ScaredNewNurse

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1. Worried about something

   ScaredNewNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   How many of you were scared to give injections to known HIV+ patients? I think that I have PTSD from an incident in my youth were I was worried I could have been faced with possible infection. I have physiological symptoms when dealing with these p...

2. Is it right to try to negotiate pay?

   ScaredNewNurse replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   I don't see any harm in saying.... "I really appreciate the opportunity you are giving me. In thinking over your offer, I have one issue that is of great concern. I will have an extra long commute to your facility, and quite honestly I will suffer a ...

3. Off of work

   ScaredNewNurse replied to mystical_angel8's topic in General Nursing

   I graduated in the spring, passed boards, and finally went back to work the following year once my newborn was a few months old. I never had experience and most employers I interviewed with found it refreshing that I waited. That way, I wouldn't be s...

4. Co worker stabbed in surgery

   ScaredNewNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   (I posted this in new nurse forum, but most folks over here.) Hi all! I'm obviously a new nurse. I recently received my first RN nursing job at a private practice office. I have been on the job three full weeks. Yesturday, one of the CMA's assisted a...

5. Co-worker stabbed in surgery

   ScaredNewNurse replied to ScaredNewNurse's topic in General Nursing

   I apologize, but what I meant to imply was what about the employer sending flowers to the injured employee due to his partner's negligence.

6. Co-worker stabbed in surgery

   ScaredNewNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all! I'm obviously a new nurse. I recently received my first RN nursing job at a private practice office. I have been on the job three full weeks. Yesturday, one of the CMA's assisted a physician with an excision. During the surgery, the physi...