Med-Surg Roll Call

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Hi all ... thought it was about time to have a Med-Surg roll call .... please repond by telling us if you work in med-surg .... how long you have been there and if you plan on staying in med surg .... also, please let us know if you hold certification in med-surg through ANCC or AMSN. Thanks ....

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I am a nurse manager for a 40 bed med-surg unit. Love med-surg, but am challenged daily by how busy the unit is and how sick our patient population is. I plan on remaining in med-surg for a number of years (at least until I finish my Masters degree and start teaching). I am not currently certified, but am planning on taking the test in October throught AMSN.

I think the thing I LOVE the most about M/S is the diversity of patients we see. You really need to be a nursing generalist to be successful in med-surg.

Specializes in At a doctors office.
:nurse: I work in med-surg, I just graduated the LPN program in August. I have only been working in med-surg since Nov 2006. I work 2-3 nights a week and go to school during the day for my RN. As a new nurse I sometimes okay, all the time seem over whelemed. I am still kinda in my trial period I only have 6 pt's. The most everyone else has is 7-8. I cant imagine. I am so nervous that I am going to forget to do something or do somethings wrong, I am paranoid something will happen to my pt's. Is it normal to feel this way???????????????????????????????????
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Specializes in Rehab, Med Surg, Home Care.
:nurse: I work in med-surg, I just graduated the LPN program in August. I have only been working in med-surg since Nov 2006. I work 2-3 nights a week and go to school during the day for my RN. As a new nurse I sometimes okay, all the time seem over whelemed. I am still kinda in my trial period I only have 6 pt's. The most everyone else has is 7-8. I cant imagine. I am so nervous that I am going to forget to do something or do somethings wrong, I am paranoid something will happen to my pt's. Is it normal to feel this way???????????????????????????????????

After less than 6 months? It wouldn't be normal if you didn't feel this way!

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Specializes in ortho/neuro/general surgery.
I am so nervous that I am going to forget to do something or do somethings wrong, I am paranoid something will happen to my pt's. Is it normal to feel this way???????????????????????????????????

Yes! I *still* feel this way after 2.5 years.

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Specializes in surgical, trauma, emergency, educator.

Hello everybody, I've been working as a med-surg nurse since graduation, truly it is a rewarding situation if you'll see all the wounds heal without any complication.Like as what other collegues say, lower back pain and thick soles are most of the rewards.....

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Specializes in med/surg.

I'm a med-surg nurse from the UK - have been for some 10 years now.

I work in a small private hospital right now & love the variety that I get. Right now we have 2 medical patients & a combo of orthopaedics, gynae, cosmetic, IVF (we're one of the top units in the UK) ENT & urology patients on the ward.

It's busy but fun, I love the job but not the pay here in the UK so I'm crossing the pond some time this year - retrogression pending!

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Specializes in ICU, med/surg.

I work on a general surgery/surgical oncology unit here in Calgary, Canada. I have been there for approximately one year. I would like to stay med-surg for 2-5 years. After that, I'd like to advance my career toward critical care/public health/management (I need to decide on of these day!) with a master's degree or post-bachelor's certificate.

Sean

Hi all ... thought it was about time to have a Med-Surg roll call .... please repond by telling us if you work in med-surg .... how long you have been there and if you plan on staying in med surg .... also, please let us know if you hold certification in med-surg through ANCC or AMSN. Thanks ....
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Specializes in Dialysis, Home Care, Med-Surg in 4/07.

I've been a nurse for almost 12 years and I'm going to be starting my first hospital position in a med-surg unit in less than 2 weeks. I've done Dialysis and Home Health primarily. Dialysis almost killed me after 5 years of it and Home Care isn't paying the bills anymore where I live. So I feel like a brand new nurse all over again. I'm not so worried about my skills. We do it all in Home Care. Well almost all of it. I started thinking about some of the skills I had never done. The main one I could think of was inserting an NG tube. Never done it. I'm primarily concerned about managing my time. It's one on one in Home Care and I really never have to rush through anything. So any advice for an old nurse about to become the "new" nurse again????

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Specializes in ER/SICU/Med-Surg/Ortho/Trauma/Flight.

I have worked ER and SICU for along time I started out on med-surg, anyways I have CCRN cert, CEN cert, TNCC cert, and med-surg cert from ANCC, But I was letting all you know Im going back to med-surg, Starting back as a float between med-surg and ortho, have always loved the ortho and surgical pts. I like doing all the procedures on them and besides all the older er nurses Ive always worked with are all transferring either to med-surg or ortho or an Icu Ive had my time in ER and cant wait to get back to my beginning roots in med-surg see Ive worked er in a big trauma center for along time and Ive still worked part time for a med/surg/ortho unit part time at a small hospital and Ive always liked it better cant wait to get started back in med-surg. :balloons:

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Hi Grinnurse, I see you have a year exp. in the med/surg field. Were you a LPN before or did you go straight for RN? I`m asking b/c I`m wondering how tough it will be for me. I`m going straight to RN I`m 35 years old and will be 40 when I graduate. I know a few girls thats going for LPN and later will go for RN but I want RN so why not go for RN? Is it easier?

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Specializes in med-surg.

Hi, Sar4tee, just wanted to put in my 2 cents worth; I continued towards my RN immediately after LPN graduation, I really doubt if I would have returned to school after working in the field. I graduated with my RN at 46 and would not have it any other way. I encourage all LPN's to get back in school ASAP, most argue that they can't afford it right away, but if you regard the pay differential between the two, I think you'll see that you can't afford NOT to! Not sure if that's the case for you. tho. Anyway, whatever you decide, the best of luck in your career!

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Hi, Sar4tee, just wanted to put in my 2 cents worth; I continued towards my RN immediately after LPN graduation, I really doubt if I would have returned to school after working in the field. I graduated with my RN at 46 and would not have it any other way. I encourage all LPN's to get back in school ASAP, most argue that they can't afford it right away, but if you regard the pay differential between the two, I think you'll see that you can't afford NOT to! Not sure if that's the case for you. tho. Anyway, whatever you decide, the best of luck in your career!

Hi husker -nurse, well I thank you for your 2 cents, it is appreciated. You know I really have a concern for school. Were any of the courses hard to the point you were failing out or just passed by the hardest? I`ve been out of school so long but I believe I can get taught, I`m willing to learn..But I understand at the university I`ll be attending failing a course twice will fail out of the major..that worries me:o

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I am day three of my med-surg unit orientation.

I was initially hired for the ER, but I opted out realizing that I needed to crawl before I could run.

I am nervous all the time, feel like I need to have a med surg book with me at all times, and I just didn't realize how unprepared I was for the real world........

I am excited about being a profossional person though and find that patients on this floor (mostly surgical) are truly gems

I am getting nervous about going to work tomorrow and I just left work 3 hours ago...

Hope I can get rid of this feeling.

M

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