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After 12 yrs of nursing the back will not take floor nursing anymore due to an old accident. Would appreicate advise as to what other positions might be a possible alternative to "floor nursing", and what education might be needed. Have been an LPN for 10 yrs, and an RN for 2 years. Thank you.

I'm a new nurse, barely 4 months old to the profession. I started on a busy 36 bed tele floor, and feel as though I have been thrown to the wolves! I am so tired when I come home at night that I just fall asleep. Someone might show you something once and that's it. Been pretty much on my own, and am very disapointed in my new job so far, as I had hoped to have a mentor. We do team nursing, and the team leaders sit on their butts all day at the nurses station, taking off orders, and the rest of us on the team do the bedside care, and pass meds. We are all RN's and have no CNA's. I do not feel at this point that I am learning how to become an efficent well rounded RN, because if something comes up, it is reported to a teamleader, who then will either call the Dr, or handle it, or tell you to call the dr, or whatever. Shouldn't I be learning to talk to the DR, when to call and what to call for, as well as dealing with the other members of the health care team?? I just feel like a laborer at this point. Advise would be greatly appreicated. Thanks.