kjcheno

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1. New RN to ER

   kjcheno posted a topic in Emergency

   I'm a seven year RN with mostly cardiac experience. I've recently changed jobs to work in a rural hospital in their ER. I've been on orientation two days a week for almost two months now. Their ER can be very fickle only seeing sometimes very few pat...

2. Registry Staff Floating

   kjcheno posted a topic in General Nursing

   I would like some opinion on this. I work in a medium community hospital where three units all float staff between the three. One is a med surg floor, entitled 'Intermediate Care Unit' or ICU Stepdown, ICU and CVCU. (CVCU also can take occassional v...

3. Moving up in the Nursing World

   kjcheno posted a topic in Career Support

   I feel like I'm at a career fork in the road and I'm not sure where to turn. I have been a nurse for a little over three years.I'm young (26). My first year and a half was a full time night shift RN on a CVCU/ICU floor. When I got pregnant and realiz...

4. Pregnant Nurse

   kjcheno replied to kjcheno's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks everyone for your words of encouragement and advice. It already seems like such a big hill to climb and such a hard profession to be pregnant in. Not to mention I've been super emotional lately which compounds my work worries.In response to on...

5. Pregnant Nurse

   kjcheno posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a fairly new nurse that is working in a CV unit on night shift. I just recently found out I am pregnant (8 weeks) and am having horrible symptoms which I'm afraid will interfere with my job. The nausea (and vomiting- but only at work never at ho...