Bionic Woman

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  1. Medical Technologist to RN to NP

    I did this and would not recommend it. If you do decide to do it, I would recommend keeping your full-time med tech job and starting as a prn or part-time RN. Then if you decide that nursing is not for you, you still have your full-time med tech jo...
  2. A celebrity entertainer (in my wildest dreams!)....lots of money, lots of freedom, fun work. Or professional athlete....who wouldn't mind retiring after 10 years of working! Not to mention all the endorsements!
  3. Anybody really love your job?

    Nope...being a new grad on a med surg floor with too many patients, admits, and discharges has got my head spinning so that I can't think straight and it takes away from providing good quality care. If it wasn't for being overwhelmed and having to t...
  4. Embracing the chaos...

    It has been very helpful for me to come and read about all of our new grad experiences on the job. It is just CRAZINESS working on a med-floor on first shift. Assessing, passing meds, dealing with patients and families, limited time, keeping up wit...
  5. Starting Nursing at 52 and Nervous

    I am a 40 year old new nurse who has been working on a med-surge floor for three months. It has been very humbling! This board has provided a lot of help. A few things I've learned... - At first the pain med people really got to me. These were th...
  6. I am a new grad nurse working on a renal/med/surg floor. I love... -helping to take care of a variety of people and seeing a variety of conditions. -the endless learning opportunities. -working 3 days and having 4 days off every week. I hate... -...
  7. How does the dog handle your 12 hour shifts?

    I just started working 12 hours shifts two months ago. Funny as it may sound, I think my dog has figured out my schedule and adjusts his water drinking accordingly (like when he "knows" I am going out or when he is going for a ride in the truck and g...
  8. If med-surg floor is NOT for me, what else??

    So good to read that there is hope!
  9. New nurses thinking of leaving nursing

    What really has gotten me is taking care of patients who do not need care who are taking time away from those who do need care...ie pain medicine seekers. These patients who know their pain medicine schedule buzzing me. When I walk in their room, t...
  10. 1st Day Off exhaustion

    Understand totally! First day off is usually spent on the couch with my feet propped up playing on the computer or watching tv. Later in the day I muster the energy up to go for a work-out and I feel so much better after that!
  11. Going to Nursing School at an Older Age

    You shouldn't let age limit you! Age is a state of mind and it is relative. We never know what each day holds for any of us. I have knows older folks who have a good attitude and who take care of themselves. These older people seem younger to me ...
  12. apps, handy references

    Being a new nurse, I have a lot of questions such as how long to run in antibiotics, compatible iv fluids, etc.. A COMPACT reference would be super. Any hardcopy references or phone applications that you all can recommend?
  13. New RN...New Job...Nervous

    I just graduated, got a job on a renal/med/surge floor, and will be finishing a six week orientation in two weeks. I wish orientation was longer. There is so much to learn as a new grad and so many situations that I experience on the floor that I d...
  14. How do you manage to be healthy with 12 hr shifts?

    Instead of working out six days a week, I now work out 4 days a week when I am off. I added an additional 15 minutes of cardio to those days that I do work out. Less days of working out means longer work-outs. Like someone said, the days that I do...