dizzyray822

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1. Away from Bedside 4 1/2 years

   dizzyray822 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Dear AllNurses, I would love any advice, thoughts, experiences, and constructive criticism. I graduated from nursing school with my associates degree in May of 2011, at 26 yrs old. I passed my boards in June 2011 and started my first job in July 2...

2. Not happy anymore

   dizzyray822 replied to dizzyray822's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for your advice.

3. Not happy anymore

   dizzyray822 replied to dizzyray822's topic in General Nursing

   I started applying in December. No luck yet. I'm thinking I want something in the peri-op area but it seems they all want you to have experience in that area. I thought doing over two years of tele would make me marketable so to speak but that hasn't...

4. Not happy anymore

   dizzyray822 posted a topic in General Nursing

   First, please don't judge. I've been an RN 2 1/2 years now. I work in Tele and have had the same position as when I started as a new grad. I swore up and down I wouldn't get burnt out and so on. I'm there. So much so I'm questioning whether I made th...

5. Burned....

   dizzyray822 replied to dizzyray822's topic in General Nursing

   @Malina9559. I work on a tele neuro unit. Our ratio is supposed to be 1:5. That's what it was when I started there. In the last year or so its always 1:6. If I start with 4 or 5 you bet ill get 6 soon. It's a heavy floor. All of the nurses are burned...

6. Burned....

   dizzyray822 replied to dizzyray822's topic in General Nursing

   @cardiacrocks I went in today. I only call out if really sick. Today was better. Got a 15 minute break. July will be 2 years for me as a nurse. I'm still on the same unit i started on. I'm thinking I may need a change of scenery soon but as miserable...

7. Burned....

   dizzyray822 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Today was another 14 hour day. No lunch. Peed once in the morning. Felt like crying by 3pm as I knew by then I wasn't getting a break. I didn't even sit down to chart...i charted on the go. I feel like a slave. Now Im home with a terrible headache fr...

8. Nurses and exposure risk

   dizzyray822 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi. I am just wondering everyone's opinion on nurses and exposures to blood born pathogens. I'm a relatively new nurse and I wonder that with as much handling as I do with bodily fluids is there a chance that something could splash in my eye in small...

9. Where to go next?

   dizzyray822 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi. Just looking for a little input. I've been a nurse for a year and a half. I started on a tele/neuro floor and after just a year and a half I'm feeling a bit burnt out. I was told in school that I should try something where my contact with patien...

10. When to hold cardiac meds?

    dizzyray822 replied to dizzyray822's topic in New Nurse

    Its just on my floor I'll have a pt on Metoprolol, Lisinopril, and Norvasc all at once and NO parameters. So when my preceptor says hold Lisinopril on one pt then next time hold the metoprolol it has me confused. I had a pt a few days ago with a BP o...

11. When to hold cardiac meds?

    dizzyray822 posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hi. Im a brand new nurse 3 mos in and am having some issues with when I hold cardiac meds and when to give them if there aren't any parameters. Or even whether to hold one and give another. I ask my preceptor each time I'm not sure but there doesnt ...

12. New nurse needs advice

    dizzyray822 replied to dizzyray822's topic in New Nurse

    So....continuation of my troubles with this PCA.... Yesterday it was 12:00 and I looked for the BGL of one of my patients with Accuchecks every 6 hours and it wasn't charted yet. So I called her to see if it was done but just wasn't charted. When I ...

13. New nurse needs advice

    dizzyray822 replied to dizzyray822's topic in New Nurse

    I completely agree with you all. Honestly it was a complicated day for me. My preceptor gives me the most complicated pts so I get the most out of my orientation which is good for me. There is much more to the story in regards to both pts. The one ...

14. New nurse needs advice

    dizzyray822 posted a topic in New Nurse

    So...I am a BRAND NEW nurse. I've been in my hospital for 2 months and with my preceptor for maybe a month of it. I have been taking two patients of course with the help of my preceptor when I need it. Now, my problem is that I am still learning t...

15. First Day On The Job!

    dizzyray822 replied to sn543's topic in Geriatric

    I have no advice as my first day is Wednesday but wanted to say GOOD LUCK!