“Damned if you do; damned if you don’t”; or just looking for a nurse to blame…

August 23, 2009 — geekRN

How many times have you made a nursing decision during an emergent situation only to be criticized later by the “powers that be” during a briefing or “root cause analysis?” And if you had done what they suggested as the alternative, they would have criticized you for that decision as well.


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Best Employers and Why

August 23, 2009 — geekRN

Please expound on why this employer should be recognized above the rest in the health care world.

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Worst Employers and Why

August 23, 2009 — geekRN

Please share your experience(s) with your worst employer(s). Please create a new post for each employer so that comments are related to just that employer. This is your chance to vent and to warn others about employment with this company or with a particular practitioner.

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Toxic Work Environment or “Nurses that eat their young”

August 23, 2009 — geekRN

My personal experience with this abusive nursing behavior has occurred not only as a new grad nurse, but throughout my entire career as a new employee, a new transfer or as a required float to a different department. It has also occurred, but much less often, as an agency nurse; however, I then  had the option of not returning to that employer without fear of losing my position. Please share your experiences with this unfortunate truth. If you are a health care professional that participates in this bullying behavior, this blog is not for you. It is for your victims.

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Nursing Program Entry

August 23, 2009 — geekRN

Does your local community college nursing program have reasonable and realistic requirements for entry into the nursing program? Or, are the GPA, prerequisite and limited enrollment requirements so strict that potential students can literally waste 2-4 years of their time and money (that could have been spent on a Bachelor’s) and still never be admitted to the program? Please name the colleges in your posts so that this information can be used as a resource to potential nursing students.

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“Thrown to the dogs” or Lack of Training

August 23, 2009 — geekRN

Have you ever been expected to float to a unit or to perform a skill without adequate orientation or training? Were you held responsible when your performance was not perfect?

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Abusive Physicians or Practitioners

August 23, 2009 — geekRN

Please describe your worst experience with one of these “bully” MDs or other practitioners.

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Abusive Patients

August 23, 2009 — geekRN

Psych professionals should have much to talk about here. Please include whether or not your supervisor/employer was supportive or not and if your employer discouraged you from pressing charges if you were physically assaulted.


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Abusive Family Members

August 23, 2009 — geekRN

We’ve all experienced the family member that is never satisfied with the care given to the patient. Please include whether or not your supervisor/employer was supportive of your situation or not.

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Nursing “Management”

October 30, 2009 — geekRN

Have you ever witnessed this phenomenon: Nurses that are incompetent performers on the floor seem to get promoted into management positions supervising the same department where they could not function on the floor?

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