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Consider case management or ultization review.

iPink...it's central supply that's closed nights. our supply room is always accessible but short on supplies. And the times we've been without a charge nurse we "borrow" the one from a nearby unit, otherwise there are no assist mgrs staffed. As far as techs are concerned i guess i just have to get used to doing more care on the easier patients. often, we each have a vent and several total care patients each. As for my options, i've already started looking!

I'm 6 months in on my first hospital job on a busy med surg unit and while i'm grateful to be working, i'm unhappy under the following circumstances. I work nights, 5-8 hr shifts along with several other new nurses. I find that we are loaded up with 7-10 patients on a regular basis. We never seem to have enough aids to support us and when we do they float one off to another floor. There are times when they don't even schedule a charge nurse and none of us have been oriented to that role. The other frustrating thing is that we're usually out of medications and critical supplies like iv fluids, dressings, insulin syringes, etc. So we leave our 9 patients with another new nurse who has her own 9 to make trips to other floors to look for supplies needed because the supply room is closed at night. The other disappointment is that many of the more experienced nurses are unsupportive. Many of them who were preceptors during training openly told us that they never wanted to train anyone in the first place. For alot of us, training was severely lacking and some of them were pretty mean to the new nurses. I'm so discouraged by this first hospital experience and I wonder if this is as widespread as some try to lead us to believe. Many have told me to stick it out for 1 year for the experience but this is simply miserable (not to mention unsafe) in my opinion. Would love any thoughts/advice you have to share.

CeceStar5. Thanks for putting the time and energy into crafting this petition. I personally think we can move forward with this language. I'm ready to sign this petition and would be happy to recruit other interested parties to join us in signing.

Cochran is a good school if you're willing to do the commute. they have an info session coming up this thursday and encourage anyone interested to go. also, Monroe's program still has space in it to date. it's a "1+1" program meaning you become an LPN in 11 months, get your license, then finish your RN...but note that you have to apply separately (anew) for the RN component. good luck FARA01 and try to be positive. believe that there's a place for you in a program that's perfect for you.

love your energy odessaboy!

does anyone have a "private forum" or "cloud" where we can communicate & post info in one easy place to find stuff. i'm having trouble keeping up w/the thread & really want to participate in petition & letter writing campaign. maybe something like yahoo group or google group where docs can be uploaded? just a suggestion.

i'm in #8. and i have a classmate not in this forum who applied and may be interested.

@stina78 thanks for that list. best of luck to everyone on here who worked, waited & were supportive to others.

OMG...i'm just coming back from class to find out about more shady details. embezzlement!? Guess there's always more to the story. If administrative staff is being let go that won't make for a smooth transition if there IS a fall class. So this is a mess either way it goes.

precisely.

I asked the same & students currently there are grandfathered in. that's how it's usually handled in these situations.

I spoke with the person who interviewed me and was told exactly the same thing. I don't even know what to say.

not really sure of any more details beyond that. just sounded like the standard "we're really busy lately" response i've been getting from all the schools i've applied to. hopefully everyone will hear soon because we all have arrangements to make for the fall i'm sure.

i'm sending up a prayer to all on this thread. it would be cool to meet in august since we've begun bonding here :)