Comments on: Top 10 Traits Every Nurse Should Have http://blog.soliant.com/travel-nursing/top-10-traits-every-nurse-should-have/ Healthcare Job Information, Resources, and Trends Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:18:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Frankie Slade http://blog.soliant.com/travel-nursing/top-10-traits-every-nurse-should-have/comment-page-2/#comment-3032 Frankie Slade Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:18:33 +0000 http://blog.soliant.com/?p=61#comment-3032 Travel nurse companies are in cahoots with the hospitals. They are spies and informants, beware. They don't care about the working conditions for nurses. Travel nurse companies are puppets on golden strings. If you confide in your recruiter, your recruiter will report all information to your nurse manager and the hospital administration. I have a suspicion that this "Bryan" is a plant. Travel nurse companies are in cahoots with the hospitals. They are spies and informants, beware.
They don’t care about the working conditions for nurses. Travel nurse companies are puppets on golden strings. If you confide in your recruiter, your recruiter will report all information to your nurse manager and the hospital administration. I have a suspicion that this “Bryan” is a plant.

]]> By: Bryan BSN http://blog.soliant.com/travel-nursing/top-10-traits-every-nurse-should-have/comment-page-2/#comment-3015 Bryan BSN Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:54:06 +0000 http://blog.soliant.com/?p=61#comment-3015 I was an autoworker for a very long time before becoming a nurse and WOW you sound like factory rats himming and hawwing about how unfair life is and how they this and they that. Just retire, quit, go away and make room for, well, me! During clinical I heard nurses talking about their patients while checking facebook....i mean REALLY! I'm a factory rat and I was/am apalled. Anyway just love your patients and btw sir this was a great article that some unhappy old bird ruined I was an autoworker for a very long time before becoming a nurse and WOW you sound like factory rats himming and hawwing about how unfair life is and how they this and they that. Just retire, quit, go away and make room for, well, me! During clinical I heard nurses talking about their patients while checking facebook….i mean REALLY! I’m a factory rat and I was/am apalled. Anyway just love your patients and btw sir this was a great article that some unhappy old bird ruined

