I'm going to start working in med/surg..help!

[Nancy428]

Well,I just got hired working at Sharp Grossmont Hospital,working in med/surg

Starting in a couple weeks....and I am soooo excited,but then soooo nervous...I have never worked in a hospital before,only 2 convalescents and a retirement home(for many years)...so this is going to be very different...can someone please give me some encouragement...words of wisdom,etc......thanks. :)

[Thunderwolf, MSN, RN]

Good luck! On a med-surg floor, treat every day as a learning experience. Setting up a routine for yourself helps. Pay attention how folks organize or don't organize themselves and learn from this. How you pace yourself is important too. I usually tell new orientees to break down their time in 2 hour increments...like, in the next 2 hours, what do I need to have accomplished? Your own personal pacing and organizatiional skills will become your friends if used well. Wish you the best.

[Faeriewand, ASN, RN]

Hey Nancy, I called the Health Occupations Center today and as long as I'm signed up for Healthcare essentials and become a CNA I can apply to the LVN program in November! That's when they start sign ups. Sign up for classes start tomorrow morning so I'm going down first thing! Maybe I will see you there! :)

For anyone in East County San Diego who is interested here is the phone number [phone] They have CNA, LVN, MA, ACLS, EMT RN/LVN refresher etc. I posted this elswhere and thought I should post it here too.

[sayitgirl]

Well,I just got hired working at Sharp Grossmont Hospital,working in med/surg

Starting in a couple weeks....and I am soooo excited,but then soooo nervous...I have never worked in a hospital before,only 2 convalescents and a retirement home(for many years)...so this is going to be very different...can someone please give me some encouragement...words of wisdom,etc......thanks. :)

...get ready to work your buns off...