wonderbee

wonderbee BSN, RN

critical care; community health; psych

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  1. 2nd thoughts about being a nurse

    wonderbee replied to smileysenior's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Smiley, I could have written your post myself. 9 months on my current unit and I KNOW I can't go on with this gig much longer. No techs, sometimes no secretary so we answer phones and take off our own...

  2. UPMC to acquire Mercy Hospital

    wonderbee replied to Markthemalenurse's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Anyone out there work for Mercy? How does this affect you? I know a lot of you saw Mercy as the friendlier alternative to UPMC. West Penn

  3. How to explain that I resigned after 2 mos?

    wonderbee replied to wfperseus's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't think your actions are all that unusual, nor is the scenario you describe. As the previous poster stated, just tell the truth. It wasn't a good fit. I think two months is enough to get a feel...

  4. Co-worker hitting up the Dr.s for meds during shift?

    wonderbee replied to babiesX2's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a teaching facility critical care unit. Private docs are a rarity. Our Rx pads are locked up and only the clinical director can get to them. Solves that problem. Still, I see nothing wrong...

  5. Intensivists

    wonderbee replied to RoxanRN's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I love working with the intensivists. Truly I don't know why they show up at some times and not at others, nor am I sure what their role is. Calling a code would bring them in but we work our own...

  6. Oh my aching feet! RN with RA

    wonderbee posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I need coping strategies for dealing with RA and 12 hour (if I'm lucky) shifts. When I get home, my feet ache so badly that they throb for a couple of hours leaving it impossible to settle into badly...

  7. What makes you like your job...

    wonderbee replied to willdgate's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't know if I like my job. I'm nearly 9 months in. I'm giving it a year. I like the flexible schedule that 3 12's provide. I like my paycheck. I like the teamwork part of trauma nursing. Notice...

  8. Psyching yourself up to go to work..

    wonderbee replied to kellyo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I do the opposite. I use every spare minute of my time for me before I walk out there and don't leave the house one minute earlier than I have to. If there's chaos, I'll know it soon enough. I've...

  9. How Many Days Do You Work?

    wonderbee replied to RainDreamer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    3-12's on a level I trauma ICU, preferably NOT im a row. As was discussed in another thread, us older nurses don't have problems getting jobs but I think we feel the stress on our bodies more than the...

  10. Anyone pushing 50 and a recent grad??

    wonderbee replied to TCooper's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I ws 51 when I graduated. Age was never an issue. They saw a warm breathing body capable of supporting the letters "RN" behind my name. That's all they're looking

  11. Day 2 and feeling pretty blue

    wonderbee replied to Brooke13-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A strong reminder of why we have a bedside nursing

  12. Help! I'm sinking!!

    wonderbee replied to whippetgood's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This was your third day? I mean think about it... just your third day. You won't spike the blood that way again. We learn. We get better. I had one or two horrific days during my orientation. On one...

  13. So what is there besides working in a hospital...?

    wonderbee replied to New2ER's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't forget public health, same day surgery, outpatient dialysis and chemo units. I like the public health option because of government retirement benefits. Something to think about for us older...

  14. I hate night shift

    wonderbee replied to shannon5446's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm sorry you're having such a hard time with nights. I think it's easy to work nights when there's no significant other to try to stay up with. I can see where there might be a sense of loss of time...

  15. Any info about Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh?

    wonderbee posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I still have a while till I graduate (December). I've discovered I love peds. What info is out there about Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh as a place to work for a new grad? I see they have a lot of...

  16. Going to school in NYC but will want a job in Florida

    wonderbee replied to NY Nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Jackson Memorial Hospital, a teaching hospital in Miami, accepts new grads. It's associated with the University of Miami School of Medicine. I can't tell you how much it pays or anything like that but...

  17. Going to school in NYC but will want a job in Florida

    wonderbee replied to NY Nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Where in

  18. Having problems with NA's and PCT's

    wonderbee replied to heather1999's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I want to know where nurses get time to sit around cuz I'll fax my application today. Two of my last three 12s were 14s. The lunch from home I brought in for my first shift was still in the freezer...

  19. Preceptor Friend or Foe??

    wonderbee replied to texaschick's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I suggest that before you ask for another preceptor, you try talking with the one you have. Some people like to be allowed to proceed on their own and others like to be guided. We all have different...

  20. Mistakes

    wonderbee replied to SeriphumRN2b's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wouldn't it be great if we graduated from nursing school with some kind of guarantee that we would ALWAYS operate perfectly, without error? The public holds nurses in a high position of trust and we...

  21. How do u like day/evening shift?

    wonderbee replied to smileysenior's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Our facility requires that we rotate days and nights which can be tough on the body. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. On days the full management team is there in all their glory to...

  22. So are you staying where you are? ~A Poll

    wonderbee replied to SteveNNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah, I'll be going soon. Public health nursing sounds more up my alley and a better match for my skills and personality than what I'm doing

  23. UPMC Presby?

    wonderbee posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Hi. Can anyone give me some feedback on employment at UPMC Presby? I have an interview there early next month for a grad nurse position. I'm particularly interested in ICU/SICU. Feel free to PM me....

  24. I am older, and would rather not say BUT...

    wonderbee replied to ZZTopRN's topic in General Nursing

    Visibly older equates to slower in mind and body in the perceptions of younger but settled coworkers. Sometimes it's not just a perception. I do think any time one breaks the mold, it's an uphill...

  25. Would PACU be suitable for me?

    wonderbee replied to wonderbee's topic in PACU

    I guess I'm looking for an easy escape, a job that doesn't exist. The reality is that there is always a trade off. I was also looking at same day or outpatient surgery positions. No nights, no...