Conn Nurses Meet N Greet

[NRSKarenRN]

Stop in and introduce yourself!

[redrose34]

Hi My Name is Amy-I work in LTC/Sub acute rehab in Hartford county.

[newbiern2006]

Terry here - new nurse, as you can see by my screen name. I am a staff nurse on tele in a small southwestern community hospital, but will be switching to homecare/hospice soon. Happy New Year all - and good luck to those of you taking the NCLEX soon!

[CT Pixie, BSN, RN]

Hi there! I am not a nurse YET but soon, ok 18 months or so . I am in Southwestern shoreline area of Connecticut. I start my LPN schooling in March and can't wait!!

Just wanted to pop in and introduce myself.

[Chaoticdreams33, MSN, RN]

:balloons: Welcome everyone:balloons:

[hfdguy, LPN]

Hi all :) David here.. a new GPN - just graduated from EC Goodwin. I sit for the boards on Feb 6, and have just started a great 11-7 job at a LTC facility in Avon.

Best of luck to all my fellow grads, no matter what school you went to... I know the struggle :)

[smokeyoaks82358]

Graduated in Dec. 05 and working in LTC. I love the geriatric crowd.

[sillinursin]

Hi Everyone! My name is Sylvia and I currently go to St. Vincent's Hospital. I start my nursing program This fall and can't wait!!!! Nice to meet everyone!

[Bellarubia18]

Hello everyone!

I am a nursing student at Southern(second semester of the RN program) and I realize that many of you are already nurses. I'm proud of myself for surviving the first semester and doing well so far this semester, but I have been bothered by something lately. It seems that my nursing instructors(particularly my pathophysiology/pharmacology teacher) are geniuses! It seems they have an answer for everything and are able to use critical thinking skills in ways I can't. They have such a knowledge base, and I know that they have been nurses for a long time. But there's just so much information to learn, I can't imagine memorizing every nursing intervention or assessment needed for every time of disease imaginable, as my instructors have. Am I just being too much of a perfectionist? If not, how can I retain more information? Will I learn alot of it on the job??? I need some advice from some of you more seasoned nurses.

[newbiern2006]

Hi Everyone! My name is Sylvia and I currently go to St. Vincent's Hospital. I start my nursing program This fall and can't wait!!!! Nice to meet everyone!

Congrats from a St Vincent's Grad - I loved it there. God bless!:nuke:

[julesar272]

Hey does anyone know of a networking group that meets in the Hartford area? I would like to be able to get to know some other nurses in my area....any ideas?

[CRNAorBust]

Hi everyone,

I'm a Med / Surg Nurse in New Haven. Looking to move into a non floor position but not sure what. Been exploring all kinds of nursing but haven't found the right fit yet. I too would love to meet with a bunch of other nurses and find out what they do so I could get the heck out a dodge....

All the best......

[harley007]

Did you ever think of Cardiac Cath Lab? Very challenging and a whole new world of procedures and equipment. Patient interaction is mostly limited to the history interview, interaction and education to try to calm them during the nervous pre-conscious sedation part and after the cath, wrapping things up and providing education for immediate post cath. care. It can be more involved - acute MI frightened out of their wits or a surprise left main going directly to surgery - lots of support needed and it really makes you feel that you make a difference to the patients. RN's in our dept. provide the conscious sedation - with MD orders. The education to work in the department in very challenging. I am glad I work in a interventional lab with the security of open heart surgical back-up. It has taken me a while to feel comfortable working there and remember there will be on-call hours. I never feel it is the same type of patient and procedure over and over .... I learn something new everyday I work. Good Luck!