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  1. Looking for mentors

    RNAnna posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a 41 year old novice nurse. New Grad working in Med/Surg in a very rural 18 bed facility. So we do absolutely everything. We cover a lot of different disciplines all in one place. It can be...

  2. Orientation and length of time

    RNAnna posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, Ok, so I'm in my first year of nursing. This is a second carreer for me and I really don't know anything about how various branches of the health care field organize their orientation. Mine...

  3. NCLEX - the test we love to hate

    RNAnna posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi All, I've been reading a lot of posts about the NCLEX in this forum. Everyone is really nervous and hung up on how many questions it takes to pass or fail. Believe me, I was the same way. I...

  4. Hasten end so wife won't doubt DNR decision????

    RNAnna replied to markm739's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Let's hear it for being a "do gooder"! I would rather be labled as a "do-gooder" than go against my pricipals, beliefs, and the law where people's lives are concerned. I know and understand the need...

  5. Did I take too long to job hunt?

    RNAnna replied to Billy5949's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi I actually took a year and a half after I graduated to get my first job. It was a year after I was licensed that I started. Everyone wanted to know what I was doing during that time. Actually,...

  6. Afraid of giving report, need adivse please!

    RNAnna replied to ImShelly31's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello. We don't tape our reports. We do them live, which has it's own set of anxiety provoking symptoms. I'm always afraid that I'm going to leave something out, or that someone is going to ask me...

  7. med/surg with hospice rooms in rural Ia

    RNAnna posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi. I've been having a hard time lately. Not only because I am working way more hours than I am scheduled for and we are really busy at the moment, but also because at our rural hospital (25 beds) we...

  8. Nursing Misconceptions

    RNAnna replied to allanina03's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My favorite is that nurses are able to give medical advice in the grocery store. I live in Rural Iowa and in small towns everyone thinks that they can "get that looked at" by the nurse next door. Or...

  9. Help! Need Time Management Tips

    RNAnna replied to Serenyd's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It is really difficult to have that chatty pt and have to leave because you have other pts to care for. I just got off orientation and admit that was one of my problems too. I'm just tooo nice for...

  10. If I can only get organized !

    RNAnna replied to mzkede's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had to grin at Haunted's post. I'm just off of orientation, but I am an "older new nurse" so I can understand the humor and smile with her. We all go throught the time management crisis. The...

  11. Thanks !Where R U from?

    RNAnna replied to is this heaven's topic in General Nursing

    Hi - It sounds like a lot of you are from central and southern Iowa. I feel like the lone person from the beautiful Northeast Iowa bluff country - where nursing is not bluffing. It's Decorah for me....

  12. First year nurse having problems with the new "know it all"

    RNAnna posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just got off orientation. Things are going great. I love my job. I love what I do. I just am really frustrated giving report to the next shift and the new "know it all" who is just orienting....

  13. Anyone wearing support hose?

    RNAnna replied to jenrninmi's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Gradiated compression knee hi's. I broke my ankle in three places in November and I have to wear them to keep the ankle stable and to keep the swelling under control. I've tried lot's of brands. In...

  14. piggybacked to death

    RNAnna posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Ok, so here is the delema. I have several charge nurses that are telling me different things about piggybacking meds. I'm a new nurse and trying to do everything right which is impossible since we...

  15. Nursing Documentation

    RNAnna replied to redred's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi Redred, The Nursing made Incredibly Easy series of books has one specifically on charting. I've never looked at it myself, but I've heard good things about it. There are also quite a few books...

  16. hyper and hypotension question @ client.

    RNAnna replied to alliecat's topic in First Year After Licensure

    At our facility we always ask the pt on admission what meds they take and when they take them. So, if the pt isn't taking X,Y, and Z together at home, they aren't taking them together in the...

  17. Not excited to go to work as a new nurse...am I the only one?

    RNAnna replied to doxieraiser's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It seems that there are quite a few of us that look at ourselves as the "old new nurse". I'm 41 and in my first nursing job. Sometimes I wonder why. I remember in school when we all were excited...

  18. In a lot of pain!

    RNAnna replied to SherBearRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Believe me I understand how you feel both physically and emotionally right about now - or at least I have a bit of understanding. I'm 41 yrs. Three days after I was hired for my current position, I...

  19. help me establish my goals...

    RNAnna replied to hunny_pye's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Do you have a preceptor??? Your preceptor should be guiding you through the first few weeks so that you can start to make your own goals. I am also new to nursing, so take what I say with a pillar...

  20. Med surg before psych?

    RNAnna replied to zenfeck's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know of one hospital - one of the larger in the country - that has a M/S psych floor. You may be able to combine the two and get the best of both worlds. I personally agree. I love psych. I want...

  21. First Job Nightmares

    RNAnna replied to medicrnohio's topic in First Year After Licensure

    While looking for a new job, I would also say that this needs to be reported to someone. If going up the chain of command is not an option, I would be thinking about talking to the state board of...

  22. That feeling that you can't quite get anything right

    RNAnna replied to RNAnna's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks to both of you. It is difficult to have a couple of days off and have to think about how to address this situation before I go back to work on Friday. I've had a few really resentful and...

  23. That feeling that you can't quite get anything right

    RNAnna posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I've posted my woes on the first year RN forum, but I would like the opinion of all of you more experienced M/S nurses out there. I've been having a rollercoaster of an orientation. just when I think...

  24. Feeling like I'll never get it right

    RNAnna posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ok, we've all had those feelings. The nasty nagging feeling that you're just never going to get it right no matter what you do. Bingo. Ding, ding, ding, I've just won the jackpot. I had a meeting...

  25. Length of orientation

    RNAnna replied to Grace_RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi Grace, Each facility has their own policies on orientation. It does seem that the larger facilities have longer orientations and preceptorships. Personally, I think it should be standardized, but...