RNitis

I felt the same way (still do a lot of the time!!) But I work in Long term care with some 30+ patients. I hate feeling like I'm just throwing pills at them (like you would a cookie to your dog!) But if u don't, u never get anything done in time and g...

Mine was not A +P, but the second class in nursing (I honestly can't remember the name as it was a long time ago!), but I failed first try- fail was a C, I got a C -) anyway, it took a few semesters of a majority of the class failing and many student...

i never really understood this. Every time someone starts a new job, comes an orientation period, where the hiring manager will usually add "we'll see how orientation goes, then go from there". But in my experience, I've done orientation, where th...

Ditto....except to the nurses who truly are lazy.....you all know the "wait til you graduate, you'll never have to wipe a butt again" and walks away from a you and an assist of 2 covered in number 2....(CNA, now RN, if wondering)....

You earned your education as a service woman for our country. How's that free?

To fedide: thanks for clarifying for me, I appreciate it!! Didn't mean to cut into the original post, but thanks for answering!

Why would you not be able to get a pardon for it. (Not sure if state related): but in CT, after 5 years of the offense and completing the requirements, like probation, u can apply for a pardon. People usually use them to erase felonies, so they are q...

Perhaps it's bc I work in long term care (or it's bc I was a brand new nurse-RN when they hired me, so they had to train me), but I don't get a "per diem" rate as u all talk about here. I get paid starting rate for a new nurse in the state of CT. Is ...

When I worked on an oncology hospice floor of a hospital and a patient would pass and the family would cry, all I could do was put myself in their shoes and the tears would come. I would also think of those I've lost in my life and a time when I alm...

"But, I decided that it was too much risk to go to school and get a degree in a field where it's difficult to find a job." Really?!?! Definitely DO NOT go into nursing. It took me TWO years, my relationship with my boyfriend taxed and over, home in ...

At least you have your mother to fall back on! I almost lost my house (My fault...bad choice in partner I bought it with, I know) because I was unable to find an RN job for 2 years after graduating. (I'm still on the edge of losing it....hoping time ...

Same here, just off orientation. I at least feel like I can actually do it now! But today I really felt like I don't know what I'm doing (when in reality, we just don't have the experience, yet)..OP explained it perfectly, going from task to task. I...

Yippee!!! I'm so happy for you!! :) I felt your pain when you wrote "fired after fifty" and I also wondered if that was what we have to look forward to at the end of our careers. Very happy to hear your going home!

It depends on the facility. Last year I got a job at an LTC (horribly organized and on strike-I realized why, really quick!) where I was thrown under the bus. I felt horrible for the residents, and the workers were "for themselves." I now work at a g...

We didn't have drug testing while in nursing school, but when I was an aide, someone in the hospital I worked in stated they "saw me smoking marijuana in the parking lot during my lunch". (I do remember walking out to lunch that day and I was walking...

I don't know how your school is, but my school wouldn't let you take micro with A and P. That does sound like a crazy schedule, but if you're not working, it may be doable..Good luck if you do choose to go for it!

I've just started my career and I'm already noticing I NEED to eat and drink water through out the day or else I lose steam and become fog brained. It slows me down and I can't afford to be slow (I already feel wicked slow because I haven't gotten m...

I know it's a devastating blow to the ego...trust me, I know. I was at a place and the DON told me she "just don't think your cut out for it, but remember you're still a nurse, why don't you try homecare?" RE: a LTC position in a place that just wen...

The best is never having anything on ur floor bc the floor above AND the floor below come to urs to take what they need...on top of that, the supervisor looks at ur floor as if we r disorganized and losing things!!

Don't mind some of the people on here, really...this site has alot of great nurses who want to share their stories and experiences..I've also stoppped posting bc there's always that one person who has to turn the mood negative..just ignore them. Take...

I am a REALLY new RN (worked as a CNA for 2 years in a hospital, graduated nursing school, received RN license NOV 2010, took a break from school/work while NOT working in the field until now). I made the unfortunate mistake of taking a position at ...

I'm the same way. I can deal with c. diff poo, vomit, colostomy drainage.....but when it comes to peoples respiratory secretions....YUCKA!!! Don't know what it is...but yucka!!!!

Things are going really well, actually!! At the end of March, I received 3 call backs for positions in which I had applied. I did orientation at all of them. Found one to "not be a good fit", but the other two, I absolutely love!! And the best part.....