Bella36RN

Hi. I did the accelerated program at Jefferson Davis. I was an LPN and went through the RN program. I t was the first year they were doing it and they chose 7 LPNs that had just graduated to be their "guinea pigs" and I was one of them (which I was very grateful for). I live in Greenville, Al...a small town about an hour and a half north of Brewton. I work at a small hospital here. It was a good starter hospital. I work night shift charge nurse on med surg floor and we really work together as a team to help each other out. The stress of nursing school was much greater for me because i had/have test anxiety, but nursing has its stress as well! A lot of the times I am the only RN on med surg...leaving me to do all the pushes, all the admits, and (oh, and im house supervisor) go to pharmacy, medical records, and purchasing when anybody from any unit needs something....all while having 5 patients of my own. So, it definitly is stressful but being a nurse is the best thing in the world. To make someone smile when they sad or to just be there to comfort is all worth it. If you have anymore questions about it, I would be glad to answer them!

I graduated from the RN program at Jefferson Davis in the Fall of 2007 and currently work as an RN here in Alabama. I think it was a good program. The teachers really were good at explaining things and the harder they were...the more you learned. I enjoyed going there. Some clinicals were in Pensacola at Sacred Heart, which was a travel for me, but it was a good experience at such a big hospital and I learned a lot there.

we dont have standig orders, so that is why i didnt do it because i didnt have an order...just needed some backup thanks

Do you need a doctor's order to do an in-and-out catheter? my DON told me to do one to obtain a UA without a doctor's order and I told her no. know she is just mad with me...:argue:

they refuse to put any nursing assistant or anything with us... we had 31 patients the other night and they still had no help for us. our DON does do the staffing, everybody thinks she is "all that" so she answers to herself. she refuses any kind of help and mainly only schedules 3 night shift nurses a night. One of our RNs got transfered to ER (leaving us 2 RNs on night shift). So, now we have 2 RNs and we are having to do 7 12 hour shifts and 7 off. I'm tired. :zzzzz

they pay me one dollar extra....laughable I know:chuckle. The thing is about the older nurse is that I have been here 8 months and I am now the RN on med surg that has been here the longest thank you! It is very stressful and I dont think that I should have to deal with it at all. I have learned so much, but it is getting tuff the more and more i keep myself in the situation. my complaints, as well as the complaints of my coworkers, about us being shorthanded is not being considered what so ever. I dont like to be in charge of anybody. I like to do my thing and taken care of my patients. thanks! Thank you guys for your support. :heartbeat

someone who understands!!! yay i have tried sitting down with her and she just says you can handle it ( I have heard that phrase so much) it is just frustrating because i dont want to job hop my first year of nursing and i am getting married in december and have saved up my vacation time....urggghhhh.....frustrated

Yes, a new nurse, and house supervisor. Yes, it is a small town hospital yes...new grad and house supervisor...yes....i was naive when i took the position because they did not explain to me what the job entailed (not even during orientation. I have tried the "demanding the CCU nurses" they call kimberli...our DON and she called me and said "you can handle it":banghead: it is a small hospital, and i did not know what the job entailed You know, this is a site for encouragement...you need to find a place else where to debate. Once again, I did not know what the job entailed. yes...a new nurse...not even a year i work 6 12hour shifts and then I am off 8 I am house supervisor and charge nurse I manage code team and finally yes....i do have a full load of patients I didnt know what i was getting myself into

i was put in that position 2 months out of nursing school because 3 RNs left at the same time...now we have three with one going to ER (leaving), one moving to a different county (leaving), then I am the only RN left on night shift!!!! I was told that if I didn't want that position when they shoved me into it then they didn't have another open (even though they hired an RN on days 2 weeks after that )

Ok....my story...hang in there. I am 21 years old, I am a registered nurse, I graduated last December. I work night shift 7P-7A on a medical- surgical floor. 6 days on and 8 days off. I am house supervisor and charge nurse. House supervisor- no pharmacist (I carry keys to the pharmacy so when someone needs a med not in our medication system I have to call the pharmacist at home and get a code and then meet that person at the pharmacy doors and go look for the med), no purchasing ( I carry keys to purchasing, when a unit is out of gloves, pillows, etc. or a dr needs something then i have to go and get it), no medical records (I carry keys to medical records- when a unit (ER mainly) needs an old record- I have to go and find it), I sometimes have to administer meds to our sleep center patients, and keys to various other departments. I organize code team...and lastly I am th ONLY RN on my unit and I take my own FULL LOAD!!! The other night I had 6 patients because we were short a nurse and It was awful!!!!! Our DON would not come and help us. Our CCU had 3 nurses and 6 patients (only 1 really critical patient) and everyone of them refused to come and help us!!! I am so aggravated at the fact that she bribed a nurse to come and help CCU the next day (which means they had 3 nurses) because CCU got one admit!! She doesnt care about night shift at all and treats us like pions!!...getting so tired of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My first code...I really don't remember my thoughts. It was a flight or fight response...i got in there and started do compressions....and continued for about 45 minutes with another nurse and I switching out

I work with one doctor that comes around on our night shift. She is awesome!! We laugh and cut up and we just really enjoy her and she is an awesome doctor who is all about her patients. On the other hand, we have another doctor that curses us out if we call him...EVEN IF HE IS ON CALL!!! unbelievable!!!

Nope....Most of the time I am house supervisor and charge nurse with my own load of patients...not time...i did catch a couple of the employees in the gerio psych unit and lets say next time a notice of concern will be written with a picture from my cell phone...we are not payed to sleep

I live in Butler County. New Grad. Base pay $18...$3 shift diff. 12 hour shifts. sign on bonus

I live in Alabama and I use one!!!