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  1. Beyond Meds and Charting

    luv2yoga replied to DaFreak71's topic in Psychiatric

    This was an interesting thread. Sounds like there's a lot of diversity out there, I thought it would be more

  2. State Psych Hospital

    luv2yoga posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I'm going to start doing some per diem work at a state psych hospital. I have one year of med-surg and no psych experience, except the little I did in clinicals, and that was at a drug rehab unit. I...

  3. Ancora State Psychiatric Hospital, NJ

    luv2yoga replied to nancynjnurse's topic in Psychiatric

  4. What nurse/patient ratios do you work with?

    luv2yoga replied to heather1999's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work in a small community hospital and several years ago they decreased the ratio so that they could keep nurses. It worked, the percent who stay is now above 90%. I figure they had to do this to...

  5. When they're giving out assignments . . .

    luv2yoga replied to SoundofMusic's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wish they would put some consideration into acuity when making assignments. On my floor, it's simply divide the number of patients by number of nurses and give each one a block of rooms together....

  6. I just got written up for the first time...agh..

    luv2yoga replied to november17's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The important thing is how did your NM handle it? Did he/she recognize that you usually don't make mistakes and this is a learning situation? I have been written up once and that's how my NM handled...

  7. Asking you to work an extra shift.....

    luv2yoga replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    I said yes when I was working 8's and they asked me to come in early and do a 12. But I didn't agree to do a whole extra shift. It's been a strain for my family to work nights as it is. I don't feel...

  8. Is it possible to work nights & feel OK?

    luv2yoga posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I am a new RN and have been working nights for five months. I feel tired all the time, basically. I just started working 12 hours shifts two weeks ago and thought that would be better, but I still...

  9. your favorite way to stay in shape

    luv2yoga replied to mark3274's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I do some of the same tricks. I work nights and I use every opportunity to get up and walk that comes my way. It's easy to just sit there when it's quiet between 1 and 4 am (NOT every night!). I also...

  10. 6 months as a new grad-my 2 cents.

    luv2yoga replied to SinusRhythm's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree. I am about 6 months in too and it is better. I have noticed that even when I have a rough night, I am never there more than an extra hour charting. When I started and had a terrible night, I...

  11. Is it possible to work nights & feel OK?

    luv2yoga replied to luv2yoga's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Well, I guess that's what I was thinking. Good thing I'm on the waiting list for the day

  12. 7 Patients Feels like Too Many

    luv2yoga posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new nurse - I've been off orientation only about 6 weeks. I am working nights on a busy med-surg unit. For the most part, I have great co-workers who are helpful and really know their stuff. I...

  13. Help! This nurse is trying to eat me!

    luv2yoga replied to maestrotee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Tim, I can really relate to your situation. I too am an older 2nd-career nurse and had an experience with another nurse trying to "eat" me. Every time I gave her report, she found many little things...

  14. 7 Patients Feels like Too Many

    luv2yoga replied to luv2yoga's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for all the specific suggestions. I am learning to group tasks together, for example, bring the midnight meds in with me when I do assessment. Thank goodness 7 patients is not our norm, it is...

  15. Long hospital orientation...

    luv2yoga replied to KyPinkRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My orientation was only 2 weeks classroom (and 1 week of that was HR stuff), then 4 weeks on the floor. It was definitely not enough. I think for me a few more weeks would've made the difference but...

  16. What nurse/patient ratios do you work with?

    luv2yoga replied to heather1999's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work nights in a Med-Surg Specialty unit with a wide variety of patients from standard stuff to oncology, and I usually have 6. I have had 7 twice and those were really difficult nights. I've been...

  17. Does anyone here actually like or "not mind" cleaning poop???

    luv2yoga replied to MrsNursey2006's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just imagine myself lying there, and think how hard it would be to allow someone else to do that for me, how humiliated I would feel, how scared I would be that I couldn't do it myself at that time...

  18. New Jersey New Grads, RN

    luv2yoga replied to EMERGENCYRNNJ's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Are you located where you could work in Pennsylvania? I am close to the border and interviewed at both NJ and Penn hospitals. The Penn ones are MUCH more attentive and interested. And I was impressed...

  19. New Grads at RWJUH

    luv2yoga replied to luv2yoga's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I decided not to even apply. The commute would be awful for me. I chose a smaller hospital just 15 min away. I didn't expect to like it, but I went on an interview anyway and was quite impressed. They...

  20. Alternatives to Pajam...I Mean, Scrubs

    luv2yoga replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the chuckle at your post title. I love it when people use a little imagination and make a clever remark! I am a brand-new nurse and my facility (where I start in exactly 2 weeks) has a wide...

  21. need advice re: job offer and second thoughts

    luv2yoga replied to NurseCard's topic in Nursing Career

    Chloe, I'm a new grad too, looking for my first job at this odd time. I took the summer off to move our family across country and study for the NCLEX. Also they don't have GN's here in NJ (odd, huh?...

  22. interview from hell

    luv2yoga replied to grv68's topic in General Nursing

    Great story. I am in the same boat, looking for a new grad position now at an odd time. I am seeing the contrast here though, some places are TERRIFIC, super professional, called me the day I sent...

  23. How dressy in PA for interview?

    luv2yoga replied to luv2yoga's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I had my interview yesterday and I didn't go with the suit. Glad I didn't, I was the most dressy person there (group interview), even more than the recruiter. I was a little surprised at how casual...

  24. med error panic

    luv2yoga replied to vaccinia's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When I was doing my senior preceptorship, I was told to dilute every single IVP as a rule. Don't give anything straight. Those of you with more experience, tell us if this is a reasonable

  25. A story for the newbies....

    luv2yoga replied to OncologyRN07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Good advice to remember. I wonder why she was so nice to you at first? Seemed to be out of character for