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  1. Does EVERYONE Feel Like This?

    RN1263 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in First Year After Licensure

    HAHAHAHA........ME

  2. Does EVERYONE Feel Like This?

    RN1263 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in First Year After Licensure

    YEP...YEP...YEP!!!! we got a "new" staffing grid so that we have LESS staff scheduled for patient care (nurses and aids) and management said "well, now we're overstaffed, so if you don't like the...

  3. Having a problem with the rudeness

    RN1263 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a new grad RN and I'm working med/surg right now and I can't stand it! Yes, rudeness is on the floor I work also...... I basically mirror back to my co-workers what I'm given, otherwise this is...

  4. Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

    RN1263 replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    .....I'm a new grad and I agree w/ this 100%! My job on a med/surg floor is a bloody nightmare and I hate it, not because I hate nursing in and of itself but because management thinks cutting aids...

  5. I'm ready to resign!

    RN1263 replied to NTPinky's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm also a new grad RN on a busy med/surg floor.....I'm up to 4 pts. and I have NO idea how I'll ever get to 6??? I want to pull my hair out DAILY!....I want to quit DAILY! For the experienced nurses...

  6. Did anyone hate nursing school?

    RN1263 replied to FNPhopeful's topic in First Year After Licensure

    RELAX??........RELAX???........No disrespect, but as a new grad RN on a busy med/surg floor there is NO

  7. Miserable. Is this how it is everywhere?

    RN1263 replied to gearheadfly's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well whatever....you knew what I meant.

  8. How in the world am I suppose to remember everything I learned in school?

    RN1263 replied to RN1263's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks

  9. How in the world am I suppose to remember everything I learned in school?

    RN1263 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I start a med/surg job Tues. and I'm sitting here thinking.......I don't know all my meds, I don't know all the tests/procedures or what to do about them, all the diseases, lab values, ect. it's just...

  10. Multiple Sclerosis

    RN1263 replied to kmrmom42's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I'm a new grad R.N. ......finished my degree in May! I don't know that it's willpower?.... I think of it more like I refuse to be a prisoner of M.S. and don't allow it to consume my thoughts any...

  11. What other work do Med/Surg nurses have to do on night shift?

    RN1263 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hi, I worked a few night shifts in Psych and the paperwork left over from other shifts, endless chart auditing and general mess clean up was aweful! :uhoh3:I felt like I wasn't even working the same...

  12. Multiple Sclerosis

    RN1263 replied to kmrmom42's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I felt like adding on to this post I wrote..... F.Y.I.- Most if not all injectibles for MS have this disclaimer- "**** The exact correlation between MRI findings and the current or future clinical...

  13. Multiple Sclerosis

    RN1263 replied to kmrmom42's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    It WAS typical for me when I was on Copaxone and I'm also the one that got enormous lumps under my skin from

  14. What was I thinking?????

    RN1263 replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I have read some of your posts in the past and I remember other folks trying to warn you against going back to med/surg, because of your past issues w/ it...... sorry it's not working out, but how...

  15. when is it gonna get better?....

    RN1263 replied to mcg1929's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yep, nursing seems like a good career in theory (help people, good salary, ect)....... then you're a new grad and reality sinks in w/ Hospital politics, nurses w/ bad attitudes, long hours, tons of...

  16. Miserable. Is this how it is everywhere?

    RN1263 replied to gearheadfly's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Honestly I would NOT have lasted as long as you! :kiss I'm a new grad and I started in E.R. ... it was aweful....totally thrown to the wolves and w/ a different preceptor each day sooooo I quit. I...

  17. Med/Surg is Kicking my Butt

    RN1263 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    politics.....UGH!!!!!:angryfire Good luck to

  18. I HATE my job....what now?

    RN1263 replied to heartlover07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wouldn't say you'll leave, because she/he may decide to replace you now. I would tell the NM you have concerns that you'd like to discuss, set a time to meet, and voice your concerns. This way if...

  19. 3 weeks to wait, do I keep studying?

    RN1263 replied to Californiadreamer's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ohhhhhh, so you've been there?........Okay, then you know what I'm trying to say..... I didn't want anyone to think I was trying to be negative, just trying to educate. Good Luck to you. I hope you...

  20. I HATE my job....what now?

    RN1263 replied to heartlover07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    To the OP....if you stay you'll need to ask someone why you're getting a different patient load then the other R.N.'s or it'll breed resentment in you, if it already hasn't. As to the...

  21. 3 weeks to wait, do I keep studying?

    RN1263 replied to Californiadreamer's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    hhhmmmm, I live in the U.S. (Madison, Ohio) and honestly until reading the posts here I didn't know there was a visa problem, retrogression, ect.....I feel bad for all of you who would like to come...

  22. How much does a Behavioral Health/Psychiatric Nurse?

    RN1263 replied to rn4ever?'s topic in Psychiatric

    I agree w/ the above poster but would like to comment that a stand alone psych hospital pays about 3$ less/hour then a psych unit of a regular hospital in my

  23. Why do one year Med surg nursing before going into Psychiatry Nursing

    RN1263 replied to PurifiedH2O's topic in Psychiatric

    As far as wages.....private psych hospitals don't pay as well as a psych unit at a regular hospital. As a new grad there is a $3 dollar per hour difference between the two (in my area). At a regular...

  24. 3 weeks to wait, do I keep studying?

    RN1263 replied to Californiadreamer's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    No problem! .....been there done that and I only had to wait 3 days to find out, not 3 weeks...YIKES! That "IS" torture!!! .....But I agree w/ the other poster to do something to get your mind off...

  25. 3 weeks to wait, do I keep studying?

    RN1263 replied to Californiadreamer's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Give yourself a break! Mine stopped at 75 also (in June) and like you I thought I possibly failed. But, I did some research and found out that 90% of the people pass at 75 questions. So, like you...