katielam616

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1. Pedi Interview

   katielam616 replied to katielam616's topic in Pediatric

   Thanks for all the good luck wishes! Unfortunately, I did not get the job. I am disappointed but ok with it all at once. The unit was not what I was expecting. It helped give me some good interview experience! Thanks again for the good luck! I will k...

2. Pedi Interview

   katielam616 posted a topic in Pediatric

   Hey all! Have a pediatric interview today! I have wanted to be a pediatric nurse since I was 13 years old, so to say I am a little nervous is an understatement. I spent a good 15 years as a pediatric patient myself with a lot of time spent inpatient....

3. Want to be a pedi nurse

   katielam616 replied to katielam616's topic in Pediatric

   thank you for your comment. I have been working in an acute care setting for over a year. When I applied to this hospital after graduation they told me "Get some experience and re-apply" I know school nursing is different than inpatient. I am just ho...

4. Want to be a pedi nurse

   katielam616 posted a topic in Pediatric

   Hey all! I am a relatively new nurse (16 months experience) so not so new but still have days where i feel as if i dont know anything lol. I have been working in med surg for the last year and some months. I love med surg, but I desperately want to d...

5. My first patient death

   katielam616 replied to katielam616's topic in Med-Surg

   Thank you everyone for the kind words! I am sure it won't ever get easier (and if it does I will need an extremely long vacation :) ) I hope I was able to help the daughter. She was, understandably, very upset. It happened much sooner than I think sh...

6. Who enjoys med/surg??

   katielam616 replied to erika.RN's topic in Med-Surg

   I have worked med surg for over a year now and absolutely love it. Sure the patient load can get crazy at times but I have found many patients to be pleasant and enjoyable. Every unit will have different ways of doing things a different "vibe". My un...

7. My first patient death

   katielam616 posted a topic in Med-Surg

   Tonight I had a patient who I admitted last week for change in mental status. Unfortunately, this patient had been declining steadily since admitted. The family was unsure of what to do, so Full code remained. Today I have this patient again (4th tim...

8. My first year of nursing :)

   katielam616 replied to katielam616's topic in Med-Surg

   thanks for all the messages guys! wish you all the best!

9. My first year of nursing :)

   katielam616 posted a topic in Med-Surg

   i started my first nursing job in may 2011. graduated in december, took the boards in march, then started my job in may. i am sure plenty of people have written about this before, but i had to get this out. the first year of nursing has been by far ...

10. Frustrated

    katielam616 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello again, I am new here as i am new to nursing. I just wanted to vent just a little. The last several weeks at work have been so nuts. I am becoming frustrated because the doctors are coming in to see the patients at 1:30 or 2:00 then discharging ...

11. Have CNAs bullied nurses (RNs/LPNs)?

    katielam616 replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in Relations

    i was a CNA for 5 years during nursing school. i know how hard it is for that poor aide to be the only one on the floor with all of these patients and a nurse who will and does assume all of the "dirty" work falls on them. it can be very frustrating....

12. HOH new nurse.....can I lose my job?

    katielam616 replied to missT2011's topic in Disabilities

    how HOH are you? i myself an 70% deaf in one ear and 10% on the other. i use a stethoscope with volume control that can go from the heart sounds to the lung sounds. i used to wear a hearing aide and got rid of it as a kid so i wouldnt become dependen...

13. sometimes this is so hard!

    katielam616 posted a topic in General Nursing

    so i am a relatively new nurse. 7 months in. sometimes i feel as if i will never know all the things the nurses on my floor know! is it natural to feel this way? i am in that stage where im still new but not brandy new like i was 7 months ago. im mak...

14. For all the nurses on this site!

    katielam616 replied to katielam616's topic in General Nursing

    haha i loved it to. im really new to nursing but i love it and am very proud to be a nurse!

15. For all the nurses on this site!

    katielam616 posted a topic in General Nursing

    hey guys, this was going around and i thought i would share it with all of you here! You're a nurse?? That's cool, I wanted to do that when I was a kid. What do you make?" "WHAT DO I MAKE??" I make holding your hand seem like the most important thing...