Have a B.S. (Honors) in Physical Education and Health science taking MORE science classes than a BSN! Have Associates (Honors) in Nursing for 27 yrs. No hospital will hire me, total BS!!!!

I so so totally agree!!!!! I have been a nurse for 21 yrs. I went through a assoc. Of science -nursing program. One of the best in the state and I by far feel I am better trained then a BSN.

It's not just magnet hospitals that suffer from this sort of silliness toward nurses. Nurses are micromanaged and disrespected, increasingly, all across the spectrum. Don't go into nursing.

Oh so true ! That is why I retired after forty -
one years of bedside nursing.

That was great. I worked for a 4 time Magnet hospital left one year ago after 15 YEARS. More work on your own time and no more pay.

WOW! You hit it. The only omission is real time charting that takes away from actual patient care. Good job!

A lot of 'truth-telling' in this essay!! Time compression and burnout are sky-rocketing. Seasoned nurses are opting out. Commitee membership is being tied to 'stewardship ' and performance appraisal.

I agree with some of the statements in this article but not all. There are many BSN nurses who stay in direct nursing care. For that matter there are MSN nurses who are clinical specialists in direct

Magnet is a journey STRAIGHT TO HELL!!
I have been doing this for more than 30 yrs& there is not a pill or a program or an app that can replace an human empathy& experience of a nurse!

As an CNA I see them making Nurses going back to school,to get BSN,and seeing them hiring Non Ceritifed Aides that don't know what to do with patients Exspecially in personal care.

Amen

This is so true. YOU NO LONGER GIVE QUALITY PT. care, busy doing paper work, computer work. Most care is given by the pct's. Being a nurse you hate when your family member and friends are sick .

I have retired from nursing but over my 32 years on the job I have watched nurses being taken farther and farther from the bedside. Nursing was no longer what I entered nursing for.

And they take good nurses who are LPN'S out of the hospital because of their title. Some are still are LPN'S because of circumstances. Doesn't mean they are not good nurses.

Amazingly you have put into words the reality of our chosen profession. It is very sad, I have been feeling these pressure for awhile now.What can we do,who can help us?

I too am a nurse, an LPN. I passed state boards and took care of patients for 25 years. Hospitals no longer employ LPN's. I have chosen not to renew my lisense.

I love being a nurse, making a difference and extending compassion to the suffering ( patients and nurses).

Sounds exactly like UAB.(University of Alabama @Birmingham). Babies training babies and baby leaders. Dangerous.

True Story

Press Ganey is ridiculous. I actually had one of my happyest patients tell me he just throws those surveys away. Happy customers dont take the time to do surveys. Some people are always peeved .

AMEN!!!!!

I quit ANA because of so many of the items talked about in this article. They have forgotten to focus on the nurse and how we can best help our patients. Government is ruining health care & schools.

Let's not forget the hideous amount of money that each hospital pays to apply and maintain the "magnet" status.

This is the editorial I have been writing (in my mind) for years

Great commentary! You hit it "head on"!

I am a Diploma nurse with 28 yrs behind me and can't change my job without committing to get my BSN within 5 yrs of hire. Why would I want my BSN when it is completely unecessary. Amen to your Blog!

I have been a nurse for 40 years and I am doing a count down on my phone till I can retire. I am a diploma school graduate and an proud of it.

I read this article with interest. But am a bit puzzled. While reading it, I found myself shaking my head and thinking, "Yep, they got that right." The thing that makes the article stand out for me,is

I agree with a lot of what this post says. I am a travel nurse at a Magnet hospital right now and it seems that "Magnet" = more work disguised as empowerment.

Wow! This article just validated my feelings completely. The hospital is a big business run by business people not true nurses!

You said it!!

Completely unsubstantiated opinions without any facts backing up your statements. I happen to work at a magnet hospital and I found this completely missed the mark.

Decent article & right on regarding Magnet status & cause of hiring BS degree only. Dead wrong about P&P & why Obama care in title? No correlation to this article what soever!

No where in the article do I see Obamacare as the culprit. so why is the headline misleading? Why did it not state how insurance companies rule hospitals and doctors/nurses?

This article really states so many truths, that I found myself agreeing with out loud.

Wow. I am printing this out to pin on our board at work!

This is one of the finest depictions of "modern" nursing I have ever read. Every single word of it is true! Thank you for spelling out my job so eloquently, albeit painfully!

Your editorial provides nothing to support the obligatory right-wing bashing of Obamacare thrown out in the headline. Shame! Repetition does not equal truth!

Amen, amen, amen.

Awesome and so true...Im an RN diploma trained 30 years and this article is dead on...I have worked on a level 1 trauma center as a PICU nurse. I hate what Magnet has done to our hospital.

So glad I am now a retired RN. Loved my job when it was about patient care - but not when all the changes came. If we could only go back... Not going to happen ever!

I am a NICU nurse with 33 years of experience and now all I Want is to get out. You hit it right on when you say look good on paper, it really doesn't have that much to do with the patient.

The planets need to be in alignment. Magnet is an awesome goal for many reasons. But it needs to evolve rather than be forced. Nurse retention is an essential part with nurses controlling practice.

You spend a lot of time criticizing all these efforts but not talking about what should be done instead. If Magnet, Press-Ganey, and so on are so bad, then what do you think is the answer?

Why are you throwing the Affordable Care Act under the bus? You speak of the "looming threat of Obamacare", and then nothing more to explain or support your knee jerk opposition to this legislation.

Hospitals pay way to much to be Magnet. The money should go into nursing wages. I don't see retention. I see more turnover because down the street the hospital not Magnet is paying $6 more an hour.

Being a magnet hospital just makes all nurses think they can do no wrong because of them they were able to get this recognition for there hospital when really it was a joint effort on everyone's part

Been saying this for years! It is all a ruse! So glad I retired early!

So true-So glad I retired early after almost 40 years-was a diploma school graduate

I am happy to be one of the one's that took up the profession, because I loved and wanted to help people. I was not an RN, but tried, had a lot of training, my first hospital trained all of their LP