Comments on: Pay No Attention To Those Voices Over There

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:43:09 +0000

Wooing nurses, that’s a good one. Nurse retention, at least where I work, is pitiful. Middle management sucks – they do as little as possible to answer questions and solve problems, laying low and praying they’ll be able to hold on to their salaried jobs and not be sent back out to work on the floor.

I struggle with the question of why I am changing careers. I used to LOVE being a nurse – I loved my job and my patients and their family members could tell. As the years progressed, I fell out of love with nursing. Admittedly, I have only worked at one hospital, but the red tape just kept coming and I knew I couldn’t continue to work as a nurse.

I greatly admire those nurses who stick with it despite changing and worsening working conditions.

By: Diana

Diana — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 09:23:31 +0000

Great post, Geena. :)

Um, what’s with the ‘are you human?’ question??

By: Steph

Steph — Sun, 02 Jan 2005 21:16:27 +0000

Quote: “NURSES ARE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS???? Is Arnold saying that he kicks nurse butt in Sacramento?”

My feeling on this is that Arnold was referring to the CNA, SEIU, etc. not nurses as a group. The CNA and SEIU may represent some nurses, but not all.