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SoundofMusic

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  1. 6 months out of school and Im precepting??!!

    SoundofMusic replied to LPNfurever's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sometimes they do that so you as the preceptor solidify your own knowledge through teaching others. It definitely worked that way for me. If you do it, then you teach it, you truly learn it. Our unit...

  2. Don't like being a nurse...Will I like being an NP?

    SoundofMusic replied to gogatsby's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know EXACTLY what I don't like about nursing -- and many of them have been mentioned here: the hours, the shifts, and for me, it's the paperwork. I honestly feel LIKE A MONKEY filling out all those...

  3. I want OUT!!!!

    SoundofMusic replied to shoegalRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Coming in late here, but you know, I could have written your post when I first started in nursing 2 years ago. As a smart new grad, I also started out in an ICU. And those ICU nurses chewed on me for...

  4. 46 too old to start nusring school?

    SoundofMusic replied to cute2's topic in General Nursing

    46? You're still pretty young, actually!! I graduated at 44 and am 46 now w/ 2 years of med surg nursing under my belt. I did not feel like anyone looked at me strangely for starting later. In fact,...

  5. Am I too old to become an NP?

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have read that women in their late 40's 50's and even 60's can have BOATLOADS of newfound energy. It's related to menopause somehow. I know that you can also suffer from low energy at this time, but...

  6. For Burned out nurses who are leaving the profession...

    SoundofMusic replied to GaMBA's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not leaving the profession, but I'm enrolled in a program to become a FNP. I will stick w/ bedside until I am done w/ this program and then kiss it goodbye forever. What makes it hard? I'd have to...

  7. What would you change about Nursing to make it better?

    SoundofMusic replied to RNman09's topic in General Nursing

    1. Stop w/ the time clocks and give every new nurse a business card. Treat nurses like professionals and EXPECT them to act like professionals. 2. A BSN as entry level. No more being managed by...

  8. I was accepted

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Into a FNP in my area. I'm SO excited and elated by this. It wasn't all that hard to get in -- they just required a good gpa and an interview, transcripts, etc. I had to submit one reference. It...

  9. I was accepted

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks, all. And thanks, Trauma. Nah -- I'm over the age thing. At any rate, us older students have a lot out of the way -- kids, husband, etc. I've been there, done ALL that. Now the only thing I...

  10. Staying late to complete your work

    SoundofMusic replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a busy med surg type unit and am rarely if EVER out on the dot at quitting time. Most of us are there at least 30 mins past, and my "average" is about 45 mins past. There is just no way w/...

  11. NO LUNCH? NO BREAKS? Is that common in nursing?

    SoundofMusic replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    Well, yes, it's common. Sort of. I don't live in California. What I experience is that my lunch is my responsibility and I have to find another nurse to cover for me, and I cover for them. Sometimes...

  12. Sick Of Co-workers Calling In ALL the Time

    SoundofMusic replied to skittlebear's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, in reality, I've earned my sick days. Right now I have a lot of time saved up and I'm planning to call in for 2 days straight because I've got some interviews set up for grad school. I hate...

  13. I DID IT!!!! I survived illness, fought back, and am graduating an RN program!!!

    SoundofMusic replied to nursgirl's topic in General Nursing

    OMG, what an incredible story. You are a total inspiration. Tell us about some of those not so great nurses, and about some of the great ones -- so we can emulate that. I'd really be interested in...

  14. Putting in your own orders

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in General Nursing

    How often do you do this? We have a few nurses on our unit who seem to put in a LOT of their own orders, just to either lighten the load on the secretary, or coddle her, one of the two. I know the...

  15. Experienced nurses: teach us your time management skills

    SoundofMusic replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I just cluster, cluster, cluster. I think about what I need everytime I go into a room. I combine 8 with 10 meds, and so on. I will also just do a little at a time -- one assessment in, then go off to...

  16. Is nursing depressing? Would you leave because of that?

    SoundofMusic replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    *****I feel the most depressing aspect of my job has been the environment in which I must work in....set up by the unrealistic expectations of adminstration/managers. This depresses me most.**** Amen....

  17. Is nursing depressing? Would you leave because of that?

    SoundofMusic replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    Is it depressing? Sometimes. When I'm overworked and doing my valiant best, and some fool decides to be abusive, whether it's a co-worker, doc or patient, THAT is depressing. However, sometimes seeing...

  18. Putting in your own orders

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    The physician order entry system sounds like a dream! We are getting it -- it's just taking our dinosaur hospital time to get it up and running. Now I can't wait to see the tasks flushed out and...

  19. Medical Surgical Floor from Hell

    SoundofMusic replied to NaomieRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, I know that when I first started on the floor, either they WERE giving me the tough assignments, or I at least felt like it was tougher than the others. What it could have been is that it seemed...

  20. Putting in your own orders

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the way it has been since I've been there is that if there is a secretary there, he/she puts in orders. I've been TOLD to delegate -- to give it to the secretary. All of the other secretaries do...

  21. I hate nurses, what should I do?

    SoundofMusic replied to brentster_us's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have to say that I had very hateful feelings toward a lot of the nurses I first worked with on my floor as a new grad. (I see my own post here from a while back, when I was a newer grad) They all...

  22. Am I too old to become an NP?

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks, Dixie! That was encouraging. Well, no LITTLE kids, but two older ones at home. One is 18 and directionless -- and the youngest one has special needs. I have an older child also leaving home...

  23. NP Salary vs. RN salary

    SoundofMusic replied to Health-Nut's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I feel, although I'm not even accepted into a program yet, that nursing is just about the toughest job in the hospital. At least as an NP, I may be able to sit and concentrate, perhaps, on one thing...

  24. Interview for NP program -- hints appreciated!

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have to do a face to face interview as an applicant for a FNP program. These are always nervewracking. For those of you who were accepted into programs, any hints on: 1. appropriate dress? 2. What...

  25. What are good area's of RN experience for FNP??

    SoundofMusic replied to USN2UNC's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This is why I want to make a switch to an ER. Not the major trauma center we have, but just something more local and "freestanding" -- if that is what you call them. I feel I see the same things over...