cmcoulis

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1. New nurses feel like quitting?

   cmcoulis replied to Patti_RN's topic in New Nurse

   I'm a new grad working in a level 1 trauma ICU. Everyday before I go to work-even several days before work, I get anxiety attacks and almost throw up from how nervous I am anticipating what kind of a night it's going to be. I guess what I portray on ...

2. Torn to pieces - Pls help?

   cmcoulis replied to fedupfinally's topic in Relations

   Ahh, the politics of the healthcare enviornment. I have personally had a boss who would do the same thing-if she did not like you, there was something "magically dug up" showing that you were a poor employee and you MUST be written up. One girl who a...

3. New Nurse Needs Orientation Advice

   cmcoulis replied to Silvergem800's topic in New Nurse

   i'm a new nurse as well...but while in school one of my favorite prof's once told me that it tells a lot about your place of work the way they treat you in orientation. If they push you to rush too quickly through your orientation and do things that ...

4. ER: Parkland vs Baylor

   cmcoulis replied to grapejuice01's topic in Texas

   I currently work at BUMC-I am a Nurse Tech, but I am hoping to be hired as a nurse here in October when I graduate. BUMC doesn't pay as well as say the Methodist hospital system, but the healthcare benefits that baylor offers are really good. I know ...

5. understaffed and dangers to license?

   cmcoulis replied to lpn2b2006's topic in General Nursing

   I work as a Nurse Tech on a med-surg floor in Texas, and although I will not be an RN until December, I can tell you now that the nurses I work with feel understaffed 100% of the time. A couple months back a float nurse called Safe Harbor, and the un...