nw nurse goin nuts

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1. My first few days, as a new RN

   nw nurse goin nuts replied to starryx2's topic in General Nursing

   This is the gist in a nutshell. A friend emailed me yesterday, "Welcome to the world of capitalist medicine where it is all about greed, greed greed."

2. My first few days, as a new RN

   nw nurse goin nuts replied to starryx2's topic in General Nursing

   I just put in my first three weeks as new nurse on a psyche floor. Training was three days--scary! I am supposed to be learning to be charge while running up and down the halls doing meds for 20 or more patients in varying stages of psychosis, confus...

3. My first few days, as a new RN

   nw nurse goin nuts replied to starryx2's topic in General Nursing

   I have a good answer to why California is a better state to work in--don't hey have a really powerful nurses' union? Just a thought. To me, the idea of a good union for nurses is all about fighting for the best patient care, which means the best work...

4. Will I Be Too Old??

   nw nurse goin nuts replied to walktheline's topic in General Nursing

   You are not too old. I just started my first Nurse job at age of fifty. However-it is hard, more because I never worked in a hospital before than anything. Two of my classmates were older than me and had previous hospital experience--I know they are...