3KittiesRN

Having worked med/surg for a number of years, I got burnt out. I have found a new love for nursing now that I am an L&D nurse . Been doing it for about a year now. What gets me through is knowing that I am working with seasoned nurses I can rely ...

Hello there fellow nurses! I have been away from these forums for a long time! But i am back now! =) I gave birth to the most amazing baby boy 8 weeks ago. I go back to work at 20 weeks to a busy med/surg floor. (12 hr nights) My question is for moth...

Thanks so much everyone for all of your wonderful replies! I am glad to know that it has been done before! I am going back to work in less thank 2 weeks and am very much dreading it. But I know that I am going to make breastfeeding work. Thanks ladie...

Congrats on the new job!! Your current nursing textbook (med/surg) is a great resource as well as your NCLEX study books. I started in med/surg as a new grad also. You are going to learn so much. The most important thing you will learn is TIME MANAGE...

Hello fellow nurses! I want to move back home to the Bay Area where all of my family lives. I was born and raised in the Bay Area. After nursing school (graduated in 2008), I landed a job on a Med/Surg unit VERY FAR away. I have been there for almost...

You did everything right. You recognized your error and took responsibility for it. I know it is hard not to beat yourself up about it. Every nurse has made a med error, and if they say otherwise they are either lying or never realized it! =) Luckily...

Hello everyone!!! I am a nursing student currently enrolled in my program's IV therapy class. I was just wondering if any of you experienced nurses out there can give some tips and trick for inserting an IV. We practice on each other, (OUCH!) and so ...

Hello everyone! My little sister has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, she is very young. She has stage two non-gestational choriocarcinoma of the ovary. Does anyone know of any good websites to find information on this type of cancer? When ...

Hi everyone! I just graduated NS and am taking the boards on 07/15. I am soooooo nervous. Before nursing school I weighed about 140 lbs and I am 5'5, I am comfortable at this weight. However 2 years later I am at 154 lbs. EEEKK!!! I can't believe I h...

As I browse through job postings I sometimes see under Schedule: Short Hour. Instead of part-time, full-time or Per Diem. What is working short hour? Thanks!

Med/Surg nurse here! With a whopping 1 year of experience! LOL I love med/surg because you get a variety of patients, you learn something new everyday, and like another poster said...we use a lot of our nursing SKILLS. I chose med/surg after graduati...

I read that book before I went to nursing school and became a nurse. I love her books! Tending lives is a really great book too!!

Good lord! That is a lot of medical/tele patients. Were you taking care of that many patients recently or was that a long long time ago? The most I have ever taken care of by myself were 5 because it's the law! Med/surg patients that is.

I second this!! For example tonight at work someone brought the nurses a whole bunch of candy, gummy worms, chocolate raisins etc. It was the end of the night and I needed sugar so I gobbled them up!! Another example is when I left this morning there...

Hi everyone! Sorry is this has been asked before but here goes... I have always had a passion to work in Oncology. I know that it is a difficult area of nursing to work in but I find myself drawn to this area. Some of my most favorite patients have b...

Hi there!! Here is my $0.02... I am a new nurse. I know it may sound cliche but... nursing does take a special kind of person. If you were to change majors to nursing you would need to start off with completing your nursing school pre-requisites. The...

Hi there! I graduated in the Bay Area in May 2008. Me and many of my classmates had difficulty finding jobs. However, I do know for sure that some hospitals are starting their new grad programs soon (Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley and San Leand...

I remember I had to do 12 hour shifts in nursing school. I did not like it that much, but maybe it was because I was not getting paid! hehehe I work 12 hour shifts now and I love them, I would never want to go back to 8's. But back to your question, ...

Hi everyone! I just passed my medication check off today! It means I can pass meds in the hospital now. For a medication check off you are given your assignment the night before and research all your meds. The next day you pass those meds to a dumm...

Oh yeah, regarding your math question...purchase a dosage calculations book for nursing students. It gives you a review of basic math concepts and some formulas to help you calculate dosages, IV drip rates etc. Some people in my class had math anxie...

Meghanlee, Hi there! Do not feel like a failure! However the above posts are true, as a nurse, you deal with bodily fluids on a daily basis. Whether it be poop, vomit, urine, people coughing up gooky stuff! LOL You just learn to deal with it. I think...

I have a question...why is it that in order to be considered "MAGNET" status all nurses need to have BSN's? Do they have this in writing because I thought that a BSN is not required for magnet status. I may be wrong and please correct me. I think it ...

Hi there! I graduated from an ADN program and at my completion I had about $4,000.00 in debt. I hope to pay it all off soon...this is credit card debt, I never had to take out any student loans. It sounds like the ABSN program would be a good fit fo...

Hello fellow nurses!!! I am a new graduate RN and will be starting on a Med-Surg floor in a few weeks. I just wanted your opinion on the benefits of a Med-Surg background. I know that Med-Surg is a specialty all on its own, but I also think it is a g...

This is a really good question! Thank you so much for asking, I don't have an answer for you, but I will be in a similar situation soon. I will be starting my career in Med-Surg on night shift and was wondering the same thing as you. I look forward t...