TaylorJ

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1. Overworked and understaffed on COVID unit.

   TaylorJ posted a topic in COVID

   I am a new nurse working on what would be considered a stable COVID unit. I work in a nursing home where we only get COVID patients from surrounding nursing homes and hospitals. The stable ones at least. We only have one hall open at the moment. Thin...

2. RN vs. EMT

   TaylorJ replied to TaylorJ's topic in General Nursing

   He never directly refused to take the patient. But he kept trying to coax me into thinking maybe I had made the wrong call. He kept pointing out that his O2 sat was at 99% when they got there. I also pointed out that he was on High flow oxygen and th...

3. RN vs. EMT

   TaylorJ posted a topic in General Nursing

   I’ll start off by saying I am a new nurse. I’ve only been working for a few weeks.I work in a LTC facility that has been turned into a covid unit. We only have COVID Patients. One of my residents starts to decline. He has a j tube. His sats have alwa...

4. New grad......did I make a mistake?

   TaylorJ posted a topic in General Nursing

   I graduated in May of this year and started a job on a covid unit in a nursing home about three weeks ago. I trained for a about a week and a half and I was put out on my own. I hate it. I hate my job. I cry when thinking about going in. I make a lot...

5. New Grad-Hate job-Need advice

   TaylorJ posted a topic in Career Support

   I graduated in May of this year and took my NCLEX in June. I just now was able to land my first job. I started two days ago. It's not the ideal job. I really wanted to be in a hospital but was unable to get into any residency programs. So I settled f...