Blog Posts on nursing rants

Guilty Nurse by Nursecissism on Jun 21, 2010As soon as the FX driver dropped me off at McDonald’s P.Campa branch, I hurriedly went up the foot bridge to be able to pay my tuition fee before lunch break. At the foot bridge, I saw some people clamoring for help. I thought a crime happened...

ICU Nurse… Not? by Nursecissism on Apr 20, 2010Dear ICU Staff Nurses, Just because I am not allowed to carry heavy things nor turn patients every 2 hours, doesn’t mean I am not qualified as an ICU nurse. I know that part of the routine care is turning the patient but I don’t think I c...

Not another training rant. by Nursecissism on Mar 22, 2010Recently, the trainees of the hospital where I am currently “working” talked about the volunteers who were easily hired. We understand that they are graduates of this hospital that is why they are prioritized more than us. But what makes...

I am still here. by Nursecissism on Mar 7, 2010It’s been almost two months since I last posted here. Blame the very busy schedule. I think I was able to survive the month of February when my most dreaded schedule started. One and a half month of sleepless nights and stress. And here I am, s...

Backer, where art thou? by Nursecissism on May 11, 2009For the past few months, I have been really bitter with staff nurses who got in easily because of their backers. I hate the fact that it’s really happening in our society. It’s really WHO you know that matters nowadays. But when I was giv...

A Mother’s Anguish by Nursecissism on May 3, 2009You know what’s really tormenting? It’s when you only have one thousand bucks left in your pocket which you’re going to spend to buy a medicine for your child who’s in a very critical state of illness… Then all of a sudd...

A letter for the clerks (med students) by Nursecissism on Apr 29, 2009Dear Clerks, In behalf of my colleagues (staff nurses and co-volunteers), I am writing to express my feelings towards you. Please recharge yourselves with understanding and empathy because this letter is not written just to catch anyone’s atten...

2008 TeenTalk Awards/ Duty Disappointment by Nursecissism on Mar 31, 2009I’d like to take this opportunity to thank those people who voted for me in those two categories. It’s amazing that people find me inspiring despite my imperfection and strictness in the forum. This may be a small-time-awards thing but f...

Volunteer Ventilators by Nursecissism on Mar 15, 2009I am absent today in my duty. I have a flu. I feel so weak today but I still went online because I can not sleep with the kind of weather we have here in our country1 plus the noise due to the on-going renovation of our house. I texted Mitchie2 and a...

Oh, ER! by Nursecissism on Mar 4, 2009Ever since we started our duty in ER, I had mixed emotions. Anger - I am so pissed with some junior interns (clerks), staff nurses, and resident doctors. Just because it is a public hospital, the ideal procedures, rules and the like are not followed.