Nurse_Nikki_RN

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1. good student, bad nurse...

   Nurse_Nikki_RN replied to sophiajoy's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you. I am going to hang in. I know that it takes time...somepeople take longer than others to form a routine according to other nurses. I just am going to take a deep breath and do some soul searching to find out where in nursing I really wa...

2. good student, bad nurse...

   Nurse_Nikki_RN replied to sophiajoy's topic in New Nurse

   They float me from floor to floor as it is, never asked me how I felt about working alone and would put me alone when they were short. I am working in a nursing home with 30 patients and one BP cuff for a floor of 60 people, no working thermometers ...

3. Help! Need Time Management Tips

   Nurse_Nikki_RN replied to Serenyd's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you for the tips :) I am working at a nursing home with 30 residents to a wing, i don't know them all yet and often I have 3 to 7 g-tubes and residents who are combative and have dementia. I am trying to work that out right now, but I willl ta...

4. Anyone else frustrated with being a new nurse?

   Nurse_Nikki_RN replied to asilmk's topic in New Nurse

   I am now six months in and had my first job at a community hospital. I started with Telemetry and I hated it. I was stunned by how fast everything moved. Then I switched to Med/Surg. I didn't like that either. I felt like I was just too slow. ...

5. good student, bad nurse...

   Nurse_Nikki_RN replied to sophiajoy's topic in New Nurse

6. Help! Need Time Management Tips

   Nurse_Nikki_RN replied to Serenyd's topic in New Nurse

   Oh my goodness! I graduated in June of 2005, got my license in july and I need to know the same thing. I feel terrible about being so slow. :imbar