babysteps25

Latest Activity

1. How soon did you get pulled?

   babysteps25 replied to Swellz's topic in New Nurse

   I had to float on my 2nd week off orientation. I work on a medsurg floor and was floated to another medusrg floor so acuity was the same. I voiced my discomfort but was told that they keep record of when each person floated and it was my turn accord...

2. Clinical rotation report from 1920s

   babysteps25 replied to Emergent's topic in General Students

   Thanks so much for sharing this! I love seeing things from the history of nursing. I can't even figure out what some of those skills would entail... pharyngeal douche = gurgling w/ mouthwash?! And of course the turpentine lol

3. Where do you work and do you like it.

   babysteps25 replied to DixieGrace's topic in New Nurse

   Where did you get your first nursing job? -- Med surg unit in a hospital How did you get the job? -- Just put out online or paper job applications everywhere, went to a couple career fairs, and finally got a call for an interview. No connections, n...

4. Tired Of Being The Bad Guy

   babysteps25 replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry you are in an unhappy situation and I hope you can find a resolution. I know this is off topic... But if you don't mind my asking, what kind of training/education/experience did you get in order to be able to start art lines/draw abg's, and in...

5. Quick Question: Job offer during interview or called later

   babysteps25 posted a topic in New Nurse

   If you are currently working and you can remember, were you offered your job at the end of your interview or were you called later? If so how many days after the interview did you get the call? Just trying to figure out what is most common. Thanks =)

6. i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

   babysteps25 replied to Jenni811's topic in Relations

   I run across this problem a lot and ts so irritating. Just yesterday I had a patient admitted with right leg swelling, went for a stat ultrasound to rule out dvt. The physician ordered a bilateral ultrasound. The ultrasound tech calls me and asks "...

7. Ever have a patient complain about you?

   babysteps25 replied to love lilacs's topic in Relations

   It happens. The fact that customer service is pushed so much makes it stressful. Once, the daughter of a patient complained about me within a few minutes of meeting me. I was admitting the patient, she weighed almost 400 lbs. I was one of four peo...

8. Manager elicits complaints from patients

   babysteps25 replied to babysteps25's topic in Relations

   HouTx, you hit the nail on the head. She is pretty young (30's) and when she first started about 6 mos. ago she said this was her first "formal" management position. Not sure what kind of "informal" work she was doing... She fired a whole slew of ...

9. Manager elicits complaints from patients

   babysteps25 posted a topic in Relations

   Has anyone else experienced something like this??? I work on a medsurg unit. My manager occasionally goes and checks on a random patient and asks about how their stay has been. I am sure that is a common practice. BUT.... Yesterday I overheard the ...

10. Taking away chairs from nursing station

    babysteps25 replied to pinkessence_58467's topic in LPN/LVN

    To the original poster, I commend your positive outlook and you sound like someone who is excellent at their job. If it were me I would be furious. I really do wonder if it is against labor laws how can you be expected to not sit down for 8 or 12 ho...

11. What do you wish you could/would have done while still orienting?

    babysteps25 replied to mitral's topic in New Nurse

    I would have asked a lot more questions. I already did ask a lot but I also feared looking dumb so I held back quite a bit too; looking back I regret that, orientation is the time for tons of questions. I also would have asked for opportunities to ...

12. How much experience before being charge nurse

    babysteps25 replied to babysteps25's topic in New Nurse

    Thanks for the input. There is a brief class, I think its just an informal discussion on the responsibilities that go with being in charge. I guess from what I am hearing it is reasonable that they are expecting me to become charge soon.. I just...

13. How much experience before being charge nurse

    babysteps25 replied to babysteps25's topic in New Nurse

    Wow sorry to hear you were suddenly put in that position. I guess a lot of units are just as disorganized as mine!

14. How much experience before being charge nurse

    babysteps25 posted a topic in New Nurse

    I just surpassed my one year mark last week, so technically not my first year anymore but I still feel very much like a new grad so I hope I am welcome to keep posting here for a long time! I was just wondering how much experience someone usually has...

15. How long does the "new nurse anxiety" usually last?

    babysteps25 replied to ASM90's topic in New Nurse

    You are not alone in anxiety. I am almost at my 1 year mark, been working for 11 months. I stopped having meltdowns after 3 months but I still have A LOT of anxiety all the time. I keep being told things are supposed to snap into place after a year ...