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  1. Day shift or night shift - Which do you prefer? Why?

    Bonnie86 replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    I love nights. We are busy, but the pace is much, much slower than days. Less family, practically no doctors around, and generally less medications to pass out. My last shift was awesome. 4/5...

  2. Houston New Grads Beware of St. Luke's

    Bonnie86 replied to applejacks36's topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm sorry you had to go through this. I have a few nursing classmates still looking for jobs a year later. I work at a hospital and trust me, you're better off where you are. I've said this once...

  3. What's up with Wonder Wink scrubs??

    Bonnie86 posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Bought some Wonder Wink scrubs today. Planned on wearing them tomorrow so I threw them in the wash. Took them out of the dry and they were a wrinkled hot mess. Even after ironing them using...

  4. Should I feel bad about this?? New grad wanting to quit days.

    Bonnie86 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm a new grad one month off orientation and have been working days. I have been totally overwhelmed. After talking to many of the night nurses I decided I wanted to try nights. I think that's the...

  5. Not happy with medsurge

    Bonnie86 replied to mom35's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm leaving the place that trained me after 6 months for a night position closer to home. Did I feel guilty about leaving them after 3 months of training and almost 3 months on my own?? Initially...

  6. Should I feel bad about this?? New grad wanting to quit days.

    Bonnie86 replied to Bonnie86's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I haven't given an update on my status in a while, but I ended up getting offered the night position at the hospital 15 minutes away from home and I took it!!! I will start orientation there this...

  7. Is giving meds early common??

    Bonnie86 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I just finished my 2nd week off orientation as a new grad and feel that all I'm doing is running around giving meds ALL DAY. I work 7a/7p and have been staying until 9:30 to do charting. I don't have...

  8. Should I feel bad about this?? New grad wanting to quit days.

    Bonnie86 replied to Bonnie86's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks. I don't want to seem like I'm implying that night nurses have it easy. I know it can be just as busy. I have spoken with many, many night nurses and they all say it's a "different kind of...

  9. ADN Program Failure rate

    Bonnie86 replied to omaragg's topic in General Students

    Yes, welcome to hell. We lost about 1/2 our class in the first two semesters either entirely out of the program or they ended up falling behind a semester. The biggest advice I can give you is:...

  10. Should I feel bad about this?? New grad wanting to quit days.

    Bonnie86 replied to Bonnie86's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Well, I wouldn't ever leave one job without having another. Thanks for the advice. I just don't feel days are right for me as a new nurse and I have the anxiety it causing

  11. Feeling defeated, lost and stupid.

    Bonnie86 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm new RN off orientation a few weeks. I work days and it's crazy busy. Yesterday I didn't have time to chart until the end of shift. I was there until 10 p.m. exhausted physically and mentally....

  12. Feeling defeated, lost and stupid.

    Bonnie86 replied to Bonnie86's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Good luck Lilybug12! I feel I went to a great nursing school, for the most part, BUT overall I don't think that they prepare you for what is's **really** like. They preach perfect world holistic...

  13. Feeling defeated, lost and stupid.

    Bonnie86 replied to Bonnie86's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks for the encouragement. We'll see how things go. I've still got moving to night shift on my mind. I'll see how things go in the next few weeks and

  14. Feeling defeated, lost and stupid.

    Bonnie86 replied to Bonnie86's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm working 12 hour days. My preceptor moved another floor (oncology). I asked to go with her and was up there about a week, but then they needed nurses on Med Surg so back I went. Thanks for the...

  15. Feeling defeated, lost and stupid.

    Bonnie86 replied to Bonnie86's topic in Medical-Surgical

    THanks. I am considering night shift. My manager pulled me into her office recently and asked how things were going. She said some of the nurses have told her I seem very overwhelmed. True. She...

  16. Feeling defeated, lost and stupid.

    Bonnie86 replied to Bonnie86's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Our ratio is 5 patients, but a few days ago I was given 6 patients. Five is stressful enough for me. I have been gotten after a few times for different things like leaving an admission for night...

  17. What good does a BS RN with state licensure if no credible hospital will hire you?

    Bonnie86 replied to careheartntexas's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    That's nuts. Sorry to hear this. If the BON is going to let you take NCLEX, what about getting the RN and working outside of a hospital? Are you completely ruling that

  18. Is giving meds early common??

    Bonnie86 replied to Bonnie86's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks for all the tips. I work 7A/7P in a hospital on Med Surg floor with five patients who 90% of the time are very elderly. That means the 8 and 9 a.m. med pass usually includes all kinds of BP,...

  19. Im 24 and I want to be a nurse badly but my age discourages me!

    Bonnie86 replied to M.C.P's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You're a baby!! I just graduated with my first degree and I'm

  20. What career did you have before nursing?

    Bonnie86 replied to julibyrd's topic in General Nursing

    I did medical transcription for 20 years. RN at 43. It's never to late to learn something

  21. RN salary/pay in Dallas area

    Bonnie86 replied to retrvrman's topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm a new grad and was started at $26 in Texas at a Christus hospital. That seems low with

  22. Vodka tampons?!?

    Bonnie86 replied to Christy1019's topic in Emergency

    Those crazy kids! What will they think of

  23. How much orientation

    Bonnie86 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Three months in Med Surg at my

  24. is anyone a medical transcriptionist and how to become one

    Bonnie86 replied to sunshine1216's topic in General Nursing

    Do you want to go to nursing school? I'm confused. Why would you want to waste time and money getting an associates and then learning to code if you plan on going to nursing

  25. Curious, re nursing and weight loss

    Bonnie86 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to be starting a med surg job soon. I'm a new grad and all my previous employments have been very sedentary. I'm curious, did any of you lose weight when you started nursing from all...