Murse1919

I've been a nurse pretty much 10 years now. My first job was on a PCU night shift and became charge there. Then moved and got a charge position I was at for about 7 years. I've been doing travel nursing this past year. I'm planning on stopping with t...

After my first year of nursing school I got a job as an ER Tech due to the fact that I finished my first semester.

im still wondering why you allow med errors and other patient issues slide under the bus for the young "decade girl" when you were charge nurse.

I agree with the above post if your co-workers are nice and able to help out and all then it will make the transition much easier.

As NurseOnAMotorcycle said the skills will come with time and getting a job in ER as a new nurse is great and will look great on your resume. I worked in the ER as a tech in my final year of nursing and would've stayed if I didn't move for 3 years bu...

I will say for myself I always told the nurses on the floor that if they had anything going on to let me know so I could observe. The best I can offer you is that if you hear about something going on or about to go on and you go into the patients roo...

The fact you already have a job offer is fine. Leave the place you hate and work at the new place, specially if it is somewhere you will want to be for a long time then it really doesn't matter.

Giving 1mg of Morphine when it was supposed to be 0.5mg. Nothing big came of it and patient was fine :)

I agree with above, DO NOT RESIGN, just talk with your manager and see if you can change from FT to Per Diem

I have to wear a sleeve on my right arm due to a tattoo on my right forearm. I will probably soon need two sleeves as I plan on getting my left arm tattooed. At my last job I worked nights and didn't wear anything and never had any issues/complaints ...

Good luck I also had to take it 3 times before finally passing :) it can be done.

I'm more of a hearts man myself

Congrats on being in your last semester. You have almost made it thru

I work 7p-7a and I go home after work, sleep until 1p or 2p usually, wake up and do stuff around house and all until work again. On days I have off I usually go to bed around 2am just to get some more sleep in but not completely shift back to a day s...

Getting up and moving can really help just your body and you feel awake and good again

I work on a stepdown tele unit and will say that I am treated quite well as one of 2 nurses on the floor and the only male nurse on night shift. I am youngish, 24, and by most of the nurses seen as the "little brother" being that most are older than ...

The third time was the charm for me :) 265/265/75 so good luck to ya!

Always make sure you have snacks and staying hydrated which is what it seems you are doing so it could just be that you are tired and your body is adjusting. I work straight nights and near the end of my shift I start to feel tired but my body is pre...

Well stress is gonna be something that will go away as you start to feel more comfortable out on the floor. I will say get time management under control and everything else will fall into place. Start a ritual, if I may say, of pretty much having pap...

Also just remember to have fun and know that everyone around you was once new to the floor. Don't be afraid to ask questions :)

I am also one of those people who do not like coffee, but buy me a coke for my night shift and your amazing congrats on the first day being good and glad to hear your preceptor is a cool guy :)

I have a terrible sense of smell so I am pretty lucky when it comes to the smells. Now for the killing someone, I guess I just always make sure I am very careful in everything I do, I worked in an ER as a tech during nursing school so death was somet...

I work in a PCU floor in Pittsburgh Day Shift: 4:1 can be 5:1 Night Shift: 5:1 have been up to 7:1

I need help with 2 Care plans for the following nursing diagnoses. Impaired physical mobility related to activity and weight-bearing restrictions and Risk for infection related to disruption in skin integrity from surgical incision. I need ...