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  1. end-of-orientation anxiety

    pie123 replied to nrcnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am coming off orientation at what sounds like exactly the same time as you. Yesterday I was allowed to work for someone, which meant I had no preceptor. My manager ok'd this last week. What I am...

  2. any other nurses feel workload is too much?!

    pie123 replied to LPN2RNmommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We are pretty much interested in the same type of job. You mentioned the gym. I work out at home (or try to). I generally TRY to get up in the morning b/f work b/c I know after work...forget about it....

  3. any other nurses feel workload is too much?!

    pie123 replied to LPN2RNmommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just know that some other new grads, (myself definitely included) are right there with you. I'm not even off orientation yet (about 2 weeks left), and I'm already feeling the pain. How was it when you...

  4. any other nurses feel workload is too much?!

    pie123 replied to LPN2RNmommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    oops.

  5. any other nurses feel workload is too much?!

    pie123 replied to LPN2RNmommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't think it's your age. I think it's the nature of nursing. I am a new nurse, and I will tell you, I cannot see myself going at this pace for the longterm. I am planning 1 year at the most, on my...

  6. Anyone else frustrated with being a new nurse?

    pie123 replied to asilmk's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My very first nursing job was like that. It was on a Med. Surg. unit that was very disorganized. The preceptor that I was given was basically told that she was going to precept me. She turned out to...

  7. any other nurses feel workload is too much?!

    pie123 replied to LPN2RNmommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    WOW! Thank you so much for that post. I am going to have to print off all of these positive posts because when I'm right in the thick of going nuts at work, I certainly cannot remember ONE positive...

  8. What Gets to You??

    pie123 replied to mshooha's topic in Emergency

    Super dry skin that flakes off (mostly on elderly patients). When the bed linens are adjusted, the bits of dry skin flutter around in the air. Ick! One time I was helping someone reposition a patient...

  9. any other nurses feel workload is too much?!

    pie123 replied to LPN2RNmommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am planning to stay for one year. Maybe in the morning I will wake up and one year will already have passed :chuckle. How awesome would that

  10. any other nurses feel workload is too much?!

    pie123 replied to LPN2RNmommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ok, so how long should a new grad like myself stick around dealing with the these things? I keep telling myself that I am new, give it time, etc. I'm just not sure I want to give it time. I enjoy...

  11. any other nurses feel workload is too much?!

    pie123 replied to LPN2RNmommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ok. EVERYTHING you just mentioned happens on my telemetry unit on a daily basis. I am a new grad about to be off orientation. I work dayshift. In my opinion, everyday is a mess, but TODAY was really...

  12. Does working dayshift potentially jeopardize license?

    pie123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a co-worker who believes that nurses who work dayshift put their licenses in jeopardy. He says that dayshift is generally chaotic and that this can be dangerous. He now works nights because he...

  13. RN's out of school for at least 1 year

    pie123 replied to Ashes's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have a former classmate who did the same thing. She had 2 or 3 jobs in 8 months time. She is working as a nurse in a nonclinical position and she LOVES it. However, I am hearing that most places...

  14. Meds you hate to give....

    pie123 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I was drawing up Mucomyst the other day and something happened that it squirted in my face and all over the top of my shirt. I was so embarrassed...and momentarily stinky. I think I must have drawn up...

  15. Started New Job and I feel like Crying

    pie123 replied to BowlerRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I sent you a private

  16. Anyone have a huge student loan bill?

    pie123 replied to dreamBIG's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am doing that now. I had 2 Perkins loans. I just got them both canceled for this year. As long as I remain employed as a nurse, I do not have to make monthly payments. Each year, I just have to show...

  17. Pet Peeves

    pie123 replied to sjb2005's topic in General Nursing

    Me too. Especially the tubing and messy tray tables...make that the sticky, messy tray tables :). Oh, and coming on shift and finding my patients/their rooms looking like they've been through a war,...

  18. Need a little bit of positive...

    pie123 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new grad on orientation on a telemetry unit. Although it's only been a month and some days, I can say that I DO NOT IN ANY WAY enjoy what I am doing. It hasn't come to dread yet, but that's...

  19. Need a little bit of positive...

    pie123 replied to pie123's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It is a painful thing, isn't it? :) (being new) I am off orientation at the end of January I am getting more comfortable with knowing that it's going to take time to understand things, and that I am...

  20. Need a little bit of positive...

    pie123 replied to pie123's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Your first three sentences are precisely how I feel. I know that I am still very new to nursing, and that there is no way that I am going to know everything...ever. But for some reason, that gets lost...

  21. Need a little bit of positive...

    pie123 replied to pie123's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for your post. I look at my co-workers who have been nurses for 2 years. I am so envious of them. I think just starting out is a bit overwhelming, as I'm sure it is for everyone. I would like...

  22. Need a little bit of positive...

    pie123 replied to pie123's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ok, ok :), I don't dislike everything about my job. Sorry for the capital letters, at that moment, I felt they were necessary to convey what at the time I thought were my true feelings. When I did my...

  23. Anyone else frustrated with being a new nurse?

    pie123 replied to asilmk's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new grad and I work on a telemetry unit, of sorts. I noticed you mentioned that you didn't think you could be a new grad presently because of how the hospitals are. I am in full agreement....

  24. Dealing with moody people

    pie123 replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle A couple of weeks ago, she told me she was dealing with the PMS bug, but her behavior was fine then. She did tell me a few nights ago that she's got a long string of days off coming up and...

  25. Dealing with moody people

    pie123 replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing