nurse4life40RN

Aww those are great moments. I was thinking today about my fear of working as a nurse and trusting myself. I think I get so caught up in not making mistakes and OMG am I going to make the right decision and what if I dont???? I thought today...I n...

Gosh....I dont know, but I havent worked at a place as an RN yet that is all about teamwork. I know I am the kind of nurse that would. That is one of the reasons I became a nurse...to HELP. I think places need to change how they orient RN's. I mea...

jhamrn, that is so true. School does not prepare you and really I dont know if it is possible to prepare you. Places are so understaffed that they scare the crud out of new RN's. I know one of the places I worked gave us a lot of the hard patients....

wow...i sure am struggling to find my "niche" in this rn life. i have had 6 jobs since graduating in may 2007. any advice? i know i want to continue to be a nurse..i just get so overwhelmed. i hate hospital nursing. i like procedures and surgery...

Actually I did try to get some help cause I know my self esteem is not the best. Uh, I pretty much have none..lol. However, I lost my insurance. So, the place I got to told me the have a sliding scale, but it seems like something with the kids, or...

daisydoll...good for you for sticking with it. I wished I would have done that..however, I WILL in my next position and I will chose wisely.

First of all...thanks for all the great messages! No, I knew it was going to be hard...could see that just from clinicals, and working as a nurse tech....BUT I got so scared and still am scared. I agree...I have totally jumped into jobs because I ...

:yeah:That is so true!

That is the dialysis place I worked at and the boss hated me. I have to admit, I had a rough start. My daughter cut her knee open the 2nd week I worked, so I had to take her to the dr. Then, I overslept...thought I had my alarm on and it was off.....

teamRN, It sucks. The jobs I have been at...3 of them were jobs no one wanted. I wasnt the only one quiting them either. I get in the door and get interviews...just dont get hired, then I take another job I hate and the cycle begins again. Nursin...

team RN are you working now? I am not and cant find a job. It sucks. Seriously not sure what to do. It seems like the hospitals want you fresh out of school, scare you to death and then you cant get hired anywhere...ha. I am not sure what I am g...

Well, I was at wesley and transferred to another dept, then hired on at St. Francis, back to Wesley (left there on good terms so they hired me back?) Thats 4. Dialysis place was desperate and so was the Foot clinic...I mean who wants to dig crud out...

D&G girl...I cant figure out how or if I can send a private message to your email. Do you have to be a premium member? Anyways, there was ONE day of training. The HR lady is great! The rest of the staff...not so much. Seansean....I worked at...

I know that is so true! And then you get griped at if you dont go get them a drink. It is really one of the reasons I dont work in the hospital anymore. How in the heck are you supposed to provide quality care to EACH patient with too many patient...

The place was called Progressive. I hope things work out for you too! I have another interview on Monday, and I am praying that they hire me. I had an interview today, but they brought me in just to ask a couple of questions and then say that the ...

I know it is a hard profession. I think it is just overwhelming and i thought i would be able to handle it better. I have like NO self confidence. I am working on that. However, this web site has really helped me to know others feel the same way....

I felt the same way when I worked for a whole 4 months in a burn icu unit, and then 3 weeks on a trauma/surgical floor. I love nursing, but I hate the way it is understaffed and we are overworked! I cant do the floor/hospital nursing. I have tried...

ok..all of those reasons are why i am scared to death to let myself stay in a job and be a nurse...the pressure. i am scared that i am going to hurt someone. i am like frozen in fear! i have had so many jobs this first year that no one will hire m...

Do you work surgery there? Ok, I started in womens health at Wesley as a nurse tech for one yr. The management and staff there were awful. I was scared to death to take the amount of patients they were taking so I Transferred to OR...was there as ...

i am having a lot of the same problems. i have been a nurse for a little over a year and have jumped 6 jobs. the problem is i get either overwhelmed or have just picked icky jobs. i panic and take whatever, then hate it. i havent found my "niche"...

ok, i am so stressed out!!! i have been a rn for a little over a year, (i graduated with an associates), and i have worked in 6 jobs now. lets see, or, burn icu, trauma/surg floor, brieeeeffflly dialysis, foot care (eww), and my latest...i lasted a ...

I am so glad that I am not alone. I have GOT to make myself stay in a position. This last one, however, had nothing to offer to be honest. I took it to get out of digging crud from thick diabetic toenails. The burn unit was the longest I stayed (...

I think I would really like that but cant get hired. I had an interview last week with a surgery place but who knows. I get interviews and then dont get hired probably because of my job jumping. So, I end up taking the first position I can find be...

I like procedures and stuff like that. Floor nursing is too much for me. I have tried to get on at surgical places but no luck.

I know that job jumping is adding to my inability to be hired. I panic and quit is my problem. I have tried to get hired at drs office but havent been able to get a job doing that. I probably am going to have a very hard time getting a job again. ...