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  1. New Job Anxieties For "Mature" Nurse - Help!

    pensivern posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been a med surg RN for nearly 40 yrs and have recently started a new position in an outpatient eye surgery center. While my former job was extremely stressful, I felt completely competent, was...

  2. New Job Anxieties For "Mature" Nurse - Help!

    pensivern replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    I'm almost 10 mths in and very glad I made the change! I wonder how I survived 39 yrs of med surg..... Since I've become comfortable in pre and post op I've been training in lasers and corneal...

  3. New Job Anxieties For "Mature" Nurse - Help!

    pensivern replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you- I’m in the middle of my second week- the people are very helpful-I just feel like a fish out of water. My previous job was so much more stressful and complex but I didn’t have to focus...

  4. New Job Anxieties For "Mature" Nurse - Help!

    pensivern replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, helps to know I’m not alone in these

  5. New Job Anxieties For "Mature" Nurse - Help!

    pensivern replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you

  6. New Job Anxieties For "Mature" Nurse - Help!

    pensivern replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    True, I was expecting to be majorly disrupted, just wondering from other long term nurses about how long it’s take before everything feels routine. 3

  7. Long term med surg to outpatient surgery adjustment

    pensivern posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Does anyone work in an outpatient eye surgery center? After 39 yrs of bedside nursing on a very busy stressful med- surg unit, I decided to look for an easier job to transition to...

  8. How to adjust to new job?? Struggling...

    pensivern replied to joansmith1's topic in General Nursing

    Wheaties, just curious if you ever adapted to your job in corrections or eventually

  9. 1 year bedside to Ambulatory Surgery

    pensivern replied to jj16's topic in Operating Room

    Just curious if you took the eye surgery position and if you like it? I’m starting in a similar position soon and anxious about the transition although only 3 years away from

  10. Med-surg->outpatient eye surgery

    pensivern posted a topic in PACU

    Does anyone work in an outpatient eye surgery center? After 39 yrs of bedside nursing on a very busy stressful med- surg unit, I decided to look for an easier job to transition to as poor staffing,...

  11. Any nurses had arthroscopic knee surgery?

    pensivern posted a topic in General Nursing

    I’m 59 yrs old and work on a busy med- surg floor- 12 hr shifts. A few weeks ago I injured my knee doing yard work- heard a big “ pop” , knee gave in and have experienced pain ever since with...

  12. Age vs Years Nursing

    pensivern replied to Erika Patterson's topic in General Nursing

    59 and 37 years as an

  13. Any nurses had arthroscopic knee surgery?

    pensivern replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    WOW!, I was hoping I’d be feeling pretty good at 6 weeks, not 6 months post-op. How long did you try PT before undergoing the

  14. Forced to do 12 hr shifts

    pensivern posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been working 35 yrs on a med- surg unit on the 3-11:30 shift in a world where 12 hr shifts are becoming the norm. I was told by my manager today that the few remaining 8 hr employees will have...

  15. Forced to do 12 hr shifts

    pensivern replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a big fan of ASMR, for some reason it only helps me drift off during the day for short naps, never at

  16. Forced to do 12 hr shifts

    pensivern replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    That's what happened to us, they allowed a few to do a combo or straight 8s, but as those people left, and new hires only being 12 hr shifts, they want to convert everything to 12s. No, it's not fair,...

  17. Forced to do 12 hr shifts

    pensivern replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    Do you workdays or nights

  18. Forced to do 12 hr shifts

    pensivern replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Libby!! That's an awesome response- it's evident you lived through this successfully. My dad passed last month and I decided then it was time to focus on my health- Since then I'm...

  19. Forced to do 12 hr shifts

    pensivern replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, come to think of it, there are several nurses over 50 who seem to like their 12's, but the vast majority of of them work nights. The major complaints are from the day

  20. Forced to do 12 hr shifts

    pensivern replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    Because of my history with sleep anxiety, I've tried trazedone- it just doesn't work for me unfortunately. It put me in a half asleep/ half awake state all night and I felt like a groggy zombie the...

  21. Forced to do 12 hr shifts

    pensivern replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    Ruby Vee, I already have ambien and a benzo script- in very limited quantities-so I'll have to ration those for those nights before work. I did have the option of doing nights, but the thought of...

  22. RN would like other opinions from nurses on this awkward MD/insurance issue

    pensivern posted a topic in General Nursing

    I find myself in a situation I'm not sure how to handle. A couple of weeks ago I had my annual physical with my PCP. I've been going to this MD for about 3 yrs and initially chose him because he's...

  23. RN would like other opinions from nurses on this awkward MD/insurance issue

    pensivern replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    So, with that understanding, one should not speak during or after the physical about anything medically related lest they be charged additionally to the yearly visit? That just does not sound 'right'...