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  1. I still don't understand why a hospital would hire cna's, or techs but not lpn's

    julz68 replied to Destiny'skid's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Before I became an RN, I was a CNA on a busy surgical floor and was Foley certified. I could not keep up with other CNA duties because I was straight cathing patients every hour or more. Sometimes I...

  2. 1st night on 5th week of orientation and SICK

    julz68 replied to julz68's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ugh. I work on the medical floor where most of the patients are frail

  3. Can I send both an e-mail and a handwritten thank you note? PLEASE RESPOND.

    julz68 replied to BolBol's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I sent an actual card in the mail right after my interview. Two days later I was offered the position. We were taught in my Professional Nursing class to send out actual thank you cards and everyone...

  4. Post-Interview

    julz68 replied to KimNecole's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    A thank you is always good. I sent an actual Thank you card in the mail and 2 days later I was offered the job. If you don't hear anything in a few days, I would give them a

  5. Melt down #2 on the last day of week #4

    julz68 replied to julz68's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I did talk with her and told her that although I was very overwhelmed on that day, I was grateful for the experience as it helped me to learn and grow as an RN. She reassured me that she was always...

  6. Melt down #2 on the last day of week #4

    julz68 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Today was not a very good day for me. I spent the last few hours in tears. Our floor got slammed with admissions and with me being an orientee, I got a few...one after another. I was overwhelmed and...

  7. Just took nclex rn this morning...

    julz68 replied to ggestano2002's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats! Great feeling, huh? I was on cloud 9 when I did the

  8. Melt down #2 on the last day of week #4

    julz68 replied to julz68's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just checked my phone messages, and my NM left a voicemail asking if I had time to reflect on my day...she said she knows I had a rough day on Wednesday and she wants me to call her back to let her...

  9. Melt down #2 on the last day of week #4

    julz68 replied to julz68's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks everyone :) It was good to have a day off today. I slept for 13 hours! I go back to work Sunday night, so I will be able to relax a while, thank God! Sunday will be the start of my orientation...

  10. Hourly Rounding

    julz68 replied to arbldj1234's topic in General Nursing

    There were tracking devices at one of my old clinical sites. They had little things on the wall at each nurses station and in patient rooms where you could see where each staff member was. I liked it...

  11. First RN job & it's pay

    julz68 replied to Stephen.Stevens's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Same here in IA. Although I could drive 40 miles to MN and make almost $40/hr

  12. 4th week orientation, 1st melt down

    julz68 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So, today was my 1st day of my 4th week and it was sort of a bad day. First of all, we had to wait forever to get SBAR from the night nurses and our first doctors rounds were at 0730. I hadn't even...

  13. 4th week orientation, 1st melt down

    julz68 replied to julz68's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for the kind words. Today was a little better except for the fact that I had family members that were trying to tell me how to do my job today. A daughter decided to tell me time after time...

  14. 4th week orientation, 1st melt down

    julz68 replied to julz68's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for your reply...it made me feel a little better. I just wish my preceptor would have told me that. I'm still angry at myself for crying tho. She is the only one who saw me cry, as I tried to...

  15. Please don't judge....it's been 13 years since graduated RN and debating the NCLEX

    julz68 replied to helpmepass's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I also have four kids and worked full time through most of nursing school. If you want it bad enough, you can and will do

  16. Hourly Rounding

    julz68 replied to arbldj1234's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed.

  17. Hourly Rounding

    julz68 replied to arbldj1234's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital is trialling the tracking devices on one of the units.

  18. Hourly Rounding

    julz68 replied to arbldj1234's topic in General Nursing

    We have hourly rounding as well. We chart it in the EMR and also initial a sheet of paper that is taped to the patient's door. We don't have CNAs to help since our floor is "RN total patient

  19. Is your Hospital requiring a copy of your diploma or transcripts?

    julz68 replied to floridaboundrn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just a new grad, but the hospital I am now employed at did require my official

  20. Please don't judge....it's been 13 years since graduated RN and debating the NCLEX

    julz68 replied to helpmepass's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

  21. Night shift

    julz68 replied to yooper13's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yup!!

  22. Night shift

    julz68 replied to yooper13's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been working the 7p to 7a shift as a CNA for years and absolutely love it! I'm a new grad 3 weeks into my new position and my orientation started off on days which is really kicking my butt right...

  23. orientation

    julz68 replied to julz68's topic in First Year After Licensure

    So far, I'm finding that the docs on my floor are a lot more approachable than the floor I came from when I was a CNA. I used to work on a cardiac floor and some of the cardiologists could be nasty!...

  24. orientation

    julz68 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Tomorrow I start my 3rd week of orientation and in 3 more weeks I am on my own. I don't know if I will feel confident yet after only 18 shifts with a preceptor. Last week she had me take all the...

  25. orientation

    julz68 replied to julz68's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you for your reply! I think you're right in what you said and it is also very reassuring. I thought it was too soon to be pushed into doing everything on my own on my 2nd week, but now I realize...