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  1. Do You Hate Being A Nurse?

    Cfitz replied to ButterPeacanRican's topic in General Nursing

    Let me preface this by saying that I am a total noob and only worked on our birthing center for 6 weeks before leaving because I couldn't handle working nights (no sleep). I hated it. I have a long...

  2. Can you be a nurse without working in the hospital? Please help.

    Cfitz replied to Cfitz's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone has had great ideas, thanks. I will be working flu shot clinics for the next 2 months, so that's something. It will give me a chance to think more and try to network more too. If nothing...

  3. I feel utterly lost and am in need of suggestions, advice, support.

    Cfitz replied to Cfitz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I do think there could be a possibility there. I am definitely going to give it a try.

  4. I feel utterly lost and am in need of suggestions, advice, support.

    Cfitz posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm sorry this is long, but I am in dire need of some help. I have posted here before about how I was hired as a new grad on the birthing center of our hospital - the one job I had thought for a long...

  5. Stressed new nurse

    Cfitz replied to IamRN08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, I just want to hug you after reading that. It would have been me in 10 months had I stayed on nights on our birthing center. I am so sorry; you sound so stressed out and spent. Maybe, since...

  6. Can you be a nurse without working in the hospital? Please help.

    Cfitz replied to Cfitz's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the input so far, I really appreciate it. To answer some questions - yes, I tried Ambien, and I slept no more than 2.5 hours with it, then felt like heck for the rest of the day. I tried...

  7. Sleep deprivation, why does it make ME so sick?

    Cfitz replied to WVStarFish's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had the same problems when I was trying to work nights. I found that I just could not do it and it didn't get better. It was a horrible realization for me because I had to give up the job that I...

  8. I could really use some help with night shift vs day shift! Birthing Center

    Cfitz replied to Cfitz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yikes, I shouldn't be having too much in the way of "hormone issues" at 44. My mother didn't go through menopause until 56. But I guess it's possible. I have gotten a scrip for ambien so I can work...

  9. I could really use some help with night shift vs day shift! Birthing Center

    Cfitz replied to Cfitz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for the support. It has really thrown me - this not working out like I had thought and hoped it would. To work toward something, and to feel "led" to it, only to have it not work, is very...

  10. Stressed new nurse

    Cfitz replied to IamRN08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know you said "not as new as me" but I wanted to let you know that I am squarely in the same boat that you are right now. I started on our birthing center full-time in early August. I was hired...

  11. New nurse blues

    Cfitz replied to Pleaides's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I could have written this post verbatim...

  12. I got the job!

    Cfitz replied to ONCRN84's topic in General Nursing

    That's great! I will be on nights starting in August. I'm a little freaked by the notion of working nights and every other weekend!

  13. How much is your pay?

    Cfitz replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    Holy frig! $80k? NC? I need to move to your part of the state! You don't have to tell me where you work but some hints would be great...

  14. How much is your pay?

    Cfitz replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    I will start as an OB nurse (new grad) nights in Aug and the pay is about $21/hr with shift diff. After reading a lot of the salaries on here, I feel woefully

  15. I'm sad :( Nursing is Hard!!

    Cfitz replied to cyncopia's topic in General Students

    I'm just a few weeks short of graduation and I wanted to tell you all that I failed my foley demo. Badly. And yet, here I am.

  16. I'm sad :( Nursing is Hard!!

    Cfitz replied to cyncopia's topic in General Students

    "Central lines"?? All we had to know about central lines was how to care for one that was already placed. I've never heard of having to learn to place a central line, unless you're in the CRNA...

  17. Nursing School Blues??

    Cfitz replied to Nili927's topic in General Students

    Wow, that sounds like a handful and a half. I know exactly how you're feeling though, believe me. My house is a disaster (why is it that we're the only ones who seem able to keep the house clean,...

  18. Nursing School Blues??

    Cfitz replied to Nili927's topic in General Students

    You have NO IDEA how perfectly you just described the way I've been feeling. I think 2nd semester is really tough because we have what feels like such a long way still to go, and we KNOW all the work...

  19. 3M Littman Cardiology III Stethoscope.. Any good?

    Cfitz replied to Scrubz's topic in General Students

    I had a cheapie stethoscope my first semester for clinical and decided to splurge and bought myself a Littman Master Cardiology for Christmas. It was about $168 on Allheart and WORTH.EVERY.PENNY....