MntnGirl

We have a PsychNP at our hospital, she is not a FNP, she is licensed as a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She practices alongside the psychiatrists in the clinic and hospital setting; she has prescriptive authority, and from the experiences I've ha...

It is not uncommon for employers (especially large organizations) to have computer people working for them whose job is to look through the employees web pages such as Facebook, MySpace, etc. No joke, people are paid to 'surf the web' for employee in...

This Just In Time Gig is being done to cut costs but I'm very interested to know how much this hospital paid to get this program implemented. Just like the Studor Propaganda, I love that Studor has all these "studies" to pass around but when you look...

Chronic tardiness comes across as "my time is more important than your time", the tardy person needs to start seeing the situation from anothers' perspective (very unlikely though). I've dealt with a chronic tardy person (married into family)for year...

I suggest the 3 in a row, when shifts start getting spaced out like 1 here then 2 a few days later, it feels like you're always at work. Working 12 hours shifts can be exhausting so for me that 1st day off (when you get off at 7am and then sleep and ...

3 days of orientation is barely enough time for you to get familiar with the layout of the floor neverless learning how to manage your time so that you can care for 30 elderly patients. All I can say is "WOW" and Good Luck.

You should get your facilities Policy regarding this and have a paper copy to present to your Nurse Manager. At my workplace we do have low census times - we are not required to use PTO with low census shifts, and we do acquire PTO for low census on...

My first job at a hospital was 16 week orientation and I had a 1:1 mentor that whole period - I'm sure it cost the facility a pretty penny to pay my wage and not have me taking my own patients for 4 months. I got my first RN hospital job in January 2...

One doesn't have to "be psychic" to figure out whom you're referring to. All it takes is for one of your co-workers to read this post to figure out who your referring to. If I worked for this organization and I saw a post titled like this I would rea...

Look at the facility you're interested in website; I've also found that your states 'department of labor' website can be a good site to look for available jobs.

On my floor, med/surg, all new nurses hired (experienced RN's) are given at least a month of mentoring with an experienced RN on the floor. Then if the mentor and new hire agree that the new hire RN is ready to be on own ,so be it, but there is alway...

I frequently am giving Lovenox several times on each shift, never held the injection site and am not aware of anyone else that does (coworker). As for bruising, it happens, especially if the patient is on additional thinners; I try to administer the ...

If you're really concerned about getting meds administered within that 1/2 hour window maybe you could administer meds to each of your patients and after administration go back and begin your assessments. This way your introducing yourself right away...

I use to be in the same position you are (schedule wise), I recently told my manager that this was not working for me, I only want graveyard shifts and nothing else. Manager was okay with this and I am now 100% graveyard - the flip flopping was hell ...

I do enjoy my job, but as previously posted there are days when my job makes me second guess my career choice. When I have bad shifts it has to do with my patients (some patients are very difficult to be around), my co-workers (some co-workers can le...

There are jobs out there for new grads but it does require lots of searching around for these jobs. I think you'll have a better chance of getting a new grad job in the more rural areas of the country, look in smaller communities and in more isolated...

I think most New Grad Nurses find the 1st year a 'challenging' experience, everything is new. Have you talked about the 'Benner's Stages of Clinical Competence' in your nursing classes? The transition from student nurse to professional nurse is a jou...

Sorry about your dilemma, you'll need to look at your states' rules regarding RN's working in the CNA role, some states do not allow RN's to work below their license. I think you should take any RN position you can get, I don't think working in a nur...

I deal with this on my unit (Med/Surg unit) and there are several Charge Nurses who, when I see are working, I know who's gonna get the "easy" patients and downsize. And yes, this is the day shift that these issues are coming about. So I work the ni...

I started on a Med/Surg floor in January 2010 and took ACLS in November 2010 - I passed it right away, you'll do just fine as long as you pay attention in the classes. It helps to take a look at the booklet and review some of the meds before the 1st ...

This may not be true for every PA program but the ones I've looked at require intensive curriculums that have very little room for anything other than the PA program, for instance one program I'm looked at is 28months long, no summer break, and the p...

I have never worked in a LTC facility, I started as a new grad RN on a Med/Surg floor about 1 year ago and yes, there is stress and it can be hectic, but my experience is not one bit relatable to the one you've had. I work graveyard shifts (LOVE thi...

Burping and or emptying colostomy bags - I have to wear a mask otherwise I'm gagging at the bedside. Sorry folks, it's just how it is.

Am I surprised? Not one bit. Welcome to the many times sketchy world of nursing.

I started on a Surgical floor about a year ago and am still there - overwhelming at first but the more time I put in the more comfortable I get. Pain, pain, and more pain you will deal with most every patient.I found this to be my most difficult aspe...