Curious1alwys BSN, RN

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    Could Be Fired for IV skills.

    Curious1alwys replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    No advice but I am going through this right now as well at my new surgery center job. LOL. IV anxiety big time!! Lots of helpful suggestions though but I can't imagine purchasing my own vein
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    Gave it a year...when to decide bedside is not for you?

    Curious1alwys posted a topic in Nursing Career

    OK, I gave it a year. Full-time. Bedside hospital, telemetry. I still feel nearly how I did during orientation. I dread work, super anxious the night before, thinking about work when I am off, have to...
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    RN to fitness nursing??

    Curious1alwys replied to ERRNKt's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You and me both girlfriend!!! So far the best I have found is a Health Screener at employee wellness events and I will be getting my personal trainer cert this coming January through ACSM. I just...
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    Gave it a year...when to decide bedside is not for you?

    Curious1alwys replied to Curious1alwys's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm not gonna lie. I am still scared of EVERYTHING! What patient I'm gonna get, discharges, admits, patients dying, blood transfusions, ....it's stupid! I'm like a stressed out scaredy-cat. LOL....
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    Gave it a year...when to decide bedside is not for you?

    Curious1alwys replied to Curious1alwys's topic in Nursing Career

    I am somewhat of a "float". Don't regularly work on one floor, unfortunately, but that is not going to change anytime soon at my
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    I want to quit 4 months in

    Curious1alwys replied to Nonetheless's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This job is hard!! I am now dealing with day-after-work migraines that keep me down on my day off, when I am supposed to be enjoying life. I've been medically cleared and prescribed Imitrex but you...
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    I want to quit 4 months in

    Curious1alwys replied to Nonetheless's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have never worked nights, only days, and STILL hate it. So, you have all my sympathies girl, struggling to get some sleep and deal with all the stress of being a new nurse in the hospital. Hugs to...
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    Does anybody else feel guilty about calling off?

    Curious1alwys replied to Codeblue1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hey, my husband is in law enforcement too and I have two young children so I am right there with you. My hubs can get called out, come home and tell me he has to work late two days from now, mandatory...
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    I really want to quit my job....

    Curious1alwys replied to aspragg5387's topic in Nursing Career

    Prnqday....how did you break into PP from the
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    New RN drowning

    Curious1alwys replied to babyrn3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    LOL!! I hate those know-it-all new grads!!! You wonder what is wrong with you when you hear other new grads just RAVE about their experience and how not much about the job has been difficult for...
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    I can't handle the heat....

    Curious1alwys replied to DrowningNewGrad's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OMG!! RUN!!!!!!!! No
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    help, bedside nursing not for me?

    Curious1alwys replied to nurse.j.'s topic in Health, Stress Management

    My problem with nursing is that there are more harder days than easy, more days where I stay 14 hours instead of 12, more days where I float to other floors and don't know where I am going or who I'll...
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    I can't handle the heat....

    Curious1alwys replied to DrowningNewGrad's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't know. I feel the same way. I don't think it is a lack of compassion or being a bad nurse. You've just realized that there are just too many demands and not enough of you to go around. This is...
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    Nurses need an outlet to manage stress

    Curious1alwys replied to Pride/hardwork17's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Yes, go to your doctor. Maybe you will get lucky and he/she will give you meds that make you feel even worse! I know I will get flamed for that one, but BTDT.. Changing jobs seems like a better...
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    Dirty hands in your house...

    Curious1alwys replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Sanitizer is SO gross! It's better than nothing but sorry I'd rather my preschooler and 1st grader WASH their hands ugh. Just seems like they just rub all that gross dirt around. eeew. My husband and...
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    My First Month and I want to Quit! Help!

    Curious1alwys replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It gets better. A bit better. But not good. Not acceptable for me. Still most days are composed of running like a crazed maniac. I am coming to understand that for some of us floor nursing will never...
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    Going "Above and Beyond" UGH

    Curious1alwys replied to SubSippi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Stop taking away my resources and I will go above and beyond. Until then, I'm sorry, I'm too busy doing everyone else's job. Now I just think I went "above and beyond" if my patients are still alive...
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    Going "Above and Beyond" UGH

    Curious1alwys replied to SubSippi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Gosh, I really really REALLY want to be one of those "above and beyond" nurses but I am too busy being a "barely get through my shift" nurse. LOL. There are so many freaking tasks and they keep taking...
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    help, bedside nursing not for me?

    Curious1alwys replied to nurse.j.'s topic in Health, Stress Management

    Nurse.J..... Good luck to you. It is so much harder when you have little ones and not a lot of family to help out. Hoping the time passes by
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    Burned out after only 2 years

    Curious1alwys replied to smileyitnthesunny's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I wish you lived by me. We could go out for a drink. Yeah, right there with ya. My plan? I'm lucky enough to have a SO so I'm trying to find something part-time and then reanalyze what I REALLY want...
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    Needing Alone Time

    Curious1alwys replied to nurseling's topic in Health, Stress Management

    YES, YES, and YES! Uh, could it be because you have 5+ freaking people in your face all day long at the same time each wanting something different? Could it be because you run like a crazed maniac all...
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    Nurses, do you exercise?

    Curious1alwys replied to nurseling's topic in Health, Stress Management

    How old are you? I am still managing to lift heavy on my days off but man, it's killing me! All I do is run, run, run between floor nursing, little ones, and harcore
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    Trying to get back into the hospital after staying home with the kids.

    Curious1alwys replied to sarahaldean's topic in Retired Nurses

    The hardest thing in this market, that I've seen, is hospitals wanting the BSN. Do you have it? I think it is only "professional assassination" in this market!! If you don't have your BSN, they very...
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    Discouraged new RN

    Curious1alwys replied to NuevaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey OP, I don't really believe this "it gets better" BS, to be honest. As another poster said, it's the broken system and constantness of working short staffed that is killing us. Sometimes I think...
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    Discouraged new RN

    Curious1alwys replied to NuevaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't understand posts like this one. I mean, c'mon, the girl is just venting. She might be lucky to have a job in nursing but it is a super tough gig. Who knows what will happen when all your...