Bubwa

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1. when is the right time?

   Bubwa replied to pinxyness's topic in NCLEX

   Study like it's your job, do a bunch of practice questions, and don't put off the test any longer than necessary. I graduated the second week of December 2010, took off three weeks or so and started studying around the 7th of January. I took my NC...

2. Transitioning from Med-Surg to L&D

   Bubwa replied to Nurse Shannon's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Yes! Go for it. Wow! Congrats for staying afloat while working Med/Surg days! That is not easy. I think that you have an awesome foundation to start L&D, especially if your peers and supervisors can recommend you. You know from your previous...

3. Do you work under the fear of being fired due to age?

   Bubwa replied to JerseyBSN's topic in General Nursing

   Age discrimination is illegal, if that's what happened, those nurses should get together and find representation.

4. Legal issues with only one RN on the floor

   Bubwa replied to photocodo's topic in Safety

   That sounds really unsafe. I wonder how it would make the "powers that be" feel if they knew their loved one was one of the 6 pts. with 1 RN. Or, if those that make staffing matrix choices were put in your shoes; how would they feel? Unfortunately...

5. Too many hats

   Bubwa replied to TonyaM73's topic in Safety

   California has a nurses union. Perhaps other states should consider this?

6. New Nurse Blues

   Bubwa replied to Ashlee-SN's topic in New Nurse

   Being a new nurse is hard. I would cry after work pretty consistently for the first couple months. It will get better as you gain knowledge and experiences to draw from. Ask as many questions as you can and if other nurses get irritated, oh well. ...

7. medsurg nurses, how many admits/discharges on a typical shift?

   Bubwa replied to pale_pilsen's topic in Med-Surg

   I work days in CO and it is for sure a "mixed bag". Generally I have 4-5 pts. and it just depends on the day. I can say that one of my more challenging days I started with 5 pts., 4 of which were discharged, and then I got 4 admits. Crazy. The a...

8. New grad...I must have gotten super lucky.

   Bubwa replied to TeleRN311's topic in General Nursing

   That's wonderful. I graduated in January, landed a MS job in April, and have also had a wonderful/helpful group of nurses to work with. It really makes a HUGE difference.

9. Accepted & now worried about the hard work

   Bubwa replied to jewelspassion's topic in General Students

   Hi and Congrats!!! I started nursing school in January and am in an accelerated program, and yes it is time consuming. I would even say that it is kinda hectic, and a helluva lot work, but totally worth it. I have also wondered how those with ...