loconno2

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1. 3 Consecutive 12 Hour Shifts

   loconno2 replied to loconno2's topic in General Nursing

   I tried to approach my manager about this but she closed me down pretty quickly. I don't know if my timing was off, if she was in a bad mood, etc. Part of the problem is that I originally started out in the ICU at this hospital but wasn't able to co...

2. 3 Consecutive 12 Hour Shifts

   loconno2 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Working 3 consecutive 12 hour shifts exhausts me. I usally finish the third night by crying in my car on my way home from work. The last shift I worked I had to practically run out of a patient's room because my IBS symptoms were flaring up. I've s...

3. Want to be an ICU nurse?

   loconno2 posted a topic in MICU

   I'd like to be an ICU nurse. In my previous job I worked on a telemetry floor where the predominant dxs were CHF, COPD and diabetes. The pace was fast but overwhelming for a new grad. Now I'm working Ortho/Rehab at a small rural hospital and I am bor...