Comments on: Hard Times and the Nursing Profession http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2008/12/hard-times-and-the-nursing-profession/ Sanity is madness put to good use. - George Santayana Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:50:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: home care http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2008/12/hard-times-and-the-nursing-profession/comment-page-1/#comment-10374 home care Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:48:23 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/?p=2572#comment-10374 With retirement homes, it's possible to without difficulty replenish the lost power and convey back the vigor you the moment have. You will discover a lot of things you are able to do in a retirement home as well as really good factor about them is that you do not have to push on your own on the limits or anxiety your self merely because you can find no deadlines. All you need to do should be to have a good time. With retirement homes, it’s possible to without difficulty replenish the lost power and convey back the vigor you the moment have. You will discover a lot of things you are able to do in a retirement home as well as really good factor about them is that you do not have to push on your own on the limits or anxiety your self merely because you can find no deadlines. All you need to do should be to have a good time.

]]> By: Mother Jones, RN http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2008/12/hard-times-and-the-nursing-profession/comment-page-1/#comment-8877 Mother Jones, RN Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:06:29 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/?p=2572#comment-8877 Pz, where is your home state? I had to relocate out of Midwest about 10 years ago when jobs started drying up during the last recession. Pz, where is your home state? I had to relocate out of Midwest about 10 years ago when jobs started drying up during the last recession.

]]> By: pz http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2008/12/hard-times-and-the-nursing-profession/comment-page-1/#comment-8876 pz Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:17:57 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/?p=2572#comment-8876 The Only advice I can give about nursing is ....Don't Choose nursing as a major...There are no jobs......Have been a nurse for almost 22 years,and I want to relocate back to my home state,but there are no jobs...even as exp as I am.I have sent my resume' to more than 50 health institutions The Only advice I can give about nursing is ….Don’t Choose nursing as a major…There are no jobs……Have been a nurse for almost 22 years,and I want to relocate back to my home state,but there are no jobs…even as exp as I am.I have sent my resume’ to more than 50 health institutions

]]> By: naughty http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2008/12/hard-times-and-the-nursing-profession/comment-page-1/#comment-8630 naughty Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:09:40 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/?p=2572#comment-8630 Yes, MJ, I agree with all your readers. The prospect of a solid and comfortable way to make a living is a wonderful recruitment tool for the nursing profession. But I feel a little cautious in my glee. It is a difficult profession most of the time, physically, mentally and emotionally. Not all who want to be nurses should be nurses, but in times of shortage, any warm body has a shot. The upside is that the profession, by nature of itself, does some serious weeding-out! Yes, MJ, I agree with all your readers. The prospect of a solid and comfortable way to make a living is a wonderful recruitment tool for the nursing profession. But I feel a little cautious in my glee. It is a difficult profession most of the time, physically, mentally and emotionally. Not all who want to be nurses should be nurses, but in times of shortage, any warm body has a shot. The upside is that the profession, by nature of itself, does some serious weeding-out!

]]> By: Strong One http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2008/12/hard-times-and-the-nursing-profession/comment-page-1/#comment-8629 Strong One Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:01:43 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/?p=2572#comment-8629 It's funny how money, or the lack there of, is a serious motivating entity. I agree with SMS on this one. Money is a factor and does matter, but don't make it the only one. It’s funny how money, or the lack there of, is a serious motivating entity.
I agree with SMS on this one. Money is a factor and does matter, but don’t make it the only one.

