edwindelahiggins

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1. Embracing Night Shift

   edwindelahiggins replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

   I'm honestly worried that I'm liking nights TOO much. I've been an RN coming on 2 years now, all nights. I've always been a person who has had some night time insomnia. During nursing school there were times when i'd toss and turn all night before...

2. getting/staying in shape working nights

   edwindelahiggins replied to edwindelahiggins's topic in Stress 101

   The long commute is killer. My old hospital was 20 miles north and if i hit traffic at the wrong time could take 50 mins to an hour. That makes things difficult. Definitely making sure you're getting enough sleep. I find that when i'm sleep depri...

3. Coworker tried converting me on my break

   edwindelahiggins replied to CountryMomma's topic in General Nursing

   Just because she bases all of her life choices on a piece of fiction doesn't mean you have to... hate people jamming their religious beliefs down others' throats

4. getting/staying in shape working nights

   edwindelahiggins posted a topic in Stress 101

   A little background. I'm a 28 year old male who has been an RN working nights for a little under 2 years. I've always been pretty health conscious and in decent shape. Over the past couples years I have packed on about 10 pounds (not the good kind...

5. Loans and job

   edwindelahiggins replied to mgandy87's topic in General Nursing

   no offense, but it sounds like you're someone who needs some tough love. I have/had about 35K in student loans that i started paying immediately once I started working as an RN in April of 2013. I worked a lot of overtime and really cut down on my ...

6. Nursing Internship in Connecticut

   edwindelahiggins replied to yoganurse22's topic in General Nursing

   "When I'm done with school, I want to fulfill my lifelong dream and move to Connecticut!" Said no one ever I say this tongue-in-cheek as I spent the first 26.5 years of my 28 years of existence in CT. All seriousness though, what makes you want to m...

7. Night Shift Advice

   edwindelahiggins replied to mickeyrose912's topic in General Nursing

   *was in your shoes.

8. Night Shift Advice

   edwindelahiggins replied to mickeyrose912's topic in General Nursing

   congratulations on landing the job. I wasn't in your shoes too long ago. I got my first RN job in April of 2013. It was a night shift job. Once you're on nights, I'd suggest scheduling your days consecutively. I find it much easier on my body to g...

9. 3 Written Warnings for a Facebook Post

   edwindelahiggins replied to careo180's topic in Relations

   sorry, but why in God's name would you post that on Social Media? It blows my mind some of the personal/professional dirty laundary that people air on facebook/twitter/linkdin.

10. Appropriate gift for co-workers when leaving job?

    edwindelahiggins replied to edwindelahiggins's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks a lot for the thoughtful responses. Like I said, they have been good to me. Deciding to leave wasn't easy. They hired me as a new grad and I have only been there a year and a few months. Ideally I would have stayed at least 2 years, but I d...

11. Appropriate gift for co-workers when leaving job?

    edwindelahiggins posted a topic in General Nursing

    A week from Wednesday will be my last day at the first job I have had as an RN. I work on a med surg floor since April of 2013. I love my co-workers and my manager is fantastic, but an opportunity arose on a cardiac stepdown floor at a hospital sig...

12. RN's what was your occupation while in nursing school?

    edwindelahiggins replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    I'd advise working as as CNA during nursing school. I was working about 32 hours every weekend while in my ASBN program. On top of giving me money so I didn't have to further burden myself with more student loan debt-I think that it made me more ti...

13. Midnight shift is killing me, literally.

    edwindelahiggins replied to fomaGT's topic in Stress 101

    I'm sorry to hear that, that is brutal. I still think that you should go see your doctor and maybe bring these concerns to the unions? 90 minute drive you've become a threat to society, not to mention yourself. Good luck

14. Midnight shift is killing me, literally.

    edwindelahiggins replied to fomaGT's topic in Stress 101

    That is horrible, and I'm really sorry to hear that. I fall into the description of your co-workers. I've always been a night time insomniac (would go to clinical on literally no sleep-tossed and turned all night). This might not be feasible, and mi...

15. Thinking about becoming a nurse

    edwindelahiggins replied to SeattleMan's topic in Men

    That's great that you're considering joining the ranks. Most schools that I looked at prior to applying had a statute of limitations on science courses of 5 years, unfortunately. I would start by enrolling in a community college to knock out the sci...