Rn052015

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1. New Job Anxieties For "Mature" Nurse - Help!

   Rn052015 replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

   That's so great to hear! Sounds like exactly what I'm looking for 🙏🏻

2. New Job Anxieties For "Mature" Nurse - Help!

   Rn052015 replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

   Hi wondering how you are feeling about the change now? I've been in CVOR for 8 years and love my job, but have a 4 month old now and the call/hours is just too much! I'm also thinking about transferring to an outpatient eye center, and think I would ...

3. Floating to Med-Surg Floors due to COVID 19?

   Rn052015 replied to Monalisa9's topic in Operating Room

   I am in a very similar position, got a job in CVOR 5 years ago directly after graduating from nursing school and have never worked the floor. As of now our managers are saying we would not be forced to work on the floor, only on a voluntary basis. A ...

4. Advice- Newer RN Thinking About Changing Jobs

   Rn052015 replied to Rn052015's topic in New Nurse

   @Jena- You are the exact reason I am so scared of night shift- I have heard some people are fine with it and adjust easily, and others who hate it and it makes their lives miserable. I am really not sure what camp I would be in; I am really not a "mo...

5. Advice- Newer RN Thinking About Changing Jobs

   Rn052015 posted a topic in New Nurse

   0I have been in my department (my first nursing job) for just over a year now, and am starting to think about my future and what I actually want to do. I got extremely lucky, and got hired into the CVOR as a new grad. I really love my job, and defini...

6. Advice- Newer RN Thinking About Changing Jobs

   Rn052015 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been in my department (my first nursing job) for just over a year now, and am starting to think about my future and what I actually want to do. I got extremely lucky, and got hired into the CVOR as a new grad. I really love my job, and definit...

7. New Grad- Job not going well

   Rn052015 replied to Rn052015's topic in General Nursing

   I have had a few sit down meetings with my manager in which we have discussed the fact that the classes are hindering me from being in the department, and therefore slowing my progress. In the beginning, he was very understanding of this, but seems t...

8. New Grad OR Nurse- Job Not Going Well

   Rn052015 replied to Rn052015's topic in Operating Room

   Glad to hear someone else is going through my same experience!! (Although sorry you are having this issue as well!) I feel exactly the same way- at the beginning my manager seemed very understanding of my not being in the department as much, but it s...

9. New Grad OR Nurse- Job Not Going Well

   Rn052015 replied to Rn052015's topic in Operating Room

   Going down to sterile supply to look at the instruments is one of the parts of training I keep being told I am going to do, but it has not happened yet! I do think this will be very helpful for getting a better grasp on the instruments. I definitely ...

10. New Grad OR Nurse- Job Not Going Well

    Rn052015 replied to Rn052015's topic in Operating Room

    I did just read the Tips article, and while it is helpful, I feel like I am already doing most of those things. I have a notebook that is full of little things I need to remember, important names and phone numbers, etc. I look at preference sheets as...

11. New Grad OR Nurse- Job Not Going Well

    Rn052015 posted a topic in Operating Room

    0 I am a new grad RN-BSN who began working my first RN position at the beginning of October. I am in a surgical department, and before accepting this job, had never seen or been in a surgery before. To say the least, the transition has been extremely...

12. New Grad- Job not going well

    Rn052015 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new grad RN-BSN who began working my first RN position at the beginning of October. I am in a surgical department, and before accepting this job, had never seen or been in a surgery before. To say the least, the transition has been extremely d...