paxpax

paxpax specializes in med-tele.

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1. Almost at the year mark, and still unsure...

   paxpax replied to nursealanarae's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I have been on my own 15 months and feel the same as you do. All the comments resonate with my experience. I got called at home yesterday (my day off), and semi-threatened with some sort of...

2. Too many life changes at once...

   paxpax replied to Wondergirl0905's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Praying for you. Broke up with my partner in within my first year of nursing. Take it a day at a time.

3. Sick of making mistakes and questioning why I ever became a nurse to begin with!

   paxpax replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I have been on my own after orientation 15 months - it does get a little easier, but I still have days where I feel like it's the first week after orientation on my own. I work on a similar floor as...

4. MD Phobia

   paxpax replied to tamari07's topic in First Year After Licensure

   it's sexist to assume that only male docs scream. i've been inappropriately chewed out by both female and male docs. bullying behavior can be exhibited by both males and

5. Starting Nursing At 40...am I Too Late???

   paxpax replied to SunnyBeach_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I am 47 years old and this is my first year of nursing. It's never too late for

6. New RN and panicked/struggling

   paxpax replied to redwood's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I am 6 months on my own on a busy tele unit. I still can't start IVs - I blew an easy one tonight and had to get help. I couldn't do ABG's if I tried, though our respiratory people do that. I also...

7. I send pt home with heplocks!!

   paxpax replied to luce2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

   You are NOT a bad nurse. I work on a tele floor. Recently we had an extremely needy (abusive to staff) family on the floor, discharge planning worked for days to get the patient placed in a...

8. Six Months

   paxpax posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   Six months ago tonight I stepped onto the floor as a new grad nurse. Three month ago tonight I started on my own "flying solo". I'm a re-tread nurse from another industry, but I am happy to have...

9. Old man thinking of nursing

   paxpax replied to coop47's topic in Men in Nursing

   I am a new grad - 47 years old. While most of the people I work with are younger than me - I have a great time with them. Some of our Nurse's Aids are in their 50s and are hard workers. I read my...

10. Terms we will not admit to using

    paxpax replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    A doc once told me that "WNL" really means "We Never

11. Two steps forward.....

    paxpax replied to Virgo_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks all for saying that you're mid-career changers. I'm a mid-career changer too! Some say "Re-tread nurse". I was never a nurse's aid, just my ABSN program, and bam I am hired. At first I felt...

12. Two steps forward.....

    paxpax replied to Virgo_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel the same way as well. I've been on my own for 2 months. The hardest part of my day is now giving report at the end of the shift when I am dead honest about what I wasn't able to get to. I...

13. Loyola ABSN May 08

    paxpax replied to coopsc1's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I am in my 40s and I graduated from Loyola's ABSN program this year '07. It is important to make friends in the program, it's the only way I got by. It's hard work, good luck.

14. THE WORST Experience/night of my life!

    paxpax replied to emmie08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    emmie08 I am a new nurse and I have felt the same as you have after making a mistake, or as I have done, using poor judgment. I was aware of 'gossip' - but soon EVERYONE gets over it. I find that I...

15. How do you count the time?

    paxpax posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    How do you count the time of being a new grad or new hire nurse? If I count from my first day (9/17), I've worked 3 ½ months, if I count since my first day on my own, it's been 6 ½ weeks. My...