Hello all-

Just wanted to put it out there that I am working with a progressive and expanding facility in the south Denver area that is searching for ICU and ER RNs for full time positions. Not sure if anyone would be interested, but if you are, please feel free to contact me via email at cbartley@martinfletcher.com

Thank you,

Connor Bartley

I would like to chat with some fellow nursing students. I have one year left, but only 3 classes. The 3 classes that I have left are my rotations, so I feel that at least I am on the downswing of things compared to what I have been thru already. Send me a note !!!

I recently read an article from the president of the Georgia Nurses Association. In it she stated that 50% of new grads will leave the nursing profession within two years of graduating. I was shocked but not suprised. Back in 1992 when I graduated from nursing school I had read an article in a nursing journal that stated the the average nurse's career last only about 7 years. After working as an RN for 15 years I'm making the move out of the profession. Not because I hate the job but because the job has become overwhelming, unfulfilling and down right dangerous. I worked in a very busy ER and saw our patient to nurse ratio more than double in the time that I worked there. I saw good nurses and doctors leave to be replaced by less qualified and less dedicated people. I saw the hospital I worked at go from a quality healthcare facility to a corporate oriented business where profits and cutting corners take priority over quality healthcare and a safe working environment. Although I was never sued I was deposed 3 times to testify in law suits against other nurses and doctors. I saw a good friend and excellent nurse have her life destroyed when she was sued and accused in the death of a 13 year old boy. This is the realities of nursing today and it is only going to get worse. New nurses leaving the profession after only two years, the exodus of experienced nurses leaving and an aging patient population all spell very troubling times for American Healthcare. The time will come when the people delivering healthcare at the bedside will not be nurses. What we will see will be lesser educated (and lesser qualified) ancillary staff doing the task that nurses need to be doing. They will work under the "supervision" of a nurse who may be responsible for the actions of a whole floor of ancillary staff. The problem is that not only are lesser educated staff, less qualified to perform the task assigned to them, but these people usually lack the commitment and work ethic that you find in nurses.
It will be the task of the nurses that remain to solve the problems before them. Don't depend on the hospitals to solve them for you, hospitals have caused the nursing shortage by turning the working environment for nurses into what it is today. Their concern is squeezing out of each nurse everything they can. The answer of hospital administration to the nursing shortage is to put more responsibility and work on the shoulders of the nurses that are left. This only frustrates nurses more and more and the attrition rate continues to increase.
I'm working my last job as a nurse right now. I have a temporary assignment as a resource nurse to support one hospital's conversion over to a new software program. Of course this program eliminates the job of the unit secretary, putting the responsibilities of ordering labs, radiology test and everything else on the backs of nurses.

UNTIL RECENTLY I HAVE LOVED MY JOB NOW IT STINKS WE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO TAKE CALL SHIFTS IN ADDITION TO OUR FULL TIME 12 HOUR SHIFTS THIS CALL IS FOR 24 HOURS WHICH YOU MAY GET MANDATED FOR 16 ADDITIONAL MANY OF US ALREADY WORK 24+ HOURS OF OVERTIME EACH PAY PERIOD THIS IS THE THANKS!! THE ADM. REALLY DOES NOT CARE ANY MORE. THEY DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HIRE MORE NURSES WHEN THEY CAN'T EVEN PUT OUT A SCHEDULE WITHOUT HOLES IN IT.

Anyone out there who can tell me how I should go about to get my nursing license and work authorization in the USA? Who should I contact? And what forms do I have to fill out? Any help would be appreciated.

Nice to see there is such a site as this. I have been nursing only 4 years and this is a great way to get in touch with and stay in touch with nurses around the world.
I am currently on maternity leave until September 4, when I will return to work at my little Dawson Creek hospital in the emerg and ICU. I really enjoy it there, many good nurses and doctors and other staff to work with. I am hoping many of my colleagues will also join this network to keep up, keep current and vent or whatever we need to do at the end of the workday to remain sane in this profession!

