Past their Prime Nurses

Past their prime nurses in my mind is not based solely on age. I work with some older nurses who are still great nurses! Past their prime in mind mind is referring to the nurses who have no passion left in them. They don't care when they loose a pt, if the pt is in pain, or if they need someone to talk to. These are the nurses that you'll never get to answer a call light and if they must enter the room (say to pass a pill) they manage to do in less than a minute. They are in and out of the room so quickly they (i believe intentionally) do not learn anything about the pt! I believe many of these nurses are still loaded with knowledge and could be great at their jobs..if they didn't avoid pt contact and doing their jobs!

These nurses do however have two skills that I have not mastered (not planing to because they drive me nuts!)
1) they seems to be able to assess their pts through walls or from door ways! I swear I never seem them come any closer! I often wonder how the hell they do it all from the hallway!

2)They can get some of the newer nurses, nursing students, or CNAs to do just about all of their work! I actually think they work harder on getting others to do their work than I do actually doing my work!

I just keep asking myself "Am I the only person who sees this" when management is looking to cut costs or increase productivity...are these nurses ever on the list! If they aren't the should be!
Do these nurses even realize what they are doing? Do they deep down think they are still doing a good job? or do they deep down think about how mach they hate their jobs? I just don't know.

Day off

I am warn out- enjoying my day off some what. I have other work to do. Cleaning, planning, cooking, etc...I just find it really hard to want to work on my day off. Isn't this my day off? My day to do what I want. I don't want to clean or worry about taking the garbage out! I don't want to plan upcoming events! I want to lay around, get a massage, read a book, heck close my eyes.

I find myself wasting this day away because I am torn between responsibility and the desire to do other things. I don't do either one...each minute is slipping away and I do nothing. I don't want to leave and do fun stuff...because I have responsibilities to my home life. Yet I sit here looking at my piles of work and don't tend to them because I am day dreaming about stuff I would rather be doing...

Maybe i should just go into work.. at least there I am always productive...nah.. I'll just sit here and soak up the sun ...

My Journy Here

I'll keep this short and sweet. Nursing school was a challenge for me. Not so much because the material was hard to learn but because I often felt as if the school wanted to fail me (well all of us really). I felt like even after I jumped through all their burning hoops they would find one more thing I needed to do! Little did I know they were just preparing me for the real world of a working nurse....

I pictured graduating and finding a great job! I would work with all kinds of nurses who all wanted to teach me everything they know- the Dr's would explain each medication or treatment plan- my boss would search me out to ensure I was doing OK- my patients would be grateful to have a caring nurse like me- HA!

I quickly learned that many nurses don't like the new nurse (just because she is new) as a matter of fact I should have listened to the warning "nurses eat their young"
- Doctors often don't have answers (or want to share them with you) if you even see them (good luck reading the scribble they leave you as they sneak in and out the nurses station)
-my boss isn't so bad (when I can find her)
-And most patients are more concerned with the amount of ice in their pitcher than the IV drip that your hanging (to keep them alive)

These were all lessons I learned right away (many years ago)- - - Yes I am still dealing with many of the same problems but the shock of it all has worn off me! Nothing surprises me! That can be looked at as a good thing or a bad thing. I try to think of it as a good thing- I now have time to appreciate the few good moments I get to be a part of.

That is were this page is coming from- I want to share good, bad, sad, and surprising moments with all my fellow nurses- - I want to hear from all of you-- what your dealing with or enjoying day to day!

Listen to me ~ Vent to me ~ Give advice ~ Complain about the lousy food on midnights~ Share happy, sad, or angry moments with all of us out there!

We are all nurses-- sharing the lifestyle of a nurse :)