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  1. Thinking about making a little change

    emilysmom,RN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    HI I am thinking about making a job change. I have worked on a med surg floor for 4months I work 4nites a week on 8hr shifts. It is very hard and it is over 45min from home. The hardest part for me...

  2. Thinking about making a little change

    emilysmom,RN replied to emilysmom,RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you for your input. I plan on staying at the hosp at least until I have a full yr of experience but I may decrease my hrs from 4nites/wk to 3nites/wk. And I hope to get one nite a week at the...

  3. Hateful Coworkers

    emilysmom,RN replied to tam74's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have the same problem. I have worked on my unit for 4months now. It is a very busy medsurg floor and I work nites so we get all the paperwork stuff that needs to be done. THere are things that come...

  4. Will I ever get this nurse thing

    emilysmom,RN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi I work four 8hr shifts a week and 2 shifts a month as a supervisor in LTC. I graduated last May as a RN. Some nites are good but then comes AM report. This AM I had this nurse who I swear hates...

  5. Trouble with getting a job

    emilysmom,RN replied to fxg002's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Lancaster General in the city of Lancaster is hiring GN's on a few units. You can check out the website

  6. new admission 45 minutes before your shift is over..what do you do?

    emilysmom,RN replied to glamgalRN's topic in General Nursing

    This happens to me all the time. I am a niteshifter and have been a RN for less than 6 months. We usually do get some notice from 10min to 30min notice. I try to make sure all my other pts are OK and...

  7. Missing something when doing chart checks

    emilysmom,RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi I work nites and I have been a nurse on a med surg floor for 5months now, but about 3on nites. We do chart checks on our 6-8pts a nite. I have missed some labs that should have been scheduled for...

  8. Will I ever get this nursing thing? LONG

    emilysmom,RN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    HI I have been a RN on a med surg floor for close to 6 months now. I work four 8hr nite shifts. Things were going good for the last couple weeks. Until this AM. I had this pt that was suppose to go...

  9. Another nite shift issue

    emilysmom,RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    HI I graduated May 08 and work for a large hosp that is 45min from home. I truly like the hosp and unit I work on. I like the pace of nite shift. The only thing is I have been doing four 8hr shifts a...

  10. Another nite shift issue

    emilysmom,RN replied to emilysmom,RN's topic in General Nursing

    I just feel that all I do is sleep and work. I am making good money and plan on going to Disney in April for a week. But this no life is just not worth it. I need to try a different schedule I just...

  11. Night Shift Sleeping Woes

    emilysmom,RN replied to JessiekRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work four 8hr nite shifts a week. I come home and sleep from 9-4 then nap again for an hr before work. I do my food shopping on the way home from work and try to go out sometimes in the late...

  12. Night shift: Tired all the time ?????

    emilysmom,RN replied to TangoLima's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new nurse. I work four 8hr shifts a week that includes everyother weekend. I also worked nites as an aide while in school on the weekends. I also have 2 school aged children. I was doing 3 in a...

  13. Going to work sick?

    emilysmom,RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    HI I have had this cold for 2 days so far. Called of last nite hoping that a good nite sleep would help. Well it did not do much. Now I have to go in tonite. I do not have a fever but cant stop...

  14. Nighshift blues

    emilysmom,RN replied to KalipsoRed's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I like niteshift too. I dont allow myself to sleep that long. I work 45min from home and do four 8hr shifts a week. I only get about 4hrs sleep then the kids come home. I try to nap for 1hr. The only...

  15. What's so bad about working for the VA?

    emilysmom,RN replied to Buggus's topic in General Nursing

    I often wondered this too. I live about 10min from Coatesville VA but it is mostly a psych VA with substance abuse and other mental health issues as there main types of pts. I know the benefits are...

  16. Trouble with getting a job

    emilysmom,RN replied to fxg002's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Lancaster General in the city of Lancaster is hiring Graduate nurses here is a link I work there and I like it if you need more info please feel free to PM me...

  17. Will I always be a screw up?

    emilysmom,RN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work nites on a med surg floor for 4months. I have missed a couple orders that were not entered during the day when I did chart checks. Also the nite head nurse said that I signed a chart that an...

  18. Will I always be a screw up?

    emilysmom,RN replied to emilysmom,RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks, I had a better nite. I think it was the group I had because the nurse that had the same group last nite had a very hard nite too. THanks

  19. RN Residency/ New Grad program contracts

    emilysmom,RN replied to nightshift82's topic in General Nursing

    I had to sign a contract but it was because I was getting a sign on bonus. I got 6K and if I quit or was fired within a year I would have to repay with a 12% prorated interest depending on how long I...

  20. Trouble with getting a job

    emilysmom,RN replied to fxg002's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Are you a RN or LPN? What phila hospitals have you called? When did you graduate? OR are you looking in the suburbs? Good

  21. Work/Life balance..help!

    emilysmom,RN replied to Chocolate&Coffee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know exactly what you are talking about. I started working four 8hr nite shifts a week which includes everyother weekend. I try to make sure I do something everyday. Sometimes it is only cleaning...

  22. Trouble with getting a job

    emilysmom,RN replied to fxg002's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Not sure what you mean about any kind of nursing? Most hospitals start interviewing for new grads in Jan-March. I would call those hosptials that you sent applications in and talk to the nurse...

  23. Looking for a nursing postion outside of philadelphia

    emilysmom,RN replied to Lilichk's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I graduated last May from Brandywine in chester county. Most of us sent applications in to all local hosptials while on Christmas break. I would start now and send in applications to all the hosp in...

  24. Commute times

    emilysmom,RN replied to tinderbox's topic in General Nursing

    I have a 45min drive on good weather. I work four 8hr nite shifts a week. The hospital that is close to me is a small town hosp so I make the drive to a big magnet hosptial. Some mornings it is hard...

  25. New nurse needs help

    emilysmom,RN replied to daisy84's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work in a large hospital on a med surg floor. Day shift gets 6pts and nites get 6-8pts a nite. Yes it is very hard and stressful but as a new nurse I am learning alot and I have good nites and bad....