dottiejane30

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1. I passed boards today!!!!!!!!

   dottiejane30 replied to runningirl's topic in General Nursing

   CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. "Love it Hate it" Nursing that is

   dottiejane30 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I feel excited about going to work and I do love it but most the time I'm scared to death and hate it at the same time. I graduated in May of 2008 passed boards in June and started working on a Med-Surg floor in July with only 6 weeks of orientation...

3. A New RN, Quit Job after 5 Months

   dottiejane30 replied to I_Scream's topic in New Nurse

   Hi I___Scream, I think we on this message board are more likely to understand exactly what you are saying. I too am resolved to get out of nursing after only 6 weeks of orientation and on my own for about 9 weeks now I'm thinking of going back to sc...

4. Where to start....MED SURGE???????

   dottiejane30 replied to unclebenny20's topic in New Nurse

   BORING???? The last thing I could describe my time on the med-surg would be boring. Yesterday I started out with 10 patients for myself an LPN and an Aide. One bipolar pt. demanding to be discharged with no discharge orders and discharging 2 others w...

5. Let's introduce ourselves...

   dottiejane30 replied to pedi-RN's topic in New Nurse

   hi all, my name is dottie and i graduated may 08, took nclex june 24, started working as an rn on a med-surg floor at a county hospital on july 21st. i can quickly see the reason for such a high turn-over for new nurses. i am 51 years old and was a h...

6. Need direction on shift for brand new RN

   dottiejane30 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I've been thinking that perhaps the night shift 7p - 7a may be better to start than to jump right in the day but I'm a morning person and I like my sleep at night. I have a hard time sleeping in the day time I can't even sleep with a nightlight on. ...