nurse4life40RN

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1. quit first RN job after 3 months?

   nurse4life40RN replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in New Nurse

   Aww those are great moments. I was thinking today about my fear of working as a nurse and trusting myself. I think I get so caught up in not making mistakes and OMG am I going to make the right decision and what if I dont???? I thought today...I n...

2. Meltdown at work

   nurse4life40RN replied to RiverNurse's topic in New Nurse

   Gosh....I dont know, but I havent worked at a place as an RN yet that is all about teamwork. I know I am the kind of nurse that would. That is one of the reasons I became a nurse...to HELP. I think places need to change how they orient RN's. I mea...

3. quit first RN job after 3 months?

   nurse4life40RN replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in New Nurse

   jhamrn, that is so true. School does not prepare you and really I dont know if it is possible to prepare you. Places are so understaffed that they scare the crud out of new RN's. I know one of the places I worked gave us a lot of the hard patients....

4. Job advice, feeling overwhelmed- Wichita

   nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in Kansas

   Actually I did try to get some help cause I know my self esteem is not the best. Uh, I pretty much have none..lol. However, I lost my insurance. So, the place I got to told me the have a sliding scale, but it seems like something with the kids, or...

5. quit first RN job after 3 months?

   nurse4life40RN replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in New Nurse

   daisydoll...good for you for sticking with it. I wished I would have done that..however, I WILL in my next position and I will chose wisely.

6. Job advice, feeling overwhelmed- Wichita

   nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in Kansas

   First of all...thanks for all the great messages! No, I knew it was going to be hard...could see that just from clinicals, and working as a nurse tech....BUT I got so scared and still am scared. I agree...I have totally jumped into jobs because I ...

7. Nursing Misconceptions

   nurse4life40RN replied to allanina03's topic in New Nurse

   :yeah:That is so true!

8. Job advice, feeling overwhelmed- Wichita

   nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in Kansas

   That is the dialysis place I worked at and the boss hated me. I have to admit, I had a rough start. My daughter cut her knee open the 2nd week I worked, so I had to take her to the dr. Then, I overslept...thought I had my alarm on and it was off.....

9. quit first RN job after 3 months?

   nurse4life40RN replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in New Nurse

   teamRN, It sucks. The jobs I have been at...3 of them were jobs no one wanted. I wasnt the only one quiting them either. I get in the door and get interviews...just dont get hired, then I take another job I hate and the cycle begins again. Nursin...

10. quit first RN job after 3 months?

    nurse4life40RN replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in New Nurse

    team RN are you working now? I am not and cant find a job. It sucks. Seriously not sure what to do. It seems like the hospitals want you fresh out of school, scare you to death and then you cant get hired anywhere...ha. I am not sure what I am g...

11. quit first RN job after 3 months?

    nurse4life40RN replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in New Nurse

    Well, I was at wesley and transferred to another dept, then hired on at St. Francis, back to Wesley (left there on good terms so they hired me back?) Thats 4. Dialysis place was desperate and so was the Foot clinic...I mean who wants to dig crud out...

12. Job advice, feeling overwhelmed- Wichita

    nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in Kansas

    D&G girl...I cant figure out how or if I can send a private message to your email. Do you have to be a premium member? Anyways, there was ONE day of training. The HR lady is great! The rest of the staff...not so much. Seansean....I worked at...

13. Nursing Misconceptions

    nurse4life40RN replied to allanina03's topic in New Nurse

    I know that is so true! And then you get griped at if you dont go get them a drink. It is really one of the reasons I dont work in the hospital anymore. How in the heck are you supposed to provide quality care to EACH patient with too many patient...

14. Job advice, feeling overwhelmed- Wichita

    nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in Kansas

    The place was called Progressive. I hope things work out for you too! I have another interview on Monday, and I am praying that they hire me. I had an interview today, but they brought me in just to ask a couple of questions and then say that the ...

15. Job advice, feeling overwhelmed- Wichita

    nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in Kansas

    I know it is a hard profession. I think it is just overwhelming and i thought i would be able to handle it better. I have like NO self confidence. I am working on that. However, this web site has really helped me to know others feel the same way....