SummerGarden

SummerGarden BSN, MSN, RN

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

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  1. First year coming to an end and boy do I have a few opinions!!

    SummerGarden replied to lovegoddess1977's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congrats!! I am still counting down my first

  2. Ahhhhhhhhhh Cancelled AGAIN!!!!

    SummerGarden replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    we do not have cnas sometimes... management justifies this by stating that nurses can perform primary care even with post cabg patients. i think ultimately when i am more experienced i will see what...

  3. Ahhhhhhhhhh Cancelled AGAIN!!!!

    SummerGarden replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    You are joking, right? This is sarcasm right? I know you to be an experienced nurse so this must be a joke. We work short. We are never fully staffed and nurses still get called off or floated...

  4. Family Doesn't Understand

    SummerGarden replied to BabyNurse2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    no, sadly my husband understands............... he is a marine (for those of you who do not get the joke... military people work stupid hours many days of the week and switch shifts with very little...

  5. Is this high school?

    SummerGarden replied to nicu4me's topic in First Year After Licensure

    sadly, i think it is a unit thing.... i used to work on a unit (ldrp) as a tech and later as a nurse extern that was very high school!! i hated going to work everyday because i hated engaging my...

  6. Specialty area first?

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

    yes, i know of new grads who were hired on ob floors. here is the thing... if you never ever ever plan to work in any other form of nursing, then having no medical surgical background is ok!!!...

  7. Went to Job Fair! Total waste of time

    SummerGarden replied to brandy1215's topic in First Year After Licensure

    wow, they are not even taking resumes any more? they used to at least "fake the funk" and take resumes they have no intension of looking at later on..... now they won't bother unless you have...

  8. Job opening says "RN Required"

    SummerGarden replied to LauraLiz's topic in General Nursing

    my area hires those who graduated from nursing school and are pending nclex + licensure. you can either work while preparing for the nclex or have the job offer and choose to not to start working...

  9. States Hiring New Grads

    SummerGarden replied to restless09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    thanks. i have a job. lol! i did the same thing! i had connections before i graduated and landed my current job. it is my friend who moved to phoenix, who is having hard time. she will not be...

  10. States Hiring New Grads

    SummerGarden replied to restless09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    no, in this case it is not that misery loves company. it has nothing to do with being positive vs. negative. i am a positive person, but i am not going to tell a person to move to an area that is...

  11. Why do we do this to ourselves?

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

    i know how you feel, lovepurple. i think the reason i stick it out is because i like the challenge of being a situation that seems impossible. i am one to push and push even if i am pushing up...

  12. Sick, Sick , Sick! ACLS blues!

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

    i agree with the above poster, when you do not call in sick you are behaving unprofessionally. also try not to focus on or make excuses based upon the actions of other people. doing so shows a lack...

  13. States Hiring New Grads

    SummerGarden replied to restless09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    a lot has changed in a year. i know someone who moved to the phoenix area in december after graduating and is still looking for a job. now she will be competing with may grads so it will be even...

  14. States Hiring New Grads

    SummerGarden replied to restless09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    try not to talk to nurses who graduated ages ago or even a few years ago about getting a job as a new grad. also try not to talk to people who are not nurses! the only ones who know how hard it is...

  15. Need to ban a family member from the internet!!! (vent)

    SummerGarden replied to kermitlady's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    why not tell the family member to look up information on the dying process? tell him/her to look up how the body dies slowly when its time is to go. i am not good with telling people someone is...

  16. Has anyone else been asked to transfer units in first 6 months?

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

    i am very glad you came back to post! i went to nursing school to be either an icu or ed nurse. i was not sure which at the time but i liked trauma and critical care. by the time i graduated i was...

  17. Where are the Nursing Shortages??!!!???

    SummerGarden replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in First Year After Licensure

    true, especially if you wish to be a

  18. I LOVE NIGHT SHIFT!!!

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

    i love nights too. congrats to you op and the rest who are off of orientation!! if they make me go back on days, i will go back kicking and

  19. Head Nurse got on me for no reason

    SummerGarden replied to mscgirl09's topic in General Nursing

    i would have agreed with your supervisor that, "yes, it was inappropriate for him to flirt with me, which is why i asked him to leave. i also find it inappropriate for my co-workers to have come to...

  20. Should I wait for a job that I really want?

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

    true, this is because employers want to hire people they feel will want to remain and have a good work ethic. if someone does not need to work and chooses not too or has a problem that prevents...

  21. How Many CRNAs Per Hospital?

    SummerGarden replied to WildFlowers84's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    none in mine. my hospital and the medical groups do not hire crnas. the irony is many of the new graduate males locally run to nursing school to become one. my guess is that anesthesiologist play a...

  22. Associate Degree or Direct Entry Masters?

    SummerGarden replied to clenz's topic in General Nursing

    money! besides, no one gets into clincial management with a msn without years of beside work experience (during that time an adn can become a msn and have his/her hospital pay most of not all of that...

  23. What does Evidence Based Practice mean to you?

    SummerGarden replied to agilitydogs's topic in General Nursing

    this sounds like a homework assignment; please do your research. if you want to understand if it is used in the real world then check out the hospital you do your clinicals. do they have protocols...

  24. Embarrassed to be transferred after one month..

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

    my hospital has varying degrees of orientation, from 6 weeks to 6 months. at my hospital the nurse educators do not get to kick you off of orientation before you feel ready. it is a hidden secret...

  25. Advice from the new grads...HELP.

    SummerGarden replied to Oshie85's topic in First Year After Licensure