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Hi all. I have been offered a job on a tele floor......finally back in a hospital after nightmare first experience as anew RN. Does anyone have any tips or pointers such as most important things to remember? Any advice at all is greatly appreciate...

Wow! thank you! Since I left that horrible oncology unit, I went into a LTC facilityfor 4 months. My residents cried when I told them i was leaving. Really pulled at my heart strings. imagine..a grown man crying becoz the insulin I gave him woul...

Hi. I am looking for advice or encouragement from experienced nurses. How or when do you find where you belong? I am new..only worked 4 months in Onco and had a HORRIBLE experience with staff, etc. I left and am looking for a new job. I liked th...

So glad you are out of there! There is no way those nurses who can pass meds to so many in 20 minutes is even looking at the MAR. i worked in LTC as an RN for about 4 months. I had 20 residents and it took me over an hour to do my med pass. I did...

Like others have said, it seems to vary from region to regon. I have been working ona "step-down" tele unit for 3 months now. I am told the difference between us and the PCU (progressive care unit) is that we can't hang certain drips.......we can h...

Shame on the BSN! Coming from a horrible experience as a new RN, I would have LOVED to have had a preceptor that cared enough to encourage and guide me as you are trying to do. What goes around comes around as they say. I am thinking that her over...

thank you so much for you wisdom! I'm not sure at this point what our responsibilities on the unit are. i'm waiting for the call to shadow. That way i will see what it's like. It is med/surg so I would think we will be hanging drips and getting p...

Hi everyone. I am trying to update my resume. I am new grad of almost a year. I have posted here before and got wonderful support and advice! My question this time is...when writing up my resume, what all should i list as skills? I mean after yo...

That was probably a better answer than mine! I'm trying to convince myself I'm not a crappy nurse......just an inexperienced one looking for an opportunity to learn and grow from a baby nurse to a confident and skilled nurse! I only have 4 months o...

I don't think I didn't get the job because I'm blacklisted. I caused no harm to anyone. I was on orientation when i quit. I think truthfully, I blew the interview by being too honest. I told them I did not have experience with vents and was intim...

Hi all. I am so confused right now. I'm a new RN that graduated in May took boards, passed them, worked at large hospital for 4 months, went through pure hell in a toxic environment and am currently working in LTC. sigh....I hate my job in LTC. I ...

Well.....The interview went well at the hospital. The problem now is that I was told that student nurses at the community college where I went are considered employees of the hospital and they get the job offers first. there are 3 positions open......

Thanks guys. I am praying I get the hospital job. I believe at this point that the hospital is where my heart is. The first hospital I worked at was not a good fit. My old unit I hear is pure hell. I was the 6th RN to leave in 2 months and 2 mor...

Sorry to hear of your concerns. Rightly so, however. If your gut is saying I'm not ready...then listen. I went through the same situation sort of.I told my NM I wasnt eady and was told I couldnt be on orientation longer. I lasted only 4 months. ...

Hi all. I'm still stressing over my former job and replaying things in my mind...did I do a good job? Was I a bad nurse? I keep hearing in my head things that were said to me and I'm obsessing.......my preceptor told me I had a confidence problem....

Thank you. What you say does make sense. I guess I am obessing because I truly love nursing. I even find myself thinking about patients I cared for and wondering how they are. I worked in onco and many patients stayed in the hospital for weeks at...

jojotoo, Thank you so much for the post. I'm not the original poster but you said things I needed to hear!!!!!!!! I posted above and I ended up quitting my job because of toxic work environment, etc. But, i was told when i was hired that organizat...

I feel so badly for you! I felt the same on my former job. I was to the point that I dreaded going in to work. My coworkers were NOT supportive...just snitches! I ended up quitting. When i left I told them i knew there was a place for me in nurs...

Good point. and YES a verbal order! I called the doc because the son was in earlier and said he wanted his dad a DNR. Son had to leave and couldnt wait for doc to call me back. So..the doc called me, I explained the situation and gave the doc the...

Do you think a "teaching hospital" would provide a better orientation than a community or other hospital (for lack of a better word)? I think as newbie nurses we need sufficient orientation to gain some confidence and get our feet under us before th...

Thank you. That helps alot...I'm just worried that I burned the bridge when I quit...the place i worked is part of the large network including the major hospitals..university hospital..which are the teaching hospitals! Guess I wont know until i try...

I have some hearing loss as well and LOVE it. I can pick up all kinds of murmurs, lungs sounds, etc. My only complaint is using it to take manual BPs. You have to have it placed just right it seems. The bell is not as flat as other models or some...

We did go see a lawyer........no grounds for suit...or more like no suit for a big enough settlement to make it worth their while.....see when you file a medmal lawsuit, first you have to another professional state that first there has been malpracti...

Sorry! I've been helped so much on this site, thought i would try to return the favor.

trmr, Very interesting! My dad raises honeybees and sells the honey and bee pollen. You would be amazed at things honey is used for. I don't want this to sound like a sales pitch..but...here goes. Honey is the purest food......bacteria can't grow...