Wondergirl0905 replied to Wondergirl0905's topic in General Nursing
Melatonin doesn't do a thing for me, unfortunately. My husband works rotating shifts and has a Rx for both Ambien and Lunesta (no, not for the same time!) I've tried his Ambien a few times but I feel like I have vertigo if I get up in the middle of t...
I've been an RN for about two years now doing 12-hour shifts on a surgical floor. I started out rotating between days and nights but switched to just nights in March (the rotating was too disorienting for me). I had been doing fine on nights until th...
Wondergirl0905 replied to pilpusher's topic in Med-Surg
I'm on a surgical-tele floor at an academic medical center. Our patients have pretty high acuity at times. We also receive overflow of medicine, trauma and neuro patients. Our floor has 4 pods with 2 nurses on each pod and 1 LNA. Our ratio is 1:4-5 f...
Wondergirl0905 replied to Ivanam's topic in New Nurse
While I also wished I had been an LNA (they are licensed here in NH) during nursing school for the experience/exposure to the hospital setting, I was able to get a job last Feb just fine. Out of our class of 26, only 2 were LNAs/techs during school -...
I am coming up on my one-year anniversary of becoming a nurse; this was a career change for me. Prior to being an RN I basically worked M-F 9-5 jobs with occasional weekends or late nights, but no overnights. I worked most recently at a small non-pro...
Wondergirl0905 replied to tachybradyRN's topic in New Nurse
Agreed! I always "default to the good" so to speak. I can't know for sure whether a particular patient is addicted to pain meds or has such chronic pain that they have become dependent on narcotics just to get through their days. I'd rather risk givi...
Wondergirl0905 replied to bodz01's topic in New Nurse
This is great. I have been working on an inpatient surgical unit the last 8 months and still worry that I'll miss something. We have a huge variety of patients (vascular, CT, transplant, bowel) that it makes my head spin to keep up with all of the po...
Wondergirl0905 replied to MHaffer's topic in New Nurse
In my area - NH/MA, it is very difficult for new grads to get positions at acute care facilities. We just graduated in December so some of the problem is that hospitals here only hire new grads after May. Out of 26 of us that graduated, about 10 have...
Hi all - I just need to vent. I graduated in December, passed my boards in January and started a new grad residency program with a surgical floor in February. It is an intense program at a Level 1 trauma center, with a three year contract. I was so e...
Wondergirl0905 replied to texasbsn's topic in NCLEX
The online tutorial through NCSBN I thought was helpul - it has tons of practice questions and they are the ones that write the NCLEX. I thought it was helpful to see their rationales. http://www.learningext.com/students/ Don't give up! Give your min...