]]> By: Nicole http://blog.soliant.com/travel-nursing/top-10-traits-every-nurse-should-have/comment-page-2/#comment-3013 Nicole Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:17:44 +0000 http://blog.soliant.com/?p=61#comment-3013 I am a senior nursing student, working as a student nurse. I have gained a little bit of an idea of what nursing will be like through my job and through clinicals. I can only say this based off of what I have observed not what I do. I am not a nurse yet so I don't know what it is like. What I consistently see is stress, but that's involved in any job. I feel stressed as a student when I have six patients and feel like I don't have enough time to get anything done. Not every day is that way but if you have two incontinent patients, one who wants to walk every fifteen minutes and two others who are full feeds and eat like they haven't ate in months things get a lil dicey. Getting my actual work done that I am expected to do becomes a challenge when I have less help or am interrupted frequently. The patient who wants to talk about their best friend who happens to be a dog doesn't understand how busy you are, and how are they supposed to. I understand their is stress in every occupation, and I knew that coming in. I like thinking of it as a job, even though I like to consider myself caring I do know I have to think of it that way, or I will become burned out. Not everyone is going to appreciate you, no matter how hard you work. Some people just can't... I.e. The patient down the hall who as a narcissistic personality disorder and was abused when she was younger...it's not physically possible for them, they have things going on that cannot be fixed by medicine. But that's apart of the job. I am so impressed by the nurses I work with every day. Even though it is their job, I can see them putting apart of themselves into their work and patient care. Even though they know they will most likely get burnt. I can t request anything, but I guess I wonder if we should think about this, because I do all the time. Maybe we should leave the patient out of "it". And by "it", I mean the frustration and nasty comments. Like I said I know it's hard, not from experience, but through observation. I think I feel bits of it while I am at work and am spat on but a patient who is out of their complete mind while trying to feed them. I have yet to defend my clinical judgment against doctors, fellow nurses and supervisors. I have yet to experience the degree of stress knowing you have 8 patients and you are not able to give them the nursing attention they deserve because you are giving to many things to do. What I really want to know from nurses who have had experience, what is it like out their as far as the hospital itself is concerned. As a business.... I know everyone is different, but am I setting myself up for a career that is going to not only put slot of stress on me and my body but one that will show no monetary gain or stability? I have considered this question within the last year (wish I would have before I began nursing school) . I am wondering now if I should just finish, become an RN and work as an RN to gain experience in healthcare and just go back and get my masters as a PA... It seems they have a good income and stable jobs, they can even work for multiple physicians. The hospital in some cases doesn't even have to pay for them, it sounds beautiful... I guess it would be my dream job.. But I thought that was nursing. It would be more school and more money. Just trying to gain some insight I guess before I jump into another profession. With as much influence the business side of things is put onto our jobs I wonder how this will look even more in to the future, looks a little scary to me. Please feel free to reply to my comment with any form of opinion, tell me I'm wrong our right or actually give me your thoughts as to what you would do. I'm used to anything by now, I'm like a beaten dog.. Nothing like turning in a care plan to an instructor thinking it's beautiful and immaculate to get it back with questions like how does the patient void.... When it is stated several times and it's not even important to the patients plan of care..(example, voiding per urinal with amazing output, no CHF or underlying input or output issues) Or when you write the hemoglobin out five or more times explaining the value and why you believe it is the way it is to only be asked again, and corrected for not putting it down when they just tell you exactly what you just wrote is the correct answer.. I guess I have come to learn I will never be right.. Not even after I graduate haha so please comment I am a senior nursing student, working as a student nurse. I have gained a little bit of an idea of what nursing will be like through my job and through clinicals. I can only say this based off of what I have observed not what I do. I am not a nurse yet so I don’t know what it is like. What I consistently see is stress, but that’s involved in any job. I feel stressed as a student when I have six patients and feel like I don’t have enough time to get anything done. Not every day is that way but if you have two incontinent patients, one who wants to walk every fifteen minutes and two others who are full feeds and eat like they haven’t ate in months things get a lil dicey. Getting my actual work done that I am expected to do becomes a challenge when I have less help or am interrupted frequently. The patient who wants to talk about their best friend who happens to be a dog doesn’t understand how busy you are, and how are they supposed to. I understand their is stress in every occupation, and I knew that coming in. I like thinking of it as a job, even though I like to consider myself caring I do know I have to think of it that way, or I will become burned out. Not everyone is going to appreciate you, no matter how hard you work. Some people just can’t… I.e. The patient down the hall who as a narcissistic personality disorder and was abused when she was younger…it’s not physically possible for them, they have things going on that cannot be fixed by medicine. But that’s apart of the job. I am so impressed by the nurses I work with every day. Even though it is their job, I can see them putting apart of themselves into their work and patient
care. Even though they know they will most likely get burnt. I can t request anything, but I guess I wonder if we should think about this, because I do all the time. Maybe we should leave the patient out of “it”. And by “it”, I mean the frustration and nasty comments. Like I said I know it’s hard, not from experience, but through observation. I think I feel bits of it while I am at work and am spat on but a patient who is out of their complete mind while trying to feed them. I have yet to defend my clinical judgment against doctors, fellow nurses and supervisors. I have yet to experience the degree of stress knowing you have 8 patients and you are not able to give them the nursing attention they deserve because you are giving to many things to do. What I really want to
know from nurses who have had experience, what is it like out their as far as
the hospital itself is concerned. As a business…. I know everyone is different, but am I setting myself up for a career that is going to not only put slot of stress on me and my body but one that will show no monetary gain or stability? I have considered this question within the last year (wish I would have before I began nursing school) . I am wondering now if I should just finish, become an RN and work as an RN to gain experience in healthcare and just go back and get my masters as a PA… It seems they have a good income and stable jobs, they can even work for multiple physicians. The hospital in some cases doesn’t even have to pay for them, it sounds beautiful… I guess it would be my dream job.. But I thought that was nursing. It would be more school and more money. Just trying to gain some insight I guess before I jump into another profession. With as much influence the business side of things is put onto our jobs I wonder how this will look even more in to the future, looks a little scary to me. Please feel free to reply to my comment with any form of opinion, tell me I’m wrong our right or actually give me your thoughts as to what you would do. I’m used to anything by now, I’m like a beaten dog.. Nothing like turning in a care plan to an instructor thinking it’s beautiful and immaculate to get it back with questions like how does the patient void…. When it is stated several times and it’s not even important to the patients plan of care..(example, voiding per urinal with amazing output, no CHF or underlying input or output issues) Or when you write the hemoglobin out five or more times explaining the value and why you believe it is the way it is to only be asked again, and corrected for not putting it down when they just tell you exactly what you just wrote is the correct answer.. I guess I have come to learn I will never be right.. Not even after I graduate haha so please comment

]]> By: seo http://blog.soliant.com/travel-nursing/top-10-traits-every-nurse-should-have/comment-page-2/#comment-3011 seo Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:27:15 +0000 http://blog.soliant.com/?p=61#comment-3011 I am not sure where you are getting your information, but great topic. I needs to spend some time learning much more or understanding more. Thanks for wonderful information I was looking for this information for my mission. I am not sure where you are getting your information, but great topic. I needs to spend some time learning much more or understanding more. Thanks for wonderful information I was looking for this information for my mission.

