Carefreeliving

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  1. Criticism

    Carefreeliving replied to mlcRNBSN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wish I could give you hug! We've all been there. But over time I've learned that if you want to work in a hospital environment, (or anywhere for that matter), you have to learn to not take things...

  2. Nursing Jobs in Dothan, AL/ for-profit vs not for-profit

    Carefreeliving replied to futurebsngrad2010's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Here's my email [email protected] Shot me an email. I moved to Dothan as a newly grad for my first RN job. I can try to answer your questions to the best of my

  3. Being interrupted during report.

    Carefreeliving replied to chicklet74's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with the above post. If you are too nice, they will walk ALL OVER you. Sometimes, you have to just put your foot down. Be direct and tell the nurse something like, "Can I finish giving you...

  4. A co-worker peeve- VENT!

    Carefreeliving replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Amen to each and every one of you. Finally, a thread that explains how I feel down to the core about night shift and the attitude of day shifters, upper level management and what not. Whew. What a...

  5. Nurses eat their young?

    Carefreeliving replied to Purple93's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I will never forget this one charge nurse and how she treated me when I was a fresh nurse on a cardiovascular step-down unit. I have TONS of stories but I can narrow it down to this one. One night, I...

  6. RN or BSN? Help!

    Carefreeliving replied to amymatey's topic in General Students

    I agree with the above post. I don't want to put a limit on what I can or can't do in the future. I have worked at two facilities that paid only $0.50 - $1.00/hour more for a BSN. My current job...

  7. Cape Fear Valley Medical Center

    Carefreeliving replied to KARRN's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I'm thinking about picking up a travel assignment at Cape Fear Valley on a med/surg floor. If you could please email me with information regarding nurse/pt ratio, the work environment, availability of...

  8. quick advice...

    Carefreeliving replied to LevitateMe's topic in General Nursing

    I would wait to have the entire packet ready to go before you sumbit it. The easier it is for them to check off all that you have, the better you appear. You will at least give off the impression that...

  9. New to ATL; Where's the fun at?

    Carefreeliving replied to eaRNed's topic in Georgia Nursing

    When I just moved to Atlanta, I used this website www.meetup.com and met a few nice people through there. You basically type in what interests you and find a group and "meet up" with them. I've gone...

  10. Out-of-State New Grad Applying Needs Direction

    Carefreeliving replied to Prettyladie's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I nursed two years in AL and got my licensure by endorsement in GA, which only took me two weeks to get. I'm not sure how long it would take for a newly grad though =/ In Atlanta, there are a lot of...

  11. Pursuing nurse practioner degree without RN experience

    Carefreeliving replied to huangsoRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with the above. Most NP programs these days mandate that you have to have at least a year of experience for the specialty that you want to specialize in. Nursing by the book and then nursing...

  12. Post-Interview

    Carefreeliving replied to AnxiousA's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congrats!

  13. does this go away

    Carefreeliving replied to RNttu's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes! These feelings will eventually go away. You just need to plow through that first year of nursing. Once you develop that foundation of confidence in your work, most of this anxiety will subside....

  14. New nurse, New job..any advice??

    Carefreeliving replied to BrieRN23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think it's good if you find other RN's who are in the same boat as you, or simply keeping in contact with old classmates to discuss and vent about work issues. You'll find that many others are...

  15. Relocating to Gulf Shores / Foley area.

    Carefreeliving replied to ParamedicRN2B's topic in Alabama Nursing

    This is a little late but I used to work at USA Medical Center and I have to say, I love working in a learning/teaching facility. There are always students abound, and you are constantly learning new...

  16. New to night shift

    Carefreeliving replied to aikz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Let's see.... here's what I do on night shift. I bought blackout curtains from IKEA for $20 and ear plugs from wal-mart for $4. That about sums it up. I also live in an apartment that is filled with...