Job
Image Source: Corbis I’ve never been one to sit still. My blog and it’s activities should give you a small taste of what my life can be like. I truly never set out to run through the revolving doors. It just seems to happen that way. I love being nurse. I love the opportunities it [...]
via usatoday.com Yes, the obvious can be somewhat tough to handle. We nurses ARE overwhelmed. Yes, we nurses do get that "I want to quit" feeling QUITE often. In the state of the nursing world, a shortage of nurses, is slowly turning into a shortage of time. Time needed to train, educate and properly orient [...]
Continue reading about Nursing shortage: 1 in 5 quits within first year.
Do you really think YOUR floor is the ONLY floor busy? The entire hospital census is up. We don’t have enough beds for patients. But you think I’m dumping on you? Like it’s MY fault the census is high? It’s MY fault people are sick? I thought we were all on the same team? Oh [...]
There has been some discussion lately about a nurse’s job choice and job difficulties. Do you stay or do you go? What sways you to choose one facility over another? Do you stay in your comfort zone, or do you remove the security blanket? I’d like to focus on the job environment itself. It’s a [...]
I hate lovin’ my job. (yeah you read that right) I love my job. In fact I brag about what I do, and where I work to fellow colleagues, friends and family. I work as a Senior Staff Nurse on a 22 bed Level 1 Surgical / Trauma ICU. (Yeah, it get’s a lil busy [...]
