DarkDiva

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1. 9 months of nursing & not confident

   DarkDiva replied to asjohnson02's topic in New Nurse

   I was told by a friend on my floor who's been there about 2 years after graduation that she still has those days where she feels like she has no idea what she's doing. I'm only six months in but I find stuff every shift I had been missing, and I ask...

2. How difficult is BSN?

   DarkDiva replied to Kaitlyn.w's topic in ADN/BSN

   This is just my personal opinion but the fact that you have to work hard for those grades will you stand you in good stead. You have perseverance and work ethic, it doesn't just come to you. Nursing school is hard, but so is Nursing. One of my fel...

3. New graduate: I don't feel competent enough :(

   DarkDiva replied to tmjwe3's topic in General Nursing

   8 days sounds more like SNF orientation, not a medsurg floor; to be fair 8 days isn't enough for a new grad in most bedside nursing. I agree with the others, you need to start looking around for another job. But be picky, you don't want to end up i...

4. BSN salary?

   DarkDiva replied to Kaitlyn.w's topic in General Nursing

   Well if money's a concern you can always work nights/weekends or even both. That pay diff makes a big difference at the end of the month. Most places do not pay extra for a BSN, but its pretty much required at this point. I got a hospital job with...

5. Move onto new job or stay at current one?

   DarkDiva replied to RNJV's topic in General Nursing

   Well, as someone who worked a job where I was on call every third week for thirteen years I definitely feel your pain. On call sucks. You have no life and you basically do nothing because the minute you try to make plans Murphy's Law kicks into eff...

6. Switching to night shift... A good choice?

   DarkDiva replied to jss1985's topic in General Nursing

   Personally, I love nights but I also have a good friend that works with me that hates it. The only reason she stays is because the differential is a couple hundred dollars a paycheck; it's not an insignificant chunk of change. I have lost 15 lbs si...

7. I am missing something obvious?

   DarkDiva replied to missmollie's topic in Medications

   Huh, just had surgery 3 weeks ago and they gave me IV* phenegren after the zofran didn't cut it. As to the original post I don't see a PO med doing the patient much good if they're vomiting. That's probably something I would clarify with a fellow n...