AlmostThere19

AlmostThere19 BSN, RN

I recently graduated with my BSN and passed NCLEX! I am so excited to begin my nursing career, and I can't wait to see where this journey takes me.

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  1. Is this rude or is it just me?

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, techs and other nurses will often come find me while I'm in one patient's room providing care to tell me that another patient needs something. One time I was giving a patient meds and...

  2. I feel dumb as a rock in comparison to my classmates

    AlmostThere19 replied to Nursing_1011's topic in General Students

    If you're a hands on learner, nursing school will make you feel like this. I know when I was in nursing school, I mostly was only allowed to watch everything at clinicals and was only occasionally...

  3. Orientation As A Semi-Experienced Nurse is Aggravating

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I worked for almost a year at my first nursing job. I changed jobs and went to a new hospital after that. I started orientation three weeks ago, and I have to admit it's kind of...

  4. Master's Degree

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in General Students

    Hi, I have been a nurse with a BSN for about 8 months now. I've always know that one day I wanted to go back to school to get my Master's Degree, and I've been thinking about it a lot lately. I want...

  5. I Have No Words

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a pt. who kept pulling out IV's and needed one at shift change. I attempted twice but wasn't successful. I was always taught you only attempt twice and then you get someone else to try because...

  6. Orientation As A Semi-Experienced Nurse is Aggravating

    AlmostThere19 replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Nursing

    I definitely see what you mean. I know I have a ton more to learn, especially with this being a completely different hospital with a different way of doing things. I just meant that it's a strange...

  7. Orientation As A Semi-Experienced Nurse is Aggravating

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in General Students

    I worked for almost a year at my first nursing job. I changed jobs and went to a new hospital after that. I started orientation three weeks ago, and I have to admit it's kind of frustrating. I'm used...

  8. Orientation As A Semi-Experienced Nurse is Aggravating

    AlmostThere19 replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Students

    Moved to the right

  9. Progressive Care Unit

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I will soon be starting a new job on a progressive care unit, and I am very excited! I know that progressive care is patients who are not quite sick enough for the ICU but too sick for med/surg. Other...

  10. Progressive Care Unit

    AlmostThere19 replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Nursing

    I have to go next Wednesday to turn in all my paperwork to HR, so I'll definitely ask about it then! The first time I went to do my drug test and get my paperwork, I didn't want to ask for a tour of...

  11. Please Tell Me I'm Not Alone

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have tried everything. I have applied for a transfer within my hospital. I have applied at every hospital within an hour of me. I have had several interviews and it's always "We were impressed with...

  12. Going to Lose My Mind This Weekend

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a phone interview for my dream job Wednesday. It lasted a really long time, and the hiring manager told me all about the unit, orientation, and just the overall job. It just felt like a relaxed,...

  13. Going to Lose My Mind This Weekend

    AlmostThere19 replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Nursing

    You're right. I know things are crazy because of COVID, and I'm doing my best to be patient. Patience and waiting are so hard when it's my dream! LOL I plan to follow up with the recruiter next Friday...

  14. Applying for Jobs During COVID 19

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    There haven't been enough patients on my floor to get enough hours since COVID 19 started, so I applied for a transfer within my hospital and also applied for jobs at several other hospitals. I am...

  15. COVID-19 and Nursing Ethics

    AlmostThere19 replied to Mursing's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm having the same dilemma as many of you. My parents both have respiratory issues (COPD and aspergillosis). My grandparents, who I help take care of, are obviously elderly and more susceptible to...

  16. Looking at Patient Information Before Shift

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I'm a new nurse, and I'll be starting my first job next week. Since I'm new and will probably be really slow at things, I was thinking that I'd like to come in for my shifts a little early at first to...

  17. I Have No Words

    AlmostThere19 replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I get what you're saying. I just didn't even realize the other night shift nurse was even attempting the IV on my patient until the charge nurse called me out because no one had told

  18. "Patient Satisfaction" in the ICU

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in Critical Care

    I've learned pretty quickly since I started working as a nurse that patient satisfaction is the hospital's #1 priority. As nurses, we are expected to keep patients happy and get them what they want,...

  19. Patients in Med Surg Needing 1:1

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in General Nursing

    As a new grad I'm hoping for some advice on the best way to handle a tricky situation I encounter a lot at work. I've had quite a few patients lately who honestly needed a 1:1 sitter but didn't have...

  20. Are boundaries ok?

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I live an hour away from my job and work 12 hour shifts. That means my work days are already 14 hours. I was asked to come in 2 hours early for a coworker. That would have made my workday 16 hours,...

  21. No One Understands

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My family doesn't understand how much being a nurse takes out of me. I have to work tonight, and I've had to spend all day today and yesterday helping my grandmother prepare our family's huge annual...

  22. It's Driving Me Crazy

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in General Nursing

    The assignments at my job are never made in time to look up patients before the shift starts. Is it like this everywhere? I can't stand going in not feeling

  23. Rejected by Patient

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm kind of bummed because for the first time a patient requested not to have me. I apparently kept the patient up all night by coming in and turning on the lights. I needed to turn on the lights to...

  24. Something Has to Change

    AlmostThere19 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad 3 months into my orientation on a med/surg floor. I am feeling very discouraged and defeated. I feel like nursing school taught me NOTHING. I don't like that I can't spend the time I...

  25. Something Has to Change

    AlmostThere19 replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Nursing

    I'm on nights and still having trouble with time management ? I do fine once things slow down, but it's the beginning of the shift when I'm having to do assessments and meds as well as taking admits...