circularstaircase

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1. Opportunity to switch to ER nursing, should I?

   circularstaircase replied to circularstaircase's topic in Emergency

   Good point about the "what if." I am just concerned about only getting 6 months of ER experience before I move. That's why I am wondering if it's a better career decision to stay on the float team for...

2. Opportunity to switch to ER nursing, should I?

   circularstaircase posted a topic in Emergency

   When I was in nursing school, I thought I'd always be an ER nurse. I loved the pace and the unpredictability and the vast amount of knowledge and assessment skills that needed to be utilized. Thus far...

3. Has anyone tried team nursing? Opinions?

   circularstaircase replied to circularstaircase's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Yes I haven't seen this done before either...although I know many years ago team nursing was pretty

4. Has anyone tried team nursing? Opinions?

   circularstaircase posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

   The hospital that I work with is going to be changing it's model from primary nursing (I would get 7-8 patients per shift) to team nursing (1 RN, 1 LPN, and 1CNA) for up to 12 patients. The LPN would...

5. So much harder than I expected :(

   circularstaircase replied to sprintin2012's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I feel like this whole post is verbatim what I'm feeling! I also only have 2 more days of being on orientation before I'm on my own and I'm a nervous wreck! I feel like my orientation was too short...

6. New Grad, 8 patients. HELP!

   circularstaircase replied to circularstaircase's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Thank you so much for the replies everyone! I actually asked my nurse manager if I could switch to nights but unfortunately there currently aren't any night positions available. She did say she would...

7. New Grad, 8 patients. HELP!

   circularstaircase posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

   I feel terrible posting this because I realize how lucky I am to have a med-surg job as a new nurse...but I'm just looking for coping advice... I am one week away from being off orientation...

8. New Grad - Hired on days...appropriate to ask to switch to nights?

   circularstaircase replied to circularstaircase's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I did forget to mention that on my interview the nurse manager stated she would be open to switching me to the night shift once a position opens up. Since this was several weeks ago however, I did...

9. New Grad - Offered Nursing Home Position but want to work in hospital, advice?

   circularstaircase replied to circularstaircase's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hello msrn1012...sorry for the late reply! You probably already made up your mind on what you are doing, but I'll give my 2 cents anyway I actually wound up taking the nursing home position and...

10. New Grad - Hired on days...appropriate to ask to switch to nights?

    circularstaircase posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hello allnurses! I was recently hired as a new grad (YAY!) on on a very busy med-surg unit (8 patients on days/8 on nights). I was offered a position for days, but I did mention to the nurse manager...

11. Will paying for ACLS etc myself help me land a job?

    circularstaircase replied to whatdoIdonow?'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just graduated nursing school a little over a month ago. Two weeks after graduation I took an ACLS certification course and wound up getting a job offer the following week. I'm not saying that the...

12. Turning in letter of resignation - help!

    circularstaircase posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Hello everyone, About 6 weeks ago I accepted a position at a LTC care facility as a new grad RN. While I loved the residents, I really hated the facility itself. The turn-over was extremely high. Not...

13. To Quit or Not to Quit...

    circularstaircase posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    About a month ago I accepted a position at a LTC facility to gain some experience while looking for a hopsital/med-surg position (I just graduated from RN school). I have been an LPN for 2 years at a...

14. Outpt. Surgery Interview

    circularstaircase posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello allnurses! I needed some advice on a job interview I am going on next week at an Outpatient Surgery Center and wanted to get some input. Little background info: - I just started working at a...

15. Nursing Home Blues

    circularstaircase replied to circularstaircase's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you all for the wonderful advice. It means more to me than you know! I am going to ask for a longer orientation tonight when I go into work....don't know if they will go for it or not. I really...