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  1. quit first RN job after 3 months?

    nurse4life40RN replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  2. Meltdown at work

    nurse4life40RN replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  3. quit first RN job after 3 months?

    nurse4life40RN replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  4. Job advice, feeling overwhelmed- Wichita

    nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  5. Job advice, feeling overwhelmed- Wichita

    nurse4life40RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    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...

  6. quit first RN job after 3 months?

    nurse4life40RN replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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

  7. Job advice, feeling overwhelmed- Wichita

    nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  8. Nursing Misconceptions

    nurse4life40RN replied to allanina03's topic in First Year After Licensure

    :yeah:That is so

  9. Job advice, feeling overwhelmed- Wichita

    nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  10. quit first RN job after 3 months?

    nurse4life40RN replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  11. quit first RN job after 3 months?

    nurse4life40RN replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  12. quit first RN job after 3 months?

    nurse4life40RN replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  13. Job advice, feeling overwhelmed- Wichita

    nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  14. Nursing Misconceptions

    nurse4life40RN replied to allanina03's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  15. Job advice, feeling overwhelmed- Wichita

    nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  16. Job advice, feeling overwhelmed- Wichita

    nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  17. Meltdown at work

    nurse4life40RN replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  18. Nursing Misconceptions

    nurse4life40RN replied to allanina03's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  19. Job advice, feeling overwhelmed- Wichita

    nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  20. quit first RN job after 3 months?

    nurse4life40RN replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  21. Job jumping the first year..cant find a fit! Help!

    nurse4life40RN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  22. Job jumping the first year..cant find a fit! Help!

    nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  23. Job jumping the first year..cant find a fit! Help!

    nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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....

  24. Job jumping the first year..cant find a fit! Help!

    nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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

  25. Job jumping the first year..cant find a fit! Help!

    nurse4life40RN replied to nurse4life40RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...