NewGurl ADN

NewGurl has 16 years experience as a ADN and specializes in Oncology, Surgery.

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1. I can’t stop crying over a bad death

   NewGurl replied to rmacns's topic in General Nursing

   I am an oncology nurse and deal daily with death and the way my patients passing makes me feel. The thing that helps me most is, death is inevitable. We will all be there. As long as you have given the most compassionate care you were able to, ther...

2. Questionable actions that make you go hmm?

   NewGurl replied to Snatchedwig's topic in General Nursing

   My favorite, when I was a unit secretary, was an admitting diagnosis of hypnosis. I laughed so hard and still do so many years later.

3. New Grad Nursling Struggles

   NewGurl replied to Starbin7's topic in General Nursing

   Is there anyway you could look at another field of nursing? I also have problems focusing and can not deal with 100 things at once. My mind just doesn't work like that! I moved to surgery and had one pt and their problems to deal with. For me it was ...

4. California New Grad Nurse Struggling With Floor Orientation

   NewGurl replied to Undftd's topic in General Nursing

   When I started off in nursing I went to the floor. I HATED it! My preceptor had nothing but negative things to say and I felt overloaded. I'd leave there crying almost everyday and think how much time I had wasted in nursing school. Then I found surg...

5. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

   NewGurl replied to workingot's topic in Career Support

   I work in New Mexico and would consider it a rural area. It is very difficult to get nurses to come here and stay here so they pay more than the usual wage. As others have said I have had to job hop to work my way up to where I am. I have been a nurs...

6. Coping skills for anxiety?

   NewGurl replied to MA Nurse's topic in Stress 101

   Honestly it sounds like alot of the anxiety and stress you are creating for yourself. If you no longer care about what you are doing and the people you are trying to help, you are not going to be an effective nurse. Things would take on a whole diffe...

7. Calling all CPSI/Evident EHR users.

   NewGurl posted a topic in General Nursing

   We are looking at changing our current system and we are reviewing several different selections. I was assigned CPSI/Evident. I'd really love to hear from anyone using this program! I am having a hard time finding exactly what programs they offer for...