hollyann12

hollyann12 has 3 years experience.

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1. I Am Struggling to Find My Purpose in Nursing

   hollyann12 replied to SteelyJones's topic in General Nursing

   I hated med-surg and I moved on quickly. Never regretted it once! Still a nurse, just in a different arena.

2. So...What Kind of Nursing Task Do You LIKE?

   hollyann12 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   I love IV starts. Didn't always, but at my current job I start up to 20 a day. I just love seeing that flash on pt's with difficult veins and I love when I can make their day by getting it on the first try with little difficulty. The other thing I...

3. A Push for the Return of Team Nursing in Medical-Surgical and Telemetry/Step-down Units

   hollyann12 replied to Lev's topic in Med-Surg

   We do informal team nursing at my job (GI). It's one of my favorite things about my job--that you're never truly alone. We help each other out. It's never just my patient; it's your patient too. One of us will check the patient in while the other...

4. Am I the only one that's done this?

   hollyann12 replied to Trama_junky's topic in General Nursing

   IVs don't scare me at all. I've let many people start them in my hands and arms--I have really good veins but sometimes inexperienced people have trouble even with really good veins. I've personally hit my left AC many, many times and occasionally ...

5. Taking a pay cut to go to day shift?

   hollyann12 replied to tobydog01's topic in General Nursing

   If you can somehow make it work financially, I would say go for it! I switched from med-surg nights to endoscopy days about a year ago and I am so much happier. On top of being on days now, having weekends off is amazing and something I never thoug...

6. Sexual harassment?

   hollyann12 posted a topic in Relations

   I don't really know what to call it because it's not my boss or my co-workers but, every time we get a young, male, hypersexual patient on our floor, he beelines straight for me. I have lived in bad neighborhoods in my life--I've been harassed on th...