Anyone out there who can tell me how I should go about to get my nursing license and work authorization in the USA? Who should I contact? And what forms do I have to fill out? Any help would be appreciated.

Hello all-

Just wanted to put it out there that I am working with a progressive and expanding facility in the south Denver area that is searching for ICU and ER RNs for full time positions. Not sure if anyone would be interested, but if you are, please feel free to contact me via email at cbartley@martinfletcher.com

Thank you,

Connor Bartley

I would like to chat with some fellow nursing students. I have one year left, but only 3 classes. The 3 classes that I have left are my rotations, so I feel that at least I am on the downswing of things compared to what I have been thru already. Send me a note !!!

I recently read an article from the president of the Georgia Nurses Association. In it she stated that 50% of new grads will leave the nursing profession within two years of graduating. I was shocked but not suprised. Back in 1992 when I graduated from nursing school I had read an article in a nursing journal that stated the the average nurse's career last only about 7 years. After working as an RN for 15 years I'm making the move out of the profession. Not because I hate the job but because the job has become overwhelming, unfulfilling and down right dangerous. I worked in a very busy ER and saw our patient to nurse ratio more than double in the time that I worked there. I saw good nurses and doctors leave to be replaced by less qualified and less dedicated people. I saw the hospital I worked at go from a quality healthcare facility to a corporate oriented business where profits and cutting corners take priority over quality healthcare and a safe working environment. Although I was never sued I was deposed 3 times to testify in law suits against other nurses and doctors. I saw a good friend and excellent nurse have her life destroyed when she was sued and accused in the death of a 13 year old boy. This is the realities of nursing today and it is only going to get worse. New nurses leaving the profession after only two years, the exodus of experienced nurses leaving and an aging patient population all spell very troubling times for American Healthcare. The time will come when the people delivering healthcare at the bedside will not be nurses. What we will see will be lesser educated (and lesser qualified) ancillary staff doing the task that nurses need to be doing. They will work under the "supervision" of a nurse who may be responsible for the actions of a whole floor of ancillary staff. The problem is that not only are lesser educated staff, less qualified to perform the task assigned to them, but these people usually lack the commitment and work ethic that you find in nurses.
It will be the task of the nurses that remain to solve the problems before them. Don't depend on the hospitals to solve them for you, hospitals have caused the nursing shortage by turning the working environment for nurses into what it is today. Their concern is squeezing out of each nurse everything they can. The answer of hospital administration to the nursing shortage is to put more responsibility and work on the shoulders of the nurses that are left. This only frustrates nurses more and more and the attrition rate continues to increase.
I'm working my last job as a nurse right now. I have a temporary assignment as a resource nurse to support one hospital's conversion over to a new software program. Of course this program eliminates the job of the unit secretary, putting the responsibilities of ordering labs, radiology test and everything else on the backs of nurses.

UNTIL RECENTLY I HAVE LOVED MY JOB NOW IT STINKS WE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO TAKE CALL SHIFTS IN ADDITION TO OUR FULL TIME 12 HOUR SHIFTS THIS CALL IS FOR 24 HOURS WHICH YOU MAY GET MANDATED FOR 16 ADDITIONAL MANY OF US ALREADY WORK 24+ HOURS OF OVERTIME EACH PAY PERIOD THIS IS THE THANKS!! THE ADM. REALLY DOES NOT CARE ANY MORE. THEY DON'T THINK WE NEED TO HIRE MORE NURSES WHEN THEY CAN'T EVEN PUT OUT A SCHEDULE WITHOUT HOLES IN IT.

Nice to see there is such a site as this. I have been nursing only 4 years and this is a great way to get in touch with and stay in touch with nurses around the world.
I am currently on maternity leave until September 4, when I will return to work at my little Dawson Creek hospital in the emerg and ICU. I really enjoy it there, many good nurses and doctors and other staff to work with. I am hoping many of my colleagues will also join this network to keep up, keep current and vent or whatever we need to do at the end of the workday to remain sane in this profession!