scsunurse85

Sounds like its time to move on from where your working, let me take a guess there is a lotta this going on:banghead: when you get off work. I worked in the LTC facilities on 2nd for a few years, 2 as a CNA and 1 as a LPN dont know how I stuck it out that long:bugeyes:. But no matter where you go in nursing there is always going to be drama and rough times that's a given I have found out. You dont just have to work just in the inpatient oncology unit but you know this. But if that is where you want to be you just have to find the right kinda of drama you can let slide off your back or maybe try switching shifts. Basically you have to find a place that makes you happy and proud to be a nurse. The good news is that now that you have been a nurse for a year you are an experienced nurse:anpom: and the range of places you can go has greatly increased. You just have to find your nitch in the nursing field and you will love it all nurses go through rough spots but remember we are all in this together, so hang in there there is light at the end of the tunnel I promise. Take care and I hope you find what your looking for, blessings.

So I'm a first year LPN started out my life long career in Internal Med/ ID at the CentraCare Hospital in St. Cloud which I was VERY blessed to be hired at, love my job:D but I know I want to go on for my RN soon as well and potentially my Masters of Science in Nursing:uhoh3:,I know my friends think I'm crazy too haha. I have been contemplating what area of nursing I want to slip into as I get closer to my RN, there are SOOO many facets to choose from. I have a passion for bringing healing to people who need it so obvious choices for me are working as a burn nurse:heartbeat, working in peds, oncology potentially combining peds/oncology:heartbeat, med surge working trauma so on so fourth. But over the last few months I have really taken an interest in becoming a flight RN:lol2:. I know that to be a flight nurse companies that you work for like to see a few years of ER/ICU experience under your belt and experience in settings that required quick critical thinking. Overall I was wondering if there are any flight nurses out there or in general nurses that could give me feed back including nurses who work or have worked in the above mentioned fields I have been looking at going into. Thanks in advace for your help and all you do as nurses.

Lifelong nurse:yeah: jus starting out his career, Internal Med/ ID going back to school for my RN want to be a flight nurse/transport:lol2:

Thank you thank you EVERYONE:D for the wonderful info I guess I was thinking to much into it:confused:, I am sorry if I offended anyone by my post was not my intent at all. I am looking forward to my first day and meeting my co workers and i have always been a respectful, easy to get along with CNA/Graduate nurse. I want to wish you all a great weekend and I want to say to all my fellow nurses out there thank you for all you do through thick and thin and to the nursing students stick with it you will make it in the end, thanks again to all who replied +J+

thank you for replying i will take this all in consideration its already helped a lot thanks

So I am a newly graduated straight male LPN with plans to go on for my BSN, just landed my first job here in St. Cloud at St. Cloud Medical Group as a permanent float nurse:yeah:. Needless to say I am happy and excited about the new job but also I found out that I will be only 1 of 2 male nurses working at the SCMG I must admit its a little intimidating, even though I worked at a nursing home/ hospital for 3 years before which was all female staff say for one male RN. I am just wondering about how to approach this new potsition and how to adequately engage with the female staff I will be working with in peds/OB/Surgery/Express Care/Family Practice, and not come off as some douche bag male. My plan is to go to work be patient focouesd and just make myself coach-able but I also I am a little fearful that I could be used as a scape goat being the "new guy" and being male. If any of the wonderful nurses out there on this site could give me some feed back that would be much appreciated thank you. And also some good conversation ice breakers for the first day on the job. Take care and I hope you all have a great weekend. +John+