Brainyheart

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1. Need Advice/Encouragement

   Brainyheart posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi there everyone...I worked as a new grad on a very challenging med/oncology floor for 8 months (until this past July), then left to take a job in home infuison nursing because I am really interested in IV therapy and because certain things about th...

2. If I can't handle medical, am I weak?....

   Brainyheart replied to RN_Newbie's topic in New Nurse

   No, you are not weak, but only overwhelmed. I am leaving floor nursing after only 8 months because I feel that it is simply unsafe and, to add to the absurdity, we are being pressured about having too much overtime. I have never in my 46 years felt...

3. New to Home Infusion---Any Advice/Input?

   Brainyheart replied to Brainyheart's topic in Infusion

   Thanks so much! I already have quite a collection of books and materials (including Weinstein, and the one the new company uses, by Lynn Dianne Phillips); I am trying to learn as much on my own as I can before the new job starts. I have also been a t...

4. Nurses are Pathetic!!

   Brainyheart replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, again... When I said that there are "hard things" about nursing that can be changed, I wasn't necessarily saying that this is all up to each individual nurse. There are huge systemic problems that are beyond the control of any one person; that's...

5. Nurses are Pathetic!!

   Brainyheart replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

   I am a very late responder to this post...I would never say that "nurses" are pathetic, but I think the basic structure of nursing is truly dysfunctional---as bad as any family can be. I am only in 8 months, and I am leaving the bedside for a differ...

6. Anyone changing positions?

   Brainyheart replied to RNWithAHeart's topic in New Nurse

   hi, bbrown06, maybe it might be a good idea to see if there are any in-house transfer positions in med-surg available. i am going full-time into a completely different venue, but i will be looking to work per diem back at the bedside as soon as i am ...

7. New to Home Infusion---Any Advice/Input?

   Brainyheart posted a topic in Infusion

   Hello...I will be starting with a regional home infusion company in two weeks, and I would love to hear of everyone else's experience in the field. I am a new nurse (8 months), and they are willing to train me. I have been interested in IV therapy ...

8. Anyone changing positions?

   Brainyheart replied to RNWithAHeart's topic in New Nurse

   I am...I will have had 8 months on a med-oncology floor by the time I start my new job (in home infusion nursing). I have always wanted to be involved in some aspect of IV nursing, and now I will get to have more regular hours...I have been working e...

9. ready to quit

   Brainyheart replied to mark3274's topic in New Nurse

   P.S.: Sorry, Mark, for calling you Mike!!! I apologize...

10. A year in...and trust me, it gets better

    Brainyheart replied to MelBel's topic in New Nurse

    :igtsyt: I am in 7 months, too, and I will be quitting. I will NOT leave nursing, only bedside nursing. I certainly feel better about my own skills after 7 months, and that's why I now have the courage to get out of this job. I really don't think it ...

11. ready to quit

    Brainyheart replied to mark3274's topic in New Nurse

    Mike: You are NOT alone! I am 7 months in on a ridiculously chaotic med-oncology floor:scrm: and I am waiting as I write this to see if I got a new (non-bedside) job that I interviewed for yesterday. I cannot survive where I am, and I will keep lo...

12. Hospitals that hire new grads?

    Brainyheart replied to MerdalRN's topic in Massachusetts

    Hi, Everyone, I'm a new grad in the Boston area too (licensed July 21). I think there are just too few formal new grad programs and too many of us, so I am scouring any job in med-surg that does not specify a required amount of experience and trying...

13. any new grads getting jobs?

    Brainyheart replied to jam2007's topic in Massachusetts

    Hi everyone, I just got my first interview last week and will hear next week if I got the job; I have been applying since late April. I am prepared to keep looking, though...One thing I had to do was to shake out of the mentality that I could ONLY l...

14. What does your login nickname mean to you?

    Brainyheart replied to NNNikki's topic in New Nurse

    Mine means that I aspire to think with my heart and love with my mind, and sometimes get so mixed up I don't know which is which!:smilecoffeecup:

15. UMASS Boston RN-BSN Online update

    Brainyheart replied to gerry79's topic in Massachusetts

    Hi, I am just starting the UMASS RN/BSN online program...I got my license in July and I just had my first interview last week. I am excited to be going to school again (I love it; grad in May from Lawrence Mem/Regis). Any tips about starting a job ...