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1. Leaving a new orientee RN on the floor alone

   georgie3 replied to georgie3's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the tips. However, I DO have a problem w/ irresponsible NURSES who take smoke breaks and then come back to a pediatric unit and care for very ill children with respiratory problems. Some of which we end up flying out. It irritates me to n...

2. Leaving a new orientee RN on the floor alone

   georgie3 replied to georgie3's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the tips. However, I DO have a problem w/ irresponsible NURSES who take smoke breaks and then come back to a pediatric unit and care for very ill children with respiratory problems. Some of which we end up flying out. It irritates me t...

3. Leaving a new orientee RN on the floor alone

   georgie3 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all. I'd really appreciate any feedback regarding this issue that happened last night at work. I'm a new graduate nurse, just off orientation for appr. 1 week. I work on a pediatric/adult med. surg. floor. Yesterday I worked the day shift with...

4. Should I stay or should I go???

   georgie3 replied to georgie3's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks, I appreciate it!! I'm dreading the fact that I have to go back and face some of the people on that dreaded shift. Like I said, I had a long talk w/ my NM and she has asked for names. I was very reluctant to tell her names b/c I don't feel lik...

5. Should I stay or should I go???

   georgie3 replied to georgie3's topic in General Nursing

   This unit is a 23 hr. observation unit. Half is tele, other half is general med/surg. The blood situation was a one time thing. This preceptor was the only preceptor that (I was with) didn't know how to hang blood. With that being said, I knew (f...

6. Should I stay or should I go???

   georgie3 replied to georgie3's topic in General Nursing

   She does. And she's putting me on a different shift (with an experienced nurse, thankfully) for 12 hours shifts until another position opens. As long as I don't have to work w/ the ignorant bunch, I'll survive. But, it's hr that's giving me a hard...

7. Should I stay or should I go???

   georgie3 replied to georgie3's topic in General Nursing

   She also made it quite clear to me that no matter what hospital I go to, I will run into those nurses "who eat their young" and the hectic floors. Don't get me wrong, I like the fast paced environment, what I don't like is trying to basically learn ...

8. Should I stay or should I go???

   georgie3 replied to georgie3's topic in General Nursing

   The hospital is accredited. My husband works in HR at his place of employment, he couldn't believe what they told me either. I did a ton a clinicals (10hr. days) when I was in nursing school. At various hospitals w/ the exception of the one I got hir...

9. Should I stay or should I go???

   georgie3 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone. I'm new to this forum and also a new graduate nurse. I applied for a job on an admitting floor in Oct. and was hired. This floor is like a "mini-ER", very fast paced and extremely busy. I've had a total of 24 days on the floor to ...