BeachyRNn08

BeachyRNn08

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  1. Hoping To Get an ER Job!

    BeachyRNn08 replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for the advice! Definitely got that thick skin, it takes a lot to hurt my feelings, lol. Got most of the others down, working on my iv skills more, not the greatest currently. Looking forward...

  2. Arguments Disfavoring Hourly Rounding

    BeachyRNn08 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I don't find that it decreases call lights, imo. I dunno how it is everywhere, but some of my pts, you can check on them, give them pain medicine, reposition, get some water, whatever, and...

  3. Ethical Question about NGs and medication administration

    BeachyRNn08 replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in General Nursing

    She's already on antidepressants, well, until she started refusing to take most of her medications. Before taking them, not only was she down and depressed, she was just downright mean and inpatient....

  4. Ethical Question about NGs and medication administration

    BeachyRNn08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm a fairly new nurse, only 7 months experience, working on an intermediate care unit. I have a pt who is able to swallow, GI system completely functional, she stopped eating became severely...

  5. Ethical Question about NGs and medication administration

    BeachyRNn08 replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, thank you everyone for your replies. This is obviously a complicated subject and I appreciate everyone's input. No, this woman is not terminal at this point. She 's in her sixtys, originally...

  6. Ethical Question about NGs and medication administration

    BeachyRNn08 replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely agree with

  7. Arguments Disfavoring Hourly Rounding

    BeachyRNn08 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I think those hourly rounding sheets are such a joke... I think I've completed one since they became mandatory on my intermediate care unit. Our floor already requires activity charting every 2...

  8. Weekend/Night shifts only- how rare are these opportunities?

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

    I work weekend special day shift as a new grad. I am required to work every Saturday and Sunday but I'm able to choose whatever other day I want during the week because we self schedule. We get paid...

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

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

    Yes! All of these mistakes normally happen toward the end of shift, when I'm mentally, physically and emotionally exhausted... Thanks for sharing your mistakes, always makes me feel better to know...

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

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

    Thanks everyone for the positive advice! Back to work tomorrow, and dreading it even more than before Feel like everyone's heard about my screw up... Just hoping I can make it another 6 months so I...

  11. Is there such a thing as postgrad depression syndrome?

    BeachyRNn08 replied to I RN A's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I felt the same exact way when I graduated 6 months ago!! I couldn't sleep, couldn't eat, didn't want to do anything. I didn't want to go to my graduation or my pinning ceremony and was having panic...

  12. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    BeachyRNn08 replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ditto on the running yourself ragged all shift and the oncoming nurse bringing up all this stuff that you didn't do. I feel the same exact way, I work my butt off all shift, bearly sit down, trying so...

  13. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    BeachyRNn08 replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel the same exact way!!! If I could just make it that to that one year mark, maybe everything would be ok, or if not I could find something else! I have the same sleeping problems, I sleep just...

  14. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    BeachyRNn08 replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I sure hope you're right. ... I don't think I can take much more... it just seems like things get worse and not better... I love nursing, but this is not at all what I signed up for! I'm lucky to...

  15. I feel worse than when I started

    BeachyRNn08 replied to Eastcoast24's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am in the same boat as the rest of you. Graduated in May and began working on a cardiac intermediate care unit in june. Being a new nurse is so tough, I feel like I am always screwing something up...

  16. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    BeachyRNn08 replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I too am a new grad, graduated in May, got my license in June, and started work on a cardiac intermediate care unit. I feel so overwhelmed, like I'm always messing something up. It's so hard dealing...

  17. May 2008 grads....how are things going?

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

    Hey everyone! Glad to hear everyone is liking nursing so far! I am working on a cardiac step down unit. I have been on orientation for 8 weeks, and today was my first day on my own.... I bearly slept...

  18. getting up early

    BeachyRNn08 replied to shrimpchips's topic in General Students

    I feel your pain there, I always have trouble sleeping when I have to get up the next day for something. I get everything ready the night before, and sleep as late as I can. Good luck! Hope you...

  19. how many patients for a new grad on the first day on the floor?

    BeachyRNn08 replied to Surgical_RN08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey, i'm a new grad also, started on the floor about 3 weeks ago. My hospital has an intern program where we're with a preceptor for 3 months and gradually work up to the full pt load with minimal...

  20. Did You Settle for Nursing?

    BeachyRNn08 replied to sarahrn2be's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I'll try not to be brutal or anything, everyone has the right to their own opinion, but I'm in disbelief right now that someone would come to a site called "AllNURSES.com" and basically say that...

  21. Emergency Services- Medical?

    BeachyRNn08 replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for the advice guys. I'm definitely going to check into it, doesn't hurt to

  22. Emergency Services- Medical?

    BeachyRNn08 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi all, I'm a new grad, currently in an intern program for a cardiac telemety unit. However, I came across a job listing for my hospital for a job in Emergency Services- Medical, Chest Pain or...

  23. How long for NCLEX results?

    BeachyRNn08 replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in General Nursing

    :DI PASSED! Yay! Good luck on

  24. New RN Grad taking NCLEX next week!!!

    BeachyRNn08 replied to rosco123's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I did a lot of study questions from Saunder's and NCLEX 3500. I felt like the questions in NCLEX 3500 were probably the closest to the type of questions I had on the NCLEX. I did a bunch of...

  25. Anxiously awaiting results!

    BeachyRNn08 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hey everyone, Took the NCLEX-RN Friday, still waiting for my results as my state does not participate in QuickResults. I probably won't hear anything until Tuesday or later. I had 75qs, 12 or so SATA,...