lfolou

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1. New Grad RN- Night Shifts Killing Me

   lfolou replied to lfolou's topic in Career Support

   ^It's so true; I feel as thought "if I just work hard enough," this shouldn't be an issue. But I know I'm working as hard as humanly possible, and I'm doing well on the unit, it's just the issue of nights. I'm going to go in to talk with my residenc...

2. New Grad RN- Night Shifts Killing Me

   lfolou replied to lfolou's topic in Career Support

   That's about the only person I haven't spoken with, so that's actually super helpful! I didn't think of that! I'll look into seeing if I can find a sleep therapist. I have a neurologist currently, and I started seeing a chiropractor to see if I could...

3. New Grad RN- Night Shifts Killing Me

   lfolou posted a topic in Career Support

   I have recently graduated this past June, and was offered an amazing position as a critical care float RN at a hospital. I am all about putting in my time and effort, and I'm not a complainer, but I'm scheduled to be a night shift nurse now for 2 yea...

4. IV starts in the AC/antecubital- how do you keep from bleeding?

   lfolou posted a topic in General Nursing

   This may sound like a dumb question, but I am a new graduate resident in the emergency room. I have no problem finding veins and getting the catheter in, but for some reason, lately i CANNOT occlude the veins for the life of me and I have no idea wh...