Damask

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1. First month off orientation...reflections..

   Damask replied to Damask's topic in First Year After Licensure

   crying...oh, you're right. there are definitely days i feel like crying. i go to the med room and fight it off. sometimes i hope to cry when i get home because i think it might feel good, but i can't....

2. First month off orientation...reflections..

   Damask replied to Damask's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thank you! Good ideas. I have found myself going back to my old Med-surg books from school, too. They seem to make more sense all of the

3. First month off orientation...reflections..

   Damask replied to Damask's topic in First Year After Licensure

   You're right! I swear, I have the hardest time remembering the simplest tasks some days. Those who tell you that, once you've made a mistake once, you'll never make it again are right. Every time I...

4. First month off orientation...reflections..

   Damask posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   I'm sure that, since I know so many who were hired around the same time I was, there are a lot of new grads out there who are about a month off of orientation. I'd love to hear about your overall...

5. Any advice for a new RN?

   Damask replied to Kelly2010's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I'm a new grad, too, almost out of orientation. I'm a basket case. My coworkers have been wonderful, though, and have assured me that I will be fine - they're looking out for me. So...this is the...

6. Sitters: A Thing of the Past?

   Damask replied to PediLove2147's topic in General Nursing

   I think I have seen a physical restraint one time and a chemical restraint one time - both in nursing school. Restraints require a lot of charting and the physicians need to review/renew the order...

7. Have you had other interviews???

   Damask replied to netglow's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   I interviewed at two large hospital systems. It was hard because I had a lot of experience at the first institution, and was not hired there so I had to field the "why aren't you working for XX?"...

8. Starting Salary [new grad]?

   Damask replied to clandestine-approach's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   Community hospital - med surg, mid-sized midwestern city,

9. Favorite things you bought during RN school to help your studies?

   Damask replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

   Plain old notebook paper and pens. I can never remember things if I type them, I've always had to write them out. I tried printing power points and the things the other students did, but...in the end...

10. Shoes

    Damask replied to Damask's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Thanks! I missed that

11. Shoes

    Damask replied to Damask's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Thank you, both! I am looking at them right now and I like that I can get a smooth, simple shoe. I like to be able to at least wipe my shoes off with clorox wipes, and I can see the Dankos doesn't...

12. Shoes

    Damask posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have a topic that will have everyone flaming each other in short order. Shoes. I'm a few weeks into my first nursing job. I've spent much of it (as everyone does) on my feet and those dogs are...

13. Whats the percentage of new RNs who "make it" after orientation?

    Damask replied to lilybug12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for all the additional tips! I will be open to criticism, ask for help, and watch for organizational tips. It's still...a bit daunting. I suppose it would be foolish of me to be not at all...

14. Whats the percentage of new RNs who "make it" after orientation?

    Damask replied to lilybug12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm so glad you asked this! I have the same anxiety as a new grad! I started my hospital's in class week and we took assessments to guide our orientation period. (I was told it will be 10 weeks or...

15. I PASSED

    Damask replied to BlackMurse1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Congratulations!!