NightOwl

Well here you go. My first job was on a straight medical floor and lasted 2 1/2 months, left that hospital and spent a year on a Med/surg floor. Got bored and went to yet my third hospital on a step down type floor. Hopefully, Ill last a year before i move on. The work on this floor is not boring, there is always something happening but Im just not interested in it. If you are going to leave OR do yourself a favor and do some med/surg. ------------------ TAKE IT LITE

Hi Im considering going back and advancing my degree at Regents. Has anyone had any dealings with the school, what are they like, what have you heard? Are their programs any good? Does the work force take them seriously, as a accreditted school? I am natuarlly very leary of distance learning. Please help.

I just switched jobs. I was working 8 hour shifts, 4 a week. Now i work 3 12 hour shifts. What a difference in my personal life. I actually have more time to do things. I have always worked nights and that 4th night a week was a killer and i did nt realize how much until I didnt do it anymore. I wont go back to 4-- 8 hour shifts. There also seems to be more continuity of care. I give report to one RN in the AM and get the same pt back from her later, so there is none of that "oh i didnt do that because i wasnt aware of it". I can say to her this is what i seen on nights and i tried to do this to help the pt lets try to continue this and see what happens and when i come back that night there is results, one way or another. Also at our hospital we only have straight nights and day/night rotators so all day people do night some times so they know what its like to do the shift. We all know the limits of the shift. I think its a good thing having days do nights occasionally, it keeps people from having what i call "dayitis"- that is the disease some people get when they work straight days and think night nurses are stupid. But thats another issue. ------------------ TAKE IT LITE