I got a job in Med Surg!! Need Tips

porterwoman · Apr 27, 2006

Yahoo! Congratulations! :yelclap: :yelclap: :yelclap:

Check out the "tips for the new nurse in med-surg" sticky--there are some awesome pieces of advice in there.

Keep your sense of humor at the ready at work! You'll definitely need it.

Best of luck to you.

jo272wv · Apr 28, 2006

congradulations

I to have just graduated from Marshall University School of Nursing with a BSN. I will officially start an Internship in a few days. I will start my Grad nurse position at a local hospital June 12. I am lost now because I have so much idol time that I have not been used to in four years. I am very anxious to start but I am also scared. I am going to be working with a lot of excellent Nurses I know this because I have been on the floor I am hired on for the past year. This is so exciting.

seagull · Apr 30, 2006

The field is the best with all its highs and lows, its still very rewarding. Best of luck to all of us.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Apr 30, 2006

What do you feel are the most important areas to review?? There is really so much to learn in med-surg, I wouldn't necessarily review anything, unless there is something specific to that unit, like you get more respiratory patients, or oncology, or whatever. Otherwise take it as it comes. I'm sure you have a good drugbook (a lot of places now have online references) but I found as a new nurse an IV Drug book helped tremendously in learning about IV pushes, etc.

Do you like your shift and why (which shift) Each shift has advantages and disadvantages. I worked nights for many years and it worked well for me. I currently am working day shift and find that suits me just fine. Night shift is very hard on this aging body, but so is getting up at 5AM and running for 12 hours.

8 or 12 hours? Working 3 12's a week allows me time to go back to school to pursue my BSN without a lot of drama.

Fairlythere, ASN, RN · May 3, 2006

Night shift is very hard on this aging body, but so is getting up at 5AM and running for 12 hours.
8 or 12 hours? Working 3 12's a week allows me time to go back to school to pursue my BSN without a lot of drama.

:nurse: Thanks for the response Tweety. I see we are very close in age. I HAVE to start on nights as I am new,but will be working towards days. My fear is adjusting to that shift, so I took the 12 hours because it will require only 60 hours or 5 shifts a pay period (every two weeks) and I thought I could handle that. Its just getting used to staying up all night.... :eek: