Nursebface

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1. Night shift advice needed...

   Nursebface posted a topic in New Nurse

   Night shift has many pros and cons. Seems as though the pros are outweighs the cons and that's why I'm trying to stay on nights for a little while longer. But it's really messing with my psyche. When I'm not working, I always sleep through the night,...

2. New nurse...not sure about nursing anymore

   Nursebface replied to Guest989734's topic in New Nurse

   I completely understand how you feel. What you feel is completely normal, it is unfortunate not all your coworkers are as understanding. I've been on my own for about 2 and a half months. I still cry before going in and feel like I don't do things qu...

3. Update: no longer questioning my career choice

   Nursebface replied to Nursebface's topic in New Nurse

   My ratio is 5:1 95% of the time, we can go as high up at 7 patients. However, even the most seasoned nurses feel 5 patients is often times too many. About your preceptor, as long as they are knowledgable then I don't see any wrong in it. I work with ...

4. Update: no longer questioning my career choice

   Nursebface replied to Nursebface's topic in New Nurse

   Nocturnallife: I work on a surgical orthopedic floor. Good luck with the last couple days in your semester! You got this.

5. Update: no longer questioning my career choice

   Nursebface posted a topic in New Nurse

   So a couple months ago I posted how stressed out I was as a new nurse on an intense floor. I was terrified to be an independent nurse away from her preceptor. Turns out, my stress has decreased a WHOLE ton. Before when I had about 5 weeks of orienta...

6. How did first job/orientation work for you?

   Nursebface replied to Summers3's topic in New Nurse

   I have 3 weeks of orientation left. I made a post recently about it. It's scary. Taking a patient load is scary. But I'll tell you about how it works for me at least. I am paired with another nurse, nurse of the year actually.. yikes. I started with...

7. New nurse & not good enough

   Nursebface posted a topic in Post Graduate

   I found this site after simply googling "advice for the stressed new grad nurse". Articles I looked at were dated back in '08. I don't know if this website is even relevant, but I'll post just to vent. Nursing is hard, stressful, and terrifying. I g...