katielam616

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1. Pedi Interview

   katielam616 replied to katielam616's topic in Pediatric

   Thanks for all the good luck wishes! Unfortunately, I did not get the job. I am disappointed but ok with it all at once. The unit was not what I was expecting. It helped give me some good interview...

2. Pedi Interview

   katielam616 posted a topic in Pediatric

   Hey all! Have a pediatric interview today! I have wanted to be a pediatric nurse since I was 13 years old, so to say I am a little nervous is an understatement. I spent a good 15 years as a pediatric...

3. Want to be a pedi nurse

   katielam616 replied to katielam616's topic in Pediatric

   thank you for your comment. I have been working in an acute care setting for over a year. When I applied to this hospital after graduation they told me "Get some experience and re-apply" I know school...

4. Want to be a pedi nurse

   katielam616 posted a topic in Pediatric

   Hey all! I am a relatively new nurse (16 months experience) so not so new but still have days where i feel as if i dont know anything lol. I have been working in med surg for the last year and some...

5. My first patient death

   katielam616 replied to katielam616's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Thank you everyone for the kind words! I am sure it won't ever get easier (and if it does I will need an extremely long vacation :) ) I hope I was able to help the daughter. She was, understandably,...

6. Who enjoys med/surg??

   katielam616 replied to erika.RN's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I have worked med surg for over a year now and absolutely love it. Sure the patient load can get crazy at times but I have found many patients to be pleasant and enjoyable. Every unit will have...

7. My first patient death

   katielam616 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

   Tonight I had a patient who I admitted last week for change in mental status. Unfortunately, this patient had been declining steadily since admitted. The family was unsure of what to do, so Full code...

8. My first year of nursing :)

   katielam616 replied to katielam616's topic in Medical-Surgical

   thanks for all the messages guys! wish you all the

9. My first year of nursing :)

   katielam616 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

   i started my first nursing job in may 2011. graduated in december, took the boards in march, then started my job in may. i am sure plenty of people have written about this before, but i had to get...

10. Frustrated

    katielam616 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello again, I am new here as i am new to nursing. I just wanted to vent just a little. The last several weeks at work have been so nuts. I am becoming frustrated because the doctors are coming in to...

11. Have CNAs bullied nurses (RNs/LPNs)?

    katielam616 replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i was a CNA for 5 years during nursing school. i know how hard it is for that poor aide to be the only one on the floor with all of these patients and a nurse who will and does assume all of the...

12. HOH new nurse.....can I lose my job?

    katielam616 replied to missT2011's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    how HOH are you? i myself an 70% deaf in one ear and 10% on the other. i use a stethoscope with volume control that can go from the heart sounds to the lung sounds. i used to wear a hearing aide and...

13. sometimes this is so hard!

    katielam616 posted a topic in General Nursing

    so i am a relatively new nurse. 7 months in. sometimes i feel as if i will never know all the things the nurses on my floor know! is it natural to feel this way? i am in that stage where im still new...

14. For all the nurses on this site!

    katielam616 replied to katielam616's topic in General Nursing

    haha i loved it to. im really new to nursing but i love it and am very proud to be a

15. For all the nurses on this site!

    katielam616 posted a topic in General Nursing

    hey guys, this was going around and i thought i would share it with all of you here! You're a nurse?? That's cool, I wanted to do that when I was a kid. What do you make?" "WHAT DO I MAKE??" I make...