RN means Being a Patient Advocate
I have been an R.N. since 1994. While attending Nursing school, I did not work in the medical field. (I had NO idea what I was in for.) In my last quarter prior to graduating, I remember many times...
View ArticleThe Effects of the Changing Times to the Nursing Mandates
I have been a nurse for 37 years. I can’t retire yet because I’ve worked in nursing homes and I don’t have a retirement plan. Nursing has changed so much in the last few years, I would advise anyone...
View ArticleBeing a Nurse is NOT Easy
I have only been an RN for a year, in a department I am NOT crazy about at all. Staffing is awful, I’ve experienced a true workplace bully, and because our patients are relatively healthy, they treat...
View ArticleFed Up with My LPN job
Hi, I am 24 years old and an LPN in Jersey. I have been working as a nurse for about a year now and I’m already fed up. I guess my experience in nursing is limited. I’ve been doing home care for the...
View ArticleMy Radiology work experience is Unbearable
I work in MRI and hate everything about the job. I never get a lunch or break, stay late all the time, get yelled at by unappreciated patients, stay late all of the time because the ER puts in STATS...
View ArticleDismissed from my LPN Duties without Warning
I’ve been an LPN for 3.5 years. In this time, I have learned that the people we entrust our loved ones to are the biggest hypocrites. We are taught to cause no harm, yet for the most part many of the...
View ArticleER Scribe Job… A Total Nightmare
I was just recently hired for a scribe position at a hospital where I live. A scribe for those of you who might not know is a person who works closely with a doctor, follows them throughout their...
View ArticleNursing Life and Everything that Comes with It!
Hi, I have been a nurse for seven years and HATE the hospital as well! No help, no lunch or dinner. Can’t drink because you don’t have time to go to the bathroom. When you finally feel like you are...
View ArticleQuitting the Nursing Job is not the ANSWER!
I read a lot of nursing woes here,really disappointing. I have been a nurse for 10 years and now working towards a Master’s degree in Nursing. I know we nurses feel unappreciated and underpaid and...
View ArticleThe Hidden Truth: Nurses Workplace Stressors and Bullying
Have any of you watch the serious “Deadly Women”? Or the movie “Mean Girls”. Well it’s true, working with women is like being walked on.You will find one true friend out of the bunch, but sometimes...
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