]]> By: ED Nurse http://blog.soliant.com/travel-nursing/top-10-traits-every-nurse-should-have/comment-page-2/#comment-3000 ED Nurse Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:34:05 +0000 http://blog.soliant.com/?p=61#comment-3000 After 30 years in the profession, I can understand all the comments posted here. I feel a great deal of sympathy and compassion for nurses who feel less than exhilarated by their day to day jobs...and I feel the same about anyone who isn't satisfied in their job. It must suck to wake up unhappy before a 12 hour shift. Been there! Done that! When I find myself dreading the day, I change specialties immediately. I've also gone back to school (online BSN, thank you...and traditional MSN and PhD). I'm still doing bedside nursing in the ED. Yeah, it's getting harder as I get older...but I'm finding that being the wise, old nurse on the unit has its perks!! Kids: if you're thinking of becoming a nurse, go shadow a nurse first. And do it a couple of times. Be absolutely sure you are the type of person who can do it. We don't need anymore nurses out here who have some fantasy about the career. The first several years of your nursing career will be spent realizing that everything you learned in school is basically the tip of the iceberg. And if you're comfortable in the notion that it will be hard, you're in the wrong direction. You should be VERY uncomfortable and respectful of the road ahead. The reward for your discomfort will come when you can BE a nurse and fully participate as an expert nurse. Hopefully, you will find mentors to get you through the rough spots. A tip for nursing students: identify mentor nurses early in your career...role model after the ones you like and admire best. And stick with them. After 30 years in the profession, I can understand all the comments posted here. I feel a great deal of sympathy and compassion for nurses who feel less than exhilarated by their day to day jobs…and I feel the same about anyone who isn’t satisfied in their job. It must suck to wake up unhappy before a 12 hour shift. Been there! Done that! When I find myself dreading the day, I change specialties immediately. I’ve also gone back to school (online BSN, thank you…and traditional MSN and PhD). I’m still doing bedside nursing in the ED. Yeah, it’s getting harder as I get older…but I’m finding that being the wise, old nurse on the unit has its perks!! Kids: if you’re thinking of becoming a nurse, go shadow a nurse first. And do it a couple of times. Be absolutely sure you are the type of person who can do it. We don’t need anymore nurses out here who have some fantasy about the career. The first several years of your nursing career will be spent realizing that everything you learned in school is basically the tip of the iceberg. And if you’re comfortable in the notion that it will be hard, you’re in the wrong direction. You should be VERY uncomfortable and respectful of the road ahead. The reward for your discomfort will come when you can BE a nurse and fully participate as an expert nurse. Hopefully, you will find mentors to get you through the rough spots. A tip for nursing students: identify mentor nurses early in your career…role model after the ones you like and admire best. And stick with them.

]]> By: How to Survive Nursing School http://blog.soliant.com/travel-nursing/top-10-traits-every-nurse-should-have/comment-page-2/#comment-2993 How to Survive Nursing School Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:48:10 +0000 http://blog.soliant.com/?p=61#comment-2993 [...] Top 10 Traits Every Nurse Should Have: http://blog.soliant.com/travel-nursing/top-10-traits-every-nurse-should-have/ [...] [...] Top 10 Traits Every Nurse Should Have: http://blog.soliant.com/travel-nursing/top-10-traits-every-nurse-should-have/ [...]

