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1. Can I redeem myself in NICU? HOW?

   NoCrumping replied to NoCrumping's topic in Nursing Career

2. Can I redeem myself in NICU? HOW?

   NoCrumping posted a topic in Nursing Career

   HI managers, I really need some advice/input. Here is how it is. I graduated nsg school 3 years ago, went right into a NICU, loved it, dove right into being responsible for my own learning of about...

3. want to cry all the time.... can i make it in this profession?

   NoCrumping replied to LPN2RNmommy's topic in Nursing Career

   This is my advice, and take on your situation......you simply dont like med/surge or any other type of medical floor. And there is nothing wrong with that. I knew from my first yr at nsg school I...

4. Verbal abuse in the OR

   NoCrumping replied to JaneRNBSN's topic in Operating Room

   question.......I am *gasp* starting in the OR in the beginning of FEb..... I am curious....what kind of verbal abuse are we talking about? can I have examples? Situations? If experienced nurses are...

5. OR Orientees

   NoCrumping replied to hondurena's topic in Operating Room

   Marie..... my program is the type where they train to circulate, the AORN periop 101 course, but they also have a new component of it where a tech school teaches us to do the scrub part...now, I am...

6. Got in, now more ?'s!!

   NoCrumping replied to NoCrumping's topic in Operating Room

   You, or anybody else know what this course is actually like? Its standardized, so there most likely is a curriculum, but whats it like? I guess I should have asked this specifically, huh? lol I was...

7. Got in, now more ?'s!!

   NoCrumping replied to NoCrumping's topic in Operating Room

   Mine starts FEb 6... right now I am in the general nursing orientation, ( I am new to this hospital) lasting about another week, then I think I have a little break b4 I start... cant wait... havent...

8. OR Orientees

   NoCrumping replied to hondurena's topic in Operating Room

   No, I signed no contract, but when I asked if I was required to, the recruiter said "no, but you are "expected" to stay for the full orientation and keep a full time position for at least 2 years" I...

9. Any nurses working in doctor's offices?... is this the norm?

   NoCrumping replied to hhrhrn41's topic in General Nursing

   So true. Unfortunately, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. My Mom kept going to different Doctors at Kaiser Hospital, complaining of abdominal pain and constipation. They reccomended fiber and...

10. Got in, now more ?'s!!

    NoCrumping replied to NoCrumping's topic in Operating Room

    I checked the site out, they are bizarre!!! They do, however, look like they would be comfortable.....but I have never seen anybody wear them...plus, they do look like its easy to get tubes and cords...

11. Got in, now more ?'s!!

    NoCrumping replied to NoCrumping's topic in Operating Room

    Good... me too... I actually feel better with alot of classroom time during an orientation.mine is 9 months long........we have a local technical college coming to the hospital to teach the RN's the...

12. Got in, now more ?'s!!

    NoCrumping replied to NoCrumping's topic in Operating Room

    Well, Judy, currently I know NONE of what you said, as I am still in "general nursing hospital orientation" right now, BUT, when I DO learn those things, I will feel a whole lot better!!! :rotfl:...

13. Got in, now more ?'s!!

    NoCrumping replied to NoCrumping's topic in Operating Room

    Congrats to you too LadyT!!! I can give you a heads up!!! How long is your

14. Got in, now more ?'s!!

    NoCrumping replied to NoCrumping's topic in Operating Room

    smurf, missjo, marie, thanks..... I am "kiind of" a new grad, as in I have not worked the whole 3 years I have been out of school (and when I did , it was in NICU), so I am kind of "accustomed" to...

15. Got in, now more ?'s!!

    NoCrumping replied to NoCrumping's topic in Operating Room

    MissJo, thank you!!! I, too, have a thing about being hard on myself, but I made an "agreement " with myself to be patient.I know OR is a dynamic place, and I will only hinder my success if I bog...