SummerGarden

SummerGarden BSN, MSN, RN

ED, ICU, MS/MT, PCU, CM, House Sup, Frontline mgr

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  1. Taking a nursing sabbatical

    SummerGarden replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    i do not think you will find anyone who is not supportive of your choice to leave nursing temporarily or permanently on this forum, especially if you are financially secure. in other words, if your...

  2. what would you do in my situation?

    SummerGarden replied to GCmomRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    op: in your situation i would agree with the others and take the critical care course for your own knowledge when you are able to do so financially. however, i would not bother trying to get a job in...

  3. New grads, how long would you commute?

    SummerGarden replied to BettyBoop01's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i know of nurses who bunch their days up on the schedule per week so that they can have a stretch of days off to be home. they travel longer distances then you will (2-3 hours one way) to work at our...

  4. So I guess I didnt get the job? Looonng process.....

    SummerGarden replied to BettyBoop01's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i had the exact same thing happen to me 6 months ago when i applied to an er closer to my home. similar to you, i kept following up for two months because i continued to receive positive feedback...

  5. Does anyone regret leaving acute care?

    SummerGarden replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    CONGRATS!!!!! Then work per diem. This may help you to either keep the "excitement" OR remind you that it is better to completely walk away.

  6. Our new hire, new grad charge nurse

    SummerGarden replied to kimbo9's topic in General Nursing

    it is sad given the job market, but i know of others placed in similar situations who also quit. this is why i am not surprised. management should have never ever placed that nurse in that position....

  7. Our new hire, new grad charge nurse

    SummerGarden replied to kimbo9's topic in General Nursing

    i am not angry with her... i think she was a fool to accept the position. i do not think that nurses should take a bite out of her, i just know that they will and so will the environment. there is no...

  8. refused to dose patients with used bottles

    SummerGarden replied to pn5437's topic in Public, Community Health

    first of all, your more experienced nurses are bullies! stop listening to them...! they will never ever respect you, so you need to respect yourself. i know it is easier said then done as a new nurse...

  9. The Hard Question on Access to Health Care: Will We Have Enough Doctors and Services?

    SummerGarden replied to VickyRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    thanks op! the ana supports an increasing role of nps to fill in the gaps in areas where physicians are lacking in numbers such as rural areas. recent health care reform has nothing to due with the...

  10. Frustrated beyond belief!

    SummerGarden replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    you deserve the job. however, a good friend of mine with over 30 years of nursing work experience told me the other day that she has a hard time finding full-time employment because employers do not...

  11. what do u say to pts when they ask where u live?

    SummerGarden replied to JadeRN722's topic in General Nursing

    OP: If they really really keep fishing and bugging you (I had ONE patient do this because I think he had a crush on me), then tell that patient or family member that it is against policy to discuss...

  12. RN-BSN right after ADN

    SummerGarden replied to peachy11's topic in General Nursing

    i started working on knocking out pre-reqs and co-reqs for the bsn program prior to acceptance into my adn program. i applied and was officially accepted into my rn-bsn program during my 3rd...

  13. What states have the best job outlook for new grads

    SummerGarden replied to marie010's topic in First Year After Licensure

    People on this forum have screamed Texas, but there may be other states as

  14. First week on Unit in orientation...and I am feeling stupid! Is that normal?

    SummerGarden replied to HeatherGurl84's topic in First Year After Licensure

    yep. these feelings will go away as you continue to gain work

  15. ER Personalities

    SummerGarden replied to RN1298's topic in Emergency

    according to who? fox news??? bush led us into the worse recession since the great depression and president obama inherited all of this his problems. i know, republicans like to re-write history....

  16. ER Personalities

    SummerGarden replied to RN1298's topic in Emergency

    this has gone on longer then you have probably been alive and will continue for many decades to come. you must be very new to life, politics, and nursing to think that this has anything to with our...

  17. Terrible time as new nurse

    SummerGarden replied to EMCH1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    do the aids and other nurses know that you were a good student??? i was one too and got "hazed" for it at my first nursing job right out of school. the thing that kept me going was the idea that i...

  18. Merry Christmas to the nurses who will be working today

    SummerGarden replied to nicenurselpn's topic in General Nursing

    me too! i would not count on this unless you work for fair employers... for instance, i was supposed to get christmas eve and christmas day off this year because i worked every holiday last year...

  19. At what point did you start feeling like a nurse?

    SummerGarden replied to Despareux's topic in General Nursing

    My first day of orientation when I received a small assignment and a patient called me on her call light and asked for me, her nurse! I suppose those of us who were once techs understand the...

  20. I finished the BSN.

    SummerGarden replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    CONGRATS!!! I know the

  21. Our new hire, new grad charge nurse

    SummerGarden replied to kimbo9's topic in General Nursing

    lol!!! this position sounds like it has a high turn-over rate. does this new grad know that she/he needs to be able to run a code like the back of his/her hand and be a resource of experience to those...

  22. Nurse assaulted

    SummerGarden replied to Nursebarebari's topic in General Nursing

    OP: What is the point of the post? You stated "Ha" when you reported the "look" on the face of the nurse that was assaulted and also mentioned that the police was not called as if that is normal or...

  23. Subacute area of the ED

    SummerGarden replied to BellaRN2010's topic in General Nursing

    are you only working that section???? if so, do not let them do that to you unless it is an actual unit! i worked two different ers and the "holding" area you described is different in both and not...

  24. moderate sedation administered by wound care nurse??

    SummerGarden replied to KMuniz's topic in General Nursing

    what are you not comfortable with, your qualifications or the lack of available equipment to perform it safely? in either care, if you do not feel "comfy", do not do it! most state bons have a...

  25. RN(with BSN) going back for my masters in health care admin(MHA)

    SummerGarden replied to guessdior's topic in Nursing Career

    i am bias toward mbas because i already have one, but i have known health care providers such as nurses and physicians to do well with the mha. by the way, there is no such thing as a degree providing...