newgradchad

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1. Safety in hospitals with unions

   newgradchad posted a topic in Safety

   I NEVER WANT TO EXPERIENCE THIS AGAIN. THIS IS NOT RIGHT NOR IS IT FAIR. Christmas Eve and all throughout the hospital there are nurses calling out sick. I've been a nurse for 2 years and work on a cardiothoracic stepdown unit where the nurse to pati...

2. Feeling miserable nearly a year

   newgradchad posted a topic in New Nurse

   I've been working for roughly a year and some months now on a very busy telemetry unit. Nurse to patient ratio is 1:6 and we get LVAD and heart/lung transplant patients/candidates. This is my first job and I started here as a new grad. It's been a g...

3. Please review my resume, 1 year experience

   newgradchad posted a topic in Job Hunt

   Hey everyone, So the story is, my unit is undergoing changes and transforming from a 34-bed tele unit to a 22-bed tele/stepdown unit. Unfortunately because we down-sized, nurses are being "displaced" to different units. I'm one of those nurses being ...

4. am i the only one?

   newgradchad posted a topic in New Nurse

   2 weeks off orientation and i've had one fall, one med error that resulted in an rrt and a patient who had a whole page of orders missing for a good 3 hours all in all effecting his medications. the next day my rrt patient went home but i cant stop t...

5. When will I stop dreading going to work?!

   newgradchad replied to janice_c67's topic in New Nurse

   this is me to an absolute tee! i feel like i'm suffering with the amount of stress i endure at work and i'm still working on my organization. i feel like i've taken steps backwards. i'm ready to quit but feel so guilty because my family really needs ...

6. Coping Strategies for New Grad Nurses

   newgradchad posted a topic in New Nurse

   I've posted before, I work on a Telemetry unit with LVAD and transplant patients on the day shift. I've been on orientation for about 8 weeks now and have a few weeks left until my orientation is done. My patient load is 6 and it feels like I've take...

7. new job and i feel like i dont remember anything!

   newgradchad replied to Moecato's topic in New Nurse

   Hope it's not too late for a reply, but i'm a new grad also. i graduated in may and started working in november. i work on a cardiac floor at a hospital with an amazing cardiac rep so it's extremely intimidating. it's been 2 months and i still feel l...

8. new grad nurse on telemetry

   newgradchad posted a topic in Cardiac

   I could really use some advice/support. I'm a new grad that got hired on a telemetry unit that has a lot of sick patients, not only cardiac, but respiratory, GI, and transplant patients. I've only been on the unit for 2 days. the first day with my pr...

9. Am I Marketable? At All?

   newgradchad replied to luvtonurse's topic in General Nursing

   Stay positive you will make it! Don't let your fears get in the way of your success. I was once in your shoes: I didn't get the externships I applied to, couldn't get a job in the hospital as an assistant/aide/tech, I wasn't even in the top of my cla...

10. I did it! Advice for New Grads still searching

    newgradchad posted a topic in New Nurse

    I finally made it! Exactly 3 months and 1 day since I passed my NCLEX, I found a job as an RN on a telemetry floor which is really luck of me and hard to believe. I wanted to share something that I learned. This may not apply to all hospitals but thi...

11. Kaplan vs Hurst Review Courses

    newgradchad replied to awest2011's topic in NCLEX

    i took a kaplan review and i thought it was great. they give you sooo many practice questions that were very similar to the ones i had on my exam. there were some discrepancies between the book and video lectures online but the instructor verified qu...

12. STILL don't have a job?? Vent here!

    newgradchad replied to wonderwomanchels's topic in New Nurse

    just need to vent -- i graduated in may 2011 and passed my NCLEX in june hoping to get a headstart on the rest of my classmates that haven't found jobs yet. what's most frustrating for me is seeing my classmates, who have taken the exam after me, fi...

13. New Nurse NO Experience NEED HELP!!!

    newgradchad replied to newgradchad's topic in New Nurse

    YES! thanks for the support! how do you get past your fears? i feel like i really hold myself back because i don't even think i'm qualified, but i really want to start somewhere and i know that i can be good at this. i got an offer at the flu clinic ...

14. (Imagine this is a cardboard sign) Will work for free!

    newgradchad replied to yikib38's topic in New Nurse

    if you're from nj there's an unpaid nurse residency program at St. Clare's hospital. The next program is in January and they're interviewing in November.

15. New Nurse NO Experience NEED HELP!!!

    newgradchad replied to newgradchad's topic in New Nurse

    Thanks for the advice, but I kind of share the same feeling as jjjoy. I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving out my license from my resume because i've worked so hard for it! anyway i recently had an interview for a dermatology office as a RN, but the j...