]]> By: Nekol Daley http://blog.soliant.com/travel-nursing/top-10-traits-every-nurse-should-have/comment-page-2/#comment-2987 Nekol Daley Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:48:27 +0000 http://blog.soliant.com/?p=61#comment-2987 To all you bitter, old,g rumpy, rag, tag, worn-out old nurses! Guess what... Time to retire, there are more than enough of us who are willing to do this job becuase we love it. The only reason re do not enjoy our jobs is because we have to come and face your insistent and never ending compliants of how horrible things are and how they never change. Well they never change because you never change. You train new nurses to be jsut like you. You are rude anf dismissive to student nurses. You are NOT the rulers of the world, someday you will retire or die and no longer be able to nurse which ever comes first. I pray that it will come sooner than ladder. The people of this world deserve better than you at their bedside barely giving a damn!!! Quit scarring little child out of their dream jobs, nursing is an amazing field and everyday you come close to retirement it improves!!!! So future young nurse, student nurses, and patients rest assure; most of us love are jobs. With that love comes the compassion, empathy, and caring-nature you expect from a nurse!!!! To all you bitter, old,g rumpy, rag, tag, worn-out old nurses! Guess what…
Time to retire, there are more than enough of us who are willing to do this job becuase we love it. The only reason re do not enjoy our jobs is because we have to come and face your insistent and never ending compliants of how horrible things are and how they never change. Well they never change because you never change. You train new nurses to be jsut like you. You are rude anf dismissive to student nurses. You are NOT the rulers of the world, someday you will retire or die and no longer be able to nurse which ever comes first. I pray that it will come sooner than ladder. The people of this world deserve better than you at their bedside barely giving a damn!!! Quit scarring little child out of their dream jobs, nursing is an amazing field and everyday you come close to retirement it improves!!!! So future young nurse, student nurses, and patients rest assure; most of us love are jobs. With that love comes the compassion, empathy, and caring-nature you expect from a nurse!!!!

]]> By: kallie http://blog.soliant.com/travel-nursing/top-10-traits-every-nurse-should-have/comment-page-2/#comment-2980 kallie Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:20:03 +0000 http://blog.soliant.com/?p=61#comment-2980 um, I'm doing a research project on Registered Nursing, because that's what I want to major in when I go to college next year, and I am shocked to see all these bad comments about nursing in particular. I don't think I want to become a nurse anymore, because of all the negativity. I want to go to a job that I love and make a career out of it, because there's a huge difference between a job and a career. Maybe all of you guys that keep complaining should quit your JOB and start a CAREER doing something you love to do. But, hey, I'm a senior in high school. I don't know anything about nursing. um, I’m doing a research project on Registered Nursing, because that’s what I want to major in when I go to college next year, and I am shocked to see all these bad comments about nursing in particular. I don’t think I want to become a nurse anymore, because of all the negativity. I want to go to a job that I love and make a career out of it, because there’s a huge difference between a job and a career. Maybe all of you guys that keep complaining should quit your JOB and start a CAREER doing something you love to do. But, hey, I’m a senior in high school. I don’t know anything about nursing.

]]> By: Jhen http://blog.soliant.com/travel-nursing/top-10-traits-every-nurse-should-have/comment-page-2/#comment-2979 Jhen Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:28:22 +0000 http://blog.soliant.com/?p=61#comment-2979 I'm a nurse and I love being a nurse. The one thing I don't like is with your on colleagues treats you like you don't know anything, specially when they are ahead of you for how many years, I'm new in my area and it seems one of my colleagues wanted me out of the department because he is only eyeing on my mistakes, that what me hates my job as a nurse in my area... but I do love being a nurse and I understand want a patient needs because somehow we will be a patient too. How can I deal with this kind of persons?? It is really hard for me working with them. :( I’m a nurse and I love being a nurse. The one thing I don’t like is with your on colleagues treats you like you don’t know anything, specially when they are ahead of you for how many years, I’m new in my area and it seems one of my colleagues wanted me out of the department because he is only eyeing on my mistakes, that what me hates my job as a nurse in my area… but I do love being a nurse and I understand want a patient needs because somehow we will be a patient too. How can I deal with this kind of persons?? It is really hard for me working with them. :(

