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With more than 3,000,000 nurses, yes that is 3 million plus nurses in the US why aren't we ruling? Just think if every nurse emailed their representatives in government and told them to stop trying to block access to contraceptives, sexual education, and attempting to squash Planned Parenthood. Or donated 1, 10, or 100 dollars to the ANA PAC? Nurses votes alone could determine who is President. Even more important nurses can play a huge role in local politics, what are a few deciding for all at local school board meetings?
I could really use some advise or words of wisdom. I work on an acute oncology floor, and we do handle a lot of end of life patients. Once they become DNRs or Hospice, most of them do receive very good comfort care with pain well managed.
Then we have the patients whose families do not want anything "too strong" for their family members because they will be too sedated. It has happened several times before, now it is happening again..
Six months ago, I finally got my dream job in trauma ICU. I'm an experienced ICU nurse, have CCRN and CNRN and worked in med/surg ICU prior. I absolutely love the work I do with the patient population I serve...but I cannot seem to connect with my co-workers. There are three distinct cliques on my shift that have no interest in being corteous toward me. I am nice to everyone, always check to see if they need help, etc.
Have any you had moments when someone asked for something at the wrong time? You know what I'm talking about. Please share with the rest of us...
Within a month of passing my boards, I found employment with a dialysis clinic, as a dialysis nurse and team leader. After a training period, they promised I would soon be charge for my shift, assess patients, pass meds, and supervise four techs.
Unfortunately, they had my subordinates train me. I was thrown into the lion's den...
Who's going!? I'll be there.
Economic factors impact orthopedic trauma volume, with the unemployment rate for the previous year being the best predictor of volume, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, held from Feb. 7 to 11 in San Francisco.
I read a comment in another thread about older nurses who aren't going to quit their jobs so the younger nurses can have them ... "No nest egg? What were they thinking?" And it made me so angry I just had to respond. What I was thinking was that if I made good money and socked away a decent percentage out of every paycheck I'd have a nice nest egg by the time I was in my fifties. And I would have ... if I hadn't invested it in an indexed fund that tanked ... 2/3 of my retirement is gone, wiped out in just a short time. And my pension from the state ... also tanked...
Like any good team member, nurses come to work with our game face on: ready to run hard, field phone calls, intercept doctors, and run interference for our patients. Here's what happens when we play like we left our heads behind in the locker room.
I look forward to relaxing the next morning in my pajamas and fuzzy slippers with a cup of coffee and a good book, or playing with the computer for a while. (I just found this site again after not being on it for 3 years. Now I am hooked.) Reading everyone's funny stories and comments and being able to vent my frustrations to my fellow nursing community who understand the best usually helps me unwind
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