The following form contents were entered on September 18th, 2003
Last, First Name: Williams, Kelly
License degrees: RN
State: Fl
E-Mail: kwilliams3@se.rr.com
What kind of nursing do you do?: Hemodialysis
What is your favorite search engine?: Google
What nursing-related topics have you looked for lately on the web?:
starting a consulting business, CEU's, distance education
Website: http://www.nursefriendly.com/williams/
Marital Status: Married
How many years have you been practicing as a nurse: 8
Professional organizations you belong to: ANNA-American Nephrology Nurses Association, http://www.annanurse.org/
Would you recommend the field?: Yes
Employment changes in career?: 6
Reason for the change?: exhaustion.......seriously, management issues
and salary
If you lost your job tomorrow, how easily do you feel you find new employment?
: very
In how many years, would you like to retire?: 24
Have you started any type of retirement fund?: yes
Would this travel : yes
Where do you work?: Outpatient Dialysis Center
Do you feel having your own a malpractice insurance policy is necessary,
why or why not?: yes
Your most pressing concerns with the profession and healthcare:
- 1.
Lack of qualified Nurses in my Field
- 2. That leads to 60 hour work weeks
- 3. That leads to my patients not receiving the level of care which they
are entitled to
- 4. That leads to feelings of guilt at not performing to my own set of
standards
- 5. That leads to me at the psychiatrists office
Have you ever considered leaving the profession? If yes, what options
have you explored?: Yes I have....very recently and I have decided that
I want to stay in nursing but at a different level of care.
What attracted you to the field of Nursing?: Other nurses. The ones
that took care of my Dad when he was dying.
Favorite TV show and musical artists: CSI and CSI Miami.....I listen
to everything
Favorite food: Italian
Qualities you admire in your friends/loved ones: Honesty, integrity,
loyalty.......The kind of friends who don't ask why the body is in the
trunk, they just help you get rid of it :-).......quote borrowed from a
loyal friend
Pet Peeves: slow drivers in the passing lane, people who fish for
compliments, dirty fingernails
Major turn-offs: see above
Hobbies and activities you enjoy outside of work: reading, computers,
Pets, favorite vacation spots: My beloved Pug, Josie...the only
creature in my house that shows excitment when I get home------Las Vegas
is my favorite vacation spot and my favorite place to lost money that I
don't have
Other areas of interest and expertise: I know a little about a lot.
How user friendly is this site?: very
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