shopaholicRN

shopaholicRN specializes in Surgery, ICU.

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1. 5 months in, someone talk me off the ledge :/

   shopaholicRN replied to snaps's topic in New Nurse

   Sorry to hear about your mom I am also a new grad starting out in the ICU. I have been on my own for 2 months now. I feel the exact same way you are feeling so I don't know what to offer for advice but I just wanted to reach out and say you are not...

2. What did you want to specialize in vs. What you want to specialize in now

   shopaholicRN replied to Candace_Mk's topic in General Students

   Prior to nursing school, I wanted to work psych. As a nursing student, I wanted to work labor and delivery. As a new grad, I wanted to work ICU (my current job) but now I've decided that I want to get into public health/community for a few reasons.

3. Is nursing for me?

   shopaholicRN replied to schrutefarms's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Dan, In regards to your two points about why you're apprehensive about nursing, my advice is to look up the different areas you could work in as a nurse. There are a lot of non bedside options where you wouldn't often see patients in pain or have ...

4. I am my own worst enemy

   shopaholicRN replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

   If you're not satisfied, you can always look around for a new job in a different area. It's tough sometimes but something I have to remind myself of everyday is that the grass isn't always greener. If you're thinking of trying something else - can yo...

5. UK Nurse hoping to work in Canada

   shopaholicRN replied to kazual's topic in International

   Hi Kaz, I am an RN who works for Alberta Health Services, which is the governing body of most of the health related jobs in this province. I would recommend googling Alberta Health Services and searching current job opportunities in the mental health...

6. When did you find your calling?

   shopaholicRN replied to SBDon's topic in General Nursing

   I have never had a "this is my calling" moment. I powered through nursing school, got into the speciality I wanted as a new grad, but I'm still waiting.

7. Going to Graduate School Directly After Graduating

   shopaholicRN replied to 2016BSNGraduate's topic in NP Students

   I am not a NP but I am a new grad who has also been looking into graduate school. I know that where I live, you need to have 4500 hours of RN work experience before you can apply to a NP program. So just a helpful tip - look into the potential progra...

8. Which area to pursue for masters

   shopaholicRN posted a topic in Post Graduate

   I am a new grad who has been nursing for about 8-9 months now. I am struggling quite a bit with bedside nursing and the clinical aspect of it. I have pre-existing issues with anxiety and the high levels of stress that acute care brings is just too mu...

9. If you had a reset button, would you choose nursing again?

   shopaholicRN replied to amazingme's topic in General Nursing

   I was pressured into nursing immediately after high school by a now ex-partner. I am extremely lucky that I ended up enjoying certain aspects of it but if I could go back, I would have stuck with my original plan of becoming an MD (and dumped that ex...

10. Best way to ask visitors to identify themselves

    shopaholicRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, I'm just wondering how you all ask visitors to identify themselves. I've done the awkward "so is this your husband?" only to find out that it is not, so I've definitely learned my lesson there. I know it's not always important and I know...

11. Helpful textbooks for new grad in ICU

    shopaholicRN replied to shopaholicRN's topic in Critical

    Thanks jalarsen1, that is a great tip! :)

12. Helpful textbooks for new grad in ICU

    shopaholicRN replied to shopaholicRN's topic in Critical

    Thanks for the replies!!

13. Helpful textbooks for new grad in ICU

    shopaholicRN posted a topic in Critical

    Hi everyone, I am a new grad with about 5 months of surgery experience, and I have been hired into my dream job in the ICU. I know there are existing threads about this but I was not able to find any recent ones. I would appreciate it if anyone would...

14. The University of Alberta?

    shopaholicRN replied to Dezy's topic in CA Programs

    Reading this thread was quite disheartening. I cannot speak for anyone else's experience, but I am currently in the 4 year collaborative program at the U of A, and I have had an overall positive experience. I know that they're changing the program be...