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After almost three years of being a nurse I really can't give you any encouragement because I feel the same way. I often walk out of patients rooms thinking to myself "What have I gotten myself...

If you get a job offer, that is when you let them know the dates of your planned vacation. I did this when I started my job and I am glad I did because my vacation was over a holiday, and where I...

It seems that hospitals are cutting back staffing and resources to save a dime and break our backs :(. It took me a good year to figure out that what you walk into on your shift is what you will end...

To the OP, I would quit. I would not jeopardize my license in this situation, especially with the narc counts being off consistently.

I hang antibiotics often not "piggyback." If the pt has no fluids running, we direct line the antibiotics and administer them that way. To me piggyback means via IV, not necessarily with another...

I worked fulltime for a year after starting my first job, and then went to contingent status. I hated being at the hospital's mercy for time off. I hated having every other weekend away from my...

You have got to be kidding me? Why on earth would someone be marked as inelgible for rehire because they quit? That would only happen if sufficient notice were not given, not because someone...

I think you should go in for your scheduled shifts.

I would not try and write your coworkers up, that will not help you win them over. In regards to ambulating the pt from the other unit, I would have assessed the situation and refused. Especially...

Do you chart on the computer? If so, try to get your assessments in right after each pt assessment instead of leaving it for catch up later. The first few weeks of being on your own can be rough,...

I am very sorry for your family's loss. I do not think that getting to leave 45 minutes after the supervisor got notice if your situation is excessive, I actually think that is pretty swift...

Save your back and use proper body mechanics when assisting patients or bending over them to draw blood, etc. It only took me two months to wreck my back :(.

I am not one to tell someone to stick out a new job if it is miserable. I personally had a good experience with my orientation, so I can't relate to that. I can relate to the bad back thing. It...

I think that med-surge is a high burnout area. Whenever I float to that unit there are always new faces. Nobody stays long. I am glad that I dodged that bullet when I got my first job, I know I...

I went from working fulltime for a year to being contingent instead. I am supposed to be the first one cancelled, but have not been cancelled since I changed my status (over a year ago). The...

They hire new grads on dayshift at my hospital. I don't think it is that rare? Not everyone wants dayshift because of the pace and the lower wage.

I wish people would tattle on each other where I work. Would be less staff sleeping on the job and pt complaints if that were the case.

I work night shift and there are only 2-3 nurses working at the same time, usually, with 2 nurse aides. If there was a clique to try and fit into I'd be in trouble. There are no cliques where I...

I have never seen the time to infuse mentioned in any doctor's orders for the transfusions where I work. I usually run it between 125-175 an hr (depending on how many units I am trying to get in the...

I do not try to stay on the night schedule when I am off, I have a husband and four kids and that just wouldn't work well for any of us. I would try different sleeping/napping schedules and tweak...

At least one 10cc NS flush, no heparin where I work.

I don't know why the previous responders are thinking public health nursing = home care, I didn't take it to be that. I am assuming it's more of a health department or maybe clinic type job. I...

I agree. What on earth is a written verbal warning? Why don't you just tell this person that her communications with the patients and family are inappropriate. If your supervisor won't do it, you...

Your manager is wrong about the nights being worse for you. If you have a decent handle on your job but the tasks during the dayshift are making you drown, then I am pretty sure nights would give...

are you kidding? i have been a nurse for 2 yrs now and i could complain about all the stuff the op did. do you work on a perfect unit with none of those issues?