Silvergem800

Silvergem800 has 1 years experience and specializes in Med surg.

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1. Med surg nurse breaking into specialty

   Silvergem800 replied to Silvergem800's topic in Emergency

   Thanks amarilla for your input. This will help for certain. I haven't meant to job hop. The hospital I was in before this one was on the verge of getting shut down. I found out all the nurses one my former unit were laid off only 2-3 months after I s...

2. Med surg nurse breaking into specialty

   Silvergem800 posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi there. I'm a med surg nurse and I have been working at my current job for almost 7 months full time. I worked at another hospital for 6 months prior to that and left because the patient load was unsafe and the hospital was under threat of closing....

3. New RN job feels like nightmare help!!

   Silvergem800 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I have been working in a NYC small community hospital for 3 months. I had 6 weeks of orientation 1 weeks of classroom time and have been on my own since mid november. Every day before I go to work I have the feeling of impending doom. My anxiety l...

4. New Nurse Needs Orientation Advice

   Silvergem800 replied to Silvergem800's topic in New Nurse

   yeah its not supposed to be 10 though I have been told that a safe number of pts is 8...most institutuions i know of have 8 pts per nurse and even that is alot 10 is due to being short staff and some of the nurses file protests when the load is too ...

5. New Nurse Needs Orientation Advice

   Silvergem800 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi everyone...Thanks for taking the time to read this I am a new nurse working 5 weeks on a busy med surg floor...now let me say I am overwhelmed...I know this is normal for where Im at in the stage of the game. im not used to this level of responsi...

6. Need advice - when should i take my nclex?!?!

   Silvergem800 replied to Silvergem800's topic in NCLEX

   Thank you so much!!!

7. Need advice - when should i take my nclex?!?!

   Silvergem800 posted a topic in NCLEX

   Hi there, Im new to this site but so far all the wonderful advice and encouragement I have read makes me hopeful that someone can help me solve my dilema:confused:. I am scheduled to take my nclex exam on 7/14. I have taken Kaplan and am now workin...