopkins. I've done everything in nursing I ever wanted to do. I was well suited for short stay and PACU. I did small town ER, ob, peds in large hospital. Lots of LTC. Now I'm older (63) this year and doing home health of kids. I no longer feel the need for excitement, the adrenaline rush. Of course that happens here when you least expect it. I was meant to be a nurse, can't imagine being anything else. Almost 28 years of it. So, yes, I'm where I thought I would be. Had the excitement of med surg, tele, ice etc. Now want to relax a bit

There is always going to be a need for LPNs and ADNs. This fight has been going on for the almost 30 years I've been a nurse. Next topic

I get really upset when I hear a mother speak of her newborn or very young child as "stud" or "sexy". Where does this come from, thinking the child is sexy?

Seriously? You've been a nurse for 25 years and are just now going thru this? I dealt with this on my very first nursing job 28 years ago. They either lie to your face, or lie by omission

I have felt in all types of nursing that it's not your sex that is important. If you are doing your job and acting appropriate nobody cares what your sex is. Women have been giving men per I care for centuries! But if you go "ew" when you do your care people will be offended No matter what. In nursing school we had a couple, male and female who were dating. He would ask her to do feminine care for him. And she did! But I've worked with some amazing male nurses and I say that if that is your calling, go for it

don't they give kayexalate per rectum anymore? Works like a charm. Especially when there are no veins

don't they give kayexalate per rectum anymore? Works like a charm. Especially when there are no veins

My sister and I are both RNs. She has a BSN and I have an ADN. When we graduated I trained her in our first job. I was hired first. She didn't know how to do an admission assessment for starters. She is a very smart cookie, but my nursing education was way better. And her degree came from one of Oregon's premier colleges. Over the years we have had very different careers, I would not say she has ever saved a life, she was more management while I was a hands on nurse. I've now been a nurse for almost 28 years and these same arguments have been going on at least that long. The degree doesn't make the nurse. I've known some good and a lot of bad nurses, and a lot who just don't care. I say let's get back to our jobs, stop the fights about whose a better nurse

You are lucky! I was the sole RN with a med aid and 3-4cnas for 50 residents

I too recently binge watched nurse jackie. I was mesmerized by her, sorta looked up to her. On the surface she is a great nurse, her co workers do not know about the drugs. But as the show goes on, she becomes a different person. We see her spiraling out of control and want to help her. But Watching her go thru rehab and withdrawals only to end the show by popping more pills with a smirk on her face? I am definitely a combination of both nurses. I am tough, a great nurse who leads others. But I am also trusting and a bit naive at times. Like Jackie I like to lighten the mood at work when appropriate. But even with bad osteoarthritis I would never take pills like she did.

Also, I was the nurse for three different schools in my district. It was busy and every second was busy.

I was a school nurse for awhile. The kids took a dose before coming to school. Then we gave the noon dose, parents gave the third dose. Sounds like the parents aren't coping well. Maybe the kids need something physical to do after school rather than be expected to be calm?

I wanted to work as an LPN and take a year off between LPN and RN. I worked at the VA and told them I was a student and had clinical certain days. They scheduled me for those days! And I wanted to work Night shift and weekends. They couldn't let me work weekends because it was premium pay. I said don't pay me premium, but that waswhat I have available. They also had me working as a glorified cna, and I had to fight for my role as RN. Ultimately they wouldn't work with me so I Quit

In my 27years as a nurse I have been fired a few times. Maybe 5-6. It is not a career ender. Most of the time it was a job I hated. Stupid reasons. Last time was a couple of months ago where my boss lied about something. It often seems to me that the people that speak up get fired. I was working in LTC and the only nurse with a med aid for up to 50 patients. I ran my butt off. I cared. I made do when the docs came in with orders up the wazoo. I also trained all my co workers, who when I was fired never spoke to me again.

I used to work in the recovery room and we had hooks that held our ivs. I had blood running on a patient and pulled the bag too hard. You guessed it! The tubing came loose and a unit of blood went everywhere! I was mortified, but my patient took it well. I had just medicated him.

I agree. Not looking for romance at work!but when I first became a nurse ignorant people would think I was gonna meet some hot guy that was my patient. How dumb. We take care of people at their most vulnerable times.

You are lucky to be so well staffed! I worked long term care in a local nursing home where I was the sole nurse with a med aid and 3-4 cnas for up to 50 residents. We started out two nurses but went down to one for approximately 18 months. When I complained that it was too much I was told "we're trying to hire more nurses". I trained 3 or 4 nurses that didn't stay. It was a mess.

Same here. Saw bad stuff happening at a nursing home. Staffing really bad, no authority over cnas. Got fired. I was unemployed for a month, by in the long run best thing to happen to me

The nursing home I worked at for awhile paid a med aid to take the online continuing ed classes for other nurses so every body was up to date. How illegal is that?

We had a small town hospital that my whole family, i.e. mother, step dad, brother would be treated at. The care was so bad when My daughter went in for an open chole she called me crying. They were trying to pull her out of bed by her arms. She was in pain and they wouldnt give her pain meds. Well. I showed up and stayed in her room until she was discharged. Also when my first grand daughter was born she was hospitalized with failure to thrive. I was there and noticed that her iv had infiltrated and her entire hand was swollen. I turned off the pump and went to find the nurse. She said "just a sec" but I said no her hand is purple, you come now! We got really good cares then. Sometimes ya gotta do it yourself

I do get it. I fought a love hate relationship with my abusive mother all my life. It never goes away. Good luck

New grads can be just as bad. And they work boxnightift. I had a new nurse who decided to change a very brittle diabetics insulin doses. I knew because he told me. I immediately told the doctor and DON.