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I've been working on a med surg unit since July, about to come off orientation...and I already feel like I know I want to put in the bare minimum (6 months) before I can transfer. The pace is crazy and makes me feel uncomfortable, especially at the s...

Im a new grad nurse, landed a job in spring, passed my boards then started on the floor a couple days ago. This may sound like overreacting too soon to some readers but I truly feel in my gut that I just don't belong on a med surg floor. I never en...

I’m sorry to hear your med surg experience wasn’t better. It sounds like you made the right move though! Definitely get some good nursing experience under your belt before you go back to school. Having a foundation of nursing knowledge out in the fie...

Hello! WOW! what can happen in 9 years! I only ended up staying at that job for 7 months. I haven’t done med surg since and it was what was best for me. I worked in allergy, dermatology, endoscopy, and currently have been in perioperative nursing for...

Hello! Im a new grad nurse who started working on a med surg floor this July. While I know my time on the floor will expose me to so many different things I don't think I could handle the stress for years...I want to get my M/S experience and then ...

Hi ButtonNose! since I posted this original thread many things have changed! I just got an offer to work in an allergy office and I am taking it not only to "escape" the floor but also because I think Ill actually be happy there! lol I think I will ...

Ive been fortunate in that its happened to me a couple times. First time for my first nursing job in med surg which I am happily leaving this soon approaching feb 18th after 7 months for an allergy office job I was just offered on the spot for this ...

Is this a peds floor in a hospital?! and they only give you 12 shifts of orientation? that to me sounds very wrong and just plain unsafe especially if this is in an acute setting. I oriented to my adult med surg floor for about three months...they h...

I feel alot of what has been posted..started on the floor in July...have been on my own for about a month now..trying to stick it out til the 6-8 month mark and looking for an OR opportunity at that time whether it be at my facility or elsewhere. My ...

yup Im feeling the same things...just got off orientation 3 weeks ago. I trained on a med surg unit with more abdominal stuff, but a good mix of surg and medical and what happens my SECOND week on my own...I get put on our "sister" unit but its not c...

Im a new grad working on a med surg unit, Im at about 4 wks in to orientation and just got put up to 4 pts. One pt got percocet prn and I gave it to him earlier in the shift..well me being so smart decided to just peel them out of the packages and i...

Thanks for replying! comforting to know someone out there has felt the same things about MS! lol ultimately if I could hold out til the one year mark on the MS floor thatd be great but we'll see. glad to hear you love the OR, I have a good feeling ab...

thank you for the replies! since my message some shifts have been better than others...but I know that will happen with any job...today is my last day of orientation so its going to get even more interesting...I wanna stick it out for a year and move...

thanks for the comforting words, didn't sound like my manager wants a drug test...she said to read over the policy and let me preceptor know..but as you said if anything needs to be done I know it's for everyone's safety...as for giving a dropped pil...

Good to know Im not the only one either, thanks as well lol..yes it's like you described it..I just didn't even think about it because with other pills you dont really think twice (if a vitamin were to fall on the floor..no problem to just throw it a...

my manager said to let her know I'll just explain it as I did on this board which is the God's honest truth...I just wasnt expecting the pill to fall so I didnt really think it through and just thought about getting another one...wasnt expecting to ...

thanks for the replies...I realize in the scheme of things there are much more major errors that can be made...I have to mention it to my preceptor and I hope she is okay about it...she's very nice and helpful...honestly my brain just kind of skipped...

I just started my orientation on a med surg floor (have only had 3 days on the floor with a nurse)...first night I was holding back tears the entire night and when I finally got to my car, cried hysterically the whole way home. Right off the bat, th...

wow I felt like I was reading a post from myself when I saw this. I just started on a med surg floor, and feel every exact thing you mentioned. On top of all of the things mentioned, my assigned preceptor didnt work out so that has already kind of ...

Thank you for the replies, Im sorry to anyone who thought I sounded disrespectful or that I was overreacting with regards to my preceptor..I in no way meant to sound like that...I just felt upset. And I really didnt have a shadow day to those of you...

Thanks everyone, already woke up crying knowing that I have to work with her again. My manager replied to my email and said we can meet as soon as she gets back but in the mean time to contact the other woman filling in if my concerns are immediate,...

I hear you miller but I already tried asking her if I could just go along with her for the later part of the shift and she said no I want you to have patients, we can try that tomorrow, and you already did that the first day (which is a lie)...even i...

thank you for the adivce...it helps when I get input from fellow nurses. there is a nurse supervisor to contact while my manager is out...I guess I should talk to her...its funny because I even asked my not so great preceptor tonight where her offic...

Thanks for your input....it's not that I "like" the other one better than my assigned one, I just feel more comfortable with her and feel we work in similar ways. I wouldnt walk into my managers office saying "I cant work with .... because", I agre...

thanks everyone for your replies. I actually worked with another nurse tonight as my assigned nurse was not working and I actually had a good night! To answer some of you wondering what I meant- I have just started my orientation period on the floo...