cameleon

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1. What shift was your first job?

   cameleon replied to jaylynn67's topic in New Nurse

   Try not to get discouraged. do what u have to do and as long as your happy with what your doing.If you're a new grad. i reccomemnd working day/evening shift. alot goes on during the days, like assisiting doctors with a chest tube insertion or thorace...

2. Charge nurse Issues

   cameleon posted a topic in General Nursing

   Fellow charge nurses, How many of u out there have a patient load while supervising the whole unit? How many patients would u take? Recently I had to charge with 5 patients of my own to look after and at the same time monitor 4 epidurals w/c in...

3. career advice needed from happy-with-their-jobs nurses

   cameleon replied to inwyte's topic in Career Support

   Hello, Topic: Float pool- In my opinion if u have have a solid med-surg. backgroung u can start to "test the waters" in the different areas of nursing with little appehension. U either know your stuff or u don't. I think attitdude also has alot to...

4. Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?

   cameleon replied to pebbles's topic in Safety

   As i've come to observe. the working environment has changed. We are not only expose to different attitudes but to different cultures as well. I've known to work with Nigerian nurses ( mainly women) who have very strong personalities and been accus...

5. career advice needed from happy-with-their-jobs nurses

   cameleon replied to inwyte's topic in Career Support

   I remember starting out in L&D, found out it wasn't my cup of tea. I moved on to med.surg, and voila!!!! found my calling. Expose youself to different areas and see if that will ignite the passion u once had. When my unit dissolved(observation un...

6. New Grad Burnt Out after 3mnths

   cameleon replied to joey1967's topic in International

   It's unfortunate that the manager of your unit doesn't want to address the issue at hand. I'm one of those old timers that stayed with a particular unit that would exist one day and gone the next(long story).I left after 10 years, exposed myself to d...