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  1. Took NCLEX TODAY! Freaking out! Got 75 Q's, 6 select all no calc!

    youngatheart replied to tink2485's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    As i look at these messages it brings back memories of what I faced last year at this time. I passed the nclex last june and have been working a total of one year with my RN degree. I remember how...

  2. Night Shift and Health

    youngatheart replied to RNSuzq1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just switched from nights 7p-7am to days. Wow what a difference, I am really a day person so switching worked for me except for the workload - 4.00 dollars less for going to days and working 10...

  3. When will I get the hang of it?

    youngatheart replied to hica19's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been working on a med surg floor for 7 months , I did night shifts 7p-7a for 6 of those months i just recently went on to days 2 weeks ago. Whew am I exhausted 7a-7p. I worked night shift so i...

  4. Top Five Tips for Night Shift? For a new nurse?

    youngatheart replied to TuckerBug's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been working nights for about 5 months now 7p-7a I am really a day person and it has been very hard on me, I sleep all the time when I have a day off just to make up what my body needs, I will...

  5. Hate Hospital - Do I have to do this ??

    youngatheart replied to JoAnna McNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Joanne2005, I know exactly how you feel. I graduated in May, took nclex in june and started working Full time in July. I was given about 8 weeks orientation but it was not very good as most times I...

  6. Bully

    youngatheart replied to gracie05's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Can you schedule yourself on a different workday so you don't have to work with him? After shift let him know how you felt being treated like that. I know there are some very difficult people to work...

  7. How do I prep for night shift

    youngatheart replied to khazel2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been working night shift since September, 7p-7a. (three 12 hour shifts per week) My first night back I try to take a nap from 12:30-3:30 then stay up until I leave for work, Get home at 8 am go...

  8. My first... Code.

    youngatheart replied to ashley_michelle's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ashley michelle, So sorry to read about a code, I dread every night that one will happen to me. We do have a rapid response team member that floats around and we can call if anything looks...

  9. First and Last Year in Nursing

    youngatheart replied to K98's topic in First Year After Licensure

    kellerpatty, You described just what I have been going through. I am a new nurse just having graduated in June 2006. I really question my career choice sometimes. I had a bad orientation and feel like...

  10. 8 hr shifts vs. 12 hr shift

    youngatheart replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I have been working 12 hour nights 7p-7a for about 5 months now. I am always exhausted, it's nice having an extra day off but I use it catching up on my sleep. I wish my hospital offered 8 hour...

  11. I never thought...

    youngatheart replied to gracie05's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have had my stethescope 4 years during nursing school I went to several different hospitals and never lost it . I now have been working since July (since getting my RN degree) I accidentally left my...

  12. paperwork aaaarrrrggghhhh!!

    youngatheart replied to MIA-RN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    coopergirl, After 12 week of orientation, I still don't have much of a clue what paper work needs to be done unless I didn't do it then they ask about it, If it was never shown to me I wouldn't know....

  13. 8 hr shifts vs. 12 hr shift

    youngatheart replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work 3 12's the night shift 7p-7a. Love the 12 hour shift as usually you never get out after an 8 hour shift on time. I bet the 8 hour shift goes fast though. I would like the option of switching...

  14. Unit secretaries a must

    youngatheart replied to willdgate's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work at nights 7p-7am. We have a secretary until 11pm then after that we process our own orders which is fine with me. During the day it would be really hectic to do your own

  15. Almost out of orientation, YIKES!

    youngatheart replied to RNLisa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    rnlisa, I have been off orientation for about 2 weeks now. I miss having a preceptor, Not that they were much help but felt a little more confident. I orientated on days and now am working the night...

  16. NOC shift-how do you arrange your sleep?

    youngatheart replied to supernova004's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It is very hard and gets time to get use to night shift, after 46 years of being a day person, getting through nights is tough, I have been at nights for over a month now and I am really tired. I try...

  17. Day vs. Night Shift

    youngatheart replied to willdgate's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new grad May 06'/ I started orientation on days for 12 weeks and then went to my permanent position on nights 7pm-7am. What a big difference, Days were very hectic, people going for tests,...

  18. NOC shift-how do you arrange your sleep?

    youngatheart replied to supernova004's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been on nights for 4 weeks now 7p-7a. I truly am a day person and have been one for 46 years. Nighs do take time to get use to. I am a new grad (May 2006) and this was the only position open....

  19. Tips for improving energy levels??

    youngatheart replied to healer27's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Healer27, I know how you feel, I started nights 7p-7am 3 weeks ago, I have no energy all I want is to sleep, I used to work out at least 4 times per week but feel so exhausted, I started taking...

  20. Finding it tough

    youngatheart replied to AussieKylie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    RNkylie, I feel the same way, for 12 weeks now I had preceptors that were also charge nurses and kind of let me on my own, I eventually had to work up to a full load 5/6 patients. I just started on...

  21. 3 Weeks Old RN - My Patient Died Today.

    youngatheart replied to Slobgob's topic in First Year After Licensure

    slobgob, I had been in orientation for 10 weeks on days and now was to go 2 weeks of my orientation at night 7p-7a. The first night I had a patient who just went into hospice care. the first check she...

  22. Not getting any feedback from my preceptor...

    youngatheart replied to Brooke13-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Brooke, I remember reading some of your other posts. your story is so similar to mine. For 10 weeks on day shift with 4-5 preceptors (most of the time they were also charge nurses) and left me on my...

  23. Need some help tonight, please!

    youngatheart replied to laurenjarrod's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated in May 2006, I had 10 weeks or orientation on Days and then just recently switched to nights. Days you seem to do alot more skills, and see new opportunities and Dr's are around to ask...

  24. MRSA Question

    youngatheart replied to Irishgirl's topic in Infectious Disease

    I have a lot of nursing home patients on my floor, One nurse told me that if each nursing home patient was swabbed at least 90% would show up with MRSA, Worried about

  25. Anyone pushing 50 and a recent grad??

    youngatheart replied to TCooper's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Rebecca, How true you are, being older has helped me make probably better decisions, but like you said most people I work with think I have been a nurse for a long time and I have to remind them that...