Guest393655

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1. Parents of young children do you prefer 12 hour shifts or 8s?

   Guest393655 replied to Guest393655's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks everyone, good points all around, but ugh I still don't know what to do. There are a lot of moms working on my unit who only work weekends, so I am not able to get the Friday-Sunday Schedule. I have no seniortiy and in NICU most these RNs have...

2. Parents of young children do you prefer 12 hour shifts or 8s?

   Guest393655 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I currently work 12 hour night shifts with an 8 hour shift every other week to bring the pay period to 80 hours. Nights is getting hard because my husband leaves for work at 5am and I don't get home until 8am. Early morning childcare has been a probl...

3. i think i hate being a nurse?

   Guest393655 replied to amms's topic in Career Support

   ClaraRn do not give up hope. I graduated in 2007 and also wanted to work in OB or NICU. I could not find a hospital job at all and ended up working in a nursing home just like you. I felt like everyone in my class had an "in" somewhere and got a hosp...

4. i think i hate being a nurse?

   Guest393655 replied to amms's topic in Career Support

   To jayeldee- it sounds to me like the NH supervisor has been out of direct patient care so long he forgot to use common sense about a diaysis patient. You did nothing wrong, and your judgement on urine output was correct. Maybe it was insecurity on h...

5. Is it normal that being a nurse makes me worry about my kids?

   Guest393655 replied to Guest393655's topic in General Nursing

   LOL that's a great idea, I"ll have to keep it in mind for when the boys are older!

6. Is it normal that being a nurse makes me worry about my kids?

   Guest393655 replied to Guest393655's topic in General Nursing

   You certainly are a writer! Thank you for your thought out and extremely well written advice. All the moms who replied have made me feel better already.

7. Is it normal that being a nurse makes me worry about my kids?

   Guest393655 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work on a very busy trauma and neurosurgery unit at a level 1 trauma center, where the majority of my patients are men age 16-25 who have been seriously and permanently injured in car, motorcyle or construction accidents. Last year I had twin boys ...

8. Would you ever own a motorcycle? YES or NO?

   Guest393655 replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

   I used to love bikes and when I was younger I loved to date guys with bikes. However now that I work in the SICU of a level 1 trauma center I see my fair share of motorcycle accidents. Since working here I am terrified of bikes and forbid my husband ...

9. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   Guest393655 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   My mother died last year in one of the ICUs in the hospital I work at. Our family came to accept she was not going to ever come back to us so we made the decision to take her off life support. I was there holding her hand as she passed and did not se...

10. Job interview while pregnant

    Guest393655 replied to MommyandRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's a little late but I hope you didn't listen to alot of negativity and went on the interview. I went on an interview back in February at 31 weeks pregnant. I didn't say anything and wasn't sure if they noticed-believe it or not they didn't. I frea...

11. Who hires newly license LPNS???

    Guest393655 replied to mingledosm's topic in LPN/LVN

    nursing homes are your best bet in this economy. Take whatever you can get, Per Diem, part time, full time, days or nights. It's just as hard for RNs out there. I live in NY, graduated in 2008, couldn't get a job until 2009 and ended up in a nursing ...

12. Anyone else with sacroiliitis?

    Guest393655 replied to MomNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't panic Missy, you have enough on your plate. I am no lawyer but I don't think your employer can fire you regardless of your previous attendance history because you were hurt on the job. You have Dr's notes so what can they really say? I started...

13. 8 months pregant starting new job

    Guest393655 replied to Guest393655's topic in General Nursing

    First of all I do not expect the hospital to PAY me for time off, I just want to know if I can take a few weeks to recover from labor and delivery. Second of all I got a job in a nursing home after graduation and have been working there over a year. ...

14. 8 months pregant starting new job

    Guest393655 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a 2008 grad and could not find work until May 2009 and it was in a nursing home. I got pregnant and now at 27 weeks I got a call from my 1st choice hospital and was hired on the spot for an ICU position. I am so excited, however stressing becaus...

15. 20 weeks pregnant, new RN grad, will they fire me

    Guest393655 replied to mdonohue's topic in General Nursing

    I was just wondering how it worked out for you with work and the pregnancy. I am a 2008 grad and in the same boat. I could not find work until May 2009 and it was in a nursing home. I got pregnant and now at 27 weeks I got a call from my 1st choice h...