Nursesuzi

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  1. Help! I'm a fairly new grad. Been out of school about 18 months. this is my second job. First was right out of ADN program to L&D. Was working nights and long story short I couldn't hack it (combined with divorce, death of a parent, single mom). ...
  2. I'm a new nurse (a little over a year) who has a rough start out of the new nursing gates. Hired directly out of school into an L&D unit working nights, I dealt with finalizing a divorce (with 80% custody) and nursing my dying parent. I loved L&a...
  3. Ever quit night shift b/c you couldn't "deal"?

    Believe me, before I started nights I researched sleep conditions (I slept in my walk in closet which is pitch black on a twin bed with a temperpedic type mattress topper, with ear plugs, fan, upplugged the phone, took ambien, valerian, benedryl, mel...
  4. Well, it's been 6 months in the job of my dreams; first nursing job out of school in L&D. Sounds great, doesn't it. The only draw back is it is night shift. I'm still not sleeping and have realized I must quit or my health (especially my mental h...
  5. I've heard ambian is quite addictive. I am bummed, because i really thought my extreme love of my children and desire to be there for them after school would be enuf to get me to adapt. I tried ambien; one day I slept great. that was it. I even tried...
  6. What makes us age more rapidly. I believe it's a combination of your circadian clock being off (the reality is, even if you say you can sleep anywhere, anytime, studies show daytime sleep is not as good in quality), the eating habits maybe...and who ...
  7. Where I work there are no 12 hour shift options or baylor shifts. And Labor and Delivery is unique in that family, lab people, md's are all there whether it's day or night; well not necessarily the md's, unless they have a couple of laboring patients...
  8. Any nurses out there working nights for the sake of your kids and having a hard time?. I'm a new RN (9 months out) who took a 4/5 night shift position because I wanted to be there for the sake of my school aged kids. There were no day shifts availab...
  9. How many went from new grad to L&D?

    I went straight from nursing school to L&D after a 6 week senior preceptorship there, I got hired. I have often wished I had a strong med/surg foundation; even a med-surg preceptorship would of gotten my feet wet. You do need med-surg principals....
  10. An Update........(LONG)

    Our facility give new grads 16 weeks of training and experienced nurses from other specialities 12. L&D is a speciality that takes time. Especially cervical checks. And then even experienced nurse can be off once in a while. There is too much at ...
  11. I'm a new RN working night shift. I've only done a week so far after completing 4 months on days. I am a day person, but am commited to working nights for a year at least. I'm a single mom and nights fits my kids needs right now. question: will I sle...
  12. I took my A and P at West Valley in Saratoga. They offer it in semester form, which means, unlike De Anza which offers in 3 sep. classes, you won't risk not getting into the next section. I love West Valley. I took pre reqs at Mission, Wst. Valley, D...
  13. Competent and Risk of losing License

    I agree with the others, but I think it's unusual for an experienced nurse transfering to LD from what most hospitals consider a "related area" (which NICU is according to my manager), to get 12 weeks. At my hospital, which is in a big metropolitan a...
  14. New grad not wanting to work

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  15. Night shift & single moms how DO you do it?

    I can't imagine working, going to school and having 3 kids. I'll stop feeling sorry for myself now. School is a whole other type of stress. I hope you have a good support system. These boards are great for giving us ideas on coping. Good luck to you.