new nurse woes

[stayingoutoftrouble]

I realized today that nursing school taught me about 1 /100000 of what I need to know to be the nurse that I want to be. I left feeling inadequate today. I know it'll take time but I sure wish I could be like the other nurses on the floor who make it all look so easy. I am still on orientation so I know I can't be that hard on myself. Today I still only took a fifteen minute break and left fifteen minutes late and that was only with two patients!!! Well, tomorrow I want to ask to only have one but I am not sure if that'll make me look bad. I just want to have one patient, maybe more acute but that I can actually think through everything I do to understand it. I feel like I am learning a lot skill wise but am having a hard time understanding everything from start to finish. Ahh, its so much fun!

[wkucu1]

Does anyone on here know the starting salaries for new nurses in Nashville, TN???

I graduate in May and the hospital I am looking at starts @ $17.25...is that normal???

[Imafloat, BSN, RN]

Does anyone on here know the starting salaries for new nurses in Nashville, TN???

I graduate in May and the hospital I am looking at starts @ $17.25...is that normal???

You might get better response if you ask at the TN forum.

[Lilnurse0803, RN]

Hello All,

I do not have any new nurse woes yet since I have not started my first job as a nurse. I am in the midst of the hiring process for a job in an L&D unit in a teaching hospital in NYC and I wanted some advice, tips, etc. for nurses who are in their first year on a L&D unit. What can I expect? Anything I should do to better prepare myself?

Thanks and best of luck to all. You will make it past your first year.

[Imafloat, BSN, RN]

Congrats on passing your NCLEX Melita!

I am not on L&D but I think that we all just need to be kind to ourselves, learn from ours and others mistakes and realize that there is a steep learning curve.