Murse85

I would not be able to do my job if I had to be chaparoned every time I was in a female patients room. I bring someone when I do a procedure like a foley or I'll ask if the patient would like a female present but most times they don't mind (always bring a PCA for a foley).

I recently graduated and just bought insurance. Better safe than sorry.

I did orientation a bit ago (6 months) and this is what my orientation was like. 1. Big auditorium for everyone hired for the period. We did team building stuff and learned general hospital policies. (2 days) 2. Orientation with all the new hires that have direct patient contact to go over policies and stuff about that. (2 days) 3. Nursing orientation. We went through JCAHO stuff, nursing specific safety stuff and policies. (about 3 days) After that there was orientation for people that are either new graduates or haven't worked in a while. This was about 2 weeks and we reviewed equipment that is used in the hospital and basic skills like being involved in mock codes, blood hanging protocols, and lots of other tasks. We also did the annual education stuff. Then there was the floor time. I went to a floor with a few nurses and we all had the same nursing educator preceptor. We progressed from having 2 patients to having 4 after about 3 weeks. This allowed us to get comfortable with the computer charting and how the hospital worked. The last part was 1:1 on the floor I was working on. I think I did this for 5 weeks. That was my experience. Hope it helps.

Having a bachelors gives you an advantage over associates, although I'd imagine it's better to be able to check the 1+ years experience box instead of As for the stress part, I am a new grad as well (6 months in) and I find the best thing I can do when I'm feeling swamped is think about what can be done the next shift and what absolutely needs to be done within the next hour or 2. That usually works for me. (Not saying put off work on someone else, but if you can't get everything done you have no choice). Hope this helps.

Try upstate NY. I've heard that Arizona hires but I cannot confirm that. Also I believe VA hires new grads.

I am a new graduate and have been working less than a year. I am on a med/surg unit and most of the other nurses are new grads with the exception of a couple that have 2 years experience in med/surg. Charge nurse is rotated and a lot of times the charge nurse barely has a year of experience. I was wondering if this seems unsafe to anyone else. Thanks for the input.