PennyLane90

Wow, really tough break. I 'm not surprised though. Schools, especially bsn programs, don't prepare gns for the real world. Like you I wanted to specialize in a particular field, my case L&D. I started in postpartum. On my first day my preceptor told me to "Forget what you learned in school. You need to learn the hospital's way. All the time I agonized about writing perfect care plans and nursing dx seemed a huge waste of time. All I needed to know was the appropriate preprinted care plan and dc plan to include in my charting. Now anyone who's worked postpartum knows everything moves very fast with adms and dcs happening throughout the shift. You have seven moms and seven babies, 14 pts total, and even if babies are with their moms, you're still responsible for them. Even though you're new, you're expected to keep up. No excuses. I'm including a link to an article I think applies to your situation. Bullying in Nursing: Why Nurses 'Eat their Young' and What to Do About It It's an unfair but common problem. When I became a preceptor, I would meet with my manager every wk to update the progress on our gns. One of the biggest issues was how unprepared they were to work on a busy unit. A lot of our more experienced nurses didn't have much patience, because being short staffed, and what seems like endless adms, dcs. ect, they expected instant help. You want to be able to give the care you were taught and spend time, but it's not possible on high volume units. I advise to work on a med/surg or internal med unit. Stay for at least a yr. It's not glamorous but you'll learn so much. If you're feeling overwhelmed, lost, speak up before you're to far behind. If you have a free moment, watch other nurses do procedures you're not comfortable doing. Learn the hoptial and unit's way of doing things. ASK questions. Hope this helped a little. Good Luck👍

I'm an RN who deactivated my license in 06. Both my husband's and mine came up for renewal @ the same time. $170 is a lot for only one who is working. On the renewal form, there was no indication if I deactivated I'd have to jump through hoops to get it back. If so, I would've found the money somewhere. Two years ago when I decided to renew, our very "unreasonable" State Board told me all the hoops and how high I'd have to jump to get my license back; back to school or retake the boards. As all nurses know, we work our tails off not only to get through school, but take and pass boards on our first try. I have no infractions on my license or employment records and I refuse to pay $2000+/session and work for free @ "clinical." It's my kids turn for college not mine. I felt so accomplished...as we all do, and my parents were so proud when I got my first license. I don't want to give it up. So I've been collecting CEU's and I'm taking the boards again. Would love comments and feedback....Thx������