]]> By: Samantha http://blog.soliant.com/travel-nursing/top-10-traits-every-nurse-should-have/comment-page-2/#comment-2978 Samantha Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:05:25 +0000 http://blog.soliant.com/?p=61#comment-2978 As I am reading each of the subsequent posts, I am unbelievably appaled!!! If many of you nurses hate what you do and how you are treated (and this is abudantly apparent) why don't you just switch jobs/careers? I mean seriously...you aren't staying in this field for the money are you??? Because you have made it pretty clear you don't think you are paid enough! Instead of gripping about everything that is wrong...long hours without breaks, rude MDs/pts/family members, heavy pt loads with decreased staff, low pay and the list goes on and on for most of you it seems...TRY REMEMBERING WHY YOU GOT INTO THIS FIELD IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!Most likely it was because you wanted to HELP OTHERS...MAKE A DIFFERENCE or Have a CAREER that was REWARDING and always in DEMAND!!! Stop complaining about your jobs...instead...BE THANKFUL YOU HAVE ONE because there are many people who don't. FIND YOUR NICHE! Your patients can tell when their nurse is stressed out, over-worked, and overall hates their job...DO NOT let your patients feel this way unless YOU yourself want a nurse like that and would be happy with that type of care! Nursing school was FAR from glorious, did you all honestly think by pasing boards you would have perfection?! I am sorry to sound so harsh but, stop and look at the situation... UNDERSTAFFING: who would want to work with a bunch of whiners and complainers...not me LOW PAY: over abundance of nurses in the field who "whine and complain" and do not have the courage to change careers to something else, so they become expendable and no reason to pay some handsomely to gripe about what they are being PAID to do. MD/PT/FAMILY RUDENESS: Well if you were my nurse...I would be rude too. (pts can tell when their nurse is unhappy) Those are just a few of my opinions...take it or leave it but UNDERSTAND THIS... Your nursing career was YOUR CHOICE! You can either learn to love it and deal positively with negative situations or you can continue in the same vicious circle expecting a new result of perfection (which will never happen). If you keep doing the same things expecting a different result, you will always be disappointed! Why do that to your pts and the others that you work with? I have been an RN for several years and I still go into work each and every day THANKFUL!!! Thankful that I have the ability to do God's work and touch each life I come into contact with. Thankful that I have the knowledge, strength and compassion required to provide my patients with the holistic care they deserve. Thankful that I chose a career that rewards me in other ways beside monetary gain. Thankful that I am looked at by my pts as a trustworthy, caring and understanding person. But most of all...I am Thankful that I have not forgotten who I am, where I came from, or WHY I BECAME A NURSE!!!! As I am reading each of the subsequent posts, I am unbelievably appaled!!! If many of you nurses hate what you do and how you are treated (and this is abudantly apparent) why don’t you just switch jobs/careers? I mean seriously…you aren’t staying in this field for the money are you??? Because you have made it pretty clear you don’t think you are paid enough!

Instead of gripping about everything that is wrong…long hours without breaks, rude MDs/pts/family members, heavy pt loads with decreased staff, low pay and the list goes on and on for most of you it seems…TRY REMEMBERING WHY YOU GOT INTO THIS FIELD IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!Most likely it was because you wanted to HELP OTHERS…MAKE A DIFFERENCE or Have a CAREER that was REWARDING and always in DEMAND!!!
Stop complaining about your jobs…instead…BE THANKFUL YOU HAVE ONE because there are many people who don’t. FIND YOUR NICHE! Your patients can tell when their nurse is stressed out, over-worked, and overall hates their job…DO NOT let your patients feel this way unless YOU yourself want a nurse like that and would be happy with that type of care! Nursing school was FAR from glorious, did you all honestly think by pasing boards you would have perfection?!
I am sorry to sound so harsh but, stop and look at the situation…
UNDERSTAFFING: who would want to work with a bunch of whiners and complainers…not me
LOW PAY: over abundance of nurses in the field who “whine and complain” and do not have the courage to change careers to something else, so they become expendable and no reason to pay some handsomely to gripe about what they are being PAID to do.
MD/PT/FAMILY RUDENESS: Well if you were my nurse…I would be rude too. (pts can tell when their nurse is unhappy)
Those are just a few of my opinions…take it or leave it but UNDERSTAND THIS… Your nursing career was YOUR CHOICE! You can either learn to love it and deal positively with negative situations or you can continue in the same vicious circle expecting a new result of perfection (which will never happen). If you keep doing the same things expecting a different result, you will always be disappointed! Why do that to your pts and the others that you work with?

I have been an RN for several years and I still go into work each and every day THANKFUL!!! Thankful that I have the ability to do God’s work and touch each life I come into contact with. Thankful that I have the knowledge, strength and compassion required to provide my patients with the holistic care they deserve. Thankful that I chose a career that rewards me in other ways beside monetary gain. Thankful that I am looked at by my pts as a trustworthy, caring and understanding person. But most of all…I am Thankful that I have not forgotten who I am, where I came from, or WHY I BECAME A NURSE!!!!

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