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New nurse here... started my orientation on a medical floor. (I'm part of a float team so I will be floating to all different floors areas). The first day went alright- my preceptor wasn't bad... I thought she would have shown me a bit more but oh we...

I recently finished 2+ months of orientation/precepted shifts for a full-time float pool position at a great trauma hospital, I have been through MANY different preceptors, picked up a few tips and tricks and learned to roll with the bunches. I ...

I float around so... I've been to pretty much every floor personally I found the busiest to be a short staffed medicine floor, an express unit and sometimes the cardiac floors (eventhough 9/10 they're my fav) The slowest would DEFINITLEY have to be ...

I don't mind it. Sometimes it can be fun. I'm working nights Christmas Eve and Christmas day... which will be a pretty nice increase on my next pay (double time and half + nights premiums) I don't have kids or anything like that. Just my mom and my c...

OH MAN!! I stutter and have stuttered my whole life. I wish I could have out grew it like some other people... but no such luck. I'm also a new nurse and I work on the float pool team for a large trauma hospital... so I float to all different floors:...

LOL... well I'm going back to the Gi surgical floor again tonight. Hoping things run a little smoother and I get a chance to take somewhat of a break and give a decent report.

I didn't mean that in general... I meant giving report on that floor. I was unfamiliar with their terminology and honestly did not have as much time as I would have liked to do a bit of background reading and give a thorough report. We were swamped.

i know it's long... please bare with me I am currently casual at a LTC facility. The orientation was 5 shifts... lol no previous LTC experience. Anyways, I've been on my own for about 4 shifts so far and I ve really enjoyed my last 7-7 day shift. I...

She asked me... I never said I did. I documented on the residents I personally dealt with. I spoke with the DON.. she was very understanding and I told her honestly I have no idea what happened with the count. (it was the only mistake) She said she w...

Thank you for the quick reply. I need sleep and I'm up stressing- wish I had someone to talk too about this. I have no idea where the missing 2 tylenol 3s (one package/bubble) went and I honestly should not have done the shift.... I was exhausted, dr...

A little background: I just finished orientation at a LTC facility... the facility is nice. Some of the staff are nice...others were quite bad orientators. I had a total of 5 shifts for orientation... and this is my first time ever in LTC. I'm casual...

It's been a long haul.......... I've been job searching for about 8 + months. I had some ROUGH days... felt like with every step I took I got pushed back 20. I stutter, so I feel sometimes I don't always interview as well as I could. I took my ACLS, ...

Thanks for the advice everyone. I'll let them know about the f/t position and that I'd still like to keep the occassional shift. But I really want to focus on the hospital position but don't want to burn any bridges. :)

I tend to be the type that likes to snack at night... which is why it's best for me to get to bed at a decent time so the eating stops lol Anyways, I've lost 50 + lbs by watching my calories and intense workouts 7 days a week. I've become a fitness j...

I finished my orientation at a fairly new LTC facility. The orientation consisted of 2 nights and 3 day shifts. Most of the orientators were great but others... I feel that I'm fairly a quick learner and enjoy a new challenege, I'm just not ready to...

Have you been offered the job at the psych hospital? It will definitely Help... how would it hinder? lol You'll gain experience... might not be "acute care" but it is definitely nursing experience aside from just your clinicals. Be thankful for that....

I've been in your shoes and as of lately things have been REALLY working in my favor. I'm not one for home health... I don't know if I would be able to just go into someone's home... and definitely not as a new grad where you're not a 100% confident ...

OMG! So he called! The position was for a temporary full time... he offered me a permanent full-time position!!!!!!! I am stunned out of my mind! That is next to impossible to get as a new nurse!!! I can't even believe it!!!! WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT...

Thanks everyone. The problem IS he's been away on conference/training all last week. He has emailed me back and called again but unfortunately I have missed his second call (I don't have a cell phone at the moment so it's really hard to be home when ...

lol well that's awesome! It's not that I've given it a few days (I've been stressing) and it's been the long weekend here.. So I had no choice. lol I spoke to the receptionist today and she told me he is on off-site training this whole week (greaaaaa...

i did call. I called him back the day he called (left a message) but like I said it's the long weekend here and I heard word he might be going on vacation :S

Thank you. I'm HOPING that all this is not just to hear "blah blah blah- we gave it to someone else". It CANT be. Hospitals/facilities don't go out of their way to tell you if you've been rejected lol This is killing me.

Love that post. I have also been a "new" grad for a long time. About 8+ months. I've been on 5 interviews. I've recently landed a casual position within a nice LTC and have received a call back from a full-time position at an awesome hospital that i...

he didn't call within a couple of hours. It was 2 days after. (the end of the week) like he stated. It's the long weekend here (I also got word that he might be on vacation next week from the receptionist- so how on earth with I know?) and I have no...