Nurseinprocess

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  1. Want to buy Danskos, but should I wait til I'm working so I know if color will

    Nurseinprocess replied to HealerWoman's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    At my hospital anything goes for footwear. Heck, I've even seen a nurse manager wearing sandals with no socks (which is how they should be worn, but definately not with scrubs!). We have strict...

  2. Struggeling New Grad working in the med surg floor.

    Nurseinprocess replied to Mochafrap_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I find myself running (well, if we were allowed to run, I would be running!) up and down the halls my whole shift and I don't get why the other nurses don't seem to be walking briskly too? I have...

  3. Am I stupid for giving this up?

    Nurseinprocess replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    Complain about the nurse/pt ratio??? Does that really work??? I have had that pt load most every night since I began my job. Would you mind calling the nurse managers at my hospital to tell them...

  4. Tele or Med-Surg for RN that is new to the floor...and more decisions?

    Nurseinprocess replied to loving2's topic in General Nursing

    Med-surge could end up being a lot of geriatrics, tele would be a lot of cardiac drips. I have had many of my nursing school classmates start out in tele, nobody has gotten a job in med-surge that I...

  5. offered night shift, but working days

    Nurseinprocess replied to Gl!tch's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Most people orientate on days, regardless of what shift they were hired on. I was on days for 6 wks before I started actually working nights. Enjoy it, working nights is rough, unless you don't have...

  6. Will I regret this?

    Nurseinprocess replied to lemonspark's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think you should start off with floor nursing of some sort. Just don't hire in for a full-time position. Look for part time so you can still spend most of the week with your baby and not get...

  7. I hate my job

    Nurseinprocess replied to Disappointed RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a new nurse and don't love my job yet, but I don't hate it. I agree that it's stressful, doctors can be jerks, and other nurses can be self-righteous, lazy, etc. My kids have an absent mother...

  8. Is this burnout?

    Nurseinprocess replied to calypte's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Maybe it's just the type of nursing you are currently doing? I used to work in L&D as a nursing student and now I work on a surgical unit as an RN. Not very exciting. Not very fulfilling. I...

  9. Any one else annoyed?

    Nurseinprocess replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not ungrateful; just overwhelmed, tired, and underpaid for the huge responsibility on my shoulders each shift. Wait till you start your first position, if you feel any different I'd be

  10. Torn between my kids and my career

    Nurseinprocess replied to JLForever's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wish I had your job and hours! I'm a new nurse currently stuck working 5 night shifts a week, which means the two days off I do get are spent with me sleeping for half of them, and being dog tired...

  11. The 1st check as an rn....yay!!! Or nay!!

    Nurseinprocess replied to Serrano2886's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It was nice to get the first check, but for some reason seeing the first check with CTO pay/benefit on it this week made me grin even more ! I didn't realize my paid time off was accrueing during my...

  12. Is it too early to switch from full-time to part-time?

    Nurseinprocess replied to ARRR10's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've only been working as a nurse for about 10 wks and I''m already ready to bail in the fulltime hours I'm working and ask for part time! I don't think you gain more experience working more hours,...

  13. At what point do you stop feeling stupid?

    Nurseinprocess replied to LETRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I only feel stupid when I am giving report to the next shift . Then I am reminded that I am still so focused on completing assessments and med passes on time that I have limited knowlege about what's...

  14. How did YOU remember your pharmacology?

    Nurseinprocess replied to mochamocha's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I didn't have to take a med test until after I was hired. The calculations were easy ones, and the meds were basic ones I knew a lot about anyway (diabetes meds, what can you hang with a blood...

  15. Was it everything...

    Nurseinprocess replied to Adrienne6's topic in First Year After Licensure

    High patient load, not enough pay for the stress involved, tired as heck; when I am home I am checked out from the family. No, this is not anything that I expected when I started this venture. I...

  16. Scared to Death of working in the Hospital....advice?

    Nurseinprocess replied to anangelsmommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Take the opportunity if offered and run with it :)! In clinicals I had up to 4 pts in my last clinical rotation before I graduated in December, but I wouldn't say that I was up to speed on all of...

  17. At Last!

    Nurseinprocess replied to gladiola's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations!! I hope you love your new job, and

  18. I just don't know if nursing is really for me

    Nurseinprocess replied to bumLVN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I worked in post partum nursing as a student and I think it is a much more lighthearted area than most. I hope to get back there after I gain some experience. Currently I am working as a new nurse...

  19. New Grads, enough complaints about preceptors.

    Nurseinprocess replied to Katie5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I beg to differ on the patient load comment. I was in my 3rd week of preceptorship and had the same pt load as the rest of the nurses, so I wasn't standing back and observing other nurses' way of...

  20. I am so sick of these people...

    Nurseinprocess replied to HumptyDumpty's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When I encounter a drug-seeking pt I just thank a higher power that I am NOT in their shoes, living their live, feeling their pain; whatever! My life is good, and thankfully I am more blessed than...

  21. A question to new Nursing school grads who were able to find a job.

    Nurseinprocess replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    (MI) I graduated in Dec 09, had my first job offer end of March. My hospital is hiring quite a few new grads. I think out of a class of 27 only 5 of my classmates are still trying to get a

  22. Does it make a difference in new grad hiring? BSN or ASN?

    Nurseinprocess replied to red.tm's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A previous poster stated that BSN nurses get paid more, that is not the case where I live, not unless they are in

  23. How did you get your job?

    Nurseinprocess replied to Reese17's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I got my license at the beginning of March (graduated in December) and was applying for RN jobs since last October. I only applied online, and I applied EVERYWHERE for any and all jobs. I applied...

  24. worried about nursing skills

    Nurseinprocess replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Students

    I am in the same boat, except I have another semester to go before graduation. It seems that there just isn't enough clinical time to actually become proficient at anything as you go from one...

  25. Wages

    Nurseinprocess replied to clove123's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Are you a recent grad? Does your hourly wage include shift differential? I would be pleased too