]]> By: Pat (retired nurse admin) http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2008/12/hard-times-and-the-nursing-profession/comment-page-1/#comment-8621 Pat (retired nurse admin) Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:38:33 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/?p=2572#comment-8621 Not sure what drove me into nursing. My best friend wanted to be a nurse, so I thought I did also. I was in 8th grade visiting my mother following her surgery. c1953. I asked the nurse if my mother could have something to eat, and she told me "yes"..right off the top of her head. Wow. that was impressive to me. How'd she know that? I wanted to be like that super smart nurse. At least in my eyes she was a role model. I liked the idea of having all that knowledge and knowing just what a patient was allowed to do. This will blow your mind, but in the late 50s I decided on a school of nursing by the cap the graduates wore. My cape was just like the one in the photo above. I went to nursing school...got my BSN and later a MSN....I stopped wearing a cap in the 70s and yet I still frown when someone refers to it as a nurses' 'hat'. Nursing is so different than when I wanted to wear a cap ...the cap is long gone, but the knowledge base of nursing has expanded far beyond knowing if a post op patient can eat or drink. Not sure what drove me into nursing. My best friend wanted to be a nurse, so I thought I did also. I was in 8th grade visiting my mother following her surgery. c1953. I asked the nurse if my mother could have something to eat, and she told me “yes”..right off the top of her head. Wow. that was impressive to me. How’d she know that? I wanted to be like that super smart nurse. At least in my eyes she was a role model. I liked the idea of having all that knowledge and knowing just what a patient was allowed to do. This will blow your mind, but in the late 50s I decided on a school of nursing by the cap the graduates wore. My cape was just like the one in the photo above. I went to nursing school…got my BSN and later a MSN….I stopped wearing a cap in the 70s and yet I still frown when someone refers to it as a nurses’ ‘hat’. Nursing is so different than when I wanted to wear a cap …the cap is long gone, but the knowledge base of nursing has expanded far beyond knowing if a post op patient can eat or drink.

]]> By: tammy swofford http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2008/12/hard-times-and-the-nursing-profession/comment-page-1/#comment-8619 tammy swofford Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:01:40 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/?p=2572#comment-8619 I left the nest at age seventeen. Moved over two thousand miles away from home to go to college. Left behind five siblings. My dad gave me fifty dollars and a clock radio. I never looked back. smile *I did flip thousands of burgers at Mickey D's to pay for my tuition and books, what was not covered by scholarship and grants. (Grant was repaid in full) Tammy I left the nest at age seventeen. Moved over two thousand miles away from home to go to college. Left behind five siblings. My dad gave me fifty dollars and a clock radio. I never looked back. smile

*I did flip thousands of burgers at Mickey D’s to pay for my tuition and books, what was not covered by scholarship and grants. (Grant was repaid in full)

Tammy

]]> By: Impetua http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2008/12/hard-times-and-the-nursing-profession/comment-page-1/#comment-8618 Impetua Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:19:44 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/?p=2572#comment-8618 It was my then-partner's crippling and sudden mental illness that brought me to nursing. I sat and watched the nurses get her ready for ECT twice a week for six weeks, and thought to myself, I could do this. I'm halfway through school for my RN now and I am happy to know that I can provide for my daughter and work nearly anywhere if I have to. It was my then-partner’s crippling and sudden mental illness that brought me to nursing. I sat and watched the nurses get her ready for ECT twice a week for six weeks, and thought to myself, I could do this.

I’m halfway through school for my RN now and I am happy to know that I can provide for my daughter and work nearly anywhere if I have to.

]]> By: Pat http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2008/12/hard-times-and-the-nursing-profession/comment-page-1/#comment-8617 Pat Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:42:20 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/?p=2572#comment-8617 I'm not a nurse but my older daughter is and my younger daughter is in nursing school. I couldn't be more pleased! Being my hospital's Magnet fairy, I know that nurses are wonderful, hard-working, trustworthy people who deserve to always have a roof over their heads and food on their tables (much more so than your Mr. Grinch!). Your father is/was a very wise man. I’m not a nurse but my older daughter is and my younger daughter is in nursing school. I couldn’t be more pleased! Being my hospital’s Magnet fairy, I know that nurses are wonderful, hard-working, trustworthy people who deserve to always have a roof over their heads and food on their tables (much more so than your Mr. Grinch!). Your father is/was a very wise man.

]]> By: SMS http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/2008/12/hard-times-and-the-nursing-profession/comment-page-1/#comment-8616 SMS Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:33:26 +0000 http://www.nurseratchedsplace.com/?p=2572#comment-8616 I loved that post, anyone who says money doesnt matter is lying. But enjoying making that money and making it meaningful is what good work is all about. I loved that post, anyone who says money doesnt matter is lying. But enjoying making that money and making it meaningful is what good work is all about.

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