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I totally understand this; it's just that the willingness to help needs to go both ways. I'm female and when I get a disgusting pervert male patient who makes sexual comments, asks for a hand job to go with his cath, tries to grab my breasts, etc. I expect the same male nurses to also help me in return (even if it's just coming in to be a witness to discourage this behaviour). When they are willing to return the favour, there's no problem. When I help male nurses avoid potential unfair accusations by doing sensitive procedures on their female patients and then they make faces and complain when I ask for help dealing with a perverted male patient, that's selfish and totally unacceptable.

This is true for me too. My boss seems genuinely like a good person who treats us with respect and works with us like we're all part of a team (and because of that I am willing to "go the extra mile" when he needs someone to cover a call-out or weekend shift or stay later), but the company/people in charge higher up the chain are the same greedy bastards as in any other company and they view us as completely-disposable machines who were put on this earth to make them even richer and that's it.

Thanks NedRN for taking the time to reply; I appreciate it!

I'm conflicted because on the whole, this is going to be a disaster for patients and everyone who might possibly need healthcare. But most of my family works in healthcare (nursing/PT/OT) and they all claim they were making more money in the early to mid-2000's. Even thinking about this and hoping the pay and job opportunities go up makes me feel like a jerk, but currently I'm working in healthcare and I can't even afford health insurance! Several older co-workers who have been in the field for longer than I have say the same thing - they hated Bush for so many reasons and it makes them feel dirty to admit that their pay was much better and working conditions easier under his regime! Or maybe declining reimbursement, increased burdensome Medicare regulations, etc. have nothing to do with the ACA and the drop in pay is from the recession a few years ago?

If anyone here can give any advice about this situation I would be very grateful! I applied to a travel agency, submitted pre-employment paperwork, checked references from my current job, etc. and talked/emailed with the recruiter about looking for positions in my area. Today I got an email from the recruiter saying she has several assignments that would be good for me. I also got an offer today for temporary work in a pediatric clinic - this has nothing to do with the recruiter or travel agency; a family friend who is also a nurse asked me if I would be interested. i AM interested in the peds job. I've been out of school for 3 years working in SNF and this seems like a rare opportunity to get in. BUT, I'm also relieved to have found what seems like a great travel agency (small /non-corporate, with professional recruiters who don't act like used-car salespeople) and I don't want to burn bridges with them! I've not signed anything or had any phone interviews with contract facilities yet, but I feel bad for wasting the recruiter's time since she has already spent time trying to find potential contracts to submit me. I also already put this travel agency off once - they contacted me and I sent them my resume in June this year and talked to a recruiter about contracts, but right after that happened my current PRN job asked me to cover for a full-time RN's FMLA leave, and then another staff RN broke her shoulder and I was asked to stay on full-time hours till the end of the year. Considering that, I'm afraid the travel agency might think I'm flighty or wasting their time if I say I'm not ready now. Would it look really bad or ruin my chances of working with the travel agency again, if I took the temporary peds job and asked the travel agency to put the contract search on hold until spring 2017?