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  1. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    Now that's an idea that makes sense. I don't know under whom nurses should work -- perhaps they shoudl be called "jr nurses" or "apprentice nurses" or something...but really, you're not really with it...

  2. Brand Spankin' New Med Surg Gpn !

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

    LOL, read our thread on Hospitals suck at orientation. Maybe that will clue you in as to why you feel so

  3. My poor poor handover :(

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

    We do our voice care report, and then we hang around to provide a verbal update. I find it works well, but many times nurses on our floor just don't get around to recording their reports. I find this...

  4. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    MORE camraderie is exactly what is needed in this profession. We NEED to talk through the issues -- not get defensive about LPNs vs. BSN's, or students vs. veteran nurses, or how the healthcare field...

  5. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    This is so IT!!!! We read about the needs, but never learned how to really fulfill them, critically think about WHY, HOW, and in what ORDER we would fulfill them. We were just mere observers. I hate...

  6. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    I have a friend whose program does do this -- she said it was tough, but obviously, this truly IS the way to go to really do the "thing" that a nurse does. All we did was pick ONE patient about half...

  7. First year (6 months actually) and LOVING IT!!!

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

    I will have to chime in also, even though I admit I tend to post a lot of negative stuff here as a new grad. Though my situation is not perfect, I have had a relatively good experience in my 2nd...

  8. OK I now have RN behind my name and now over night am I suppsed to know everything?

    SoundofMusic replied to racing-mom4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know what this OP means. I am also amazed at how much doctors trust us to be their eyes and ears. They have a lot of patients to take care of, and they go by our assessment. Of course, most all come...

  9. students! they have no sympathy!

    SoundofMusic replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think sometimes students in groups will act that way due to inner insecurties more than anything. More than likely, many of these types will not even graduate or will fail NCLEX or something. I saw...

  10. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    LLg, what do you mean by poor quality programs? How would you describe them? I'm surprised that any nursing program would be described as "poor" - aren't there standards they all have to meet? IMO,...

  11. Miserable New Grad!

    SoundofMusic replied to emergencyRN757's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As a new grad not yet off orientation, I am getting the feeling that i"m just basically going to have to go back and review lots of concepts in my patho books and other resources at home. I will be on...

  12. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    Wow, I think and hope that my OP began a good discussion here. And I think a lot of you ARE onto something. I do feel coming from a 2nd degree program, that our clinical time was very minimal, that I...

  13. Is working part-time really all that bad?

    SoundofMusic replied to cocoa9065's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can't wait to work part-time, PRN or per diem or whatever. Once I've satisfied my committments, I hope to just stick with part-time as long as I'm raising our kids -- it's the perfect well paying...

  14. My preceptor ...

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Is just odd, and I need to vent. She is a funny gal, likes to sit a lot at the nursing station and joke with her buddies. I laugh a lot, but I also struggle with her. None of her joking is directed...

  15. My preceptor ...

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

    Shoot, those nurses have to retire sometime ... does she expect them to be nurses in their 80's? LOL. Most of the staff management we have have worked on our floors about 7-8 years or less. Guess...

  16. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    You make a good point. I graduated from a 2nd degree program where we didn't get much clinical time. I think that is a lot of it -- I wasn't taught all the simple clinical stuff, and didn't get much...

  17. Is this all there is?

    SoundofMusic replied to nurseby07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel this way often. On my days off and during certain very difficult periods on the floor at work. I miss my old career (in marketing) and how creative I could be -- how I could work without...

  18. can i still be a nurse

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

    Well, if you had problems with those courses to the extent that you failed them, it just isn't going to get any easier. If it were me, I'd really look into what caused you to fail them and see if you...

  19. why the cliques in nursing ?

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

    I can't help but think that cliques are the fault of management. If management KNEW how to foster comraderie instead of clicki-ness, it would be greatly reduced. If morale was fostered and made a...

  20. I've lost confidence,0 time management skill

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

    Do you have a plan for your day that you can follow? I have developed a time plan and set goals for each hour: 7 -7:30, listen to report, get handoff, report to techs; 7:30 - 8, round on patients,...

  21. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    Well, I may have been misunderstood here. I'm not at the end of my rope in any way and plan to finish out all of my obligations to the hospital that hired me. Maybe this is all in the cycle of how...

  22. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    No, it's not. It's a terrible scene, and with the coming Baby Boomers aging, this is a recipe for utter disaster in our healthcare system which is already imploding in so many ways. I have only...

  23. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    Elkpark, I do like my job. Despite the orientation, I am learning a lot and doing well with my assignments. I am just stating the truth here, that orientation at many hospitals is sorely lacking and...

  24. New Grad

    SoundofMusic replied to jamiejo05's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Just stopped by to visit this thread and provide an update. I did in fact leave my ICU and went to a med surg type floor at another local hospital. I so far am really, really happy with my new unit...

  25. Does every new nurse need to start on med surg?

    SoundofMusic replied to jc449's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I will be one that strongly says YES. In my own experience after having spent 3 very, very stressful months in an ICU after graduation and then backpeddling to a med surg type floor, I am SO much more...