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There is a childrens hospital in my town. I wonder how I should go about getting my name in their ear

I would love to try peds! Did you get hired there as a new grad? Any advice? I have 2 babies myself so I thinkId be good at it

Im assuming this is a joke question. I hope you have some burn ointment cause you're about to get flamed my friend

snacks, mints, candy, gum, makeup, old papers, my nursing school books to study if i get down time (Im a tech), pens, my badge, a sweater, steth

Im amazed at all these stories about people with things stuck up their @$$ What is peoples obsession with sticking things up their butt??? Am I missing something here?:uhoh3::uhoh3:

Nursing shortage? What nursing shortage? You can't sling a dead cat without hitting a GN

AND WE HAVE OUR WINNER!!!!:yeah: Holy crap, that was epic. WIN!:yeah:

Dang it u took mine!!!! Lol:lol2: How bout: what's an online bsn program thats easy to get into with a low gpa?

The only thing I want to address is the issue with the drains. Im a cna and I assure you I'm perfectly competent and capable of emptying a drain and measuring the output. It doesn't take a rocket scientist. Other than that, I appreciate your post a lot. Its always nice to be recognized

I really think that me being floated all over the hospital has a lot to do with it too. When I was hired on, the manager told me I would float "occasionally". Fast forward to now, I haven't worked on my floor in a month. I dont know anyone, and I haven't been able to get a good relationship w/ any of my co workers, I haven't been able to establish a routine, theres no consistency... I dont want there to me any doubt about my pt care. Im a good tech, and my pt's are cared for. I just hate going to work

Its surprising that I would have to deal with this as an RN b/c the ones at my work dont help me one dang bit with any of the things I listed above And please dont get me wrong. I know theres an insane amount of paper work and charting with nursing. I see it every day. But when Im running my rear end off all night and you're just sitting at the desk chit chatting about a vacation and dont even offer to help me, thats what I have a problem with

I dont need any judgement with this, b/c it truly is a deep concern. I am a 1st term nursing student, and a tech at a well known hospital in my town. I can say with all honesty that I hate my job. My floor is a small med-surg floor with only a handful of rooms, which isn't so bad, except all they do is float me. Its rare that I work on my floor more that 2 times a month. I get floated everywhere, including areas that I have not one ounce of training in. ICU is the bane of my existence. Ive never had any training in ICU and I get sent there all the time. The first time I floated there, I was so scared that I cried on the phone to my husband in the break room for 15 mins. I hate bathing people, Im so sick of cleaning up feces, Im tired of being bossed around and treated like a waitress, Im tired of pulling elderly people out of bed by myself to get them on the toilet and throwing my back out b/c no one will help me, spending 45 mins in one pt's room just to get them to the bathroom and back, getting run ragged every night... I actually threw up in a pt's bathroom the other night b/c she sprayed diarrhea all over the toilet and I had to clean it up. Everytime I have to work I dread it the whole day, and I cry the whole drive there. It breaks my heart to have to leave my husband and kids to go to a job that I hate. My back hurts 24/7 and Im contently exhausted. Ive begged my manager to let me cut back my hours but she wont So my question is this: If I hate being a tech, does that mean I will hate being a nurse? Im almost done with term one and Im just scared Im wasting my time and money.

An ADN is an RN

I agree w/ above. Karma is a b****. She'll get hers one day. What goes around comes around

OP, I dont know what hospital you've worked at, but at my hospital, its a whole different ball game. I get treated like a freaking waitress all night. Ice, juice, water, snacks, soda, bring me this, hand me that, move this, where's the remote, scratch my foot, mix up my chicken broth, put sugar in my coffee, fluff my pillow, dont come in my room tonight, let me sleep.... And if i dont do exactly what they say, I'll be reported to the team lead so fast my head will spin. Too scared to report the way they were treated... HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! The whole customer service crap is the reason for that. I barely get to focus on my actual nursing duties all night b/c people treat the hospital like it's the Sandals Beach Resort and Spa. They are in the hospital to recieve treatment, not to be serviced