CuteNurseUnl

Hi everyone! I currently work night shift which I love. However it is taking a real toll on my weight. I've gained weight since working this shift and it's been so difficult to take it off. Here is my eating pattern: My shift ends at 8:00am. I come ...

I work night shift only (and loving it). My unit posts a mock schedule about two months in advance and we set down our schedules the way we want it. Then our nurse manager tries to work out the schedules as closely to what we requested. It works out ...

Aw.....*hugs* I'm starting to feel bad that everyone's ganging up on you!

Nah, keep the job you love and enjoy it! My parents paid my way through community college and just like all the other posters have said, I didn't value it very much. I dropped classes often and it is a wonder how I even graduated with an associates (...

Once in a while, I would get a phone call presumably from a wife or son/daughter or even a friend (if the patient doesn't have anyone else) asking about the patient, sometimes asking about specific things. I'm always vague, but I would really like to...

I agree with this. One of the two hospitals I externed at had a high turnover rate: Training was almost non-existent and you're just a body to cover shifts. It just also seems like no one cares to excel and that it's just all a paycheck to them. More...

Congratulations! We should all be so fortunate! Happy is way better than more $!

Thank you so much everyone! My unit doesn't have any formal protocols and these are all good ideas that I'm going to try to have implemented. What I've learned so far: 1) set up a type of password/code or pin number upon admission, 2) as well as a li...

I work on night shift and when I have some down time, I read posts on allnurses. I hadn't expected the original post to be so funny, but I laughed right out loud in the middle of the quiet hall when I got to the part, "OK, great, see you soon, LOVE Y...

I found this site AFTER I graduated and started working. I wish I found it before I even had to do pre-reqs when preparing to get into nursing school. This site is SOOO helpful! Working in my current hospital wasn't all that easy when I first started...

I totally agree with this. I read a post from a few months back of a nurse being fired because one of her coworkers talked about a patient of theirs on her facebook page. Even though the nurse wasn't the one who posted this, she was fired because she...

Worked an externship for a very large hospital system for my whole senior year. Didn't stay with the particular hospital but was able to get a position with another one within the system because of that externship.

*Hugs!* :hug: How about if you try looking for a hospital with lower patient to nurse ratio and going to night shift when it's less crazy (but also has it's own brand of stress)? This is the situation in which I find myself. So far I love the work it...

Hi clbrown - would it be possible for you to do per diem in other fields that might increase your opportunity to break into your chosen fields? Glad to know you aren't giving up!

Congratulations! :w00t: I'm so happy for you and your Mom!!!

I think it depends where you work. I work for the VA since my externship in two different VA medical centers (within a VA system) and currently in another one in a different state. In the first VA system, certain tasks were given to other departments...

*Hugs!* I'm so happy for you! Congratulations on passing the NCLEX!

I think all the above suggestions are great - especially the emt one. I wish I had gone that route because I want to specialize in emergency nursing. The route I took was by taking an externship, which is when a hospital (often ones where you have y...

Hang in there! Once you get used to the routine, it won't be so bad and you will be able to enjoy your work as you had before. I've been a nurse for only a few years but when I started out, I just really hated going to work and I doubted myself very ...

*Hugs!* I'm really sorry that all these things happened to you! But please don't give up - nurses like you are needed in this field. I work in a unit that can be pretty hostile too. To keep myself sane, I keep reminding myself that not all units are ...

My situation is just the opposite. I came from New York City, but since 5 or 6 hospitals closed down in the area and with the economy as it is, I took a job out of state in a small town. It's a bit of a culture shock and I don't exactly love the are...

FireStarterRN, Thank you so much for the book and the link. I'm one of those highly sensitive people. It feels good to know I'm not the only one and that it is a relatively normal trait (I thought something was wrong with me). I'm definitely going to...