greyL

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1. PICC line blood draw

   greyL replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

   At my facility we use blunt tip needles.

2. I feel like I'm never going to get good at IVs

   greyL replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

   I wear glasses. Does that show up in standard eye exams?

3. What to expect

   greyL posted a topic in Government

   It's always been kind of a dream of mine to join the military as a nurse. If I were single, I would just join, but I'm in a relationship and will be getting married soon, so I hesitate. If I were to join, would I be spending great lengths of time awa...

4. I feel like I'm never going to get good at IVs

   greyL posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just when I start think that I'm getting better, and I've had a whole bunch of successful IV starts in a row, I end up in a rut of not being able to start any for a long time. And period of time when I'm in a rut is much longer than when I'm successf...

5. New international nurse endorsement requirements

   greyL posted a topic in Registration

   I'm a US trained nurse that has been considering working in Australia for some time now. I have a little over 1 year of experience. I wish I had applied earlier because it looks like the requirements have become really strict. It states that I need 8...

6. Leaving before 1 year is over

   greyL replied to greyL's topic in Career Support

   I wouldn't leave without having another job in place. I worry more about how it'll look on my resume, and I feel very guilty about leaving a job that hired me as a new grad.

7. Leaving before 1 year is over

   greyL posted a topic in Career Support

   I am a semi-new grad and I've been at my hospital for about 10 months now. I moved to the other side of this country for this job, and I recently just bought a whole bunch of furniture because I had been planning on staying here for at least 2 years....

8. What are other hospitals like?

   greyL replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

   Really? If I try and can't get an IV start, then the charge nurse does it. Or once in awhile, if we're very busy and we need the IV right away, the charge will go ahead and do it.

9. Calling patients and/or co-workers "honey" or "hon"

   greyL replied to Emergent's topic in Relations

   I call my patients "hon", "sir", "ma'am", "mama" or "pops", depending on the situation/patient.

10. Night nurses - being asked to come in on your night off

    greyL replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    I just feel like staffing doesn't understand. I've been awake all day. How am I supposed to go to work? And it took me a whole day to switch my sleep pattern over. Grrr.

11. Night nurses - being asked to come in on your night off

    greyL posted a topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, I will always be asked to come in on my night off. A lot of the time when I see a call from my hospital, I don't answer because I already know what they're going to ask, and I feel so guilty about saying no. Today I got asked to come in...

12. What are other hospitals like?

    greyL replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    I do plan to stay for at least a year, probably two. But I have no family out here, and I miss everyone.

13. What are other hospitals like?

    greyL posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm still a bit of a new grad. I've been working in a hospital setting for a little bit over 6 months now. I moved out of state for this job and I plan to one day move back (maybe in a couple of years) because I miss my family, but I love the atmosp...

14. New Grad Starting on Telemetry - Some questions

    greyL replied to ann915's topic in New Nurse

    I work in a cardiac progressive care unit, which is considered a step-down from our actual progressive care unit, but our hospital still considers it as critical care. It's good that you took a rhythm interpretation class. It might be good to find a ...

15. Appropriate length of time to stay after being hired as a new grad

    greyL replied to greyL's topic in Career Support

    Thanks for the replies. It's not that I'm just trying to leave ASAP. For the most part, I do like it here (I do have one or two complaints, but I know it'll be like that at every place I work), but I did move to the other side of the country to be he...