angelaADSN

Unfortantely, I live in mississippi! I am trying to find a assignment in Tupelo which is 2 hours from where I live because I do have 3 kids and a single parent. They will be gone to their dads in North Carolina for some of the summer. So I want a assignment close to home. My specialty is OR. Circulating or PACU. I am having the worst time finding anything in Mississippi. But of course, who would want to work here! haha! Any help or ideas will be appreciated. :balloons:

Well you brought back some memories! I graduated in 5/2000. I went straight to the OR/PACU. I had to learn to scrub, circulate, PACU, and also ambulatory care. When I was learning to scrub I know I went home and cried almost every day for about 3 months! I didn't know if I was going to be able to hang because we were not taught all of this in nursing school and it was alot to grasp at once. Now, I am the jack of all trades back in surgery and I am a whole hell of alot at ease than when I first started. I mostly circulate now. I was offered the Team Leader in my dept last week, really do not want it at all! I have come a long way. I get a long with the doctors well and my co-workers. So hang in there! Good luck! :balloons:

Haha! Really want to know what I keep in mine! haha! Sutures, tape, and more sutures. After having them in my pocket all day. Bandaides, etc...

At our hospital we only have one shift. 6:30am to 3pm. We have had problems with the past year of this mandatory overtime. Around March we put our foot down as a team and said no more!! So administration gave us approval to have a back up crew until scheduled cases are over. We get 200.00 plus 26.47 bonus for a couple of hours overtime until scheduled cases are through. This past 2 weeks I got an extra 600.00 for back up and didn't even get called to help the call crew. I was feeling like you were around Jan and it is not right! There should be some kind of incentive for staying after hours for scheduled cases. Angela, RN

Hi Cheryl! I was a nurse tech last year after I completed my first year of nursing school. I worked in a small hospital, so I made 6.68 hr. Which really stinks compared to the 15/hr. Memphis, which is an hour away from me pays their nurse tech's 14/hr. At the hospital I worked at, it was basic CNA care, with just a little more. Things like accu checks, foleys, dsg changes. I graduated this past may and work in surgery/recovery now. I think working as a tech did benifit me in nursing school that last year. I knew what to expect a little more, and was more comfortable. It also helped me with my skills. When I would learn something at school, for example NG tubes, I would go to the hospital and beg the Rn to let me take one out or put it in. Good luck to you! Angela

Hi Lauraw! I am in my 4th semester of nursing and graduate with my ADN this may. We also evaluate ourselves after each clinical day. Our whole class gets that lecture on organizational skill's every so often. BUT the thing about it is that there are 6 students on the floor with 3 patients each who all have to give meds, chart and any other skills that needed to be performed. And every one of these skill (just about) have to be done with an instructor present. Our Instructors have to sign after we do on charting. She has to look at the meds before we give them, and all of this takes time because we have to wait in line for her with our 6 students and 3 patients each. Then when we get behind, it is our fault. When really we were ready to perform a skill she was no where to be found. At the end of the day or on our evaluation she tells us we need to work on organization. The whole point of this story, if your case is like mine, when you get out you are not going to have an instructor to worry about getting you behind. And if that is one of the problems you can either confront her about it (which I chose not to because I plan on graduating in May) ha! or you can grin and bare it. Good luck to you! www.geocities.com/ajax_clean/StudentNurse.html

I am a nursing student and graduate in May. I come to the BB often for help! I don't expect bb to do my assignment but I come on here for opinions, advice, and help. Just because you didn't have internet when you were in nursing school therefor everyone else shouldn't use it to help them get through it? Maybe my learning style isn't like yours. After all that's what makes each and everyone of us different and that's what makes the world go round. I don't see many post asking for them to do their homework, the post are asking for help. You obviously don't remember what nursing school was like

Hi Riley! I too graduate in May. Our instructors are also giving us advice to take the NCLEX. The only problem I see with it is it cost 300.00 for 1 week 8:00 to 5:00. I have a hard enough time sitting through a 4 hour lecture much less an 8 hour lecture. I have recently decided not to take the review course. I can study my notes that they have already given us. If I do fail the nclex, I decided I would take another review course offered by someone else before taking it the second time. That is my opinion about the review course. Good luck to you! www.geocities.com/ajax_clean/StudentNurse.html