Justme123

Justme123

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  1. Question to NEW GRADS in the OR

    First and only job interview before I graduated nursing school and so happy I'm here in the OR. Had no experience prior either. Had over a year orientation and a few months in my specialty. From what I hear, other nurses from other fields are pret...
  2. 12 hour Shifts?

    I work 11a-11pm and LOVE it! I have 4 kids at home and the 7-3 was KILLING me. I also prefer not getting up before dawn anymore, so this shift is great. More of a chance for some down time anyway, but not this last week. It doesn't matter anyway....
  3. When should I love this job??

    Thank you for the encouraging words!:) I'm hanging in there. I'm getting a bit nervous b/c I'm moving to an off shift, so I'll get anything and everything! I was talking to another nurse today and she said it could take up to 2 years to feel reall...
  4. When should I love this job??

    I've been in the OR a year now, started as a new grad. Circulating is my comfort zone but they are having me scrub most every day to learn my service. I've become efficient in that service, but last week they threw me in another service to scrub an...
  5. Just a vent....

    I've been in the OR for almost a year now and am also a new grad. I've been scrubbing in my new service for a month or so now as well and am coming along pretty well. My frustration at this point is dealing with certain surgeons who still act as th...
  6. Funnies I heard today........

    Oh sure!LOL! I had worked with a Gyn doc who always whined about the general docs having it all. So when I was scrubbed, every once in a while I would say if he asked for something new....."Well, it would have been right there for you if you were a...
  7. Surgery hats are KILLING my hair!

    My hair is breaking off in the front, thats what I mean by killing it. I'll look into those different caps. I have a love/hate with hats and my hair anyway, so I'll just have to figure it out. Thanks.:)
  8. Any ideas on how to prevent it????
  9. How does your hospital handle this?

    We get paid for the holiday and time and a half if we come in, so it's actually double time and a half if we work. No time out of our paid time off is taken out of our bank.
  10. Funnies I heard today........

    Orientee: "When will it get easier in the OR?" Preceptor: "It will get easier one day, the next day you retire!" Older Surgeon to the young Surgeon: "Just as soon as the patients stop asking you how much experience you have they ask how steady you...
  11. Nurses Demand Lawmakers Force Hospitals To Ease Workload Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:13 AM Print Story E-mail Story COLUMBUS, Ohio-Nurses gathered outside the Statehouse on Tuesday to demand legislation preventing hospitals from assigning too many ...
  12. How are the other RN's treating you?

    There must be some unwritten acceptance about the nurses eating their young. I even went to a Seminar before graduating that touched upon this very subject encouraging us to NOT act like that. There should be consequence for nurses acting like that...
  13. 1st experience with backstabbing.

    Thanks for the imput. Thinking back, a lot of what she 'taught' me, others would correct me saying that what I did was wrong. So now I'm wondering if she did that on purpose to make me look bad. It doesn't matter. I might say something to the ed...
  14. 1st experience with backstabbing.

    I work in Surgery, a new grad (last June) and have been on the job a few months. Sometimes I get pulled from my preceptor to another RN, but thankfully not too often. I don't care for this other RN too much, she treats me like I'm stupid. I'm talk...
  15. Studying for NCLEX

    I did about 200 q's a day and reviewed any material I wasn't sure of. I didn't do any review classes either, although I did utilize medspub.com that was offered through my school which was a good resource. I had 75 q's on the Nclex and passed the f...