bright_side

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1. Difficult time adjusting to nursing, not sure what to do.

   bright_side replied to bright_side's topic in New Nurse

   Good luck Faith! And thank you. :)

2. Difficult time adjusting to nursing, not sure what to do.

   bright_side replied to bright_side's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you for your positive words. Being my first nursing experience, it has left a terrible "taste in my mouth". Hopefully it gets better from here.

3. Difficult time adjusting to nursing, not sure what to do.

   bright_side replied to bright_side's topic in New Nurse

   It finally happened. I quit my job. No, I don't have another lined up either. Tomorrow I'll be on a mission with cover letters and resumes in hand on a quest for a new job. What happened? Hell just broke loose on myself and another(experienced) nurse...

4. If you could do it all over again, would you choose nursing as your career?

   bright_side replied to jordanl's topic in General Nursing

   Absolutely not. But it will do for now, until other opportunities arise(keeping my fingers crossed!)

5. Difficult time adjusting to nursing, not sure what to do.

   bright_side replied to bright_side's topic in New Nurse

   Still trying to hang in there, positive attitude, prayers & all, but it's not working. Today I got reamed out by one of the RN's (who only works PT) for taking too long to do my books at the end of my shift. The other (more seasoned) nurses do th...

6. Difficult time adjusting to nursing, not sure what to do.

   bright_side replied to bright_side's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you for the replies. It's not my nature to give up so easily. Each day I try to look at the day as a new, fresh beginning. While I know there is so much more to learn, I will try to just take it one day at a time. They surely don't teach this i...

7. Difficult time adjusting to nursing, not sure what to do.

   bright_side replied to bright_side's topic in New Nurse

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8. Difficult time adjusting to nursing, not sure what to do.

   bright_side posted a topic in New Nurse

   I recently graduated from an LPN program in Feb. '11, and was lucky enough to find a full time job last month in a LTC facility. The problem is I'm having a hard time adjusting to the job. Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed and anxious. Time management ...