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  1. 12 hour shifts...3 is plenty

    DroogieRN replied to joanna73's topic in General Nursing

    LOL! I do so appreciate the laugh; thank you! I will hang by my fingernails to reach that magic one-year mark if at all possible (three more months) but in the meantime, I am applying for anything...

  2. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    DroogieRN replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had to double-check to see if I actually did write some of these... It's official. Nine months in and I am Not Coping. I began on an intermediate care/step-down/telemetry floor where the ratio was...

  3. 12 hour shifts...3 is plenty

    DroogieRN replied to joanna73's topic in General Nursing

    I am in exactly the same situation on the same type floor. Yesterday, as every day, we were short and I was drowning all day. Stick a fork in me; I am done. They're about to become even shorter,...

  4. 12 hour shifts...3 is plenty

    DroogieRN replied to joanna73's topic in General Nursing

    I work 12h shifts. We don't self-schedule and so I often will have three or four in a row, one day off, and then back for another day. I just finished my fourth 12 yesterday, which actually became...

  5. How many new grad associate degree nurses have landed jobs recently?

    DroogieRN replied to Will Never's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated in May 2010 and began my job in June -- had the offer before graduation. I had done my preceptorship on that unit and had also done an externship at the hospital the summer prior -- both...

  6. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    DroogieRN replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "Dr. *******, you are a miserable, awful person -- really and truly. I have observed you over the past months I've been an RN and initially, I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt. But after...

  7. It finally happened to me....

    DroogieRN replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my gosh! :kiss Sending you virtual hugs -- I feel like I could've written this. I do know how you feel! I have been out of school since May and working on my floor since June and am trying to get...

  8. Time for some introspective criticism perhaps?

    DroogieRN replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    This. What other profession expects you to come in on your days off and work like the dog you do when you're actually scheduled? Yeah, I am going to do that to myself. I feel awful for my...

  9. Miserable on the job....

    DroogieRN replied to ALH2004's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh, I am right there with you! Exactly the same thing is happening on my floor. I work on Tele/Cardiac and we have five on days, six on nights, acuity is through the roof (several complete-cares to...

  10. What does "Stand up for yourselves" really mean?

    DroogieRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a cardiac/telemetry floor where the ratio was supposed to be 4:1. Now it's usually 5:1 and occasionally it's 6:1. This happened so incrementally that it became the norm. We have, at best,...

  11. If we had a conservative nurses forum

    DroogieRN replied to FLmomof5's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Staunch conservative here. I like a friendly discussion on occasion but usually refrain from posting in heated threads on-line. I find it degenerates into making preposterous absolute statements and...

  12. RN to BSN (with a prior BA)

    DroogieRN replied to dawadall's topic in General Nursing

    Online will be the right route for me; you have to consider your own needs before you decide what will be best for you. And I will still have to complete clinical hours, which of course can't be done...

  13. RN to BSN (with a prior BA)

    DroogieRN replied to dawadall's topic in General Nursing

    I see that you were accepted into a nursing program and began this past spring, and when you graduate with your ADN, your goal is to proceed toward your BSN. I am an RN with a prior BA also -- I...

  14. Nurses with tattoos

    DroogieRN replied to Deargceann's topic in General Nursing

    ^^^:yeah:^^^

  15. Breakfast before a 12 hour shift..

    DroogieRN replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Usually a slice of bread spread with peanut butter and then folded over and eaten on the way, or maybe a little egg sandwich if I have eggs -- have to have some protein. One morning I grabbed a pop...

  16. Really disappointed with the reality of nursing.

    DroogieRN replied to NurseFrustrated's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have been an RN for all of four months, but I can heartily second lots of what you've said here. I work days and nights, but love nights because families, docs and admin are usually home snug in...

  17. Nurses, have you been been spit on, pushed, scratched and verbally or assaulted?

    DroogieRN replied to Brian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am a baby RN of four months, and I voted "no" in this poll -- and the next day, I got socked pretty good! I laugh a little but it hurt! The pt was 94 and confused and she could pack quite a punch....

  18. not looking "put together"

    DroogieRN replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new RN. I'm also wound up pretty tightly and have a certain routine I need to complete before I feel ready for work. So my scrubs are ironed, my hair is fixed, and I am wearing makeup when I...

  19. What would you do?

    DroogieRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a relatively new RN but would like advice from those who have more experience. This is no biggie really, but I just don't know the answer. I try my best to accommodate my patient's requests but I...

  20. Helpless Visitors

    DroogieRN replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, this thread is eye-opening (new RN here, just had my 90-day eval). I hope I never encounter some of this stuff, but my thinking is that I will. For the past three days, I have had a...

  21. Typical schedule?

    DroogieRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    My hospital uses rotating shifts. I hate them, but I do it, without complaint for the most part. I just finished a stretch of four 12h nights in a row yesterday morning, and I am scheduled to go back...

  22. Supplies for New RN's

    DroogieRN replied to kae2010's topic in First Year After Licensure

    New grad here, too -- 8 weeks into my first job and here are some things I carry with me all the time: a Nurse Pro Pack, pocket sized (you can find it via Google). Keeps my pens, penlight, scissors...

  23. Typical schedule?

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

    Thanks for the reply; I appreciate you taking the time to do so. I must be feeling a little testy but I really do understand what days and nights means and I knew when I was hired that I was going to...

  24. Your job, LOVE it or HATE it? What field of nursing are you in?

    DroogieRN replied to tammy777's topic in General Nursing

    1. Do you love, like or hate your job? I like it. Hope to love it. Still too new to feel the love yet. 2. What field of nursing are you in? Telemetry/Intermediate Care 3. Are you FT, PT, PD? FT 4....

  25. What bag do u bring to school?

    DroogieRN replied to Newbiestudent's topic in General Students

    I had to lug around a 15-lb. textbook to nearly every class (yes, I weighed it) and I kind of like my spine and shoulders, so I got my dork on and went with a big rolling computer bag. Yes, you could...