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  1. Leaving a job after just a couple months

    City-Girl replied to awintt94's topic in General Nursing

    Family first. You just started your career as a new nurse, so there will be ample time for work. As the poster above stated, you only have one dad. It's completely reasonable if you feel like you...

  2. New grad sinking fast

    City-Girl replied to Sheika34's topic in First Year After Licensure

    So as you stated in your post you started your job as a new grad RN only 2 days ago. Usually for the first several shifts you should be mostly observing and absorbing all of the new info your...

  3. Locking the Safety Needle Shield

    City-Girl replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Ha, ha, some things should just be obvious. I also enjoy the sticker that my hospital's pharmacy attaches to the Flonase that says "For the nose". Thanks for this today, it made me

  4. how do you find your niche?

    City-Girl replied to peachypurple's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes you've got to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince. Just because you think you know what you want to do, you don't actually know until you get there. After getting my initial...

  5. Pre reqs Only

    City-Girl replied to thechristerr's topic in School, College Programs

    I don't know what part of the country you live in but in the north east there are a few universities who have hybrid classes and online classes. University of Massachusetts and Rivier University to...

  6. Non bedside nursing Option ... and a side question bout Nails?

    City-Girl replied to lovelyc's topic in Nursing Career

    More and more out patient clinics seem to be hiring medical assistants (in my neck of the woods). Not sure what their education requirements are or what they get paid, but most of them seem to enjoy...

  7. An Ethical Dilemma- Outstanding Warrants

    City-Girl replied to rkirk89's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Unless the patient is already in police custody, how would the nurse know about the warrants? The nurse's obligation is to tend to the patient's medical needs. If the patient is under arrest, there...

  8. Malicious "pimping" in nursing / nurse practitioner school?

    City-Girl replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in General Nursing

    I work for a large teaching hospital and have never heard of or encountered this practice. Every year when the new interns start they do tend to ask a lot of questions to their attending as well as...

  9. Is it just me, or is my employer being really messed up?

    City-Girl replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    It's a lousy situation when employers make changes to what they consider in and out of network. Does your insurance have a mail order option? Then you wouldn't have to worry about picking it up and...

  10. New Job, Did I Make a Mistake?

    City-Girl replied to ORTech2RN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a very similar experience early in my career. After working a year of straight nights on a post-op cardiac unit by choice (if you agreed to straight nights, you were able to self-schedule,...

  11. Failed Microbiology TWICE! and now I don't know what to do!!!

    City-Girl replied to Maxima's topic in General Nursing

    Have you considered getting a tutor for this subject? Many schools have them available to students at no charge and they are able to help you understand the important concepts in a class you find...

  12. Is this a reasonable expectation?

    City-Girl replied to MomOfFive2018's topic in General Students

    Some hospitals have straight night options, but as a new grad you would most likely have to orient to all shifts. They also usually want a minimum of 24 hours / week as it would take time before you...

  13. Not just a waitress

    City-Girl replied to oceangirl1234's topic in General Nursing

    People can say or do things that we might take offense to when they are really nervous, uncomfortable or worried. Try not to be too offended by comments made by patients and their families and get...

  14. Should I do a BSN or MSN program? Asking as a non-nursing college graduate...

    City-Girl replied to epohle's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I can only speak from my own experiences of working alongside NPs who had done direct entry as their career path. They already had bachelor's degrees in other fields and it was a lot less course work...

  15. Should I do a BSN or MSN program? Asking as a non-nursing college graduate...

    City-Girl replied to epohle's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I can only speak from my own experiences of working alongside NPs who had done direct entry as their career path. They already had bachelor's degrees in other fields and it was a lot less course work...

  16. Should I do a BSN or MSN program? Asking as a non-nursing college graduate...

    City-Girl replied to epohle's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Depends on what your ultimate goal in nursing is. If you plan to stay at the bedside, a BSN should suffice. If you have a future interest in nurse management, Nurse clinical educator, clinical nurse...

  17. Honesty with Recruiter

    City-Girl replied to Xpectsuccess's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It's legal in a few states. Not sure how it works with your license, maybe you could see about getting licensed in one of those states since it's not considered

  18. Advice for on what you would do.

    City-Girl replied to Snr1003's topic in General Nursing

    Even with prior experience, 3 days seems totally unfair and unrealistic. It takes more than 3 days just to learn the basics, where's the bathroom, break room, supplies, etc.. I'm assuming that just...

  19. 3 on and 6 off schedule

    City-Girl replied to brido's topic in General Nursing

    When I was younger, I use to put myself on 3 in a row in order to get a bunch of days off together, but it wasn't a requirement. It was a good way to feel like a was able to get time off (even though...

  20. Fainted while watching blood being drawn... Advice for nursing student?

    City-Girl replied to LindseyPar's topic in General Nursing

    Never had issues with needles, but did have a fainting spell in nursing school that happened during my OR observation day. The surgeon was performing removal of a deviated septum. I could feel...

  21. Help!

    City-Girl replied to Nspyrdlizzard's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you could consider an out-pt family practice which would give you exposure to all ages as well as nicer hours and holidays

  22. New Nurse - Any recap on comfortable shoes??

    City-Girl replied to Newnursejm's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Good old fashioned white princess Reeboks. I wear them only for work, so they don't wear out quickly and stay nice and white. They are pretty

  23. ABSN Adequately prepared?

    City-Girl replied to jj16's topic in General Nursing

    Curry has an excellent reputation. I work with several Curry

  24. 1st job. Scared to death.

    City-Girl replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school taught you to practice safely. It's not uncommon to have some jitters before starting a new job. In fact, a little bit of anxiety in our field can actually be a good thing. It will...

  25. Leaving tasks for the next shift

    City-Girl replied to dergs's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is a 24 hour job and as long as you did everything possible to get your job done (even if your attempts were not successful) you should have a clear conscience. There are often more resources...