NurseLyla

NurseLyla has 3 years experience and specializes in med-surge, icu, tele, long-term care.

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1. Working Conditions in Prestigious Hospitals?

   NurseLyla posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone. I am new to posting on this site but have been reading here for a while. I am a fairly new RN. I have been working as a hospital/ bedside/floor/clinical nurse for just over 3 years. I work in a hospital in a fairly small town in VA. I ha...

2. Becomming a new nurse make you literally sick?

   NurseLyla replied to jessi1106's topic in New Nurse

   When I was a brand new nurse I felt that I stayed sick both physically and mentally. Normally I would get a cold once a year but as a new nurse I had sneezing and sore throats every couple of months. I started out working nights and my sleep became s...

3. Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

   NurseLyla replied to nursingstudent424's topic in New Nurse

   Honestly, throughout your nursing career you will get to the point where it doesn't even phase you. You can get up in the middle of your dinner break, clean it up, and go back to eating when you are done without blinking an eye...which I often do at ...

4. Made a med check error -- feel terrible

   NurseLyla replied to SoundofMusic's topic in New Nurse

   I'm sorry about your bad experience but this is one thing I too have really noticed since I have been a nurse...you can do wonderful things for your patients and bust your behind all day long but if you do even one minor thing wrong (I'm not talking ...