OfficialWarmBody

Cigarettes and Zoloft....

....It takes time, and that alone, for you to feel comfortable in your own skin! One day I will catch my preceptor in a dark alley.... Just breath, it will work out!!

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP! I am sure you are doing fine. It took me right at a year of working after nursing school to combine my knowledge, my skills, and time management into a product that I was truly proud of at the end of the day! It takes its

I work on a med/surg floor. I often tell the aides that they get the least amount of money for the hardest work. CNA's make my job easier. If ordering out dinner I always pay for their food as a small gesture of appreciation for what they do. Often on our floor the RN will charge the patients on the floor and get our q4° vitals, if we are without an aide. The brief changing, repositioning, call bells, pitcher filling etc. falls on the primary nurse.

I do not work days because it honestly makes me physically ill to wake up that early in the morning. If my kids could function on a night schedule the whole family would be on a "night" schedule! However, you might talk to your doctor about taking provigil. It is specifically designed to help with shift work sleep disturbance. You take it 30 minutes before your shift starts, and helps you stay awake for your entire shift.

I am reading this after my usual 3 nights in a row at 0215. Obviously I do not flip well!