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  1. I've been an RN for 3 years and I just made my first medication error.

    learning08 replied to mikeyswife's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It happens. Don't sweat it. It was caught, and surely the night nurse gave it. You are not an "incompetent nurse"--you are only human. This is a minor med

  2. New Job found, but would you stay???

    learning08 replied to bunnie004's topic in General Nursing

    Bunnie04...I agree with the others, you may have found a good job, don't leave it because of things that really don't matter. The other nurses helpful? Orientation adequate? The commute easy? The...

  3. True? --> "RN's Can Work 3Days/Wk And Make A Good Salary!"

    learning08 replied to ArtisticAthlete's topic in General Nursing

    Start researching the job market in your area and/or in the area(s) you would want to move to. Call hospitals, nursing schools, friends of friends who are nurses in those areas. Around here, yes, you...

  4. Survey: How do you get a life outside of work?

    learning08 replied to neonatal_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    It's not that bad! Docs here work 8 days in a row, or else their shifts may be longer than 12 hours. All I do is my 3 12s, and the rest of the time is

  5. NO LUNCH? NO BREAKS? Is that common in nursing?

    learning08 replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    Oh man, sorry to hear this...it just sucks how little respect and consideration nurses get in some places...a lot of places. Doesn't every human being regardless of job title deserve a toilet break?...

  6. NO LUNCH? NO BREAKS? Is that common in nursing?

    learning08 replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    I take my 30 minute lunch every single 12-hour shift, although at different times depending on what's going on. I turn over my pagers to my lunch partner, give brief report, and get off the unit. S/he...

  7. Trouble finding job as RN if never a CNA?

    learning08 replied to katy81's topic in General Nursing

    It's up to you. Around here, hospitals will hire you as an SNA (student) once you finish your nursing fundamentals course in nursing school. You'll be able to do CNA work ithout having to go through...

  8. Will the nursing field become saturated with new graduate nurses in a few years?

    learning08 replied to mariposabella's topic in General Nursing

    Dear OP, I wouldn't worry too much about the market becoming overly saturated with new grads. Here's why: education and healthcare are the only two industries that have shown any growth here lately....

  9. Have your feelings about the human body changed?

    learning08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Working with adults in an acute care setting, we often see nakedness in its least attractive state. It's one thing to take care of a patient professionally, but does it affect your view of the body on...

  10. Working as a stripper AND a nurse

    learning08 replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

    Are you messing with us?? :yeah:RNs in SoCal make bank compared to most of the rest of the country. Moral issues aside, I have a hard time believing you'd make more as a stripper. Just pick up an...

  11. Do Nurses eat their....lunch?

    learning08 replied to massrn116's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Every workplace has a different reality and a different culture. Eight hours without a lunch break is tough, but 12? on a regular basis?=no way. It is not acceptable at my workplace, a top 100...

  12. Do Nurses eat their....lunch?

    learning08 replied to massrn116's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, I take my full 30 minutes every time, even though actual lunchtime varies day by day depending on what's going on. Our unit is well run when it comes to lunch breaks. I hand my pagers over to my...

  13. Back Rubs

    learning08 replied to Saifudin's topic in General Nursing

    A back rub is too personal to me. I wouldn't want a stranger giving me one, unless it a pro massage (haven't even had one of those yet ever in my life), nor do I give them as a nurse. I do use...

  14. Verbally Abusive Patients!

    learning08 replied to HotDrew's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Too stupid to be a doctor"? You gotta love it coming from some low-life who probably can't hold down a minimum-wage job. These losers aren't worth engaging in any way beyond an "excuse me?" I'm sorry...

  15. Job market in LA area & experience needed

    learning08 posted a topic in California Nursing

    Hello, all! :typing Would appreciate any feedback on the current hiring situation in the LA area. I'm living and working in another state, but may have to move there for personal reasons. Also, how...

  16. Your degree(s) in other fields--are they helping you in nursing?

    learning08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    If you earned a degree in a different field prior to nursing school, did you find it helpful when applying for jobs as a nurse? I'm amazed at how many new RNs have prior college and advanced degrees...

  17. Should I accept or decline this job offer?

    learning08 replied to aamco's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Give your job a chance. If you can receive help when you ask, you'll be able to get through your

  18. What's the saddest thing you've seen in your career??

    learning08 replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just a new nurse, mostly working with elderly pts. nowadays...the saddest thing I've seen so far was in a NS clinical...a woman is her early 20s dying of brain CA, about to leave her toddler...

  19. Drill Sargent Clinical Instructor

    learning08 replied to NoeIssa's topic in General Students

    Good luck! Do the work, prepare, be on time, be respectful. I didn't like this type of instructors either--just do what you must to get through and move

  20. Nurses, where do you see yourself in 5-10 years?

    learning08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Off the record, do you see yourself working as a nurse in the same unit or the same type of unit at a different hospital or in a different location? Do you hope to move on to a different setting...

  21. Nurses, where do you see yourself in 5-10 years?

    learning08 replied to learning08's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, thanks FAtoCRNA! My thinking is where there's a will, there's a way! Happy flying (and

  22. My friend is interested in nursing as an easy back-up plan.

    learning08 replied to scientist's topic in General Nursing

    I think you should let her find out for herself. She's the one who'll have to go through the application process and the program, and she may never get in...then again, she might make it, mature and...

  23. Will a CNA with a previous back injury looked down upon...

    learning08 replied to twicexmommy's topic in General Nursing

    Depending on your situation, I would think about becoming a medical assistant and working at a Dr.'s office, a pharmacy tech or , if several years of schooling are feasible, a nurse practitioner....

  24. Only one RN on nights--me. Time to go?

    learning08 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, all! I'm a new grad 2-3 weeks away from completing orientation on a med-surg floor that as of less than 2 weeks ago only takes surgical patients (pre- and postop cases). They are now keeping the...