brtholomew

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1. Starting Nursing at 52 and Nervous

   brtholomew replied to eyeball's topic in New Nurse

   I just graduated in May and turned 54 in March. I work on a telemetry and oncology floor and love it. I am almost off orientation (10 weeks). Age has nothing to do with it. I do twelve hour shifts twice a week. They wipe me out. I come home and...

2. Motivational help

   brtholomew replied to brtholomew's topic in General Nursing

   Yes I know that it will only go so far. I truly believe that management tries to make things right but our biggest problem is nurses who call in and leave us short-handed.

3. Motivational help

   brtholomew posted a topic in General Nursing

   I would like to do something on my hospital floor to motivate the nursing staff. I am a new nurse at this hospital and all I hear are complaints all day. I don't think anyone feels appreciated. We have a really ugly bulletin board that is across f...

4. I wish I had studied this before Nursing 101.......

   brtholomew replied to twins2005's topic in General Students

   If you are going for an associates degree in nursing, then you will need to take other courses besides nursing courses (A&P, microbiology, etc.). If you have not taken those yet, I would suggest you complete all of them first before even startin...