Nurse Connie

I wanted to work in the NICU or L&D. I was lucky to get hired in the NICU right out of nursing school. I've been there ever since and absolutely love it! I couldn't see myself anywhere else.

I'm a new grad starting with a pediatric homecare agency. They don't have a dress code other than to look professional. Do you all wear scrubs?

We have a computer time clock, we punch in our employee number and scan our fingerprint.

I don't do a lot of OT. I have 2 kids and am in school part-time for my BSN so I already feel overwhelmed! The most I'll ever do is an extra shift in a pay period.

We have one aide that only works with us in the NICU, she is absolutely amazing. When she is off or we need more help we get aides that float but typically there is a pool of 4-5 aides that are familiar with NICU and work with us often.

I must work at the same hospital. We are so short staffed right now! It wasn't like this when I first started here. It's not uncommon to have up to 5 feeders, but we usually do have an aide, sometimes 2 if we are very busy. But recently we've had rid...

I don't do anything special either. My scrubs get washed with everything else, I don't change out of my shoes before I get into my car. I rarely get sick, neither do my kids.

We are a small Level III 30 bed unit. We don't attend births, since we do have residents and the OB nurses are NRP certified. The charge nurse takes an assignment and we are assigned admissions.

Every time, no matter what.

I graduated from QCC in 2011, and from what I remember, the A&P 1 grade is what really counts for admission. If it's still as competitive as when I applied, that C- is not going to cut it. I'm sorry.

This is the only thing I REALLY, REALLY HATE! Luckily, working nights, we don't do too many!

We always use diapers too.

No difference in units at my hospital either.

I was lucky. One of my professors at school recommended me to the ADN and got me an interview.

We are a smll unit, less than 50 beds, with 3 rooms. We have one large freezer for all the breast milk, (like a refrigerator, but it's just a freezer). East patient has their own bin and it's stored according to pumped date. Two rooms have a mini fri...

I LOVE working 12 hour shifts. I would hate to work 8 hours, 5 days a week. In my hospital, we do get paid if we miss breaks.

I always work out on the days I'm off. I work night shift and there is no way I could work out right before or after my shift!.

Our charge nurse also makes assignments at the beginning of shift. We try to keep the nurses with the sames babies they've had if they're working a few days in a row.

I worked at 2 different camps last summer, but one was just a weekend fill-in for the regular nurse. At the main camp I was paid $600 for the week plus free tuition for my 2 kids. Including the tuition that comes to a $1700 a week. The other camp pai...

The camp I worked in was divided into groups by activity so I organized their meds by group, each group having their own bin. I kept PRN meds separate but also organized by group. I also organized the MAR that way. The groups would come one at a time...

I will be going back to Camp Quinipet in Shelter Island, NY to work for one week. I have 2 weeks vacation from my regular job and my kids have been talking about going back to camp non stop since last summer, so we'll be spending a week at camp! I'm ...

I graduated the same time as you and I'm also in NYC. I applied everywhere and never got one call back. Ultimately, I got my job through a professor at school whose sister is a nurse manager at a hospital. 8 months after graduation, she got me an int...

It's pretty bad here. I graduated last December and it took me 8 months to find a job and only because someone got me an interview. A lot of my fellow graduates are still not working. I know of at least one who moved to PA to work.

I'm a new grad and this will be my first case in private duty nursing. I've been working as a camp nurse all summer and that was my first job after passing the NCLEX. I've taken orientation classes at my agency and will mentor with another nurse befo...

I have Core Curriculum. My supervisor and every nurse on my unit recommends this over the other one. I just have the one book so I can't tell you the pros & cons but it reads very well and is well written.