Med-Surg Roll Call

yardgnome · Jan 19, 2008

Hey, from the Hoosier State. I was a CNA in longterm care for 2 years, LPN in longterm care for 5 years and now a ASN RN on med/surg (7 mos.). I love m/s and wished I had gone into it right out of school....most other avenue like you to have at least 1 year m/s experience (at least around my town). It is hard work but I figure it will keep me in shape!:pumpiron: lol May do OB someday, but right now I love the variety of m/s. I have learned SO much and do so everyday (or night, which is my shift). Anyway, nice to meet ya'll.

Laughs-a-lot, RN · Jan 21, 2008

I am an RN on a 36 bed med/surg telemetry unit. Graduated May 2007:dncg:, worked on this floor as a PCA for the last year of nursing school. LOVE IT! I loved every clinical I did, and wanted to work in that area. However I feel that the fast pace and diversity of med/surg is my calling. May want to try ER in future, but may just stay here Too soon to tell.

grantyRN06 · Jan 21, 2008

LPN in LTC and subacute for 11years Med Surg RN for 1year and LOVING IT!!!! :up:

NewTravelingNurse · Jan 21, 2008

Hello all. I am a 7P-7A Med Surge nurse. Love the NOC work. Am thinking about going for a bridge program for RN-MSN.

But, I am not in a hurry. Too old to rush. Want to travel a little!! :yelclap:

I am loving the winter. I haven't seen snow this year!!!

pbrtrails · Jan 21, 2008

I am glad that you love M/S. I absolutely hated it. We see lots of geriatric. I just could not take the elderly person wanting to get up at 3 AM because he thought he heard his wife's voice and the would become very violent when he was told that she was at home sleeping. I have done L&D now since3/07. Not sure whether I really like this or not. This are has lots of gray zones, every nurse who examines a patient says a women is dilated to a different size, all pretermers are treated with different protocals. I have been doing some floating to the ED and have found it to be I think more of what I like. On our OB floor we do not have docs in house, they are on call. When you call these docs, if you do not describe for them in the exact way they want the story discribed they get pretty nasty. I am glad to hear you are happier with your career than I am. pbrtrails

missninaRN · Jan 29, 2008

I just accepted a day position on a Med Surg unit and will start after I graduate in 3 months.

I'm going to be a Med Surg RN!

grantyRN06 · Jan 30, 2008

I just accepted a day position on a Med Surg unit and will start after I graduate in 3 months.
I'm going to be a Med Surg RN!

Congrats!!! It is a challenging and rewarding specialty. Be prepared to learn lots and grow as a professional nurse. Good Luck to you!!!!

betmic2002 · Feb 2, 2008

I have done geriatric nursing for 7 years and hospital medsurg nursing for 10 years. I work primarily medical as opposed to surgical. I love medical. I love what I do. What I have seen that is so discouraging is the competition between medsurg nursing vs ICU/CCU. Also hospital nursing being "better" than LTC. Even among medsurg nursing, that surgical is "better" than medical nursing. I just don't understand. Why are we nurses like this? I disagree with the idea of "healthy competition". I even see new nursing students with these stereotypical attitudes. I think that we veteran nurses should take some responsibility for these attitudes and be more conscientious of how we speak of our fellow colleagues. We are all in this together. Let's remember that each of us has a special call for each specialty and support each other. Just because that specialty might not be something you could ever imagine doing, doesn't mean that it is any less important. When I think of Psych nursing, I think of all the nurses that I admire who are able to work field and love it. That is because I know that I could not be the type of nurse a psych patient deserves. It is just not my niche. But you will never hear me say " Psych nursing sucks! " Let's always try to be positive. And remember the impact of our words.

WSUnurse · Feb 6, 2008

I'm a new grad RN starting on day shift on a very busy post-surgical floor. Been working there for two weeks and love it so far.

verp · Mar 3, 2008

Hi Everyone..I am currently working med/surg in a small rural hospital...the physical demands are great but so is the satisfaction I get from the variety of patients we see.

I always learn something new every shift..don't ever plan to retire..guess I'll just fade away running down the hall to answer the call light!

Rebekah24 · Mar 21, 2008

Hi everyone!

I am new grad as of Dec and just took the NCLEX a few weeks ago and passed, yay! I am working in a med-surg telemetry floor in a 600 bed hospital. I am currently orienting on days but I will be working nights. I am a little nervous about working nights but I am a night owl and look forward to not having to wake up so early in the morning to go to work. I am really loving :redbeatheit so far.

Med-surg clinicals had really scared me away :uhoh21:, but our director is very good at staffing appropriately and I have been so impressed with our floor!

Rebekah

new_mamaw · Mar 28, 2008

Hi all! I'm a new member but must admit, I've been a lurker for a few years now. I am a med/surg-telemetry nurse at a 25 bed critical access hospital. I have worked as an RN for 6 years. I work 12 hour night shifts...love it! We have a pediatrician, an orthopedic surgeon, a general surgeon and a pulmonologist on staff along with our general MD's, so we too have a diverse census. I have been offered transfers to ER and other departments, which is usually the norm after 1 year of m/s, but I've always declined. I do on occasion float to other departments, but m/s is and always will be my first love. :redbeathe When I go into report, I never know what kind of patients I will be assigned, and I guess I'm just addicted to that element of surprise!