I have a person who is a fellow nurse who has constantly repeated "I'm only an LVN". So am I! I think she is so wrong. Now she will be graduating from RN school pretty soon. It is a shame to think how she will treat others when she is done.
bri0209 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in New Nurse
Yes there are other options and I am now looking. I kept feeling like a failure so I did not want to give up. But truth be told I am only hurting myself by staying. I feel I should of known this by now, but now I can see this is so common to f...
bri0209 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in New Nurse
oh, another thing I did not have any orientation. I was thrown in to do all the meds, It was horrible. The nurses will joke about it sometimes how I was just thrown in. I know it was just meds but for 13 patients and no aids even though it is tea...
bri0209 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in New Nurse
wow I thought I was the only one feeling like this. I have been a nurse for about 5 months and many a times I wanted to quit. The very first day I started I was greeted with such negativity and anger. The nurses wanted someone experienced to work ...
bri0209 replied to labrador4122's topic in New Nurse
I work in a very small hospital and I have been there about 5 months already. I had no orientation and most of the nurses (older ones with a minimum of 14-30 years) were not very helpful. I have been constantly nagged about why did I not know this...