~'JesusRocks'~

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1. New nurse OVERWHELMED

   ~'JesusRocks'~ replied to leapof faith's topic in Med-Surg

   first of all you HAVE to relax, and quit beating yourself up. dont take it all on at once. yes it is stressful and a serious job, but you got to where you are and you can pull through it. i felt all the ways you did, but learned to shut that thinking...

2. 8 hr shifts vs. 12 hr shift

   ~'JesusRocks'~ replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Med-Surg

   i loveee 12 hr shifts. i do 3 in a row and then have 4 off in a row. allows me to have a life..go to school, be w/ my family, vacation. and when i want to take PTO allows me to have like 2 wks off at a time. another advantage is the fact that i usual...

3. Hourly Rounding in the ED

   ~'JesusRocks'~ replied to biker momma's topic in Emergency

   unfortunately i think hourly rounding is here to stay. it will prob take a few months to work out the kinks but you will find a way to do it and get your work done. just time the hourly check w/ having to be in there anyway, and the tech should take ...

4. Some good, some bad....

   ~'JesusRocks'~ replied to carbaminohemoglobin's topic in New Nurse

   Just some advise because I've been there too. I think they are playing you a bit, like testing the waters with you. If they are giving you their work and then sitting on their butts, they are trying to see what they can get away with. Don't be so nic...

5. When money is low...

   ~'JesusRocks'~ replied to dipsett08's topic in General Nursing

   Yes you will lose your dignity, being a waitress in a strip club you are treated the same as the dancers. To anyone who posted that it was no biggie has obviously never worked in a place like that-women there are treated like meat waitress or dancer-...

6. New interesting abortion poll

   ~'JesusRocks'~ replied to danu3's topic in General Nursing

   Every intellegent argument about why abortion should be legal doesn't come close to the real reason why MOST abortions happen. (And let's be real here ladies since most likely were all women) Picture this, you are a female and not married. You get pr...

7. Depressed about other staffers

   ~'JesusRocks'~ replied to Justlearning's topic in New Nurse

   First of all take a deep breath, you are going thru a lot. It might be a good idea to keep your mouth shut for now. Just go to work and do the best you can. On your days off spend your time looking and interviewing for something else. Not every place...

8. Some advice for new grads

   ~'JesusRocks'~ replied to Sarah Bellum's topic in New Nurse

   Just wait till you get that first paycheck. Oh ya did the addition, made my list of items that I hadn't had in forever...yep it's gonna be sweet. Wuh, they took out how much in taxes and etc!!! Isn't that illegal or something. Oh well it's back to P...

9. "Nursing students with C's are still nurses".. ?

   ~'JesusRocks'~ replied to whiteoleander5's topic in General Students

   As soon as you graduate the playing field is leveled. Passing the NCLEX has nothing to do w/ the grades you made in school, hence the fact that one can pass w/ 75 questions or 200 something. I was a B student and passed the NCLEX-LPN w/ 76 ?'s and th...

10. Holiday Blues

    ~'JesusRocks'~ replied to Sonjailana's topic in General Nursing

    Hey guys my prayers go out to you :redpinkhe. IT sounds like you have had some rough times. I don't know what else to say, but that we are all thinking of you here. Much love to all of you!! :redbeathe

11. Nurses who gossip and talk behind your back.

    ~'JesusRocks'~ replied to CrystalClear75's topic in General Nursing

    You say that you find nurses who work in the hospital are crabby. I think that this may have more to do w/ working conditions rather than working w/ a certain gender or anything else. I too at one point thought like you, generalizing nurses and their...

12. ED-did you always know?

    ~'JesusRocks'~ replied to ~'JesusRocks'~'s topic in Emergency

    Just to clarify-I get the whole "critical pt" thing, there are citical pt in the ED. Take it fr. my standpoint as a floor RN; critical pt. comes in-ED stabilizes enough to go to ICU at some point. Critical pt. needs various drips, needing various Q2h...

13. ED-did you always know?

    ~'JesusRocks'~ posted a topic in Emergency

    #1 Did you always know that you wanted to do ED or did you stumble into it and find that you liked it. #2 Where did you start out, ED or other (state where)? I keep thinking in my head "I wanna go to ED", but then I think of flu season. I've heard i...

14. Wow, you new nurses !

    ~'JesusRocks'~ replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    So you mean way back in the olden days before us newbs got to see how hard nursing really is, man I wish I coulda been there. Can you tell us the stories of how it all used to be. Nowadays it's way too easy for us newbs, what with all the new-fangled...

15. Different Stress Relievers, Which Would You Choose?

    ~'JesusRocks'~ replied to NurseJamesMcCoy's topic in Stress 101

    I am so glad I finally got off my butt and did it-I joined a gym. It took everything I had to do it but I feel so much better. I may only go once per week but that one day makes a difference. While there I focus mostly on lifting weights using the ma...