New grad...I must have gotten super lucky.

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I graduated in May and took a job working days on a very busy 42 bed telemetry unit. I have been so worried about experienced nurses being unfriendly and unwilling to help. I had always heard that nurses ate their young and experienced this in nursing school. I have to say my unit is wonderful. My preceptor has been fantastic. The team work on our floor is outstanding. Not one nurse leaves at night without going around to make sure no one needs help. Everyone pitches in when someone is having a bad day. And there's not one person that I can't ask for advice. I am so relieved to be where I am at.

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^^^^^That's the kind of unit I worked on. This culture starts at the top. Our CEO was fabulous, and my unit manager and day shift charge nurse further influenced the "culture" of excellence and teamwork. You are very lucky to have found a place like this to work. It's still hard, you will have terrible days when you get several patients who become train wrecks, but if you have your team behind you, ready to help, it makes all the difference in the world. I would go on to add that the patient outcomes in a unit like this are far better than one in which everyone is out for themselves or the unit is understaffed.

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.

Congrats on a great floor! You can manage anything with a team behind you!

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Specializes in LTC.

Good for you ! I'm glad you work with such wonderful nurses. Thanks for sharing also, its nice to see positive posts.

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That's wonderful. I graduated in January, landed a MS job in April, and have also had a wonderful/helpful group of nurses to work with. It really makes a HUGE difference.

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

It is so awesome to have someone come in with something good to report!

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Wow u a blessed child.lol..hard to find that these days...

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Specializes in hospice, HH, LTC, ER,OR.

Yes you are very lucky.. Let me tell you about my unit today. We have 75 pts with 3 nurses. They fired a nurse yesterday, her replacement didn't show up today. After spending an hour calling every nurse and they all said NO to coming in. I was told by the by a unit manager who wasn't there that the DON said " y'all need to split the 3rd chart and all Meds should be passed before 12pm. Also I want the names and exactly what meds you gave written out for each PT. First off it takes exactly 2 hours to pass Meds on one cart. 2nd passing Meds after time is illegal. 3rd and write it all down??? Isn't that's why we have a MAR. Needless to say the doctor was made aware that the Meds weren't given and guess who shows up 2 hours later for a 70's party for the patients. Not only her but we also had a tx nurse who flat out refused to work the cart and the weekend supervisor said she would quit if she had too pass Meds.... Thank god you work with team players. Needless to stay this is one of my last weeks in LTC

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...I have to say my unit is wonderful. My preceptor has been fantastic. The team work on our floor is outstanding. Not one nurse leaves at night without going around to make sure no one needs help. Everyone pitches in when someone is having a bad day. And there's not one person that I can't ask for advice. I am so relieved to be where I am at.

See people this is the path of least resisitance. If everybody just did it this way. It is SO EASY.

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Do we work on the same unit?? j/k. I work oncology, but I too graduated in May, landed a job asap, and work with the most amazing group ever! Basically what you explained is what I also have. People are always asking me if I need help with anything and are willing to help when I need it. It does come from the top down although I hear that it's not the same environment on every unit in my hospital, but we are lucky to have a great CEO and a CNO who often take the time to stop by the nurses stations just to see how your day is going. We are the lucky ones and I wish it was that way for everyone.

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for those that are finding jobs right out of school...where do you live? share some of your strategies perhaps on how you landed your position right out school. i guess I refuse to think I am not a blessed child or unlucky because i can't find an ideal job if even a nursing job! ;~)

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Good for you! It must be awesome to work in a place where you know your co workers will help put out the flames not ignite them!

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