crn26

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1. How do you cope with looking "too young" to be a nurse?

   crn26 replied to LaceyRN12's topic in Relations

   I get this all the time. I laugh it off and tell them my real age. I am 28 and people ask if I am 18. I then ask if they would want a teenager being a nurse. The best thing is to not take it personally and feel happy that you look young and not old.

2. 5 things you wish you knew as a new nurse

   crn26 replied to Bugs20091's topic in New Nurse

   That you are going to feel dumb in the beginning few years. Doctors are going to talk to you and you will not always have the answer. You will go home and go through the day or night, making sure that you did everything correctly and charted everythi...

3. Day shift or night shift - Which do you prefer? Why?

   crn26 replied to Joe V's topic in Rock

   I have worked both. I worked nights for two and a half years on a med-surge unit. I started out my nursing career on nights. Nights was good for me because it was slower and I could really get learn my nursing skills. Nights was either really busy or...

4. Patients that made you go "How are you even alive?!"

   crn26 replied to Cuddleswithpuddles's topic in General Nursing

   I had a patient, who was on the sicker side, but there was a note in the chart that said not to call the cardiologist, unless the heart rate dips under 30. I was a new nurse at the time and this freaked me out. I kept checking his heart rate all nig...

5. What's it like working on neurology unit?

   crn26 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Neurological

   I recently received a job on a med-surge neuro floor. If anyone has any ideas on what it may be like, I would love some responses. If anyone has a report sheet geared for neuro patients I would be interested in that too!!