lefthander1975

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1. Is Med/Surg attracting new grads?

   lefthander1975 replied to Mito's topic in Med-Surg

   After being a nurse in the NICU for a year- I can honestly now say I wish I had gotten a year of med/surg nursing. Why? Because I am now interested in other areas of nursing and feel like I will have to start all over again. Many of my nursing classm...

2. Any San Diego Hospice nurses?

   lefthander1975 replied to lefthander1975's topic in Hospice

   It does not cost a thing. You are hired as an employee and are paid while you train and then you have another year commitment after the year of training is done.

3. Any San Diego Hospice nurses?

   lefthander1975 replied to lefthander1975's topic in Hospice

   No that is not the only way they hire.If you have hospice experience and there is a job posted then you can apply. This program is mainly for nurses new to hospice and yes it's paid.

4. tough time giving report.

   lefthander1975 replied to janetrette's topic in New Nurse

   Giving report on our unit is sometimes a sick game as well- days vs.nights. Especially when I (the newer nurse with one year experience) has to give report to the nurse with 10 to 20 years experience. At first I was terrified of giving report to some...

5. Finding yourself as a nurse

   lefthander1975 replied to ladydame's topic in New Nurse

   I have been a NICU nurse for 1 year and I can't say that this is what I want to be doing. Working with the babies is nice when they are stable enough to hold but I don't think this is a good fit for me. It has been such a frusterating year because I ...

6. When do you start feeling like a RN

   lefthander1975 replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in New Nurse

   I have now been a RN for 1 year and 2 months and I think I still feel like a student-lol Kidding aside I think it was more like 6 to 8 months. Things were starting to click more and I felt just a tab more confident. I was shocked at how hard it was f...

7. Any San Diego Hospice nurses?

   lefthander1975 posted a topic in Hospice

   I am looking into becomming a hospice nurse and applied for a one year residency program that San Diego Hospice does 2 times a year. For one year you get to go into the different areas of hospice and at the end decided which place fits you best. I w...

8. Please share your thoughts about Scripps

   lefthander1975 replied to nurseguy75's topic in California

   I thought that Scripps La Jolla was no longer hiring travlers because they were going to get magnet status? I think it's called magnet?

9. Suggestions on new grad programs in San Diego??

   lefthander1975 replied to taapple's topic in California

   So you are looking into getting a job at a NICU in San Diego? My advice is to look into the training programs. That is so important and also what kind of support you will have after your training is done. I currently work in the NICU at Mary Birch an...

10. have you ever left nursing for something totally different?

    lefthander1975 replied to Genevieve RN's topic in Career Support

    I can't really say that ALL doctors treat nurses like servants. There are some really nice docs and ones that realize how important nurses are.I have even had several docs remind me of how much they listen to my opinion on things because the nurses a...

11. have you ever left nursing for something totally different?

    lefthander1975 replied to Genevieve RN's topic in Career Support

    I am looking into going to Esthetican/Massage therapy school. Skin care has long been a passion of mine and I have even dreamed of opening up my own spa. My parents had convinced me that being an esthetican would not be any kind of career- so since i...

12. Traumatized by nursing - advice needed

    lefthander1975 replied to kcsun3's topic in General Nursing

    To the original poster: I cried when I read your post because i thought you had read my mind. I graduated in July of 04 and then waited to take my boards and passed in January of 05. Anyways I was so excited to work as a RN and when I was hired at my...

13. Negative Work Environment, HELP!

    lefthander1975 replied to nurseamena's topic in NICU

    I am still in my orientation and have noticed the huge difference between day and night shift. Where I am at, the newbies have to do rotating shifts for a year and then we go to straight nights. I hear they want us to do day shift so we can get more ...

14. My orientation is almost over--HELP!

    lefthander1975 replied to Autumn1081's topic in NICU

    autumn- i feel the same way you do. i am also a new grad and my orientation will be over in a couple of months and it feels like time is flying by way to fast. on the days when i feel like i can do this-the next day i will have a bad day and think i ...

15. Took NCLEX today for the second time

    lefthander1975 replied to lefthander1975's topic in NCLEX

    I passed!!!! YIPEE!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it!!!!!! I passed- THANK GOD!!!! Just rememberfocus more on the questions rather than the content. Do at least 3,000 questions. Good luck to all of you waiting for results, taking the exam the first time an...