ToughLover

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1. New ICU nurse

   ToughLover replied to BloodyMedic's topic in General Nursing

   I started in the icu as a new nurse and even though I precepted for 3 months in an icu it was completely different being on my own. I felt retarded and cried all the time when I got home but after about 6 months I finally felt like a competent badass...

2. Had my first code today....

   ToughLover replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

   I'm so sorry you had to experience that but it's a good thing to check off your list. Now you know how you'll handle an emergency and will be more prepared. My first code\death was extremely traumatic but after experiencing it every other situation h...

3. No nursing shortage: roll call!

   ToughLover replied to gigglymo's topic in General Nursing

   Columbus, ga .... Hiring new grads and desperately need them as well as experienced RNs! Many ICU positions open currently, hiring new grads straight into icu as well

4. Stuck in the rumor mill at work...

   ToughLover replied to ToughLover's topic in Relations

   Thanks for all the advice everyone. Just laying low and keeping the fun and joking to a minimum. I think part of the problem was that I got too close with my co workers and therefore felt comfortable being myself at work. I have my super professional...

5. Stuck in the rumor mill at work...

   ToughLover replied to ToughLover's topic in Relations

   Haha that's exactly what I said... I'm definitely not sleeping with him. That's the problem and why I'm ****** that I'm being accused of doing just that. And by the way, when I say "boss" I mean clinical coordinator/charge nurse. Not manager.

6. Stuck in the rumor mill at work...

   ToughLover replied to ToughLover's topic in Relations

   That's what I thought but apparently that's not true because if anything my level if patient care has improved because I was enjoying being at work!

7. Stuck in the rumor mill at work...

   ToughLover replied to ToughLover's topic in Relations

   The accuser went to management herself but they won't tell us who it was. We have someone we suspect even though she has no reason to hurt any of us except the fact that she doesn't like my boss. And I want to go straight to management to clear it up...

8. Stuck in the rumor mill at work...

   ToughLover posted a topic in Relations

   So this week my boss got called into HR and was attacked with questions about myself and several other of my coworkers having possible illicit relationships based on rumors they'd been hearing. Myself and the people involved are shocked and offended...

9. nurses dating nurses?

   ToughLover replied to rnski's topic in Humor

   I met my boyfriend in nursing school and are still together working in the same unit at the same hospital. Love being with someone who gets me and what I deal with on a regular basis. A lot of my coworkers date each other too

10. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    ToughLover replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Humor

    Haha love this post, I actually had a patient the other night that wanted his fan on him during the night because he was hot. His wife REFUSED to allow it, repeatedly saying "you know you can't sleep with that fan on, you'll get pneumonia!" ...The p...

11. is nursing fun for you?

    ToughLover replied to princess007's topic in General Nursing

    The people I work with make my job fun. We all have the most ridiculous sick sense of humor and mostly spend all night talking about crazy stuff and telling jokes. Or my patients will be crazy (i work ICU) and it will be entertaining (but also reall...

12. Getting hit on at work?

    ToughLover replied to ToughLover's topic in General Nursing

    I'm loving the stories, thanks for posting everyone! The feeling I got from my "suitors" (be it that they were all young men) was that they were just impressed that I was a young cute intelligent person with a very important job. And of course there'...

13. Getting hit on at work?

    ToughLover posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've had some funny experiences getting hit on by patient's families/friends in the past few months and wanted to share and hear your stories too! The most recent one that spawned this thread was last night, I had about a 2 minute conversation with a...

14. First job anxiety, can you give me tips and the right mindset to overcome it?

    ToughLover replied to willowRN's topic in General Nursing

    To be honest if you're a new grad understand that no one really expects you to know anything. Most people are understanding about what it's like to start your first job out of school. And also be aware of the fact that all your learning really begi...

15. NCLEX RN Flunker

    ToughLover replied to pinksunflower's topic in NCLEX

    A trick that everyone in my school used to find out our results early: Go on the NCLEX website and try to register again. If it lets you, you probably failed but if it says you can't register now for some reason or another it means you passed. Sound...